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
Half asleep, half a billboard, half a street, that's my window,
All in all, If you wanna know, I'm half asleep
Old friends and strangers, they treat me like a little girl,
But not you dear, you were always here
But back in the black and white spotlight, and I smoke a pack past,
And you were sitting pretty then, just like you're doing now,
I was so convinced, or so they say, I could have gone all the way,
Like everything else I did it halfway
Half asleep, that's where the dreams and demons meet, say stop the laughter,
Dim the roar, this clown's not funny anymore
Friends used to say that to me, treat me like a little girl,
But not you dear, you were always here
Like back when we tripped the light out of sight,
The band would play, I'd sing my heart out for drunken crowds,
It didn't mean a thing, we were so overcome, I loved you so,
That it seemed like an hour ago
And when I'm down and out, I try to figure out,
What was it all about? was the spark always there?
I only know now, don't wanna take another breath
Half asleep
No keep talking I'm still here, don't let them take you away my dear
Someone said "He can't hear you, he's half asleep"
Half asleep