| Ben Folds Five – Sports And Wine Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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| Ben Folds Five – Underground Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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At first, I really wondered whether the song was actually a jab at the whole punk/indie sub/counter culture movement deal or a straight up praise of it... I can see it either way, and after reading Ben's thoughts on it, I do agree. Yet another badass job, Mr. Folds and company, just badass. |
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| Ben Folds – Losing Lisa Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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To me... the lyrics to this song are dealing with a man (the singer) who Lisa's best friend "She's my everything/She's my best friend"... and winds up falling in love with her ("and more"). He tries to turn their relationship from a platonic one into a romantic one gradually, but makes no progress ("We don't do anything/ We didn't do the day /Before"). Finally, something comes up, possibly the fact that his love/friend is leaving wherever she lives, that spurs the singer into openly revealing his feelings ("Before you go/You oughta know /That I didn't mean to hurt you, I just wanted you to know"). However, this line could also reference that Lisa is leaving or dissasociating with the singer BECAUSE of the fact that he admitted his love for her. Either way, he tells Lisa that he's in love with her... and she doesn't love him. Nope. Not one bit. Standard classic "he loves her, she doesn't love him back" deal. Because of the obvious ensuing awkwardness, their relationship as friends... just sort of falls apart. The singer wishes that now that he knows that his feelings aren't reciprocated, he could go back to "before": "Remember long ago/Together laughing, loving/Oh so long ago/When we were buying something/Life was simple then." Lisa lets their relationship fall apart. She doesn't want to, but she feels it necessary to ignore him to keep from leading him along and hurting him more than he already has been... such action pains her ("black tears"), especially because she knows that in a way, her action in doing so is cruel, depriving the singer of both his love and best friend, hence the tears being "black" (although the mascara reference is also an idea I like). Just to keep from completely destroying the singer, Lisa attempts to hold on their platonic relationship, at least on the surface. They may still hang out/talk/email/whathaveyou, but she never feels comfortable really opening up to him again. She tries to ingnore what was said, partially hoping the singer can just "forget about it" and partially because it pains her, too ("Black tears are falling and she won't say what I've done/She’s sitting here beside me, then she is gone"). Make sense to anyone? That's the meaning I first got out of it... and then I went through a set of events very similar to what I believe the song's story to be, and I'm all the more convinced that if that's not exactly what Ben was meaning when he wrote the song, it's a very plausable possibility nonetheless. |
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| Ben Folds Five – Song for the Dumped Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Ugh. My goodness, this song is incredible. I agree with ironi... the lyrics are quite humorous in that while the verses discuss the actual relationship (end thereof) and whole emotional trip, the chorus focuses on something small and material... the money the singer spent on a dinner and a black t shirt. It's humorous because it's EXACTLY what we do the majority of the time... BTW, my current ex introduced me to Ben Folds. If I could only bring myself to feel a bit angrier towards her... damn, I'd burn this song on a CD and leave it on her front porch, hahaha. |
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