Sentimental Guy

All of us support and appreciate music as a form of artistic expression that reflects the commonality of human experience. The songs we share remind us that we are not alone. Ben Folds is a brilliant musician and songwriter whose "voice" speaks to me like few others. I would like to share the lyrics to "Sentimental Guy" from his Songs for Silverman album, which I identify with after a tumultuous time in my life.

There's a moment in my mind

I scribbled and erased a thousand times

Like a letter never written or sent

These conversations with the dead

I used to be a sentimental guy

Now I'm haunted by the left unsaid

I never thought so much could change

Little things you said or did

Are part of me

Come out from time to time

Though probably no one I know now would notice

But I never thought so much could change

You drifted far away

Far away it seems

Time has stopped

The clock keeps going

People talking

And I'm watching

As flashes of their faces go black and white

And fade to yellow

In a box in an attic

And I never thought so much could change

Now I don't miss anyone

I don't miss anything

What a shame

'Cause I used to be a sentimental guy