Post by Kawaii Kaiju on Aug 25, 2008 11:32:52 GMT -6
My Random music presented me with "Ben Folds - Bastard" this morning. It's funny, I can go months without thinking of or playing any Ben Folds, but when it starts up in my head, I tend to need to listen to at least an album's worth.
For those of you unfamiliar with Ben Folds, the best review of Ben Folds I ever read was this:
Bastard
The old bastard left his ties and his suit
A brown box, mothballs and bowling shoes
and his opinion so you'd never have to choose
Pretty soon, you'll be an old bastard too
You get smaller while the world gets big
The more you know you know you don't know shit
The whiz man'll never fit you like the whiz kid did
So why you gotta act like you know when you don't know?
It's okay if you don't know everything
Why you gotta act like you know when you don't know?
It's okay if you don't know everything
Close your eyes close your ears young man
You've seen and heard all an old man can
Spread the facts on the floor like a fan
throw away the ones that make you feel bad
Kids today gettin' old too fast
they can't wait to grow up so they can get some ass
They get nostalgic about the last ten years
before the last ten years have passed
why you gotta act like you know when you don't know?
It's okay if you don't know everything
Why you gotta act like you know when you don't know?
It's okay if you don't know everything
Tears land on a hand on the chest
The old bastard had a paradigm arrest
You got smaller and the world got big
The more you knew we knew we didn't know shit
The whiz man never fit him the whiz kid did
Why you gotta act like you know when you don't know?
cause It's okay if you don't know everything
Why you gotta act like you know when you don't know?
It's okay if you don't know everything
Zilla (and yes, if you see any of yourself in this song, you can assume I mean it as a suggestion for you)
For those of you unfamiliar with Ben Folds, the best review of Ben Folds I ever read was this:
Ben Folds is like a very capable bus driver, who always drives the very best he can and never splashes an old lady with a puddle. he is not going to surprise you by popping a wheelie - that wouldn't be right! "Songs For Silverman" is his best bus driving in years and years, playing his piano and coming up with nice ideas that will charm even the meanest old mother-funster - scarygoround.com
Bastard
The old bastard left his ties and his suit
A brown box, mothballs and bowling shoes
and his opinion so you'd never have to choose
Pretty soon, you'll be an old bastard too
You get smaller while the world gets big
The more you know you know you don't know shit
The whiz man'll never fit you like the whiz kid did
So why you gotta act like you know when you don't know?
It's okay if you don't know everything
Why you gotta act like you know when you don't know?
It's okay if you don't know everything
Close your eyes close your ears young man
You've seen and heard all an old man can
Spread the facts on the floor like a fan
throw away the ones that make you feel bad
Kids today gettin' old too fast
they can't wait to grow up so they can get some ass
They get nostalgic about the last ten years
before the last ten years have passed
why you gotta act like you know when you don't know?
It's okay if you don't know everything
Why you gotta act like you know when you don't know?
It's okay if you don't know everything
Tears land on a hand on the chest
The old bastard had a paradigm arrest
You got smaller and the world got big
The more you knew we knew we didn't know shit
The whiz man never fit him the whiz kid did
Why you gotta act like you know when you don't know?
cause It's okay if you don't know everything
Why you gotta act like you know when you don't know?
It's okay if you don't know everything
Zilla (and yes, if you see any of yourself in this song, you can assume I mean it as a suggestion for you)
