'River Man' by Nick Drake

Nick Drake's string arrangement takes you from claustrophobia to escape, from despair to hope, from confusion to understanding, and back again, resolving nothing.  Has anyone ever sounded more alone than Nick Drake?  Is there more perfect music for the sleepless depths of night?  Pure.  Intimate.  Human.

Going to see the river man
Going to tell him all I can
About the ban on feeling free.
If he tells me all he knows
About the way his river flows
I don't suppose it's meant for me.