Ben Folds Five
Ben Folds Five
Ben Folds Five
Ben Folds Five
Ben Folds Five
Ben Folds Five
Ben Folds Five
Ben Folds Five
Ben Folds Five
Ben Folds Five
Ben Folds Five
Ben Folds Five
Ben Folds Five
“Selfless, Cold & Composed” deals with the complex and bitter emotions associated with the breakup of one of Ben’s long-term relationships, although he has stated in the past that it is actually a composite of several breakups. In his 2019 book, “A Dream About Lightening Bugs” he admits that it...
[Verse 1]
I
Said what you wanted to hear
And what I
Wanted to say
So I will take it back
And all the dishes intact
Let them be
Broken
Broken
[Chorus]
It's easy to be
Easy and free
When it doesn't mean anything
You remain selfless, cold
And composed
[Verse 2]
You've done me no
Favor to call and be nice
Telling me I
Can take anything
I
Like
You don't owe me to be so polite
You've done no wrong
You've done no wrong
Get out of my sight
[Chorus]
It's easy to be
Easy and free
When it doesn't mean anything
You remain selfless, cold
And composed
[Verse 3]
Come on baby, now throw me a right to the chin
Don't you stare like you never cared, I know you did
But you just smile
Like a bank teller
Blankly telling me "Have a nice life."
[Bridge]
Come on baby, now throw me a right to the chin
Just one sign that'll show me that you give a shit
But you just smile
Politely
And I grow weaker and I
[Verse 4]
Said what you wanted to hear
And what I
Wanted to say
So I will take it back
[Chorus]
It's easy to be
Easy and free
When it doesn't mean anything
It doesn't mean anything
You can take anything
You can take anything
So selfless, cold
So selfless, cold
So selfless, cold
And composed
Selfless, Cold and Composed was written by Ben Folds.
Selfless, Cold and Composed was produced by Ben Folds & Caleb Southern.
Ben Folds Five released Selfless, Cold and Composed on Tue Mar 18 1997.
That was towards the end of the writing process, too. I think I was starting to discover my inner ballads, or more slow and serious songwriter stuff. I think a lot of our stuff as a band before that had been much more uptempo. The thing I remember about that one was bringing in something that wasn’t...