| Ben Folds Five – Somebody's Accident Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| Aww, this song sounds like it's about getting close to someone in a failing relationship, but not wanting to be the "accident" that leads to its breakup. They clearly like each other, but he doesn't want her to cheat on her lover with him. | |
| Ben Folds Five – Prince Charming Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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This is going to sound weird, but to me this song sounds like it's about a repressed gay guy (not necessarily Ben, because he sings a lot of songs in the first person that aren't at all about him) who has an affair with some dude (Prince Charming) that gets pretty emotionally involved, but the narrator feels like he can't stay ("don't save me, Prince Charming, I'm busy") because he's already involved in a less-than-functional relationship. The "She coolly asked, 'how was it?'" verse seems to be about his girlfriend/wife asking (or maybe suspecting) something and the narrator thinking of Prince Charming but still not letting on, and the "See, here comes Prince Charming again" verse is the narrator resigning himself to "waiting to feel good" and fighting himself, or "sleeping". In that context, "She's okay, she's okay" seems to have a double meaning--the narrator reassuring himself that he's happy with her, and the girlfriend/wife reassuring herself that everything's fine between them. "Sleeping" could be repression, even closetedness (shut up it's totally a word)--he's sleeping until Prince Charming comes in, from all the guys he's ever known and been unable to sort out his feelings for, and kisses him on the cheek and wakes him up. It's a sad song. I doubt that's what Ben had in mind when he wrote it. That's just how I hear it. |
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