So here's my take on the issue of Moz's lyrics. I think there is a tension at times in Moz's lyrics between the individual/specific and the universal/general.
I think his lyrics work best when he paints 'kitchen sink' portraits of individual life, maybe of his own life, maybe someone else's, often using 'garden fence', colloquial language - I would go out tonight but I haven't got a stitch to wear. Examples: Jeane, This Charming Man, Everyday is like Sunday, Late Night Maudlin Street, First of the Gang to Die, Once I Saw the River Clean etc.
Moz is less effective when he writes lyrics that aren't so much about an individual portrait of life but strive to be more general and universal in nature - World Peace, I Wish You Lonely, for example. I think Ringleader was the first album where I really became aware of this tension. Low in High School as an album struggled with this tension I think. Dog much less so.