Protection (Demo 1992)-Ben Folds

[00:01.60]KENT - PROTECTION [00:14.14] [00:39.01]I tried so hard to make you smile [00:43.50]For once I tried to be myself [00:49.12]I made you scared, I made you cry [00:55.24]So I never tried again [01:00.26] [01:04.11]And you tried to tell me how you feel [01:08.91]I couldn't hear you say a thing [01:14.01]You tried to tell me how you feel [01:19.51]I wasn't listening, I wasn't listening [01:33.12] [01:35.17]It took me 29 years to reach perfection [01:41.68]Now they fill us with fear [01:45.22]Computerized rejection [01:47.96]Your voice disappears [01:51.65]On a bad connection [01:54.61]It gets lonely out here [01:58.13]I need protection please [02:04.56]Are you protecting me [02:09.35] [02:19.47]Now I found a way to make you smile [02:24.06]Pretending I am someone else [02:29.84]Cause I really missed your smile [02:36.27]More than I missed myself [02:44.55]You found a way to keep it inside [02:49.10]To a point where you can't feel a thing [02:55.29]And silence suits us fine [03:01.70]Cause we are not listening [03:07.11]No, we're not listening [03:11.81] [03:15.21]It took me 29 years to reach perfection [03:21.85]Now they fill us with fear [03:25.92]Computerized rejection [03:28.46]Your voice disappears [03:32.41]On a bad connection [03:35.34]It gets lonely out here [03:38.67]Are you protecting me, are you protecting me [03:51.22]Are you protecting me, are you protecting me [04:03.61]Are you protecting me, are you protecting me [04:20.25]