Brick by Ben Folds Five

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 her apartment
She is balled up on the couch
Her mom and dad (1)________ 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 (2)__________ and I'm drowning slowly

They (3)________ her name at 7:30
I pace around the parking lot
Then I (4)________ 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 (5)____________ (6)________ she was not fine
They (7)________ me, "son, it's time to tell the truth"
She broke down, and I broke down
Cause I was tired of lying

Driving back to her apartment
For the moment we're alone
She's alone
I'm alone
Now I know it

She's a brick and I'm (8)________________ slowly
Off the coast and I'm headed nowhere
She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly

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