lyrical crapness

I was driving home from work Friday listening to local radio. I only have it on for the traffic news as I hate the music and adverts.
Anyways they played a selection of songs with the most dreadfully depressing or stupid lyrics.
What's happened to the art of songwriting? Where are the great lyrics that make life worth living?
Two songs particularly grated on me.
First Westlife.
You know my feelings on those talentless slugs who call themselves Westlife. Men in white suits with stools.
Well I listened to their number one single "You raise me up"

When I am down and, oh my soul, so weary;
When troubles come and my heart burdened be;
Then, I am still and wait here in the silence,
Until you come and sit awhile with me.
(doesn't this verse make them sound like the biggest bunch of elderly codgers going? My soul so weary? FFS. My heart Burdened? burderned with how to spend all the dosh they earn?)

You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;
(yep so I can push every one of them off)
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;
(Now they think they are Jesus... Why would anyone want to walk on a stormy sea? Hopefully it would be a hurricane)
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders;
(right, so now kinky westlife stand on their women... Or men /cough)
You raise me up...
To more than I can be.
(how much more than being in a boy band is there exactly?)

And then there's the illustrious American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson's Lyrics to "Because of you"

Because of you
I never stray too far from the sidewalk
Because of you
I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt
Because of you
I find it hard to trust not only me, but everyone around me
Because of you
I am afraid

Anyone think Miss Clarkson is being a little harsh? Because of him she finds it hard to trust not everyone else in the world but even herself? Loony alert!!
She doesn't stray off the sidewalk?
I think he did her a favour, least she wont get mugged or run over staying there.
What the heck did he do to her?

They don't write them like they used to?
(Jeez I'm officially getting old once my Varifocals come I may as well book for tickets to a Daniel O'Donnell concert)