Oceansize - Music for a Nurse. Anything but generic, and Mike Vennart has always been a very clever lyricist. As the best band ever to have existed, their whole discography is worth hearing.

The Contortionist - Clairvoyant. It's pretty explicitly about the songwriter's dead friend, but the themes of listlessness and survivor's guilt are conveyed expertly.

Caligula's Horse - Graves. The story is a little foggy if you haven't listened closely to the rest of the album, but there's a reason this song is widely hailed as one of the best metal (arguably prog rock but whatever) epics of the last decade.