I know it's a pretty obvious choice, but this song from the Velvets' third album just gets me every time. When Lou Reed sings "I thought of you as my mountaintop/I thought of you as my peak", as ridiculous as it sounds, I can totally relate. I'm continually in awe of the beauty and tenderness this song. "The fact that you are married/only proves that you're my best friend/but it's truly truly a sin."
from The Velvet Underground, available on CD (Verve)
28 Feb 04 ·FlyingDutchman1971: REM recorded a superb cover of this song which is available on the b-side compilation recording "Dead Letter Office". The album also has a beautiful rendition of the Velvet Underground's "Femme Fatale"