Ben Folds

Ben Folds

Benjamin Scott "Ben" Folds (born September 12, 1966) is an American singer-songwriter and the former frontman of the musical group Ben Folds Five. He is widely acclaimed for his prowess as a pianist, songwriter, performer, and multi-instrumentalist.

Song lyrics

With Ben Folds Five

• Last night I was east with them
  And west within
  Trying to be for you what you wanna see.
  • "Best Imitation of Myself", Ben Folds Five (1995).

• I feel like a quote out of context, withholding the rest so I can be for you what you want to see.
  • "Best Imitation of Myself", Ben Folds Five (1995).

• Would you look at me I'm crazy
  But I get the job done
  Yeah, I'm crazy but I get the job done.
  • "Philosophy", Ben Folds Five (1995).

• Now that I have found someone
  I'm feeling more alone
  Than I ever have before.
  • "Brick", Whatever and Ever Amen (1997).

• All this breathing in
  Never breathing out.
  • "Fair", Whatever and Ever Amen (1997).

• So much time and so little to say..
  • "I'm Missing the War", Whatever and Ever Amen (1997).

• You have made me smile again
  In fact, I might be sore from it.
  It's been a while
  I know we've been together many times before
  I'll see you on the other side.
  • "Don't Change Your Plans", The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner (1999).

• Who knows why some satellites come by and by while others disappear into the sky.
  • "Michael Praytor", The Sound of the Life of the Mind (2012).

• This morning I wake to be older than you were
  Fresh white snow for miles
  Every footstep will be mine.
  • "Away When You Were Here", The Sound of the Life of the Mind (2012).

Solo

• I don't get
  Many things right the first time
  In fact, I am told that a lot
  Now I know all the wrong turns
  And stumbles and falls
  Brought me here.
  • "The Luckiest", Rockin' the Suburbs (2001).

• Good morning, son
  In twenty years from now
  Maybe we'll both sit down and have a few beers
  And I can tell you 'bout today
  And how I picked you up and everything changed.
  • "Still Fighting It", Rockin' the Suburbs (2001).

• You nodded off in my arms watching tv
  I won’t move you an inch
  Even though my arm’s asleep.
  • "Gracie", Songs for Silverman (2005).

• Why you gotta act like you know, if you don't know?
  It's okay if you don't know everything.
  • "Bastard", "Songs for Silverman" (2005).

• I refuse to rot like my contemporaries
  I want to explode in a karaoke supernova
  I don't wanna grow old
  Won't you let me, won't you let me explode?
  • "Hiro's Song", Songs for Goldfish (2005).

• There's never gonna be a moment of truth for you
  While the world is watching
  All you need is the thing you forgotten
  And that's to learn to live with what you are.
  • "Learn to Live with What You Are", Supersunnyspeedgraphic (2006).

• When you don't care then
  You've got nothing to lose
  And I won't hesitate
  Because every moment life is slipping away
  It's okay.
  • "There's Always Someone Cooler Than You", Supersunnyspeedgraphic (2006).

• I stay focused on details
  It keeps me from feeling the big things
  But watch the microscope long enough
  Things that seem still are still changing
  • "Still", Supersunnyspeedgraphic (2006).

BenFolds.com

• "Notes don't make music until you learn to insert silence between them."
  • Studio

External links

• Official website