| Ben Folds Five – Brick Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Part II... Fast forward ten years and my girlfriend is now my wife. We have a young child whom we love dearly. We want more children and she gets pregnant. She waits until 10 weeks have passed and makes the announcement. We go for an ultrasound. I am with her and I can clearly see that there is now nothing discernable in the womb. The ultrasound technician knows this as well but isn't allowed to comment. That's the doctor's job. It doesn't matter because we both know that something has gone wrong. Our baby has left this world. My wife suffers a miscarriage. To this day, I wonder who this child may have been. As I type, I am crying. Seeing the ultrasound for my first child and then seeing the ultrasound of my second child changes my entire outlook on abortion. Does life begin at conception? Maybe. But it is a fact that when there is a fetus with hands, feets, toes, etc. you are looking at life. When I hear "Brick" I cry. I will not judge others in their decision on this topic. But do not take it lightly. Explore all of your options before making the decision to terminate a pregnancy. Don't be bullied by people at abortion clinics. |
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| Ben Folds Five – Brick Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Part I... I think its clear that this song is about abortion. Most people have been mislead about the subject. Abortion was legal in the United States prior to the Roe v Wade decision. Up until that point in time, the individual states had the right to legislate on abortion. If the people in the state through their elected representatives didn't want to legalize abortion, they outlawed it. Other states did legalize abortion. That's how the Constitution intended it to be. The federal government has no business in this matter. It is a state's rights issue. The Supreme Court got it wrong on this issues (as well as many other issues during the "Warren" court). I have a great deal of personal opinion on the matter but I'll save it for a different forum. The lawyer in me had to comment on the topic from a legal viewpoint. Now to the song...This is a beautiful song which I really enjoy listening to but at the same time, it always saddens me. I can't help but think that Folds regrets the matter as well. Why else write about it? It's ironic that this song would prove to be his (or the band's) most popular work. When I was in high school, my girlfriend and I thought that she was pregnant. I was only 17 years old and I made up my mind that she would have an abortion. I was planning on going to law school which would cost me $100,000. How could I provide for a child? As fate would have, she was wasn't pregnant. We never had to go through with it... |
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