THIS IS A STORY ABOUT A SONG in three acts, which is a story about how music moves through your life. The first time I heard the song in 1997, it was in the usual way I first heard much of the music I’m most attached to: in my bedroom, on a CD album that I’d acquired with nothing more than hope that I’d enjoy it based on a having caught a few singles on the radio and read some reviews.
The album was by Ben Folds Five, who I had immediately liked
