Philosophy Lyrics - Ben Folds Five - Ben Folds

Won't you look up at the skyline 

At the mortar, block, and glass 

And check out the reflections in my eyes 

See they always used to be there 

Even when this was all was grass 

And I sang and danced about a high-rise 

And you were laughing at my helmet hat 

Laughing at my torch 

Go ahead you laugh all you want 

I got my philosophy 

(It keeps my feet on the ground) 

And I trust it like the ground 

That's why my philosophy 

Keeps me walking when I'm falling down 

I see that there is evil 

And I know that there is good 

And the in-betweens I never understood 

Would you look at me I'm crazy 

But I get the job done 

I'm crazy but I get the job done 

So go ahead and laugh all you want 

I got my philosophy 

(It keeps my feet on the ground) 

And I trust it like the ground 

That's why my philosophy 

Keeps me walking when I'm falling down 

I pushed you cause I loved you guys 

I didn't realize 

That you weren't having fun 

And I dragged you up the stairs 

And I told you to fly 

You were flapping your arms 

Then you started to cry, you were too high 

Now you take this all for granted 

You take the mortar, block, and glass 

And you forget the speech that moved the stone 

But it's really not that you can't see 

The forest from the trees 

You just never been out in the woods alone 

So you can laugh all you want to 

But I've got my philosophy 

(It keeps my feet on the ground) 

And I love you you're my friend 

But you got no philosophy 

Now it's time for this song to end