back to anonymous

Ben Folds

These days
It doesn t matter, I can let myself go
No disguise, just go for a stroll
It s back to anonymous
But those years were
One big blur
I don t know where I have been
I dream the pieces back now and then

Is it cliche
Does it sound so ungrateful
When it comes out that way?
If so, I only mean to say
Thank you for those crazy days
But it s back to anonymous

Strangers
Creepy and comfortable that they knew my name
It s not at all what I thought that fame would be
It was just a small world
For a while
Is life better now?
Well, that depends on how I m feeling about it
It s not so much that I wanted out
I really didn t have a say

But it s a big world
With un-famous people who deserve
The grand applause
And they quietly carry on
I d like to think that I could be that strong
Daydreaming on the bus, that s all
Now it s back to anonymous

The wife and I
Feeding the birds, in love
In comfortable clothes
The neighbors, they don t wink like they know

But back when they d say
Savor this moment
It s your time
Seize the day
But I couldn t stay awake
And I didn t feel a thing
And she reminds me when I start to think
I might throw my hat back in the ring
But it s time to be?