I just had an abortion on febuary 3rd .... it was the hardest thing I've ever had 2 do in my life. Nobody will ever understand how bad I feel....But it was for the best. My boyfriend handles it in his own way...but for me it's been extremely difficult. I'm in love with the piano. & I've been in love with this song 4 as long as I can remember...& knowing what it's about eases the pain my heart feels everyday. Thank you Ben Folds Five.
As someone who has gone through something very similar, it helps to hear a song that reminds me others have gone through this. The distance between them that making the decision they did, well I hope that less people experience it. Whether you're pro choice or pro-life, please be considerate of others. It hurts to make the choice, and it hurts to feel a void between someone you love. It will always be a regret you will have. Always. Whether you think it was the right choice or not.
As someone who has gone through something very similar, it helps to hear a song that reminds me others have gone through this. The distance between them that making the decision they did, well I hope that less people experience it. Whether you're pro choice or pro-life, please be considerate of others. It hurts to make the choice, and it hurts to feel a void between someone you love. It will always be a regret you will have. Always. Whether you think it was the right choice or not.
My social problems teacher showed us this video for a warm up one day and at the end we had to write down our reactions then we got into a discussion about abortion, and of course someone had to refer to Juno about the fingernails XD
ok a moment away from abortion i had interpreted the song differently.
i thought an older guy who sells drugs was with a young girl and she OD'd and they stayed together but after a while you could see the drugs were getting to her and he needed to let her go. but she busted on him and he was like yeah and then it really really was over. so he says she a brick and he'd be drowning EVEN if it they did stay together, it wouldnt of worked.
i could use every lyric as reference but wont unless askd
The fetus doesn't know what's happening. It doesn't know it's dying, you can't ruin a life that ins't a life yet, but if it lives, you're still ruining the mother's.
@Cuvelo FINALLY SOMEONE SAYS IT! I agree with this 100% people always say "you're killing a life" the baby hasn't been born yet... >.> I would actually say this in my social problems class but I don't feel like putting up with their shit :P
@crap4face exactly. sure abortion shouldn't be thrown around like birth control, or a "second chance" but most people who consider abortion are considering it for the circumstances they are in would not be healthy for the baby. like they are too young, not in a good financial situation, or maybe a health issue. i'd rather abort the baby than kill the mother or kill the baby's chance of a normal life.
honestly, i could give a shit less on anyone's opinion of abortion. we all have one so maybe we should just leave it at that. i love this song, i don't want it turning into a political debate! thanks (:
@DarlingTerror i think its called brick because he was in love with a piece of brick outside and started to sing to it. then the brick broke down and so did he.
For me it's about loosing my girlfriend to alcoholism after my mum just died. I am drowning....and I may have just lost her. Not my mum. She's dead and I was there with her. It's the track to my day at the moment and NOT at all about abortion....so there.
A few years back I found my real mom, she didn't want to talk to me or even see me but I went to her home any way. She said her family made her keep me, pro life mumbo jumbo. She couldn't go into enough detail when she said how horrible it felt to have me inside her for so long. She said she tried to kill herself and almost succeeded a few times. Even apologized for giving me away but still said I was a mistake that should have been taken care of.
Because fetus's's have a heart beat and and and fucking FINGER NAILS!!!! Are y'all really ruining this song because you have different beliefs on the subject matter?? Yes its about abortion. No I don't want your opinions. It fucking blows going through life knowing the people raising you are never really your family. Oh!! And a bonus, you get to intrude in a different "not quite home" every 2 months. I'm pro choice. Its really the hardest decision in a girls life but SHE* has to make it, not you
@bubbaCHERRY well you said it, a heart beating! a human being! you're killing a person! a genocide! and they cannot even defend themselvs!! you think is hard for HER to make a decision? is it really that hard to KILL a living person? is it as easy as to pull the trigger? doesn't that make you a murderer? it's LIFE! inside of a gir! your mom was pro-life. Until you REALLY know ALL the consequences that abortion and the stupid pro-choice moment really makes, not until then you will understand.
@bubbaCHERRY So you agree that the fetus is a human being but you still believe that it's the girl's decision whether to kill it or not? Don't ignore the facts, the fetus is a human from conception. Abortions stop a heart from beating. Don't forget it.
If he's truly sincere then listening may help. At least hear them out and don't get mad at what they feel. Take it from someone who's been there on the other side
You act as if it doesnt affect the father.. Hardest choice SHE* has to make? Cmon, sorry you had to go through life in foster homes, but dont just blame ur mom.
*abstinence (which is great for the people who choose to not have sex, but it is unrealistic in most cases.) So calling people "irresponsible twats" is really not true (in some cases, sure) but it really depends on the situation. I'm not pro-abstinence, and I'm not going to talk about pro-life or pro-choice-but I do think whatever you are, you need to understand the views from the opposite side. I've seen a lot of incorrect statements just from this little feud between two people.
People aren't necessarily irresponsible if they get pregnant not on purpose. Sure, I will agree that teenagers who do not use protection, but continue to have sex seem very irresponsible-but just remember that protection is not a 100% guarantee. Condoms can break, fall off, or even have a tiny hole that allows semen to get through. So even when a person is having sex responsibly, there's always a chance of pregnancy. The only way to "not get pregnant in the first place" is to practice abstinance
@SuperStankazz You're not arguing the anatomy of a women, you are arguing the ethics of abortion. Saying that abortion is murder is not a biological fact, it is an opinion. I probably know more about the uterus and ovaries than you do. Have you ever heard of a fallopian pregnancy. That is were the baby is dropped into one of the fallopian tubes instead of the womb. If the baby is not aborted after 5 weeks the tube will burst causing massive internal bleeding and they both die.
we did this for an english project to study the meaning of this and present this. it was really hard for me to present this. <3 this song jerks my emotions so much.
It's as simple as 'its the womans body' because there is also a father...besides that its murder and regardless of ur religious beliefs its wrong...i dont even listen to BFF so i dont know what hes trying to say in this song but thats my reply to reoples commentz. this band blows anyways
But as it pertains to the song, your comment shows a complete lack of insight. The song in no way promotes abortion. The song merely depicts the emotion that hit both of them after such a sad event.
Even the artist says about the song: I didn't really want to write this song from any kind of political standpoint, or make a statement. I just wanted to reflect what it feels like"
@JoeDoakes1015 I was not referring to the song, I was referring to people's comments on the video. From one comment, you do not know what my 'insight' or 'lack' of it is. So do shut up.
You can be pro-life, it is your choice. I agree with pro-life in many ways and in other ways I don't. Where I do have a problem however, is when 'pro-life' people feel they should thrust their opinion in people's faces. Some people may not agree with you on certain things, it's the way life goes. Get over it.
@laurajane0092 If you don't like murder then don't murder people!!!! LOLOLOL see h0w much s3nse it makes?!3?
Of course not, that's fucking stupid. It's funny how 100% of "pro-choice" people have already been born (lol that baby's choice sure was taken into consideration).
@weirdo666666 OK, we can take the fetus's choices into consideration. We will set up a poll date and every fetus that shows up counts as a pro life vote.
@go8smosh It is the job of the United States to protect the rights of people who cannot protect their rights themselves. Your ignorance shows in your statement.
Aborting a baby is closer to blowing a load into a tissue than it is murdering a baby. Keep your puritanical views to yourself. A woman should have the right to control her body.
@kisskisskiss121212 It is not, however, her right to control the body of others, including that of an unborn fetus. Sex's biological function is reproduction, by consenting to sex you consent to the risk of pregnancy because there is no such thing as 100% risk free sex. A sperm by itself has no potential for life, it is no different than any other cell or piece of skin in your body and if left to it's own devices will die off.
Terminating those pregnancies is a good thing. Not only does it decrease the number of bad pregnancies, of single mothers and children raised in poverty, but it *increases* the number of children born into two-parent families of financial means. There are a *lot* of women out there that had abortions when they were in high school, when they were in college, that went on to get married and have families -
Part 2: a life path that is universally agreed to be a good thing for everyone, that would have likely been utterly devastated for those women by becoming a teenage mother. Access to abortion and contraceptives is an unmitigated good; it empowers women to have more control over their own lives, over how and when they raise their families. It gives more children a better start in life and reduces poverty. There are no rational reasons to oppose universal access to legal abortions.
@kisskisskiss121212 Here's a great idea for "empowering women" and allowing them to take control of their own lives. Don't get pregnant in the first place. Abortions punish the child because its parents were irresponsible twats. Of course carrying a baby to term =/= raising it either, it's just as easy to give it up for adoption and carry on with your life. The problem is that people think they're entitled to abortions/killing their fetus simply because they made a shitty decision. They're not.
Your argument is so stupid. Punish the people for a moment of weakness? Really? Do you not understand how idiotic that is. Just because a person makes a mistake does not mean you should punish them. You are essentially punishing them for having sex, so if you are going to put forward your stupid argument then you may as well invoke that the government enforce people into celibacy.
@kisskisskiss121212 Try going back and re-reading my post so you can actually understand it.
It is not punishment for having sex, nor is it a punishment at all. It is the result of your actions, something you need to live with regardless of is that result is good or bad. If you think you can run around doing things that could have a major impact on multiple people's lives and then just duck out on the responsibility you are one of the most self entitled and pathetic human beings I've ever met
So your solution to an unwanted pregnancy is "don't get pregnant"? Real deep man, real deep. If you're immature and don't have money, don't have a kid? Uh, yeah, that's one of the reasons abortions should be safe and accessible; so that women without the maturity or means to raise a child don't have to have one until they are at a stage of their life where they can raise one.
If your position is that immature and/or poor people should not have sex, I really don't have anything to say to you other than to stare blankly. I mean, even if I agreed with you, which I don't, it doesn't matter, because guess what, people are going to fuck, and some of them are going to get pregnant, and some of those pregnancies are going to be unwanted, regardless of what you think "should" have happened.
In any case, I think it's clear that ideally, abortion should be safe, legal, and rare. No one is served by making a medical procedure unsafe; if we are going to have abortions (and face it, a medical procedure is not going away), then it is our responsibility to ensure that they are performed by trained professionals that can perform them quickly, easily, with the lowest possible risk to the patient. Women are going to have unwanted pregnancies.
Unwanted pregnancies do not typically have happy endings; they're the seeds of broken homes, shattered dreams, and are not in any way a springboard to success for mother or child. Access to abortion and contraceptives is an unmitigated good; it empowers women to have more control over their own lives, over how and when they raise their families. It gives more children a better start in life and reduces poverty
@kisskisskiss121212 I think if it does happen, you should deal with the consequences of your actions, dang it. Sense of responsibility is something that should be held with much more importance than what most people do these days. And you can always put them up for adoption, and not have to deal with broken homes etc. anyway. Abortion is kind of a more short-sighted selfish thing to do. It will still in most cases take its serious toll on the person, but it's ultimately taking the easy way out.
Oh because the easy way out is a bad thing? What, you think women just go out, get pregnant, and then get abortions because it is EASY?! It is expensive, painful, and shameful. Women do not want abortions. Ideally, they should also be rare. I think that access to contraceptives should be a fundamental part of our medical strategy; that a range of options should be covered by medical insurance.
Widespread access and use of contraceptives would greatly reduce the number of abortions performed every year, and would likely improve public health and empower people in general.
@kisskisskiss121212 Compared to birth and raising or adoption, yes it is the easy way out, or at least easier. Like i said, responsibility for your dang actions, and not just for this. It sucks for everyone in every way, but it's necessary. If someone didn't didn't get an abortion, how much more likely do you think somebody would go out and screw up like that again compared to someone that did..? Responsibility. And the fact that you're arguing with responsibility says a lot about your opinions.
@kisskisskiss121212 And one more thing (and i'm not vouching for the legitimacy of this, i just heard it somewhere, you could probably look it up) a woman was the lead person in support of abortion... until she viewed one. When it was happening, she could see on the ultrasound that the baby was moving away from the needle before it punctured its heart. It couldn't have been very far along in the pregnancy or it would have been illegal. She changed sides. Now tell me that's just a bunch of cells.
@kisskisskiss121212 Unwanted pregnancies can always be 100% avoided (excluding rape, which is an entirely different matter). It is a person's choice if they have sex, and it is their responsibility to live with the result of their actions. No one says you need to keep the baby, you can always put it up for adoption. If you think 9 months of discomfort is worth a human life than I think you need to straighten out your values. To punish a baby for a situation it was forced into is senseless.
They are UNDIFFERENTIATED CELLS. It is NOT baby. Till you take a biology class I'm done arguing with you. Seriously, feel free to hold whatever puritanical views you want about sex. But you have no right to be able to inflict your narrow morality onto others. I see technology and progress liberating women from the oppressive morality of others, freeing them to make their own decisions about their bodies and their sexuality -
@kisskisskiss121212 A fetus, if allowed to follow its natural course will eventually grow into a human. It requires human intervention to stop it. You will have stopped a human from living. Explain to me how that is not murder. You talk about women's rights, I'm talking about human rights. You don't get to be on a special pedestal just because you don't want to deal with being pregnant. You have the *right* to choose to have sex, and the responsibility that comes with it.
You are an idiot. Any justification to label something human is determined by the development of the neural system (and CNS); off the top of my head, I can't remember when this begins and when it becomes significant, regardless abortion limits should entirely be focused around the stage in which the foetal brain starts to take form and start learning - prior to that, it really is as about as unique/special as the placenta in which it is attached.
@kisskisskiss121212 The placenta to which it is attached will not grow into a fully matured human, the fetus will. That is the difference, something your tiny brain can't seem to handle. To abort it will stop a human from existing, it is murder. Now ask yourself if you can justify that murder.
It is funny you try to attack my intelligence when you can't even comprehend a simple comparison. It is not murder. It is tantamount to removing the placenta. Your whole argument is based off your idea that anything that could be human is human and that abortion is murder. Maybe you should try reading something other than a bible to develop your opinions.
@kisskisskiss121212 I've already told you I'm an atheist (herp derp aren't you smart?). Murder is wrong because you rob people off all the experiences they will have, what they will do with their life, the ability to love, live, lose, and experience joy, sorrow, and happiness. You take that away whether you're aborting a fetus or killing an adult. My argument is based off the fact that a fetus will grow into a human, something a placenta or any other "human thing" won't.
I know you told me you are atheist, but being atheist does not mean you don't gain your ideas about morality from the bible. If you keep trying really hard you may say something of value, but all I hear is you ignoring the fact that a fetus is still not a human. Your argument can be applied to sperm or an ova because under the right circumstances and correct events they become a child. Your argument is shallow and puritanical.
Seriously, what person is benefited by making a medical procedure illegal? Prohibition does not work (something you would know if you studied any sort of modern history). People will still have abortions, but they will be unsafe. Legalization and regulation have consistently led to better outcomes than criminalization.
For those looking to prohibit abortion in all circumstances, it is virtually always tied to strong religious superstitions and enforcing those superstitions on everyone else. Do you even understanding about how prohibition on abortion has worked? Have you ever looked out how terrible the situation is in El Salvador? If you want to argue that we can't abort a fetus you better be consistent and argue that we can't waste a drop of sperm or an egg.
By your definition human life begins prior to conception. Each egg and sperm are living things fully capable of developing into a zygote. The only argument you should be trying to support is when to draw the line on abortions (something that can be measured), but you insist on resting on an emotional appeal to an opinion that flies in the face of science. You are a disgrace to atheism.
@kisskisskiss121212 So maybe you should try reading anything at all (especially the argument you're trying to rebut) before forming another terribly misguided and blatantly wrong and personally biased opinion about your "right" to control and end a life that isn't yours to start with.
It is about 4 months before differentiation happens. I guess I should not be surprised that Americans don't support this. I mean half of you are taught evolution is not real. I do support restrictions on third trimester abortions. With all that said your only argument is subject to opinion, so I propose a question:
@kisskisskiss121212 See the thing is you don't want equality, you want to have all the benefits and none of the responsibility that comes with it. I agree, women shouldn't be ostracized or looked down on for wanting to have or having sex, *however* with that comes the responsibility for your actions. Pregnancy is the result of sex, (hur dur take a biology class). Action A results in B. If you don't wan't B, don't do A. It's that simple. To punish another life for your actions is disgusting.
and I see people like you opposing that because you want to control their bodies, you want to control their sexuality, you want to control their lives to force them to comply with your world view.
@kisskisskiss121212 Let's take a look at criminals for a second. "OMG YOU ARE CONTROLLING THEIR B0DIES!@11". No, I don't want them to commit any crimes or harm other humans. Same principle. If your definition of controlling people is to prevent unnecessary collateral damage then yes, I am controlling. The same way society "controls" people by making laws pertaining to murder, rape, assault and robbery. Do I want to control their sexuality? No I don't.
@kisskisskiss121212 P2: I believe men and women are equally responsible for the baby they create, however the point is that they are responsible. Sex isn't something that should be taken lightly by men or women, it's a serious act and commitment that always has a chance of resulting in a pregnancy, whether intended or not. No one gets to indulge in whatever they want and then shirk when the time comes to take responsibility for their actions. Sex is no different.
@kisskisskiss121212 So here's a great idea, stop misconstruing my arguments through the use of ad hominems and actually try to rebut what I'm saying or just shut the fuck up and accept that you're wrong.
Saying that empowering women it telling them not to get pregnant is shallow and narrow minded. Next time you decide to type something maybe put a little thought into it.
@kisskisskiss121212 No it's not. You don't need to fuck everything that moves, and if you want to engage in sex than you need to treat it with the respect it deserves. Running around carelessly having sex is not empowering, it's disgraceful.
@kisskisskiss121212 Part2: When an egg is fertilized it will grow into a human if allowed to follow the course of nature. It requires human intervention to prevent and end human life. That's why it's murder and that's why jacking off into a tissue isn't the same as aborting your unborn child. Also my puritanical views? I'm an atheist, keep your condescending assumptions to yourself. Someone's right to life shouldn't be thrown away because their mother or father fucked up.
Ok personally i don't believe in abortions because God did not put as here to kill our own kind. Its just like killing yourself but your own child.... Its a women's choice but thats what i personally believe. Try and stop abortion as soon s possible
First track off his new retrospective. Out now, called "The Best Imitation of Myself". I think it's pretty fitting. :) One of my fave. Folds' tracks, hands down.
I was born in the US after Roe v Wade was decided and I wouldn't have wanted to use my mom's uterus without her consent and continued consent. If I needed her blood, bone marrow or a kidney of hers to live and she didn't want to give part of body to me, even if I would die, the US supreme court wouldn't say that she has to. So, I do believe in a woman's right to have an abortion.
Abortion is wrong under all circumstances. No innocent baby deserves to die, even if the girl was raped. Should the baby be punished and put to death because of someone elses actions? Also, you should not end a human beings life just because its an innconvienance to you to have to carry he/she. The baby has as much the right to life as you and i do. Sorry for people who are annoyed by me voicing my opinion but it had to be said.
if my parents aborted me, then i would not have been alive today. things get pretty hard, at times, but they try to do their best to make things better, they try to be good parents to me. things were hard for them at first, and it was going to be hard for me. yet they let me live and experience the joys and sadness life has to offer. just making a point.
I hate how people are so down on abortion, I see it from both sides. Some people will die if they have kids, some people get raped and they have to deal with looking at that baby and remember that. In those situations I believe in it. But if not, if they just don't want a baby then I say it shouldn't be allowed, but people are gonna do it no matter what people say.
And before anyone uses the common refutation of natural choice vs. unnatural choice, I'd like to say that the choice to parent or put a baby up for adoption may be a natural choice since they involve giving birth first, but that doesn't mean they are without devastating emotional side effects. For example, women that give birth can have postpartum depression and/or Psychosis.
For adoption side effects, watch Caitlyn and Tyler on Teen Mom 1&3 on MTV. Adoption isn't easy either.
I think this an awesome song, it shows the negative side of abortion. Keep in mind that when you're dealing with an unplanned pregnancy, that happened for whatever reason, that no matter what option the woman chooses it will be tough for her.
The Pro-Life side only mentions the emotional side effects of abortion, but rarely ever the emotional side effects of choosing to parent or give the baby up for adoption. The approved Pro-Life choices have emotional side effects on women also.
Great song but so sad. I'm pro life. You don't have to keep it. You will be better off emotionally if you put it up for adoption. It has a pulse and a soul.
This is strange but I figured I'd share it, when I listen to songs I like to visualize it as part of my life, and way back when i was a sophomore in highschool I remember imagining me and this one girl in my school (who I had never talked to and I had no idea why I thought of her) as happening to us. Two years later we started dating and now four years after that we are still together :) ...luckily no abortions tho lol
@kjs1324 Nice. I was a senior in highschool when this song came out, and I was in love with this girl who LOVED these guys. We were friends, I was pretty much friendzoned, lol....then I found out on myspace later, she kinda liked me then....doh!
@kjs1324 Another funny thing real quick. Liz had this best friend, & I would take them home after school sometimes.(It felt cool, 2 hotties in my truck) We'd smoke pot, listen to music, I'd make them laugh & laugh. This was in 1997-98. 10 years later I get a message from this girl on Myspace saying how we would probably get along, she liked my hair, etc. IT WAS THE BEST FRIEND! I replied, "You, me, & Liz used to used to hang out after school!" She didnt remember,lol. We ended up being FWB, heh.
i understand the song. first time I have heard it to be honest... and my heart just.. dropped. i mean literally i felt a pit in my stomach. pure beauty. all there is to it..
ya abortion
danderson87 3 days ago
I just had an abortion on febuary 3rd .... it was the hardest thing I've ever had 2 do in my life. Nobody will ever understand how bad I feel....But it was for the best. My boyfriend handles it in his own way...but for me it's been extremely difficult. I'm in love with the piano. & I've been in love with this song 4 as long as I can remember...& knowing what it's about eases the pain my heart feels everyday. Thank you Ben Folds Five.
piixiistiick 4 days ago
I don't see why people are arguing... The music is good lets focus on that.
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As someone who has gone through something very similar, it helps to hear a song that reminds me others have gone through this. The distance between them that making the decision they did, well I hope that less people experience it. Whether you're pro choice or pro-life, please be considerate of others. It hurts to make the choice, and it hurts to feel a void between someone you love. It will always be a regret you will have. Always. Whether you think it was the right choice or not.
Stackbv 1 week ago
As someone who has gone through something very similar, it helps to hear a song that reminds me others have gone through this. The distance between them that making the decision they did, well I hope that less people experience it. Whether you're pro choice or pro-life, please be considerate of others. It hurts to make the choice, and it hurts to feel a void between someone you love. It will always be a regret you will have. Always. Whether you think it was the right choice or not.
Stackbv 1 week ago
My social problems teacher showed us this video for a warm up one day and at the end we had to write down our reactions then we got into a discussion about abortion, and of course someone had to refer to Juno about the fingernails XD
cookie2012rasmussen 1 week ago
When you fuck as much as I do abortion comes in handy. Thanks doctors.
ajgreco 1 week ago
@ajgreco asshole
pezack1 1 week ago
ok a moment away from abortion i had interpreted the song differently.
i thought an older guy who sells drugs was with a young girl and she OD'd and they stayed together but after a while you could see the drugs were getting to her and he needed to let her go. but she busted on him and he was like yeah and then it really really was over. so he says she a brick and he'd be drowning EVEN if it they did stay together, it wouldnt of worked.
i could use every lyric as reference but wont unless askd
BlueToad2222 1 week ago
Love all his music! He's one of the greats! I could give a shit about your tired abortion arguments. Wrong place people. Just rate the fucking song!
KindMeg 2 weeks ago
@ anyone saying pro-choice
The fetus doesn't know what's happening. It doesn't know it's dying, you can't ruin a life that ins't a life yet, but if it lives, you're still ruining the mother's.
Cuvelo 2 weeks ago
@Cuvelo FINALLY SOMEONE SAYS IT! I agree with this 100% people always say "you're killing a life" the baby hasn't been born yet... >.> I would actually say this in my social problems class but I don't feel like putting up with their shit :P
cookie2012rasmussen 1 week ago
What if a girl is brutally raped? She has would have to live with that brutal reminder of that moment. Pro-choice, good song.
Stragen876 3 weeks ago
I'd curb stomp a fetus if the choice was fetus or the mother.
crap4face 3 weeks ago
@crap4face exactly. sure abortion shouldn't be thrown around like birth control, or a "second chance" but most people who consider abortion are considering it for the circumstances they are in would not be healthy for the baby. like they are too young, not in a good financial situation, or maybe a health issue. i'd rather abort the baby than kill the mother or kill the baby's chance of a normal life.
zocatf 2 weeks ago
Thanks for uploading. Great song, regardless of the politics below.
OlOleander 3 weeks ago
pro-life...enough said!
TheHoN007 3 weeks ago
honestly, i could give a shit less on anyone's opinion of abortion. we all have one so maybe we should just leave it at that. i love this song, i don't want it turning into a political debate! thanks (:
lindysunshine 4 weeks ago
Why the hell is it entitled "Brick?"
DarlingTerror 4 weeks ago
@DarlingTerror i think its called brick because he was in love with a piece of brick outside and started to sing to it. then the brick broke down and so did he.
coolkidmars 4 weeks ago 20
@coolkidmars thts probably one of the best comments ive ever seen
scatteredhearts17 3 weeks ago
zygote is not a fetus
40kDakota 1 month ago
For me it's about loosing my girlfriend to alcoholism after my mum just died. I am drowning....and I may have just lost her. Not my mum. She's dead and I was there with her. It's the track to my day at the moment and NOT at all about abortion....so there.
dynamoworksprint 1 month ago
If anything this song just brings to mind the reality that abortion is a very depressing and lonely experience for a woman.
quigglebenlee 1 month ago
Pro choice here. Used to be pro life, but realized how closed minded they all were.
Naushop1 1 month ago
I'm a pro abortion
crazyk1010 1 month ago
Cure your depression and check out a funny video conjured from this classic 90's tearjerker of a song. It's called "Brick".
OnTheLevelProduction 1 month ago
Girl breaks heart-me listen to this song on repeat
fluffheadish 1 month ago
@kisskisskiss121212
@wierdo666666
A few years back I found my real mom, she didn't want to talk to me or even see me but I went to her home any way. She said her family made her keep me, pro life mumbo jumbo. She couldn't go into enough detail when she said how horrible it felt to have me inside her for so long. She said she tried to kill herself and almost succeeded a few times. Even apologized for giving me away but still said I was a mistake that should have been taken care of.
bubbaCHERRY 1 month ago
@bubbaCHERRY That's terrible, but I'm glad you were one of the lucky ones that was given that chance to live
NYChica23 1 month ago
@bubbaCHERRY Holy crap, that's the most depressing story i have ever heard.
TheRealLittleBIGhead 1 month ago
Because fetus's's have a heart beat and and and fucking FINGER NAILS!!!! Are y'all really ruining this song because you have different beliefs on the subject matter?? Yes its about abortion. No I don't want your opinions. It fucking blows going through life knowing the people raising you are never really your family. Oh!! And a bonus, you get to intrude in a different "not quite home" every 2 months. I'm pro choice. Its really the hardest decision in a girls life but SHE* has to make it, not you
bubbaCHERRY 1 month ago 14
@bubbaCHERRY
Good for you. I'm glad someone understands that getting an abortion is punishment enough. If a woman makes a mistake she should be allowed to fix it.
kisskisskiss121212 1 month ago
@bubbaCHERRY zygotes dont
40kDakota 1 month ago
@bubbaCHERRY well you said it, a heart beating! a human being! you're killing a person! a genocide! and they cannot even defend themselvs!! you think is hard for HER to make a decision? is it really that hard to KILL a living person? is it as easy as to pull the trigger? doesn't that make you a murderer? it's LIFE! inside of a gir! your mom was pro-life. Until you REALLY know ALL the consequences that abortion and the stupid pro-choice moment really makes, not until then you will understand.
TheHoN007 3 weeks ago
@bubbaCHERRY So you agree that the fetus is a human being but you still believe that it's the girl's decision whether to kill it or not? Don't ignore the facts, the fetus is a human from conception. Abortions stop a heart from beating. Don't forget it.
RoBuSt1993 3 weeks ago
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Nuraddil 2 weeks ago
great song
Eddierayilerjr 3 weeks ago
@bubbaCHERRY
If he's truly sincere then listening may help. At least hear them out and don't get mad at what they feel. Take it from someone who's been there on the other side
Eddierayilerjr 3 weeks ago
@bubbaCHERRY
You act as if it doesnt affect the father.. Hardest choice SHE* has to make? Cmon, sorry you had to go through life in foster homes, but dont just blame ur mom.
xBabyMakerx 2 weeks ago
How is this even about abortion?
laneexxx 1 month ago
p.s. This is a Ben Folds lyric video. Save the serious discussions for another time.
hypercrash 1 month ago
*abstinence (which is great for the people who choose to not have sex, but it is unrealistic in most cases.) So calling people "irresponsible twats" is really not true (in some cases, sure) but it really depends on the situation. I'm not pro-abstinence, and I'm not going to talk about pro-life or pro-choice-but I do think whatever you are, you need to understand the views from the opposite side. I've seen a lot of incorrect statements just from this little feud between two people.
hypercrash 1 month ago
People aren't necessarily irresponsible if they get pregnant not on purpose. Sure, I will agree that teenagers who do not use protection, but continue to have sex seem very irresponsible-but just remember that protection is not a 100% guarantee. Condoms can break, fall off, or even have a tiny hole that allows semen to get through. So even when a person is having sex responsibly, there's always a chance of pregnancy. The only way to "not get pregnant in the first place" is to practice abstinance
hypercrash 1 month ago
Sad.
thebrokenrattle 1 month ago
saya Galauuu..
farhan2022 1 month ago
wow people are stupid this is a sad song about a personal insident that Ben Folds experianced, not something for you to mock or debatE!
ikilledmyteadybear 2 months ago
And she's alone and I'm alone and now I know it
Chilli5240 2 months ago
That song gives me goose bump
Chilli5240 2 months ago
I actually woke up for no reason just now and realized it was six AM on the day after Christmas. Happy Brick Day,, guys :)
stoplockrockit 2 months ago
I stayed up all night to be able to post this at 6:00 A.M. on the day after Christmas....
Happy Brick Day everybody. :)
KittColby 2 months ago
Abortion is murder !
SuperStankazz 2 months ago
@SuperStankazz No, not really.
TehFunnehMann 2 months ago
@TehFunnehMann If you don't have a uterus and ovaries, you are NOT entitled to an opinion!
SuperStankazz 2 months ago
@SuperStankazz You're not arguing the anatomy of a women, you are arguing the ethics of abortion. Saying that abortion is murder is not a biological fact, it is an opinion. I probably know more about the uterus and ovaries than you do. Have you ever heard of a fallopian pregnancy. That is were the baby is dropped into one of the fallopian tubes instead of the womb. If the baby is not aborted after 5 weeks the tube will burst causing massive internal bleeding and they both die.
TehFunnehMann 2 months ago
I was born at around 6AM on the day after Christmas. XD
CircusoftheMoon 2 months ago 12
enjoy music and shut the fuck up.
iwantsomebeer 2 months ago
The story behind this song. It's so sad
SomeoneToLive4 2 months ago
dam, I got trolled at the end.
deber459 2 months ago in playlist C
My teacher likes this song
Blazzerlazer 2 months ago
Ouch. Imagine the one you bring to hold your hand through it secretly thinking of you as a "brick." Their relationship definitely seems doomed now.
Aleahcim 3 months ago
I love his high notes
fishnextel 3 months ago
I haven't heard this song since I was a little girl. Thank you for letting me hear it again. Thank you.
NimhShambler 3 months ago
we did this for an english project to study the meaning of this and present this. it was really hard for me to present this. <3 this song jerks my emotions so much.
peacelovetumbling97 3 months ago
It's the best song ever made..
GecoySiega 3 months ago
Shut the fuck up and enjoy the music.
lauralovesisrael 3 months ago
I love this song! This was playing while I was getting my hair re-colored and I fell in love with it instantly.
:D
TheLordDialga 3 months ago
Whoops..its NOT as simple....
bushisahomo 3 months ago
It's as simple as 'its the womans body' because there is also a father...besides that its murder and regardless of ur religious beliefs its wrong...i dont even listen to BFF so i dont know what hes trying to say in this song but thats my reply to reoples commentz. this band blows anyways
bushisahomo 3 months ago
@bushisahomo wat
TheRealLittleBIGhead 3 months ago
20 people have the musical taste of a brick
JoeDoakes1015 3 months ago
If you don't like abortions, don't have one.
laurajane0092 3 months ago 21
@laurajane0092
I happen to be very pro-life.
But as it pertains to the song, your comment shows a complete lack of insight. The song in no way promotes abortion. The song merely depicts the emotion that hit both of them after such a sad event.
Even the artist says about the song: I didn't really want to write this song from any kind of political standpoint, or make a statement. I just wanted to reflect what it feels like"
JoeDoakes1015 3 months ago
@JoeDoakes1015 I was not referring to the song, I was referring to people's comments on the video. From one comment, you do not know what my 'insight' or 'lack' of it is. So do shut up.
You can be pro-life, it is your choice. I agree with pro-life in many ways and in other ways I don't. Where I do have a problem however, is when 'pro-life' people feel they should thrust their opinion in people's faces. Some people may not agree with you on certain things, it's the way life goes. Get over it.
laurajane0092 2 months ago
@laurajane0092 Tell that to the kid who's being aborted.
234helenrose 2 months ago
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laurajane0092 2 months ago
@laurajane0092
lol....what an ignorant statement.
TheKenTerry 2 months ago
@laurajane0092 If you don't like murder then don't murder people!!!! LOLOLOL see h0w much s3nse it makes?!3?
Of course not, that's fucking stupid. It's funny how 100% of "pro-choice" people have already been born (lol that baby's choice sure was taken into consideration).
weirdo666666 1 month ago
@weirdo666666 OK, we can take the fetus's choices into consideration. We will set up a poll date and every fetus that shows up counts as a pro life vote.
go8smosh 1 month ago
@go8smosh It is the job of the United States to protect the rights of people who cannot protect their rights themselves. Your ignorance shows in your statement.
weirdo666666 1 month ago
@weirdo666666
Aborting a baby is closer to blowing a load into a tissue than it is murdering a baby. Keep your puritanical views to yourself. A woman should have the right to control her body.
kisskisskiss121212 1 month ago
@kisskisskiss121212 It is not, however, her right to control the body of others, including that of an unborn fetus. Sex's biological function is reproduction, by consenting to sex you consent to the risk of pregnancy because there is no such thing as 100% risk free sex. A sperm by itself has no potential for life, it is no different than any other cell or piece of skin in your body and if left to it's own devices will die off.
weirdo666666 1 month ago
Terminating those pregnancies is a good thing. Not only does it decrease the number of bad pregnancies, of single mothers and children raised in poverty, but it *increases* the number of children born into two-parent families of financial means. There are a *lot* of women out there that had abortions when they were in high school, when they were in college, that went on to get married and have families -
kisskisskiss121212 1 month ago
@weirdo666666
Part 2: a life path that is universally agreed to be a good thing for everyone, that would have likely been utterly devastated for those women by becoming a teenage mother. Access to abortion and contraceptives is an unmitigated good; it empowers women to have more control over their own lives, over how and when they raise their families. It gives more children a better start in life and reduces poverty. There are no rational reasons to oppose universal access to legal abortions.
kisskisskiss121212 1 month ago
@kisskisskiss121212 Here's a great idea for "empowering women" and allowing them to take control of their own lives. Don't get pregnant in the first place. Abortions punish the child because its parents were irresponsible twats. Of course carrying a baby to term =/= raising it either, it's just as easy to give it up for adoption and carry on with your life. The problem is that people think they're entitled to abortions/killing their fetus simply because they made a shitty decision. They're not.
weirdo666666 1 month ago
@weirdo666666
Your argument is so stupid. Punish the people for a moment of weakness? Really? Do you not understand how idiotic that is. Just because a person makes a mistake does not mean you should punish them. You are essentially punishing them for having sex, so if you are going to put forward your stupid argument then you may as well invoke that the government enforce people into celibacy.
kisskisskiss121212 1 month ago
@kisskisskiss121212 Try going back and re-reading my post so you can actually understand it.
It is not punishment for having sex, nor is it a punishment at all. It is the result of your actions, something you need to live with regardless of is that result is good or bad. If you think you can run around doing things that could have a major impact on multiple people's lives and then just duck out on the responsibility you are one of the most self entitled and pathetic human beings I've ever met
weirdo666666 1 month ago
@weirdo666666
So your solution to an unwanted pregnancy is "don't get pregnant"? Real deep man, real deep. If you're immature and don't have money, don't have a kid? Uh, yeah, that's one of the reasons abortions should be safe and accessible; so that women without the maturity or means to raise a child don't have to have one until they are at a stage of their life where they can raise one.
kisskisskiss121212 1 month ago
@weirdo666666
If your position is that immature and/or poor people should not have sex, I really don't have anything to say to you other than to stare blankly. I mean, even if I agreed with you, which I don't, it doesn't matter, because guess what, people are going to fuck, and some of them are going to get pregnant, and some of those pregnancies are going to be unwanted, regardless of what you think "should" have happened.
kisskisskiss121212 1 month ago
@weirdo666666
In any case, I think it's clear that ideally, abortion should be safe, legal, and rare. No one is served by making a medical procedure unsafe; if we are going to have abortions (and face it, a medical procedure is not going away), then it is our responsibility to ensure that they are performed by trained professionals that can perform them quickly, easily, with the lowest possible risk to the patient. Women are going to have unwanted pregnancies.
kisskisskiss121212 1 month ago
@weirdo666666
Unwanted pregnancies do not typically have happy endings; they're the seeds of broken homes, shattered dreams, and are not in any way a springboard to success for mother or child. Access to abortion and contraceptives is an unmitigated good; it empowers women to have more control over their own lives, over how and when they raise their families. It gives more children a better start in life and reduces poverty
tl;dr: you are stupid.
kisskisskiss121212 1 month ago
@kisskisskiss121212 I think if it does happen, you should deal with the consequences of your actions, dang it. Sense of responsibility is something that should be held with much more importance than what most people do these days. And you can always put them up for adoption, and not have to deal with broken homes etc. anyway. Abortion is kind of a more short-sighted selfish thing to do. It will still in most cases take its serious toll on the person, but it's ultimately taking the easy way out.
TheRealLittleBIGhead 1 month ago
@TheRealLittleBIGhead
Oh because the easy way out is a bad thing? What, you think women just go out, get pregnant, and then get abortions because it is EASY?! It is expensive, painful, and shameful. Women do not want abortions. Ideally, they should also be rare. I think that access to contraceptives should be a fundamental part of our medical strategy; that a range of options should be covered by medical insurance.
kisskisskiss121212 1 month ago
@TheRealLittleBIGhead
Widespread access and use of contraceptives would greatly reduce the number of abortions performed every year, and would likely improve public health and empower people in general.
kisskisskiss121212 1 month ago
@kisskisskiss121212 Compared to birth and raising or adoption, yes it is the easy way out, or at least easier. Like i said, responsibility for your dang actions, and not just for this. It sucks for everyone in every way, but it's necessary. If someone didn't didn't get an abortion, how much more likely do you think somebody would go out and screw up like that again compared to someone that did..? Responsibility. And the fact that you're arguing with responsibility says a lot about your opinions.
TheRealLittleBIGhead 1 month ago
@kisskisskiss121212 And one more thing (and i'm not vouching for the legitimacy of this, i just heard it somewhere, you could probably look it up) a woman was the lead person in support of abortion... until she viewed one. When it was happening, she could see on the ultrasound that the baby was moving away from the needle before it punctured its heart. It couldn't have been very far along in the pregnancy or it would have been illegal. She changed sides. Now tell me that's just a bunch of cells.
TheRealLittleBIGhead 1 month ago
@kisskisskiss121212 Unwanted pregnancies can always be 100% avoided (excluding rape, which is an entirely different matter). It is a person's choice if they have sex, and it is their responsibility to live with the result of their actions. No one says you need to keep the baby, you can always put it up for adoption. If you think 9 months of discomfort is worth a human life than I think you need to straighten out your values. To punish a baby for a situation it was forced into is senseless.
weirdo666666 1 month ago
@weirdo666666
They are UNDIFFERENTIATED CELLS. It is NOT baby. Till you take a biology class I'm done arguing with you. Seriously, feel free to hold whatever puritanical views you want about sex. But you have no right to be able to inflict your narrow morality onto others. I see technology and progress liberating women from the oppressive morality of others, freeing them to make their own decisions about their bodies and their sexuality -
kisskisskiss121212 1 month ago
@kisskisskiss121212 A fetus, if allowed to follow its natural course will eventually grow into a human. It requires human intervention to stop it. You will have stopped a human from living. Explain to me how that is not murder. You talk about women's rights, I'm talking about human rights. You don't get to be on a special pedestal just because you don't want to deal with being pregnant. You have the *right* to choose to have sex, and the responsibility that comes with it.
weirdo666666 1 month ago
@weirdo666666
You are an idiot. Any justification to label something human is determined by the development of the neural system (and CNS); off the top of my head, I can't remember when this begins and when it becomes significant, regardless abortion limits should entirely be focused around the stage in which the foetal brain starts to take form and start learning - prior to that, it really is as about as unique/special as the placenta in which it is attached.
kisskisskiss121212 1 month ago
@kisskisskiss121212 The placenta to which it is attached will not grow into a fully matured human, the fetus will. That is the difference, something your tiny brain can't seem to handle. To abort it will stop a human from existing, it is murder. Now ask yourself if you can justify that murder.
weirdo666666 1 month ago
@weirdo666666
It is funny you try to attack my intelligence when you can't even comprehend a simple comparison. It is not murder. It is tantamount to removing the placenta. Your whole argument is based off your idea that anything that could be human is human and that abortion is murder. Maybe you should try reading something other than a bible to develop your opinions.
kisskisskiss121212 1 month ago
@kisskisskiss121212 I've already told you I'm an atheist (herp derp aren't you smart?). Murder is wrong because you rob people off all the experiences they will have, what they will do with their life, the ability to love, live, lose, and experience joy, sorrow, and happiness. You take that away whether you're aborting a fetus or killing an adult. My argument is based off the fact that a fetus will grow into a human, something a placenta or any other "human thing" won't.
weirdo666666 1 month ago
@weirdo666666
I know you told me you are atheist, but being atheist does not mean you don't gain your ideas about morality from the bible. If you keep trying really hard you may say something of value, but all I hear is you ignoring the fact that a fetus is still not a human. Your argument can be applied to sperm or an ova because under the right circumstances and correct events they become a child. Your argument is shallow and puritanical.
kisskisskiss121212 1 month ago
@weirdo666666
Seriously, what person is benefited by making a medical procedure illegal? Prohibition does not work (something you would know if you studied any sort of modern history). People will still have abortions, but they will be unsafe. Legalization and regulation have consistently led to better outcomes than criminalization.
kisskisskiss121212 1 month ago
@weirdo666666
For those looking to prohibit abortion in all circumstances, it is virtually always tied to strong religious superstitions and enforcing those superstitions on everyone else. Do you even understanding about how prohibition on abortion has worked? Have you ever looked out how terrible the situation is in El Salvador? If you want to argue that we can't abort a fetus you better be consistent and argue that we can't waste a drop of sperm or an egg.
kisskisskiss121212 1 month ago
@weirdo666666
By your definition human life begins prior to conception. Each egg and sperm are living things fully capable of developing into a zygote. The only argument you should be trying to support is when to draw the line on abortions (something that can be measured), but you insist on resting on an emotional appeal to an opinion that flies in the face of science. You are a disgrace to atheism.
kisskisskiss121212 1 month ago
@kisskisskiss121212 So maybe you should try reading anything at all (especially the argument you're trying to rebut) before forming another terribly misguided and blatantly wrong and personally biased opinion about your "right" to control and end a life that isn't yours to start with.
weirdo666666 1 month ago
@weirdo666666
It is about 4 months before differentiation happens. I guess I should not be surprised that Americans don't support this. I mean half of you are taught evolution is not real. I do support restrictions on third trimester abortions. With all that said your only argument is subject to opinion, so I propose a question:
What good would prohibiting abortion bring?
kisskisskiss121212 1 month ago
@kisskisskiss121212 See the thing is you don't want equality, you want to have all the benefits and none of the responsibility that comes with it. I agree, women shouldn't be ostracized or looked down on for wanting to have or having sex, *however* with that comes the responsibility for your actions. Pregnancy is the result of sex, (hur dur take a biology class). Action A results in B. If you don't wan't B, don't do A. It's that simple. To punish another life for your actions is disgusting.
weirdo666666 1 month ago
@weirdo666666
and I see people like you opposing that because you want to control their bodies, you want to control their sexuality, you want to control their lives to force them to comply with your world view.
kisskisskiss121212 1 month ago
@kisskisskiss121212 Let's take a look at criminals for a second. "OMG YOU ARE CONTROLLING THEIR B0DIES!@11". No, I don't want them to commit any crimes or harm other humans. Same principle. If your definition of controlling people is to prevent unnecessary collateral damage then yes, I am controlling. The same way society "controls" people by making laws pertaining to murder, rape, assault and robbery. Do I want to control their sexuality? No I don't.
weirdo666666 1 month ago
@kisskisskiss121212 P2: I believe men and women are equally responsible for the baby they create, however the point is that they are responsible. Sex isn't something that should be taken lightly by men or women, it's a serious act and commitment that always has a chance of resulting in a pregnancy, whether intended or not. No one gets to indulge in whatever they want and then shirk when the time comes to take responsibility for their actions. Sex is no different.
weirdo666666 1 month ago
@kisskisskiss121212 So here's a great idea, stop misconstruing my arguments through the use of ad hominems and actually try to rebut what I'm saying or just shut the fuck up and accept that you're wrong.
weirdo666666 1 month ago
@weirdo666666
Saying that empowering women it telling them not to get pregnant is shallow and narrow minded. Next time you decide to type something maybe put a little thought into it.
kisskisskiss121212 1 month ago
@kisskisskiss121212 No it's not. You don't need to fuck everything that moves, and if you want to engage in sex than you need to treat it with the respect it deserves. Running around carelessly having sex is not empowering, it's disgraceful.
weirdo666666 1 month ago
@kisskisskiss121212 Part2: When an egg is fertilized it will grow into a human if allowed to follow the course of nature. It requires human intervention to prevent and end human life. That's why it's murder and that's why jacking off into a tissue isn't the same as aborting your unborn child. Also my puritanical views? I'm an atheist, keep your condescending assumptions to yourself. Someone's right to life shouldn't be thrown away because their mother or father fucked up.
weirdo666666 1 month ago
Such a good song, my mom made me listen to it. now I like it :)
MinaCovers 3 months ago
Damn ...havent heard this song in ages!!!!!
webbertools 3 months ago
Jeez this use to be me.
....now it's someone I know, poor guy.
gergroy77 3 months ago
This song is so beautifully tragic...
Lizzthaashizz 4 months ago
Intro sounds so much like After the Gold Rush-Neil Young.
iamnatman 4 months ago
Music is used to express feelings and to convey emotion. So stop making it a political issue and just enjoy the music. Thats what its here for.
FlamingGiraffeGang 4 months ago
Sad song. People shud stop analyzing it so much and just enjoy it. No1s asking your opinion.
FlamingGiraffeGang 4 months ago
Theres no reason to even criticize this song for being about abortion. The song is by no means glamorizing it or condoning it. Its a sad song.
apr0cks 4 months ago 3
Luv....I agree with what you're saying.
avdreader1 4 months ago
This is one of the few songs from the 90s that I really like. I grew up in the 60s and 70s, but I really like this one.
avdreader1 4 months ago
Ok personally i don't believe in abortions because God did not put as here to kill our own kind. Its just like killing yourself but your own child.... Its a women's choice but thats what i personally believe. Try and stop abortion as soon s possible
LuvSoccerBaby3 4 months ago
First track off his new retrospective. Out now, called "The Best Imitation of Myself". I think it's pretty fitting. :) One of my fave. Folds' tracks, hands down.
BrittanytheBrave 4 months ago
Look A woman could do whatever she wants with her body. But why i am saying this here! ITS A BEN FOLDS FIVE VIDEO!!!
SuperGilfte 4 months ago
To Each there own :-)
Jessi467 4 months ago in playlist Jessi467's favorites
I was born in the US after Roe v Wade was decided and I wouldn't have wanted to use my mom's uterus without her consent and continued consent. If I needed her blood, bone marrow or a kidney of hers to live and she didn't want to give part of body to me, even if I would die, the US supreme court wouldn't say that she has to. So, I do believe in a woman's right to have an abortion.
breemystic 4 months ago 2
Would I have wanted my parents to have an abortion when my mom was pregnant with me? No, therefore I don't believe in abortion.
GarrettCPletcher 4 months ago
Undergoing a medical operation to remove a clump of cells from sucking nutrients from your body is NOT murder.
BridgetD96 4 months ago 3
The best way to enjoy a song is to not read youtube comments
portplz 4 months ago 76
@portplz : so so true...
SkyesTurnBlack 4 months ago
@portplz before writing, maybe u read it
looqmann1 2 months ago
@cheeseman0125 - no one here cares about your small minded take on life - why don't you go elsewhere and spread your poison?
paddym27 4 months ago 3
Abortion is wrong under all circumstances. No innocent baby deserves to die, even if the girl was raped. Should the baby be punished and put to death because of someone elses actions? Also, you should not end a human beings life just because its an innconvienance to you to have to carry he/she. The baby has as much the right to life as you and i do. Sorry for people who are annoyed by me voicing my opinion but it had to be said.
cheeseman0125 4 months ago
if my parents aborted me, then i would not have been alive today. things get pretty hard, at times, but they try to do their best to make things better, they try to be good parents to me. things were hard for them at first, and it was going to be hard for me. yet they let me live and experience the joys and sadness life has to offer. just making a point.
wonderful song. i love it. :)
Daneish09 4 months ago
I love this song , la amo demasiado ♥
guidofix 4 months ago
Hard as it is, I think the guilt of knowing you didn't let a baby have a chance to live would be worse than having it and putting it up for adoption
AndrewMan90 4 months ago
Abortion? I had no idea that's what this song was about. How do you figure?
saralynncampbell 4 months ago
@saralynncampbell I looked it up too see if it was true, it is about his girlfriend having an abortion.
JunctionFOOL 4 months ago
I hate how people are so down on abortion, I see it from both sides. Some people will die if they have kids, some people get raped and they have to deal with looking at that baby and remember that. In those situations I believe in it. But if not, if they just don't want a baby then I say it shouldn't be allowed, but people are gonna do it no matter what people say.
whitewash014 4 months ago
I saw ben folds last night on "the sing-off". I didnt even know he was a judge.
kolaidman67 5 months ago
@kolaidman67 someone told me that that's not ben folds, she told me the real ben folds looks like a hobo
SexyVampireMojo 4 months ago
And before anyone uses the common refutation of natural choice vs. unnatural choice, I'd like to say that the choice to parent or put a baby up for adoption may be a natural choice since they involve giving birth first, but that doesn't mean they are without devastating emotional side effects. For example, women that give birth can have postpartum depression and/or Psychosis.
For adoption side effects, watch Caitlyn and Tyler on Teen Mom 1&3 on MTV. Adoption isn't easy either.
breemystic 5 months ago 2
I think this an awesome song, it shows the negative side of abortion. Keep in mind that when you're dealing with an unplanned pregnancy, that happened for whatever reason, that no matter what option the woman chooses it will be tough for her.
The Pro-Life side only mentions the emotional side effects of abortion, but rarely ever the emotional side effects of choosing to parent or give the baby up for adoption. The approved Pro-Life choices have emotional side effects on women also.
breemystic 5 months ago 2
There's no such as a soul. Sorry, pal.
DylanWis0r 5 months ago
Great song but so sad. I'm pro life. You don't have to keep it. You will be better off emotionally if you put it up for adoption. It has a pulse and a soul.
bassplayinboy7 5 months ago
I'm Pro choice so fuck you guys, I have no say in another's life. I have my own shit to deal with.
crustymetaldude 5 months ago
This is strange but I figured I'd share it, when I listen to songs I like to visualize it as part of my life, and way back when i was a sophomore in highschool I remember imagining me and this one girl in my school (who I had never talked to and I had no idea why I thought of her) as happening to us. Two years later we started dating and now four years after that we are still together :) ...luckily no abortions tho lol
kjs1324 5 months ago
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nathantim 5 months ago
@kjs1324 Nice. I was a senior in highschool when this song came out, and I was in love with this girl who LOVED these guys. We were friends, I was pretty much friendzoned, lol....then I found out on myspace later, she kinda liked me then....doh!
nathantim 5 months ago
@nathantim Haha, doesn't that shit suck. That happened so many times to me too, se la vie, guess things worked out for the best...
kjs1324 5 months ago
@kjs1324 Another funny thing real quick. Liz had this best friend, & I would take them home after school sometimes.(It felt cool, 2 hotties in my truck) We'd smoke pot, listen to music, I'd make them laugh & laugh. This was in 1997-98. 10 years later I get a message from this girl on Myspace saying how we would probably get along, she liked my hair, etc. IT WAS THE BEST FRIEND! I replied, "You, me, & Liz used to used to hang out after school!" She didnt remember,lol. We ended up being FWB, heh.
nathantim 5 months ago
Just chill and let music be music, people.
Dogcatmouse900 5 months ago in playlist Liked
I like this song, and so do you.
If not, why the heck are you here?
ChocoPieism 5 months ago 2
An ad in the middle of the fucking song? REALLY?
TitanNerd68 5 months ago
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melissakate77 5 months ago
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melissakate77 5 months ago
for the people who dont know, this song is about him and his girlfriend dealing with an abortion.
GIAdoubleNA 5 months ago
i understand the song. first time I have heard it to be honest... and my heart just.. dropped. i mean literally i felt a pit in my stomach. pure beauty. all there is to it..
gowpow94 5 months ago
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damn..this song gets to me everytime..one of the most beautifully written songs ever
emmyliz11 5 months ago
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damn..this song gets to me everytime..one of the most beautifully written songs ever..
emmyliz11 5 months ago
damn..this song gets to me everytime..one of the most beautifully written songs ever..
emmyliz11 5 months ago