Gotta knock a little harder

현재 솔로로 활동하고 있는 Ben Folds가 리더를 햇었던 팀이었죠. 재즈를 바탕으로 하고 있던 밴드였고, 기타 대신 피아노가 메인 역할을 했었던 묘한 밴드였죠. 당시 인디씬에서 주류로 부상했던 밴드중에서도 음악성이 있었죠.

Philosophy는 Ben Folds Five라는 동명의 데뷔 엘범의 곡입니다. 즉흥연주 같은 훵키한 곡들이 많은 앨범인데, 역시 첫 앨범이라서 거칠기도 하죠. 개인적으로 이러한 피아노 소리를 좋아해서 꽤 자주 듣는 앨범입니다.

Ben Folds Five - Philosophy (1995)

Wont 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 thats why my philosophy(my phil-)
It keeps me walking when Im falling down(o-so-phy)
I see that there is evil
And I know that there is good
And the inbetweens
I never understood
Wont you look at me
Im crazy
But I get the job done
Yeah Im crazy
But I get the job done

Chorus

I pushed you cause
I loved you guys
I didnt realize
You werent 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
Its really not the you cant see
The forest for the trees
Youve 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
Youre my friend
But you got no philosophy
Now its time for this song to end