Two of my favorites: “Alison,” from Souvlaki, with a rather nice somewhat ’60s-nostalgic video; where are the girls of yesteryear? (3:34):
“Waves,” from Just For a Day—no video, just the album cover. This would be a candidate for my favorite Slowdive song. It seems to be about death, forgiveness, and salvation (5:54):
The lyrics are beautiful but a bit worrisome:
Leaving all my sins I turn away
Like soaring birds I watch my sorrows play
That’s lovely, but then:
Don’t you know
I’ve left and gone away
You’re knocking on the door I closed today
That could be taken as a reference to suicide. If it is, then I must say, for the record: to take one’s own life can never make “everything look brighter” or “soothe the pain away.” It can only lead further from the light.
Ok, one more. This one, “Avalyn,” is an instrumental, and although pleasant is not all that good, but I’m including it for the rather striking message at the beginning of the video (5:28):
Pre-TypePad
Light On Dark Water 
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