I can think of a few songs that have a section (usually the chorus) that follows a particular pattern that I find kind of clever, where the same phrase is repeated but additional words/syllables are added that drastically change the original words' meaning:
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"Miserable" by Lit:
You make me come
You make me complete
You make me completely miserable -
"Good to Sea" by Pinback:
It's good to see you
It's good to see you go
I guess I might also include "You Are" by Built to Spill, whose entire lyrics are just the phrase "Everybody knows that you are," built up one word at a time, although that's not quite the same thing.
Are there other songs like this?