This is about bronies. They communicate by stomping.
The lights are off again
She took me by surprise
She's so sensitive
This shit just happens sometimes
She's my everything
She's my best friend and more
We don't do anything
We didn't do the day
Before you go
You ought to know
That I didn't mean to hurt you, I just wanted you to know
Black tears are falling down her face
And I am wrong
Black tears are falling and she won't say what I've done
She's sitting here beside me, then she is gone
Black tears are falling, falling
Remember long ago
Together laughing, loving
Oh so long ago
When we were buying something
Life was simple then
But she's not happy now, and I
Don't feel anything
Her lips are moving
I am mesmerized
By tiny lies
I'm watching as the shapes are drawing slowly from her eyes
Black tears are falling down her face
And I am wrong
Black tears are falling and she won't say what I've done
She's sitting here beside me, then she is gone
Black tears are falling, falling
Black tears are falling, falling
Losing Lisa
Losing Lisa
Losing Lisa
And there's nothing I can do
Black tears are falling, falling (ooh ooh) [Repeats]
She took me by surprise
She's so sensitive
This shit just happens sometimes
She's my everything
She's my best friend and more
We don't do anything
We didn't do the day
Before you go
You ought to know
That I didn't mean to hurt you, I just wanted you to know
Black tears are falling down her face
And I am wrong
Black tears are falling and she won't say what I've done
She's sitting here beside me, then she is gone
Black tears are falling, falling
Remember long ago
Together laughing, loving
Oh so long ago
When we were buying something
Life was simple then
But she's not happy now, and I
Don't feel anything
Her lips are moving
I am mesmerized
By tiny lies
I'm watching as the shapes are drawing slowly from her eyes
Black tears are falling down her face
And I am wrong
Black tears are falling and she won't say what I've done
She's sitting here beside me, then she is gone
Black tears are falling, falling
Black tears are falling, falling
Losing Lisa
Losing Lisa
Losing Lisa
And there's nothing I can do
Black tears are falling, falling (ooh ooh) [Repeats]
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She has got beyond explaining why she's pissed off (She won't say what I've done) However, a lot of the conclusions she has come to are a result of how she interprets his actions as opposed to how he means them. so while she assumes he's well aware, he genuinely doesn't understand what he's done wrong, he just knows that is her default attitude (black tears are falling down her face and I am wrong) and despite them still bothering to spend monotonous time around each other (we don't do anything we didn't do the day before) she seems to have checked out of the relationship (She's sitting here beside me and she is gone) thus, he can see he's losing her but doesn't have a clue how to prevent it or, indeed, whether he even wants to any more.
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@CatKeech all too familiar
I like.
The line, "She's sitting here beside me, then she is gone," that's powerful stuff.
when I first heard this song,coincidentally I just lost someone I really loved so it was just the perfect time to sing along.
this reminds me of my exboyfriend who left me cause i cheated on him which was my fault in all aspects and i dont blame anyone that hates me cause that was really wrong but im not here to apologize to strangers. anywho, yeha this reminds me of him because although i didnt like him like that anymore, i still loved him as my best friend and now hes gone just like that, figuritively and literally. he moved away last week. yeah that majorly sucks and blows. ah well..lifes a bitch.
Awesome song. I feel like this album is so much more serious than his work from Ben Folds Five.
Wow. For some reason, I always thought that this song was about the speaker losing his loved one (Lisa), because he worked so much. Because of his job or whatever, his relationship with Lisa is failing.
Didnt know it was more general.
This song is supposedly about suicide.
..mm this one amazes me.
it would be ironic if it was about suicide...the beat is so uppity and happy-like and the meaning is so deep and uuh..meaningful. do you suppose it was supposed to be that way? sometimes people cover their emotions up no matter how dark they are with an optimistic facade, do you think this is just a song of pure happiness shielding angsty feelings?
anna118k- no, it's not because of his "job or whatever", it's about his girlfriend or wife killing herself. and it is not general, it is specifically about one thing. second, darren sings in underground, not ben, durrr.... and third, have you not heard The Unauthorized Biography...? how can you say that ben folds cd is more serious than that??
and to your name here i do believe that the meaning was supposed to be meaningful... i think its also an angsty song showing angsty feelings...