Erase Me lyrics - Ben Folds Five
What was our home?
Paper, not stone
A lean-to, at most
And when you pulled
Your half away
Gravity won
Like it always does
Did I weigh a ton?
Would it be easier
To just delete
Our pages and the plans we made?
Erase me, so you don't have to face me
Put me in the ground and mow the daisies
Ah, the memory
See how it goes when you—
Erase me
Erase me
So what will you do
With no me for you?
I know what we said
What if I left
A thing or two?
We know that you don't seem
To think about what you need
'Til you reach to find that you've—
Erased me—what the fuck is this? You're crazy
Turned around, in two weeks'e time, replaced me
Ah, the memory
Everybody knows how it goes
You just erase me, do me like a bro and taze me
Fireworks, poof! It's gone, amazing
New bio, you've gone solo
Drawing mustaches on our wedding photo
Erase me
Erase me
Erase me
(Erase me) This is not shouting, baby
(Erase me) Go and call the cops now, baby
Ah, the memory
Everybody knows 'bout the brand-new ho
Erase me, and you'll never have to face me
Erase me, Option-Command-Escape me
And if you feel nothing, guess what I wanna be?
Nothing
Michael Praytor, Five Years Later lyrics - Ben Folds Five
It was the opposite of 'Fire and Rain'
You know the song
I never thought I'd see this guy again
But I was wrong
Oh, every five years
Since 1972 when at recess
He recruited me to try to kick
The church down to the ground
Michael Praytor
So random
Who knows why some satellites
Come by and by
While others disappear
Into the sky
Good morning, mirror
Break the change to me
I tried to stay too close to see
That there's a pattern in the tiles
And a fool who marks the miles
It was long hair
And this time it was no hair
Seeming thin, divorced, inspired
Engaged in chemo, born again and fired
Michael Praytor
So random
Who knows why some satellites
Come by and by
While others disappear
Into the sky
Disappear into the sky
Hey
At Hanes Mall parking lot at 5am
I saw him sleeping in his car
I've been up all night from New York
Bumming out on 95
Now I'm 30 and we all live with our parents
"And my wife," he said, "she kicked me out"
I said, Same here
Guess I'll see you 'round
(I'll see you around)
Guess I'll see you 'round
(I'll see you around)
Michael Praytor
Michael Praytor
Michael Praytor
Michael Praytor
So random
Who knows why some satellites
Come by and then they disappear
Sky High lyrics - Ben Folds Five
Shattered at dawn, so far for so long
Feeling newly baptized
Thinking I don't want this thing to end
And all the blue sky
Where our stony paths meet
Coffee-coloured sheets
Looking down at pale knees with a cigarette
And my morning beat under the blue sky
Last night at the bar, I was wrong, I was only hurting
And you were acting too polite
When we held onto the pain, through the storms and the rain
Like a crumpled, empty, discarded Newports box
Ah, the blue sky
Ah, sky high
Ah
Pawn-shop billboard, We Buy Gold
Old dreams just fade and twist, it's a heartache that never ended
The brightness of air
Out walking somewhere, and when they ask you
Just tell em that you knew me back when, under the blue sky
Ah, sky high
Ah, below the blue sky
Ah, sky high
The Sound Of The Life Of The Mind lyrics - Ben Folds Five
Apehead's brother wants to beat up Paul
The boys have gone to watch
Some of the girls are down at the mall
Justine's got cherry cola and scotch
Later on it's everyone around to Beck's
Her parents are away in New York
Sara, well, she just can't bear
The stupidity, the boredom, the grind
She stays at school so that she can hear
The sound of the life of the mind
And it's noisy up there
It rocks me like a mother
Rosa Parks and DNA
Joan of Arc and JFK
But it's noisy up there
(Noisy up there)
It rocks me like a mother
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
She's cut 'em all out of her social circle
Won't introduce them to Lincoln or Frost
Doesn't want to let them get to know Keats or Studs Terkel
They'll never know what they have lost
But Sara, well, she just can't bear
The stupidity, the boredom, the grind
She stays at school so that she can hear
The sound of the life of the mind
And it's noisy up there
(Noisy up there)
It rocks me like a mother
Copernicus and Fortune's Wheel
Plato, Glenn Gould and the New Deal
And it's noisy up there
(Noisy up there)
It rocks me like a mother
Sara already knows pretty soon she'll be leaving
Well, she's hoovered up whatever she can find
But she doesn't want to hear about
Pregnancies, foam fights, TV, take-outs, have sex, weddings
The sound of the life she'll leave behind
Yeah, it's noisy up there
(Noisy up there)
It rocks me like a mother
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
And it's noisy up there
(Noisy up there)
It rocks me like a mother
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
On Being Frank lyrics - Ben Folds Five
I had it all
Or should I say, "I saw it all?"
And it's a long way from the dustbin of New Jersey to the top
Who would have known?
Who would have known?
I had a dream
But dreams had other plans for me
For thirty years, I set the thermostat where Frank Sinatra liked it
Pulled his girls and hung his hats—I never knew which ones were mine
Now, he's gone
I'm alone
And I don't know where I might be going
I rode the wind; the wind stopped blowing
Set me on the roadside coming home
But home—
For me, was always someone else, you know?
That shadows always fall when the sun goes down
I shook the hands
Of Mafia dons and presidents
And though they always smiled politely with a measure of decorum
Still, their eyes would scan beyond me for a glimpse of something more
But now, he's gone
Now, they're gone
And I don't know where I might be going
I rode the wind; the wind stopped blowing
Set me on the roadside coming home
But home—
For me, was always someone else, you know?
That shadows always fall when the sun goes down
Alone
A shadow of a star
Don't you know?
That shadows always fall
Yeah, shadows always fall
When the sun goes down
And I don't know where I might be going
I rode the wind; the wind stopped blowing
Set me on the roadside coming home
And home— (Home)
For me, was always someone else, you know?
(Home)
(Home)
(Home)
(Home)
Draw A Crowd lyrics - Ben Folds Five
Ah-ah-ah, ah
Ah, ah, ah, ah
Damn
I ordered something, it took a while
This morning something was on my doorstep
What's this I'm holding? Time capsule order
'Cause I'm a brand new man, and I don't think I want it
I don't think I want it
A row of flags hangin' behind me
A garden of mics and questions, and photo-flashes blind me
And I'm so high, I can't recall my statements
I only know I made 'em because my face vibrated
Is it all in my mind? I could've sworn I saw it
I thought I was fine, just fine is what I call it
Oh-oh, if you're feeling small
And you can't draw a crowd, draw dicks on the wall
Oh-oh, if you're feeling small
And you can't draw a crowd, draw dicks on the wall
I was gruntled when it was just feet on gravel
To have come apart, I must have once been raveled
Now when pretty phrases don't mean nothing
And I wanna sell 'em, I sing the line again
So smooth you can hear the beard
So smooth you can hear the beard
Three times is poetry
So smooth you can hear the beard
Oh-oh, if you're feeling small
And you can't draw a crowd, draw dicks on the wall
Oh-oh, if you're feeling small
And you can't draw a crowd, draw dicks on the wall
If you can't draw a crowd, draw dicks on the wall
And if you can't draw a crowd, settle for what you can draw
I'm just saying
I-I-I-I'm just saying
Why does saying, that "I'm just saying"
Lend any weight to what I'm saying?
Oh, it's come back again, I can't ignore it
I'm a brand new man, but I'm still payin' for it
Oh-oh, if you're feeling small
And you can't draw a crowd, draw dicks on the wall
Oh-oh, if you're feeling small
And you can't draw a crowd, draw dicks on the wall
If you can't draw a crowd, draw dicks on the wall
If you can't draw a crowd, draw dicks on the wall
And if you can't draw a crowd, settle for what you can draw
I only wanted to be Stevie Wonder
But I got to settle for this vanilla thunder
(If you can't draw a crowd) Oh, this vanilla thunder
(If you can't draw a crowd) Oh, this vanilla thunder
(If you can't draw a crowd) Taste my vanilla thunder
(If you can't draw a crowd, if you're feeling small)
Do It Anyway lyrics - Ben Folds Five
You might put your love and trust on the line
It's risky, people love to tear that down, let 'em try
Do it anyway
Risk it anyway
And if you're paralyzed by a voice in your head
It's the standing still that should be scaring you instead
Go on and do it anyway
Do it anyway
There'll be times you might leap before you look
There'll be times you'll like the cover and that's precisely why you'll love the book
Do it anyway
Do it anyway
Tell me what I said I'd never do
Tell me what I said I'd never say
Read me off a list of the things
I used to not like, but now I think are okay
(Ah, ah ah, ah ah ah)
Sometimes it's not subjective wrong and right
(Ah, ah ah, ah ah ah)
Deep down you know it's downright wrong but you're invincible tonight
So you do it anyway
It's done, you did it
(Ah, ah ah, ah ah ah)
Despite your grand attempts the chips are set to fall
(Ah, ah ah, ah ah ah)
And all the stories you might weave cannot negotiate them all
Do it anyway
Be honest anyway
(Ah ah ah)
So tell me what I said I'd never do
Tell me what I said I'd never say
(Ah ah ah)
Read me off a list of the things
I used to not like but now I think are o-
Kay!
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
Whoa whoa whoa whoa
It's gonna be so very hard to say
And watch the trust and joy all drain from her innocent face
But you must do it anyway
It sucks but do it anyway
(Ah, ah)
Call it surrender but you know that that's a joke
(Ah, ah)
And the punchline is you were actually never in control, but still
Surrender anyway
(Ah)
Tell me what you said you'd never do
(What you said you'd never)
Tell me what you said you'd never say
(Do, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
Read me off that list of things 'cause I used to not like you
Now I think you're o-
Kay!
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
Whoa whoa whoa whoa
Everybody knows that you just gotta do it anyway
Do it anyway, do it anyway
Do it anyway, do it anyway
Do it anyway, do it anyway
Do it anyway, do it anyway
'Cause you don't do nothing to avoid self punishment
(Do it anyway, do it anyway)
You won't do nothing, you won't feel nothing gotta
(Do it anyway, do it anyway)
Do it, do it, do it anyway
(Do it anyway, do it anyway)
Ah, do it anyway
(Do it anyway, do it anyway)
Hold That Thought lyrics - Ben Folds Five
She broke down and cried
At the strip mall acupuncturist
While the world went on outside
The Chinese doctor took her arm
Gazed at the floor and read her wrist
For the secrets in her life
"Here's your medicine," she said
"If you not smile at him, then someone else will."
You hold that thought
And I'll hold that thought, too
Ah ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
I was shown the thirty-six
Ways I'm not available
On a simple, easy chart
Later on that evening
On the beach in Santa Monica
It was a very risky start
Suppose the stupid chart is right
In a year will you still feel the same way?
Ah, well, you hold that thought
And I'll hold that thought, too
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ah, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ah, ah
Did you ever see the film
Where a man is given spectacles
That make the world look upside-down?
He falls about the place
But in time he somehow readjusts
And when they take the glasses off
The eyes he's always had see sky below him
And he falls again
Ah, but you hold that thought
And I'll hold that thought
You hold that thought
And I'll hold that thought
You hold that thought
And I'll hold that thought
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh
Away When You Were Here lyrics - Ben Folds Five
Dad I know you were sad when you died
And I was young it's the way I kept you in my mind
The mess that was left and my mother cried
And when she stood up she was nobody's mother
I'd be fine
But I missed you then
And I miss you now
Like you'd missed things I might say
You're still lost in clouds but I'm older now
I can see through lifting haze
That you were away even when you were here
Sometimes a phrase or a manner that's you
Comes through me, it goes in a flash
It's a frame, it's a blink like life
Oh and how much now should we pay for the past
'Cause you could age with grace if I freed you in my mind
But I loved you then
And I love you now
All the things I wished I'd asked
When I'm lost in clouds
I remember how I was robbed and I was blessed
And you were away even when you were here
'Cause it's not about you, not you, anymore
It's about what I'd do with it all
And I, I'll never let you let me down
This morning I wake to be older than you were
Fresh white snow for miles, every footstep will be mine
You'd have lost that weight, you'd have gone so straight
You'd have made my wedding day
You'd have saved my youth from that bullet of truth
You'd have kept those wolves at bay
But you were away, you were away even when you were here
Thank You For Breaking My Heart lyrics - Ben Folds Five
Yeah, I want a different answer
So, I ask you once again
But the truths and the silence
And this time I got it
It's over
Thank you for breaking my heart
Now I know that it's in there
I left it wide open and asked you to stay
But you know better
Guess I thought it wouldn't happen
And I could care until it hurt
Damn the ironic timing, the clouds and their linings
That open up and pour
And thank you for breaking my heart
Now I know that it's in there
What a fool to imagine that you'd feel the same
But you know better
Rain has washed the leaves away
Skeletons and stars
I'm pulling the door too
And closing the blinds
So thank you for breaking my heart
Now I know what it feels like
And it hurts so badly
Tell me this will pass
Soon and I know better
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