Brick

Artist: Ben Folds Five
Album: Whatever and Ever Amen

6 am day after Christmas
I throw some clothes on in the dark
The smell of cold
Car seat is freezing
The world is sleeping
I am numb

Up the stairs to the apartment
She is balled up on the couch
Her mom and dad went down to Charlotte
They're not home to find us out
And we drive
Now that I have found someone
I'm feeling more alone
Than I ever have before

She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly
Off the coast and I'm headed nowhere
She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly

They call her name at 7:30
I pace around the parking lot
Then I walk down to buy her flowers
And sell some gifts that I got
Can't you see
It's not me you're dying for
Now she's feeling more alone
Than she ever has before

She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly
Off the coast and I'm headed nowhere
She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly

As weeks went by
It showed that she was not fine
They told me son, it's time to tell the truth
She broke down, and I broke down
Cause I was tired of lying

Driving home to her apartment
For a moment we're alone
Yeah she's alone
I'm alone
Now I know it

She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly
Off the coast and I'm headed nowhere
She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly

*** Do you know that this song is about a guy taking his girlfriend to the clinic for an abortion? I was surfing the net for the lyrics and happened to glimpse this site: What is the meaning of the song "Brick"?

I really like the song, I was curious about the meaning of this, it came to me just like a gift from heaven and I had my answer. I just wanna share the ironic story of the song, in the course of abortion, hidden behind the lyrics of a popular song by Ben Folds Five.

It's sad that it happened after Christmas day and then when the parents had the idea of what was happening with the lovers, they asked them to tell the truth. The line with "they call her name at 7:30", the people who would abort the baby called his girlfriend. The girl is the brick that makes the guy drowning because if you have a brick with you, you will end up sinking in the water. The mood of this song is really sad, painful and regretful.

With this;
Driving home to her apartment
For a moment we're alone

***It means like, after they did abortion, they were alone together like they are together physically but because of what happened, it's drifting them apart.

And with this;
Yeah she's alone
I'm alone
Now I know it

***The girl is alone because she doesn't carry the child anymore and the guy is alone too because things will never be the same again after that day.