Brick by Ben Folds Five

6 am day after christmas
I throw (1)________ clothes on in the dark
The smell of cold
Car seat is freezing
The world is (2)________________ I am numb

Up the stairs to her apartment
She is balled up on the couch
Her mom and dad went down to Charlotte
They're not home to find us out

And we drive
Now that I have found someone
I'm feeling more alone
Than I ever have before
She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly
Off the coast and I'm headed nowhere
She's a (3)__________ and I'm drowning slowly

They call her (4)________ at 7:30
I pace (5)____________ the parking lot
Then I walk down to buy her flowers
And (6)________ some gifts that I got
Can't you see
It's not me you're dying for
Now she's feeling more alone
Than she ever has before
She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly
Off the coast and I'm headed nowhere
She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly

As weeks (7)________ by
It showed (8)________ she was not fine
They told me, "son, it's time to tell the truth"
She broke down, and I broke down
Cause I was tired of lying

Driving back to her apartment
For the moment we're alone
She's alone
I'm alone
Now I know it

She's a (9)__________ and I'm drowning slowly
Off the coast and I'm headed nowhere
She's a brick and I'm (10)________________ slowly

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