| Ben Folds – Effington Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Its funny because my buddy and I made the same joke about Effingham everytime we drove past the city limits sign. "We're in F'ing ham?" |
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| Ben Folds Five – Missing The War Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| Amateur boy nails it. This song, like many of his songs, are about how men try to escape the rigamorale of domestic life and reclaim the excitement of their youth. | |
| Ben Folds Five – Regrets Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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"seems the police had made a computer mistake said there must be thousands like me with the same name" I love that. What a great storyteller. Those three simple lines really tell a very complex and sad story. |
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| Ben Folds Five – Mess Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| A really heartbreaking song. He has messed up his relationship beyond repair by being too raw, too real. So with his next partner, he won't open himself up as much because he wants to be for her what he could never be for you. | |
| Ben Folds Five – Song for the Dumped Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| There are so many girls I would love to send this song to. | |
| Ben Folds Five – Jackson Cannery Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Its weird how many of these songs make sense to me now that I'm older. This song is about what every man goes through when they get married and have kids. You're on a ride that you can't get off of unless you stop the bus - that is, divorce and go your own way (which Ben has done a few times!) You want to be "lonely" again - without the burden of marriage. Marriage, at least some marriages, the husband feels like a factory, churning out "food on the table." He is simply a tool. Men innately feel the need to wander, not be tied down ("did mother nature tell you boy you come and go as you please?") But Big Brother's got the keys - the machine of societal pressure binds us. And I've got Jackson Cannery - the factory that he has become. And all men are in the same situation - whether they be millionaires or mill rates, they're all worth nothing but the factory they represent to their wives. The 4 in the morning thing is him leaving his wife in the middle of the night. Anyway, that's my interpretation. |
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| Ben Folds Five – Fair Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| Just listening to this album again and I forget how much I love it. This song almost hurts to hear, because we've all been there - when we love someone more than they love us and they dump us. And then we do stupid dramatic things like throw ourselves onto moving cars. And yes, we hurt and want a crowd to acknowledge our pain. Ugh, its painful to listen to this again! | |
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