| Ben Folds Five – House Lyrics | 9 years ago |
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Now, I'm really not positive, but I'm inclined to think that the house he's speaking of is a metaphor for his mind. Especially the line "I've had the nightmares, I've seen some counselors" makes me think that. I also don't know that Ben Folds has or ever has had any mental health problems, but that's definitely what I think of every time I hear this song. Having recently read "The Goldfinch," in which the main character has PTSD, these lyrics sound to me like those of a person with PTSD, or another anxiety disorder. The person used to be afraid of their thoughts, but now they're not nervous anymore. Instead, they just avoid themselves, and don't think about it. A beautiful song. Ben Folds can't be beat. |
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| Ben Folds – The Frown Song Lyrics | 9 years ago |
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I know that this song is about one of his ex-wives, who I recall he left for a yoga guru. The whole song, to me, revolves around the line "Speculate who might be fucking the guru." (You have to love that line...) He's saying that, after their divorce, she should have been the one looking back and saying "Which one of us was wrong? Which one was fucking the guru?" Whether he was right, no one can say. And in the end, he says "Now we know who's been fucking the guru." He's saying she decided on something, she's accepted an answer, and now she's happy, but he doesn't say what she decided--that really could go either way. She could be happy with the realization that he was wrong and now he's gone, or she could be satisfied with the decision that she was wrong and the divorce was the right thing. The whole song also makes me wonder how much of this is him trying tell her she was wrong, or if it's him trying telling the world that she admitted she was wrong. Or maybe he isn't even saying she was wrong, maybe he's trying to say they were both at fault, that it isn't just black and white. |
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