My 26th Favorite Song of All-Time

is:

“Brian and Robert” by Phish

This is probably not on many people’s list of favorite Phish songs.  It’s just a tiny little song that you can’t dance to, but for some reason, it’s always really spoke to me.  It, lyrically, seems to subtly nudge the listener, saying, “Hey!  Don’t be so sad!  Snap out of it!” while, musically, the song is actually really sad.  Seems to me like the kind of contradiction that life is made out of.