I think that what ever your persuasion, bent, whatever, every now and then someone comes up with an interpretation of a song and it pins your ears back, nails it, the mood, the message, everything. Now what makes the difference is understanding the sentiment of the song and then delivering it. So many times one hears songs and the message isn't there, I remember in 1972, as a floor singer,being bollocked by M.C. for not understanding the song I sang, I now concur!
Truth is, if we bring our own agenda to the songs then we will see and read into them what we want to see, and sometimes, by zerendipity maybe, someone gets it right.