Hospital Bed

i love the chorus of this song. <3.

after a being a bit disappointed with the opening track (ok how would it ever compare to sha sha) this one really helped me get into the cd. just one really good BK song complete with all the fun lyrics to sing along to like all the la la las.

I love this song. I haven't the slightest what it means.

To many people, some of Ben's music is very frustrating. "What's with the lyrics! Butterflies are passive-aggressive?!" Ben writes in what's called a stream of consciousness. Those who have tried to write one (myself included), know that often times what you write makes no sense at all. (Haha. I once wrote in one, "A rose bed of empty promises". WTF?!) See what I mean, it's basically your unconscious talking, and if you're into psych, you'll realize that often times, your unconscious can say some pretty weird crap. I think Beck may be the same way, too. But that's speculation. Ben does this because I've heard him talk about it.

Can I just say that this is possibly the greatest song ever? It is utterly impossible not to love this song. Me and my friends refer to this as "The Fun Song" and we even have a dance to it.....amazing!! the piano freak out before the chorus is the best part and the la la la's are awesome : )

Can I just say that this is possibly the greatest song ever? It is utterly impossible not to love this song. Me and my friends refer to this as "The Fun Song" and we even have a dance to it.....amazing!! the piano freak out before the chorus is the best part and the la la la's are awesome : )

any song with a bunch of la la la's goes on my list of awesomeness. i dont get the "you be betty" and such. very.... confusing. but meh, it's still GREAT!

So it's all about escaping from reality and being with someone you want. It's 'running away together'. We'll cast off our real lives, and instead of 'Liz' and 'Ben' "you be Betty, and I'll be Joe, and we'll crawl out my window" and escape our lives and our problems and just be together.

And reality creeps back in, and we can't run away forever. "In the morning I'm out of my head" with love for you, but I can't be there. "I wish i was sleeping in your hospital bed, give me some time to get on your mind!!!" "I wanna get right back down, but you're moving so fast, I want to be everywhere twice." Let's escape forever and just be together.

There's more there that I haven't gotten. I think he hints at her being the reason that they can't escape forever... "she's moving so fast", "this machine is so mature, it's so much your type" but I haven't quite nutted that part out yet.

Another of Ben's flooringly brilliant tunes.

this song makes me wanna party like it's 1999, but i gotta note "the memories enhance the way that you feel" line because i get it, ben, i get it.

Just a gorgeous song. . . I think Akiata got it, but I still wanted to comment on how awesome this song is.

On a whole, not as good of a CD as Sha Sha, but, really, can he outdo himself?

Although. . . Penny on a Train Track from his upcoming album is pretty darn amazing.

I really enjoy this song. There may be some link to Paul Simons "You can call me Al"

If you'll be my bodyguard I can be your long lost pal I can call you Betty And Betty, when you call me You can call me Al

Same sort of meaning I believe, escape who you are.