Number 60: Ben Folds - Prison Food
Album: Songs for Silverman, 2005.
Added 5/21/07, 42 plays.
Please ignore the stupid slideshow in the embedded video, it's the only one I could find.
I think Ben was going through a divorce when this album was coming out, and I think this is his response to it. As they walk the Earth, they can see the end in sight; she wonders who will leave first, he realizes that they need to both go through it alone. It sucks, but it's what needs to be done. There don't seem to be hard feelings - when she floats by, he can be a distraction instead of a problem (which is in contrast to the preceding song on the album, "Time"). But yeah. It's over.
Prison food is something that will keep you alive, but isn't worth living for.
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