***** Einer der "31 Songs", die Nick Hornby in seinem gleichnamigen und durchweg lesenswerten Buch reviewt: His (Ben Folds Five) song "Smoke" is one of the cleverest, wisest songs about the slow death of a relationship that I know."<br><br>'Here's an evening dark with shame<br>(Throw it on the fire)<br>Here's a time I took the blame<br>(Throw it on the fire)<br>Here is a time we didn't speak<br>It seemed for years and years<br>And here's a secret<br>No one will ever know<br>The reasons for the tears<br>They are smoke<br>Smoke, smoke'<br><br>Klagende Melancholie im Song, gesungen von der nicht immer den Ton treffenden, ausdrucksstarken Stimme von Ben Folds. |