Benjamin Scott Folds(born September 12, 1966, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina) is an American singer-songwriter. He is widely known for his prowess as a pianist. Folds' musical career started to get off the ground in the late '80s, as bassist for band Majosha,after playing bass and piano at Pinehurst, in a group known as the "Caroliners" with cohort Millard Powell in 1985 - 1987; for the Calayer and after working as but he is best known for his later work as the frontman and pianist of Ben Folds Fiveand as a solo artist. Folds's compositional and playing technique remain wholly unique, combining elements of the typical 'singer/songwriter' genre, jazz, and power rock. Indeed, his music is evocative of artists such as Joe Jackson, Todd Rundgren, and Sir Elton John, with an added edge and bold infusion of energy and wit.
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Philosophy Lyrics
Ben Folds
Won't you look up at the skyline
At the mortar block and glass
And check out the reflections
In my eyes
You see they always
Used to be there
Even when this all was grass
And i sang and danced
About a high-rise
You were laughing at
My helmet hat
Laughing at my torch
Chorus
Go ahead you can
Laugh all you want
I got my philosophy
Keeps my feet on the ground
And i trust it like the ground
And that's why my philosophy(my phil-)
It keeps me walking when i'm falling down(o-so-phy)
I see that there is evil
And i know that there is good
And the inbetweens
I never understood
Won't you look at me
I'm crazy
But i get the job done
Yeah i'm crazy
But i get the job done
Chorus
I pushed you 'cause
I loved you guys
I didn't realize
You weren't having fun
I dragged you up the stairs
And i told you to fly
You were flapping your arms
You started to cry
You were too high
Too high
You may take this all for granted
Take the mortar, block and glass
And you forget the speech
That moved the stone
It's really not the you can't see
The forest for the trees
You've never been out
In the woods before
Go ahead you can laugh
All you want
But i got my philosophy
Keeps my feet on the ground
And i love you
You're my friend
But you got no philosophy
Now it's time for this song to end