Ben Folds Five(1994-2000) was a three-member band formed in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, who until their breakup in 2000 were a mainstay of piano rock. Much of their work was influenced by jazz, evident in frequent improv-styled passages through bridge and/or ending. The members of the band were: Ben Folds, the lead singer and pianist, who also wrote most of the songs; Robert Sledgeon bass and Darren Jesseeon drums. The group enjoyed the success of the single Brickin 1998, a ballad written by Folds (with a chorus by Jessee) about his high school girlfriend getting an abortion. This song has, to a large degree, misrepresented the band to fans who aren't familiar with their other work; "Brick" is a serious ballad, whereas most of their music is characterised by jazz inflections and witty, humorous lyrics.
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Ben Folds Five
Well my dog wears a path on the same line
and lately i'm thinking i might take his advice
yeah yeah
cause he sees through the fence and he thinks i'm free
well, my brain and his chain look the same to me
all alone with a cage and a headrest
there's a thing I could get off of my chest
cause I
want to wear the path that's true
and I
want to wear the path with you
out on the cold off the leash four years or more
I don't even know what it was I was waiting for
well maybe I barked up the wrong tree
that was then, now i'm back
won't you see me?
cause I
want to wear the path that's true
and I
want to wear the path with you
oh it's true
I used to be afraid of growing old
and hanging around the same old place
but I got older anyway
so won't you
so won't you
so won't you brush my fears away
my dog wears a path and that's a good sign
cause my dog wears a path on the same line
(same line)
all alone in this cage with a headrest
there's a thing I should get off my off chest
(I could get off of my chest)
buy a house, go to work in the same car
feed the dog, put our teeth in the same jar
want to tell you that I
want to wear the path that's true
and I
want to wear the path with you
and I
want to wear the path that's true
(you there?)
(yeah)
(what'cha doing?)
(you didn't even say hello)
(hello)
(haha, that's not normal way to answer your phone)
(well there's a lot of ways to answer the phone)
(you could say Gruss G--)
(you just picked it up and didn't say anything, "are you there?"
(i'm sorry)
(what are you doing?")
(making a record)
(you're a qumkwat)
(we were doing a vocal track, you are all over it now)
(oh great)