Playlist Ben Lee

ben lee - the frail girl

My nervous stage presence
I awkwardly smile
At the sassiest comment
In your outgoing style
You'll cut out my heart
And you'll do it to spite me
y'only like me cause I'm in a band
But at least you like me

I should feel bad
I should feel used
Keep my eyes closed
Just let me choose

You like my music
Rock n roll music
You got my songs in your head
On the weekend
I'm just a guitar
I'm just a CD
Something to keep
But I'm glad you've got me

Life reflector
Pretty heckler

Act like you mean it
Not just for free shit
You want a boyfriend
To get on the guest list
You're gonna use me
You're going through me
But I know right now
That you're happening to me

That should scare me
When you phone me
I'll be pretending
But at least not lonely

You like my music
Rock n roll music
You got my songs in your head
On the weekend
I'm just a guitar
I'm just a CD
Something to keep
But I'm glad you've got me

Life reflector
Pretty heckler

ben lee - 10 ft tall

I'm ten feet tall today
I'm higher than a kite
I sidle up beside
Awake for five days and five nights

I've got a glow today
For everyone I know
It hurts to watch me glow
I'm blind so watch me grow

I hit the ground and I'm downtown
The street's alive there's people 'round
Wonder how I did it all before
You know, I've walked away from more...

I'm ten feet tall today
And no one can explain
And no one can obtain
And I will buckle under strain

I hit the ground and I'm downtown
The street's alive there's people 'round
Wonderin' how I did it all before
You know, I've walked away from more than this
I've walked away from more than this
Away from more

I'm ten feet tall today
I'm higher than a kite

ben lee - 16

I feel had
Where's the reckless spirit I'm supposed to have
That was crap
Your world's joke making me choke

I'm so mad
I thought my life would be like a John Hughes film
I feel had
Don't tell me at sixteen you were stoked
Cause I'm a man and I'm a joke

You told me 16 had a girl
16 had a car
16 made me wise
But now I'm 16 and I see that's all wrong
But now I'm 16 and I see that's all wrong
At 16 I'm just lucky to be alive

What's the cost
I can't move why do I feel lost
Piss me off
Time is my schedule, school's my boss
There's no love lost
Because there is no love got

Piss me off
Don't tell me being 16 was a joy
Cause I'm a man and I'm a boy

You told me 16 had a girl
16 had a car
16 made me wise
But now I'm 16 and I see that's all wrong
But now I'm 16 and I see that's all wrong
At 16 I'm just lucky to be alive

Where's my girl
Where's my car
Where's my record deal
Make me a star
Where's my spirit
Where's my team
I can't be jaded yet cause I'm only 16
I can't be jaded yet cause I'm only 16
I can't have seen it all I'm only 16
I can't have seen it all I'm only 16

ben lee - 2 sisters

On the TV there's a picture frame with two separate photos in it
My two sisters that's just about the closest they've been
My folks will tell you they've been that way forever
I can't remember the last time they were in the same room together
You'll hear stories about how they used to fight
Screaming slamming doors keep the neighbors up at night
And me their evil baby child brother
Just about the last thing they have in common with each other
Two sisters everything is awkward, tense
Don't know each other and it doesn't make sense at all
Two sisters both led lives extreme
Tried to erase any similarities
Married, single, secure, a floating balloon
Tried to forget the fact that they both came from the same womb
Two sisters a deadly combination
Avoid it at all costs it's not worth the frustration
Maybe a brother and a sister would be best for all
Two sisters had so much in common
Now they don't know each other at all
You thought that they'd grow closer with age
You were mistaken, they'll go to their graves apart
Not regretting what they didn't do
Never missing the sister that they never knew
Maybe the friendly sibling myth is a scam
I don't know any siblings that walk around holding hands
Maybe we all expect too much of them
Not only to be sisters but also to be friends
Maybe two sisters need to fight scream and weep
Maybe if two sisters don't fight
Then two sisters will never speak
Keep your theories and parent psychology
It doesn't hold with me
A frame with two separate photos in it
Is the closest that my two sisters have been
A frame with two separate photos in it
Is the closest that my two sisters have been
A frame with two separate photos in it
A frame with two separate photos in it

ben lee - 8 years old

Eight years old
I was in love with a girl
Eight years old
My only love meant the world
We'd hang out
Play catch and kiss at lunch time
I was young she was something to call mine
I'd be lying if I said I was not
Devastated and broken when she
Opened my hand slid hers in
Then walked away

It was bad
The only eight year old kid suicidal
In the school
Convinced I was down to survival
Melodramatic in my usual way
I was sure that the whole world would end
When the girl left that day
And it did

Seventeen years old
Riding home on the bus
Seventeen
Looking for someone to trust
The seat next to me
Sits down a girl I once loved
She looks at me
And then I remember her touch
She smiles
Then touches my knee
All of the sudden I'm eight years old not seventeen
Again

Here's this girl
I was in love, I was eight
Almost a decade later
A decade too late
So she smiles
Asks me "so how you been?"
Then gives me her number to go out sometime this weekend
My head is spinning it's all too surreal
Deja vu doesn't begin to describe how I feel
So I laugh
There's nothing to say
Maybe everything in my life's gonna end up this way

ben lee - a month today

Just 18 I've seen the world
Done more than some their whole lives unfold
Still at school just saving face
But a month today I'll be leaving this place

I've lived a million lives so far
But I'm still naive and a broken heart
I feel like I've heard it all before
With a whole life ahead to hear a whole lot more

You wouldn't believe half the things I've seen
Way too much for just 18
I've written songs about them all so far
And played them all on an acoustic guitar

Life is good, it's been alright to me
I've recorded my heart on a couple LPs
It all comes down to the same old thing
Trying to find someone to share it with

I'm lost, I know that the world is weird
I'm swimming in waters that I used to fear
Crazy things have made me kind of tough
Sometimes I think that I've seen too much

Just 18 I've seen the world
Done more than some their whole lives unfold
Still at school just saving face
But a month today I'll be leaving this place
But a month today I'll be leaving this place

ben lee - ache for you

In the rain
I'm walking slowly
There's a light
In your apartment
I don't know why
I ache for you

And its alright if
Youre undecided
Or if youre scared
That you might like it
Or if its true
I ache for you

Theres no rhyme
And theres no reason
Youre the secret in the back of my skull
Theres no logic
So please believe me
Our love's confusing
But it never gets dull

Its getting late
Anticipation
And if we talk
Communication
And then you'll know
I ache for you

And yeah sometimes
Its just desire
Another problem that you really dont want
But anyway
I ache for you

Theres no rhyme
And theres no reason
You know the secret in the back of my skull
Theres no logic
So please believe me
My love's confusing
But it never gets dull
I ache for you

And im tired
Of so much wanting
And what if -
Dont even think it
But why not?

Theres no rhyme
And theres no reason
You put a secret in the back of my skull
Theres no logic
So please believe me
My love's confusing
But it never gets dull

Theres no rhyme
And theres no reason
Youre the secret in the back of my skull
Theres no logic
So please believe me
My love's confusing
But it never gets dull

I ache for you

ben lee - afterhours

Would you close the door
and night can last forever
Leave the sun shut out
And make a toast to never
All the people are dancing
and they are having such fun
and i wish it could happen to me
but if you close the door
I'd never have to see the day again

And if you close the door
The night could last forever
Leave your wine glass out
And make a toast to never
Well someday I know someones
going to look into my eyes
and say "hello your my very special one"
But if you close the door
I never have to see the day again
These dark dark bars and shiny cadillac cars
and streets filled with subways and trains
Looking gray in the rain as the standards of raid
and the people look nice in the dark
And if you close the door
The night could last forever
Leave the sunshine out
And make a toast to never
All the people are dancing
And theyre having such fun
I just wish it would happen to me
But if you close the door
I might never have to see the day again
That's right I might never have to see the day again

ben lee - aftertaste

And it?s none of my business,
I got a weakness
Can I beat this?
The autumn leaves
Are falling in the breeze
It's not my fault
There's a storm over yonder
You gotta wonder
What it?s all about
Destiny was never up to me
And it?s not my fault,
Your love?s like salt

The aftertaste is gunna break my heart
Feels like its over before it starts
The aftertaste is gunna break my heart

And I really didn?t need this
Don?t wanna be this
Don?t wanna see this
I?m fallin? in,
I?m going there again
And it?s not my fault
Are you sick of pretending?
That all this trouble is really endin?
The way things break
Every step you take
Is not my fault
Your love?s like salt

The aftertaste is gunna break my heart
Feels like its over before it starts
The aftertaste is gunna break my heart

Your love?s like salt

The aftertaste is gunna break my heart
Feels like its over before it starts
The aftertaste is gunna break my heart

The aftertaste is gunna break my heart
Feels like its over before it starts
The aftertaste is gunna break my heart

ben lee - an open letter to the prime minister

ben lee - apple candy

i wanna know what he knows
i wanna feel what he felt
i wanna go where he's been

i wanna know what he knows
i wanna hear your secrets
i want you and i want him

cos you smell like apple candy
and we're singing hallelujah
and the edge in your affection broke my skin

i wanna know what he knows
i wanna touch what he touched
call me by his name

cos i know you made a promise
and told him he's your lover
make me feel the same

cos you smell like apple candy
and we're singing hallelujah
and i'm feeling so much younger than my years
but i wanna know what he knows
i wanna go where he's been
i want you and i want him

so you said "go find some trouble"
and you would do the same
then we opened up our hearts
so we could change

but you smell like apple candy
and we're singing hallelujah
and you smell like apple candy
and we're singing hallelujah
i wanna know what he knows
i wanna feel what he felt
i wanna touch what he touched
i wanna go where he's been
i want you and i want him

ben lee - away with the pixies

I'll cross your path
You won't let me forget it
You can change your name
And make me remember it

And they think that you're too much for words
But they don't know how to show it
They've labeled you most likely to succeed
Though you don't know how they'd know it

I don't want your stories anymore
They were fun when I was four
I'd do away with the Pixies
If you could give me something more
She's away with the Pixies

We'll work it out
We'll make it worthwhile
Cause you can't always change your name
Like your clothes go out of style

And they're jealous cause you know so much
They can't quite get a grip
You're everything they wish they were
You never miss a trick

I don't want your stories anymore
They were fun when I was four
I'd do away with the Pixies
If you could give me something more
She's away with the Pixies

ben lee - bad radio voice

I hear you're having a hard time as a hero
Being in a rock and roll band is nothing slight
I hear you got home and almost broke down crying
'Cos you thought about the way you were last night

And they won't even listen to your words
And they can't even come to terms
You'll pour your soul out 'cos you're paid to
But they won't even hear your shriek
Miss Entertainer, they'll be back again next week

I hear you're working hard on your first single
I hear you got them falling at your feet
I hear you're working hard at staying sane and sober
Miss Entertainer, I hear you're pretty beat

And you're hanging by one hand
And you want to leave that band
You'll pour your soul out 'cos you have to
But they won't even hear your shriek
Miss Entertainer, they'll be back again next week

You'll pour your soul out 'cos you're paid to
But they won't even hear your shriek
Miss Entertainer, they'll be back again next week
Miss Entertainer, they'll be back again next week
Miss Entertainer, I'll be back again next week

ben lee - be a kid

I wanna be a kid
You can nearly do everything
You can only not drive a car
I wanna be a kid
You can even bungee jump
When you are a kid

And I don't wanna wanna wanna wanna wanna wanna Get old
And I don't wanna wanna wanna wanna wanna wanna Get old

I wanna be a kid
'Cause when you're a kid
You get to go to school
And when you go to school you'll be
Very cool
When you're a kid I don't know how old you could be

And I don't wanna wanna wanna wanna wanna wanna Get old
And I don't wanna wanna wanna wanna wanna wanna Get old
And I don't wanna wanna wanna wanna wanna wanna Get old
And I don't wanna wanna wanna wanna wanna wanna Get old

I wanna be a kid
You can go to school like I said
You might be sixteen
You might be even seven
Or eight, nine, ten, eleven
Or twelve
All I know is you could be a star

And I don't wanna wanna wanna wanna wanna wanna Get old
And I don't wanna wanna wanna wanna wanna wanna Get old
And I don't wanna wanna wanna wanna wanna wanna Get old
And I don't wanna wanna wanna wanna wanna wanna

[Spoken: Did you like the song, man? Did you like the song?]

ben lee - begin

I'm walking down broadway
Each foot step is a new love letter
I'm trying to make eye contact
With each and every stranger that I pass
Thinking about the city
It's living proof people need to be together
I'm thinking about how I just want to open up
And give and give and give
And it's ok for you to care
Cause I can feel you in the air
And while you wonder "how's this gonna end?"
I only want it to begin

I'm thinking about desire
I've had to learn how to sin successfully
I'm thinking about bliss
And bliss is all dressed up
And there's no one to dance with
Remembering her smile and the nuclear bomb
And the reasons I loved her
Walking through Central Park
I'm in a foriegn country and I'm waiting for a sign
That it's ok for you to care
Cause I'm not going anywhere
And while you wonder if you should let me in
I only want it to begin

I'm still singing
Twisting new melodies, breaking arrangements
Thinking about my heart
I guess you've heard, sometimes it's heavy
But I just keep moving
When I hit a wall, I look up at the sky
I'm thinking about my maker
In spite of all this I know she won't give up on me
And its ok for you to care
Cause I can taste you everywhere
While it's true
All straight things must bend
I only want it to begin

I only want it to begin
I only want it to begin
I only want it to begin

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