Wednesday, November 21, 2018

The Rebel Black Dot Thankful Song o' the Day

Ben Folds, "You to Thank" from Songs for Silverman (The Last Angry Man)

Commentary: This is the second of our thankful series songs to be ostensibly about marriage. A clue, perhaps, that our happiness-averse culture has intuited & yet stubbornly refuses to acknowledge? Even when it fails, or fails to live up to our expectations, marriage is an inherent good, a gift from God.
"Maybe they knew more than we knew,
'Cause they danced and drank
While we jumped off the deep end.

"Oh, I've got you
To thank
For this…

"And they seemed to all need to believe it,
So we danced and smiled
And paddled hard beneath it.

Oh, I've got you
To thank
For this.

"You can't say
You've never had a doubt
And smoked it down
But really wanted out…"

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