What I've kept with me
And what I've thrown away
And where the hell I've ended up
On this glary, random day
Were the things I really cared about
Just left along the away
For being too pent up and proud

Woke up way too late
Feeling hungover and old
And the sun was shining bright
And I walked barefoot down the road

Started thinking 'bout my old man
It seems that all I want to get into a car and go
Anywhere

Here I stand
Sad and free
I can't cry
And I can't see
What I've done
Oh God what have I done?

Don't you know I'm numb, man
No I can't feel a thing at all
'Cause it's all smiles and business these days
And I'm indifferent to the loss

I think that there's a soul somewhere
That's leading me around
I wonder if she knows which way is down

Here I stand
Sad and free
I can't cry
And I can't see
What I've done
Oh God what have I done?

I poured my heart out
I poured my heart out
It evaporated
See

Blind man on a canyon's edge
Of a panoramic scene
Maybe I'm kite that's flying high and random
Dangling on a string
Or slumped over in a vacant room
Head on a stranger's knee
I'm sure back home
They think I've lost my mind

Here I stand
Sad and free
I can't cry
And I can't see
What I've done
Oh God what have I done?


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    Brick is not Ben's best song. PLEASE if you believe that it is BUY THE REST OF HIS ALBUMS!!!! I love brick, but...everybody thinks it's great because it was the only song that really topped the charts. That's the song that got everybody interrested in Ben Fold's, but he and Darren and Robert have so much more to offer, but everyone is so hung up on Brick. Please take my advice and get your hands on everything that they've done. This song in itself is so much more beautiful and poetic as compared to brick. just thought I'd ramble some more. I'm done now.

    HHealy84on September 23, 2002   Link

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