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=__ ﻿Ben Folds Five - Brick __=




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 * =====Why is this song important to me?=====
 * =====The Official Video.=====
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The lyrics have a powerful effect on the person listening. It touches a very controversial theme: abortion. It’s about an adolescent couple which has to face an abortion. The lyrics show Ben Folds, doesn’t feel very comfortable with his girlfriend, he doesn’t really love her but is keeping his feelings inside him, not to make things worse. =====

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“Her mom and dad went down to Charlotte they’re not home to find us out” with this quotation, it is shown how this couple try to hide from their parents this intervention, showing they’re still teenagers, they aren’t prepared to face this situation. “Can't you see it’s not me you're dying for now she's feeling more alone than she ever has before” this second quotation shows how he doesn’t approve her decision of aborting the baby, like many people do because he feels it’s like killing someone. It looks like he tells her and now she realizes she hasn’t got anyone to hold on to, no one who loves her so that accepts her decisions. Another issue that shows their immaturity, how they shouldn’t be having a baby because basically they don’t love each other. =====

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Near the end of the song it shows how he gets the courage to tell her how he really feels about the abortion and their relationship “They told me, "son, it's time to tell the truth" She broke down, and I broke down Cause I was tired of lying”. They both need someone to hold on to after having had passed this awful experience but the problem is, neither of them love each other, so they realize they are actually more alone than they thought they were. They can’t talk about it to their friends or relatives because they are too embarrassed to tell; therefore they keep it all inside. =====

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In the chorus he says:  “ She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly”. He shows how he felt about her. She never talked to him about her sadness her feelings about the unwanted baby, she enclosed herself and it made Ben Folds feel uncomfortable with her. That’s maybe why he calls her “a brick”. Also he says he is drowning, because he is carrying too much pressure with him. He is unprepared and too young to face such a complicated decision without any help. Maybe calling her a brick, is a metaphor saying she is a weight for him that is making him drown quicker and he must get rid of her as quick as possible. When he says: “Off the coast and I'm headed nowhere” he is making clear how after this event, he doesn’t know what to do. He’s future is unclear for him. =====

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I chose this song because ever since I first heard about it, I liked it. I was so interested in this song that I looked it up in the internet and I found all about this. I think it is a very important theme, because lots of adolescents get pregnant now a days. Some choose to abort some don’t, but it is a very tough decision anyways. In Spain, abortion is more socially accepted than in the US. People look down at you if they find out you’ve done one. A lot of people criticized Ben Folds for “killing a child” without realizing that the society can be very discriminating with a pregnant teenager. People don’t realize that having a baby at such a young age can make your life a nightmare. Many girls have had to leave their studies because they’ve become mothers and they are normally left by the father because they can’t deal with it either. =====

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So that’s why I think it is important that a famous music group talks writes about this and accepts it, to encourage other people who pass through the same situation, to make their own decisions no matter what the society says. Such big decisions have to be made personally because the effects of having a baby or not will solely be suffered by them. =====

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This song transmits so much energy it always makes me sad and depressed, and I was near to tears when I read about its meaning. I think it’s a very hard thing to go through and it is fabulous that when he’s already grown up recalls his memories and realizes he is still touched by this moment, this moment is an important moment of his life. =====

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This video shows the Ben Folds and the two other member of the music group playing the song in a dark room with water at their feet. This might want to reflect the overwhelming feeling Ben Folds has created by the pressure he is subject to, described as “and I’m drowning slowly”. The dark room may represent how weak he felt by not being able to talk to his girlfriend about it and how he felt guilty of killing a baby. =====

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There is an adolescent girl and it is represented how he picks her up with his car. She shows how she is also overwhelmed by the abortion, but they drive in silence with not one word said, as if this was too much for them to talk about it. None of them show any sign of love between and they look so apart. =====

They're not home to find us out
 She's a brick ………………….slowly  ……………………. and I'm headed nowhere  She's a brick ……………….. slowly