Brick
by Ben Folds Five
6 am day after Christmas
I throw some clothes on
in the dark
The smell of cold
Car seat is freezing
The world is sleeping
I am numb
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Up the stairs to the apartment
She is balled up on the
couch
Her mom and dad went down
to Charlotte
They're not home to find us out
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And we drive
Now that I have found
someone
I'm feeling more alone
Than I ever have before
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She's a brick and I'm drowning
slowly
Off the coast and I'm headed
nowhere
She's a brick and I'm drowning
slowly
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They call her name at 7:30
I pace around the parking
lot
Then I walk down to buy
her flowers
And sell some gifts that
I got
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Can't you see
It's not me you're dying
for
Now she's feeling more alone
Than she ever has before
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She's a brick and I'm drowning
slowly
Off the coast and I'm headed
nowhere
She's a brick and I'm drowning
slowly
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As weeks went by
It showed that she was not
fine
They told me son, it's time
to tell the truth
She broke down, and I broke
down
Cause I was tired of lying
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Driving home to her apartment
For a moment we're alone
Yeah she's alone
I'm alone
Now I know it
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She's a brick and I'm drowning
slowly
Off the coast and I'm headed
nowhere
She's a brick and I'm drowning
slowly
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this song (if you didnt already know) is about
abortion.
see the lead singer (whom
i'm guessing is ben folds, hence the band name)
got his girlfriend pregnant,
and she had an abortion while they were away (down at Charlotte).
every single time i hear this song i cry my eyes out.
its so true.
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