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  • This song is a memoir. It's about Ben Folds and his girlfriend who got pregnant and high school and had an abortion. He's talking about his personal experience and not a biased political stance. Everyone enjoy the song, and don't be so focused on politics :)

  • LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE POLITICIANS, THE POLITICIANS, POLITICIANS, POLITICS POLITICIANS INCOME TAX FOREIGN POLICY GUN CONTROL, POLITICIANS

    - Newt Gingrich

  • "Its about a fun vacation", jake and amir brought me here

  • ...NOT THE CHARTER COMMERCIAL, AGAIN!

    FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUU­UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCC­CCCCCCCC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • it's also about alcoholism and loosing all that's important in ones life

  • JESUS HATES THIS SONG LOL

  • enjoy the song in your own way and STFU!

  • abortion will never please both sides pro choice or anti-abortion. why do people have to throw out their religious preachings and teachings around online like it is rice?

  • this song is awesome. i cant believe i forgot about it

  • @chadbrochill19 I'm with George Carlin, The invisible man in the sky has ten things that he does not want you to do and if you do any of these things he has a special place full of fire, smoke, burning, torture and he'll send you to live until the end of time...but he loves you. How come in the bible, God has killed more people than the devil?

  • jake and amir

  • Some of the posters need to get a life. Do something constructive by helping someone in need. Let others worry about themselves.

    This song is really good. Very sad It reminds me of seeing a ship sail away that will never return. The sinking feeling of an inevitable heartbreak or separation. Things will never be the same.

  • A brick is something usually used for contruction, or in this case creating, but in the end her brick like qualities destroyed their relationship. BAM.

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  • Everyone relax!!! Come to my channel and check out this funny video inspired by the song. It's abortion free and called "Brick".

  • @chadbrochill19 Whoa, buddy. No need to shove the God-card down our throats. Abortion is a choice that women make, no need to make it any different. God isn't gonna send you to hell based on it.

  • @hattchixx Of course he is! God hates the shedding of innocent blood! Proverbs 6:16-17 says that God HATES those who shed innocent blood! Deuteronomy 27:25 says, "Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen."

    Who could possibly be more innocent than an unborn baby?! Yet, our society has become so wicked that it condones the slaying of 1.5 million innocent children every year. The Bible says that God HATES people who do this

  • @chadbrochill19 Exodus 21:1-4 "If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing. If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him. If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself."

  • @markh5000 blah blah blah.

  • turtle necks<3

  • This song is beautiful.

  • What a surprise! i look up a good song and find people arguing, I was not expecting that at all!

  • This song is about a man who could shit bricks!

  • ...If you don't agree, state your opinion RESPECTFULLY and leave the video dude...

    

  • Anyone else notice the "Guy Eats Bricks" video in the suggestions?? 

  • saw this on pop up video :3 had to search it up :D ! ♥

  • i love this song

  • God you soapbox basement dwellers need to keep your political opinions to yourself. Its a fucking song. Listen to it and bounce. Is that rlly so hard?

  • shelley dodd is smelly - like if u agree.. :D

  • Hey guys, a band called Vintage Roulette wrote a song that was influenced by some of Ben Folds' music and they are looking for feedback. The song is on the connormorrison1 channel and is easy to find because it is called NEW SONG. If you are a good song writer or a Ben Folds fan, please check it out and let them know what you think. Thanks and have a good one!!!!!

  • Most songs are about real life hardship or happiness. This just happens to be one of the not so cheery ones. Stuff happens. Its a song. Go preach else where. Ben Folds is pure gold. This song isnt pro or anti anything. Its just a song about something that happened.

  • This video makes my hamster cry.

  • I can really relate to profoundly feeling more alone than you've ever felt before. This song is one of the only things that can calm my overtaxed brain and get me in touch with my emotions, whatever those may be. This song also connects me to people who have been throgh these experiences and suffered in silence.

  • Me cries. Art work these days is still powerful.

  • love all types of jams what a tight song!turtle neck hell no!

  • Dude check out his turtle neck...man the 90's was a strange but beautiful time...

  • i kissed my first girl to this song!

  • She killed that baby like she killed dinosaurs in Jurassic Park.

  • I heard from my friend Robert Cheeseburger, that this song is about this one guy that used to masterbate to the JC Penny Catalog...

  • The sadness of the subject matter makes this song all the more beautiful.

  • Folds himself has said that the song is about an abortion but deliberately chose not to make a political or moral position within the song itself. It is neither pro- or anti-. It is just a song about the sadness that takes place when an abortion takes place.

  • @wenger1972 agreed. plus this song is beautiful and heart breaking. and it doesnt matter what you think about abortion... or whatever else.

  • this song isn't about abortion. extortion, extortion.  you misheard.

  • when i was a kid the teacher asked me what i wanted to be when i grew up. i said "abortion doctor"... they sent me to the shrink

  • See you there...

  • @chadbrochill19 The song is anti-abortion. It's about the mental anguish caused by an abortion.... You should educate yourself before you make comments like this.

  • @jamesyount2423 Agreed!

  • @jamesyount2423 its actually about abortion but okay.. :p

  • @jamesyount2423 Actually. You are wrong. And I find it quite funny you say I should educate myself when you missed the point of the song so blatantly. It's about Ben Folds Five singer and his girlfriend about HAVING an abortion. Or as I like to call it, "killed their baby because they are too irresponsible to deal with their sinner like actions and will have to answer to God's wrath". If you are going to make a comment like yours, perhaps you shouldn't skip out on Sunday School.

  • @chadbrochill19 I said it's about the mental anguish associated with an abortion. How was I wrong? I see they don't teach critical thinking in 'Sunday School.' I might not go to your church and sit at the feet of whatever moron who taught you, but after years of studying Greek, Hebrew, and scriptural texts in their proper historical context, I can say that your interpretations are ridiculously narrow. And your condemnation rant is rejected by the large majority of Christians...

  • @jamesyount2423 Many Christians have lost their way, it's up to us, The Faithful, to show them the error of their ways.

  • @chadbrochill19 I am very pro-life, especially right now!!! I am glad you are against abortion, but you should know that sins even of that magnitude can be forgiven by the head honcho upstairs! He is the only one that gets to judge others my friend!!! I understand your rage against killing innocent babies tho!!! Instead of condemning those that find themselves in this position, pray for them so that they may find peace!!! That's all we can do!!! Take Care!!!

  • @HonRevPTB Why pray for these heathens? When I can pray for the rapture to punish the wicked and bring forth the judgement God.

  • @chadbrochill19 You need to finish off a pint of SHUT THE F*CK UP.

  • @PhillyBlowsGoats I'll pray for you when rapture is upon us. Well, not so much pray as laugh.

  • @chadbrochill19 did you listen to it while you were writing that?  if so we will see you there.

  • @nfnkalyan You might be able to see me if you have a nice view of the Almighty and his flock. I'll be the one, oh ... not burning. I can only hope that in God's infinite wisdom, knowledge and power that he gives the Righteous the ability to see you heathens fry in the hellfire of your sins.

  • @chadbrochill19 that's a pretty vengeful and un-christ like thing to want. pretty sure having tendencies like that will send you to hell. don't worry. i'm bringing a fire blanket. we can share. i will also drink lots of gatorade before dying so if you're lucky i'll pee on you.

  • @chadbrochill19

    So, Westboro huh?

  • @chadbrochill19 Can't tell if trolling or just fucking retarded.

  • @2tYlerfAilure7 trolling I think.

  • @2tYlerfAilure7 I vote for retarded.

  • @chadbrochill19 Whoa Chad! Bro, chill!

  • @chadbrochill19 aren't you listening to it haha soooo see you in hell mate!

  • @chadbrochill19 Wow dude...can you imagine getting a girl pregnant in high school and the amount of stress that would put on you and the girl? I'm against abortion. Ben Folds and his girlfriend came to the decision to do this. Can you imagine how that must have felt at the time? Look at how much courage he has to put a song out there about his experience with abortion. He probably relives that day every time he performs this song so he doesn't need shit from people like you.

  • @xilef8 Well he doesn't have to worry about much in hell. It's murder -- and if you support abortions you support the murder of children. Pro-Choice? Try Pro-murder. Maybe that's more accurate. He sings a song about his crime so we can forgive him? Sorry friend but God sends people like this to hell.

  • @chadbrochill19 No place did I say you should forgive him for his decision. I'm just saying it takes courage to write a song about such a controversial topic that you have been a part of. You act like preaching about your life is hard because people like me are telling you to shut up. Folds wrote a song about his life and you're making his life harder than it already was by telling him what's right and wrong. You are no better than anyone telling you to stop.

  • @xilef8 It takes courage to remain strong and pious in the shadows of the devil's influence. To give in to temptation is weakness, not courage. Obviously Mr. Folds is vocalizing his sins and all of you are wrong to support him for doing so. For shame!

  • @chadbrochill19 Isn't one of the main things a lot of religions preach is confessing your sins will bring salvation? Sorry for trying to support and respect him for "vocalizing his sins" but isn't that what we should be doing? Shouldn't we be loving and accepting of all and help them through their troubles and encourage them to confess their sins to gain salvation?

  • @chadbrochill19

    how dare you misconstrue words like that, it's cunning deceitful and a great display Machiavellian behavior. What gives you the right to judge people so viciously?, last time i checked the holy trinity didn't include chadbrochill19. and if you had so much faith in your supposed "God" why bother preaching your beliefs over you tube to assumed heathens?

  • @gannonthegreat I don't have to judge, God has done it in his words written in the Bible. Let the sinners burn in hellfire. I will enjoy my everlasting salvation. I'll pray for you to see the error of your ways, heathen.

  • i don't always comment on video's, but when i do, i take an arrow to the knee

  • I remember when this was on The Box. Gooooood ol' days

  • @EVERYONE Ben Folds explained: "People ask me what this song's about... I was asked about it a lot, and I didn't really wanna make a big hairy deal out of it, because I just wanted the song to speak for itself. But the song is about when I was in high school, me and my girlfriend had to get an abortion, and it was a very sad thing. And, 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. Now every1 STFU.

  • @kkedigh THANK YOU! I'm sick of everyone yammering on about stupid shit. Everybody please just enjoy the music.

  • @kkedigh Yeah he said that but he really didn't get an abortion his girlfriend did.

  • @SayNo2googlification show us a quote and i will believe you

  • Love it how everyone just comes and tells their life stories...LMAO

  • Lol, I find it funny that people call vaginas and penises, 'private parts' when people try to tell you what to do with YOUR vagina. "Private parts' lets keep them that way.

  • 72 Personas Son Sordas

  • Abortion is WRONG, no matter your view or religion. Only a heartless person could say killing a BABY is ok. You'd have to be a pretty sick person to let a stranger get inside you and take out a baby with a hearbeat.

  • @edwardobcession its none of your business

  • @Realjhad Yeah it is my business.

  • @edwardobcession But I like eating aborted babies!

  • @vyctorya Thats disgusting, whether you were kidding or not. 

  • @edwardobcession You're disgusting and I am not kidding.

  • @SayNo2googlification Im disgusting because I think every baby should have a chance of living a life? Yep, your a fucking stupid ass.

  • @edwardobcession Yes because that "baby" (In the womb its more or less an unaware collection of cells) is probably better off being born to a 16 year old abusive mother with no father on the streets with FAS were it will live a painful and meaningless life and kills itself at 25. That sounds better.

  • @Route0247 That's not how all the children of teen moms end up. I am pro-choice though.

  • @bookcreator But the majority of abortions are people who DONT WANT that child. Unwanted children generally have a lower quality of life.

  • @Route0247 Good point, though I'd imagine some bonding over the pregnancy might change that (hence why adoption ISN'T always the best option).

  • @edwardobcession *sigh* if you wanted to scream about your opinion on abortion, why don't you just go to a blog or something, instead of here? Yes, i get the song is about abortion, but please don't bring this shit here, it just creates arguments and is typical of an idiot youtuber who starts arguments on music pages.

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  • Am I wrong, or is the line "Can't you see? It's not me you're dying for" him saying to the baby that he wanted to keep it, but she doesn't?

  • @jjp009 I think hes sayin like i want you, but nows not the time. Just my 2 cents

  • @melissaaalynnn Nice insight.

  • the metaphor - my girlfriend is getting an abortion she's too young and do were trashing the baby.

  • why is she the Brick ?

  • @waterywoman

    Listen to the next line and the metaphor should become clear.

  • @waterywoman The reason he says she's the brick, and I'm assuming you're asking as opposed to the fetus or himself, is that the experience depressed her so much that it's ruined their relationship and he feels held back by that weight. It sounds selfish, and maybe it is, but you can't always help the way you feel and he felt like she was that brick holding him down.

  • Guys, NO ONE CARES about your position on abortion. Love, some stranger on the Internet.

  • @ryan06105 Why dont you only speak for yourself and focus on your life and this song? Which is ggggreat! Hope they come to Canada.

  • @ryan06105 No one gives a SHIT about your comment. "Love", some stranger on the Internet.

  • What a fucking phenomenal song.

  • Sadly discovering this on December 27th. How fun would it have been to actually find this song 24 hours ago?

  • this song happened before i was old enough to truly understand that LIFE HAPPENS!

  • this is the story of so many girls who have had abortions.

  • @9Nighthawks this is the song about so many dudes that knocked up chicks

  • it's brick day

  • Day after Xhristmas ! :P

  • day after christmas 

  • i don't always comment on videos, but when i do, i make sure it's generic bullshit

  • @04titletrack I used to make comments like you... then I took an arrow to the knee

  • @MARSHYDBAG13 arrow IN THE KNEE* atleast get it correct before you post it

  • Sugar, I'm 8:45 hours too late to do justice to this song. Better luck next year. Happy Boxin' Day ya'll.

  • Happy Brick Day!

  • merton?

    

  • If you like this you'll like Pete Into Orbit they're awesome :)

  • 6am Day after Christmas :)

  • damn it, I'm an hour and a half late.

  • It's 6am the day after Christmas CST!

  • 0:20 6 am, day after christmas, the dushbag greyson chance can't fucking say that.

  • 5 minutes... wait for it..

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  • i believe its 6am and the day after christmas.

  • soon.....

  • Damn, if only I discovered this song 3 hours earlier

  • It's Christmas, I'll be back tomorrow at 6am to post!

  • For those of you who don't know, this song is about abortion. Hence, the debates.

  • hate to tell all of you?! this song is not about abortion...Although I can see how you could get it mixed up. Its about Bens Girlfriend, She was diagnosed with cancer and yes i know in the beginning of the video he says the car seat is freezing. Which a lot of people think a childs car seat. But its actually just " The cars driver seat". I could go on and on but no matter what I tell you. people are still going to think this song is about abortion so....

  • @bluepill1 Quick google search finds quotes by ben saying it in fact about abortion.

  • @bluepill1 yeah, um, you are dead wrong, read it from Ben himself "But the song is about when I was in high school, me and my girlfriend had to get an abortion, and it was a very sad thing. And, I didn't really want to write this song from any kind of political standpoint, or make a statement." Google it if you don't believe it

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  • Am I the only who think Ben Folds looks a little like Will Ferrell?

  • @momochankb pretty much yeah

  • @jakeloreficemusic Damn :T

  • My mom was good friends with Ben Folds in college.

  • nvm I just googled it... continue with your arguing folks.

  • so does this video/song have ANYTHING to do with abortion?? uhm..

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  • @0neAnd0nlyJ0nasGirl We are advanced enough to realise when we have made mistakes, would you rather a women who is a drug addict, who struggles to find a house. But gets knocked up by a guy. Would you rather her not be allowed to have an abortion. INSTEAD she is MADE to have a baby and abuses the baby..I know some religions dont agree with it, but the argument that we are advanced enough to know it is wrong, is simply invalid. Because we are advanced enough to see the benefits in SOME cases.

  • @mattyisme94 for gods sakee!!!! i didnt say women have to have their babies, did i? i didnt say abortions should be illegal! i just said i disagree with the concept and moraity of it. stop fucking twisting my words.

  • I don't always listen to music, but when i do, i prefer Ben Folds.

    stay listening my friends

  • I don't blame Ben and his girlfriend at the time for doing what they did. Abortions are terrible, yes. But sometimes you have to do what's best for your life, for the life of your family. We all have to make hard decisions in life. Some people have abortions not feeling emotion about what they did. Obviously Ben did, and I honor that. It takes courage make that decision. I myself may have to go through that painful moment in life. When you're young, things are different...

  • Bitches ain't shit...

  • Last friday our awsome choir sub let us have the class as a study hall and he was playing our grand piano and he started to play and sing this song. It was one of the most beautiful things I've ever heard.

  • Bitches should have to go to some 3rd world country or a back alley if they want to abort a human life.

  • I love this song it makes me cry in a way

  • At 3:45 to 4:05 is the best part

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  • This song came out when i was a junior in HS. I believe no matter what a woman decides to do its her choice.. seems the girl is always blamed for the lack of protection. Guys are just as responsible.. But when you have irresponsibility on both parts then what makes you think having a child is a great idea.. Ever seen 16 and pregnant. Aside from the abortion part does anyone not realize we r over populated and draining resources. Hell in 100 yrs everything with be artificial and grown in a lab..

  • great song i'm learning to play atm

  • guys, you have to stop with the abortion debate. the song is about a decision he made when he was a TEENAGER. it doesn't matter what your opinion is about whether his decision, which is already done and in the past, is what you would do. it's in the past, and it made a super good song. so be thankful that the song exists and get over yourselves.

  • five for fighting

  • The best place to people to talk about opinions is the youtube comment place

  • great song, great turtlenecks

  • this song popped into my head an hour ago not remember any of the lyrics just the sound of the voice and the piano! now i can go to sleep

  • how bout' you all shut up and listen to this gorgeous song?

  • As a christian i believe abortion is wrong regardless if a seed is technically living or not. to me its still killing. that seed could become someone great and important but youll never know if you just kill it. i see both sides of the issue. i understand why people think its important to get an abortion if theyre pregnate, but i still dont think its a choice that we as people should make. thats my opinion

  • @u2bowned nobody cares

  • @Slab123456 i didnt ask for you to care. imma post it anyways. deal with it and enjoy the song

  • Wow, I come to watch a Ben Folds Five video and what do I see in the comments? Debates about abortion AND gay rights.

    ...tha fuck?

  • @cthom7 well you would have to be a gay aborted fetus to not like this song

  • @cthom7 That is why your best bet, especially when you find a video you LIKE... whatever you do, DON'T scroll down below the screen!....

    the youtube comment section was developed by the devil. that, amongst other things... like prime time television, MTV, Disney Channel... it's all gone to hades.

  • There's a beautiful simplicity that encompasses Ben's music. It's real, true, and to the point. Love it.

  • @ensemble10 couldn't have put it better myself <3

  • HOW ABOUT, I like the song, the audio mix, the video concept, the video effects with water on the floor, and it's an interesting look. Frank, in Lincoln Nebraska

  • choice to be gay. if u think it is than you obviously aren't gay. I'm a straight female but that's just my thoughts on the topic. im just sick of narrow minded bigots who think theyre the shit

  • @0neAnd0nlyJ0nasGirl Narrow minded bigots who think they're the shit. You just called your self out in your own post.

  • @Blahmaster1337 stfu i didn't. i may have come across as such that, but i was just sharing my opinion. i wasn't saying that people shouldn't be able to have abortions or that it should be illegal because that would be a disaster, i just think its morally wrong and I don't think it makes sense that it's the woman's choice. but i'm done. nothing i say is ever understood the way I want it to be understood.

  • @0neAnd0nlyJ0nasGirl I understand you no need to sweat the small fries don't get angry over them they ain't worth it.