Carolina QuotesBen Folds
North Carolina · born or raisedBorn 1966
American musician
- Born in Winston-Salem
- Studied at Richard J. Reynolds High School
singer-songwriter, musician, pianist, composer, singer, lyricist
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Notes don't make music until you learn to insert silence between them.
Last night I was east with them And west within Trying to be for you what you wanna see.
I feel like a quote out of context, withholding the rest so I can be for you what you want to see.
Would you look at me I'm crazy But I get the job done Yeah, I'm crazy but I get the job done.
Now that I have found someone I'm feeling more alone Than I ever have before.
All this breathing in Never breathing out.
So much time and so little to say..
You have made me smile again In fact, I might be sore from it. It's been a while I know we've been together many times before I'll see you on the other side.
I don't get Many things right the first time In fact, I am told that a lot Now I know all the wrong turns And stumbles and falls Brought me here.
Good morning, son In twenty years from now Maybe we'll both sit down and have a few beers And I can tell you 'bout today And how I picked you up and everything changed.
You nodded off in my arms watching tv I won’t move you an inch Even though my arm’s asleep.
Why you gotta act like you know, if you don't know? It's okay if you don't know everything.
I refuse to rot like my contemporaries I want to explode in a karaoke supernova I don't wanna grow old Won't you let me, won't you let me explode?
There's never gonna be a moment of truth for you While the world is watching All you need is the thing you forgotten And that's to learn to live with what you are.
When you don't care then You've got nothing to lose And I won't hesitate Because every moment life is slipping away It's okay.
I stay focused on details It keeps me from feeling the big things But watch the microscope long enough Things that seem still are still changing
Who knows why some satellites come by and by while others disappear into the sky.
This morning I wake to be older than you were Fresh white snow for miles Every footstep will be mine.