This is amazing! Just a moment ago I was listening to an old Ben Folds album on my iTunes. The song called "Fred Jones Part 2" started playing. And I said to myself, "Where do I know this music from?". And it hit me! It's the music from the "Depression Hurts" ads!
So I decided to come to AdTunes to see if anyone else had come to the same conclusion and I saw your Post! What timing...and quite a coincidence!
To go along with the meloncoohly music, the song's lyrics are rather depressing as well. It's about an old man that is being forced to retire from his job that he's held his whole life. Quite sad... but an amazing song that I can't stop listening to! Here's the lyrics...
Fred Jones Part 2
Ben Folds Five
Fred sits alone
at his desk in the dark
there's an awkward
young shadow that waits in the hall
he has cleared all his things
and he's put them in boxes
things that remind him
that life has been good
twenty five years
he's worked at the paper
a man's here
to take him downstairs
and "I'm sorry,
Mr. Jones, it's time"
there was no party
and there were no songs
cause today's just a day
like the day that he started
and no one is left here
that knows his first name
yeah and life barrels on
like a runaway train
where the passengers change
they don't change anything
you get off
someone else can get on
and "I'm sorry,
Mr. Jones, it's time"
the streetlight
it shines through the shades
casting lines on the floor
and lines on his face
he reflects on the day
Fred gets his paints out
and goes to the basement
projecting some slides
onto a plain white canvas
and traces it,
fills in the spaces
he turns off the slides
and it doesn't look right
yeah, and all of these bastards
have taken his place
he's forgotten, but not yet gone
and "I'm sorry, Mr. Jones"
and "I'm sorry, Mr. Jones"
and "I'm sorry, Mr. Jones, it's time"
