"Can't you see? It's not me you're dying for." --Ben Folds

Just like in literature, I prefer most of my music to be thought provoking and personal.  There are some songs that just stick with me and are new every time I hear them.

Last night I got to see Ben Folds Five live, and what a treat!  As a piano player myself, (I'm not skilled enough to call myself a pianist!) it was great fun to see Ben Folds' skill and talent displayed.  (Or, since I still have Persuasion on the brain, as Mrs. Musgrove would say: "Very well done indeed! Lord bless me! How those little fingers of yours fly about!"

Often funny and occasionally a bit irreverent, his music is nonetheless heartfelt and thought provoking. The one below, Brick, gets me every time.  [The video above (Do It Anyway!) shows the lighter side of Ben Folds and is tons of fun.  Fraggles!]  Enjoy, and happy Sunday!

BRICK

6am, day after Christmas 

I throw some clothes on in the dark 

The smell of cold 

Car seat is freezing 

The world is sleeping 

I am numb 

Up the stairs to her apartment 

She is balled up on the couch 

Her mom and dad went down to Charlotte 

They're not home to find us out 

And we drive 

Now that I have found someone 

I'm feeling more alone 

Than I ever have before

  She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly

Off the coast and I'm headed nowhere

She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly

They call her name at seven thirty 

I pace around the parking lot 

Then I walk down to buy her flowers 

And sell some gifts that I got

Can't you see 

It's not me you're dying for 

Now she's feeling more alone 

Then she ever has before 

She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly 

Off the coast and I'm headed nowhere 

She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly 

As weeks went by 

It showed that she was not fine 

They told me son it's time to tell the truth 

She broke down and I broke down 

Cause I was tired of lying

  

Driving home to her apartment 

For the moment we're alone 

She's alone 

I'm alone 

Now I know it

She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly 

Off the coast and I'm headed nowhere 

She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly