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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There was a time that I had nothing to explain
Oh, this mess I had made
But then things got complicated
My innocence has all but faded
Oh, this mess I have made
And I dont believe in god
So I cant be saved
All alone as Ive learned to be
In this mess I have made
All the untested virtue
The things I said Id never do
Least of all to you
I know hes kind and true
I know that he is good to you
Hell never care for you more than I do
But I dont believe in love
And I cant be changed
All alone as Ive learned to be
In this mess
I have made the same mistakes
Over and over again
There are rooms in this house that I dont open any more
Dusty books of pictures on the floor
That she will never see
Shell never see that part of me
I want to be for her
What I could never be for you
But I dont believe in god
So I cant be saved
All alone as Ive learned to be
In this mess I have made