Regina Spektor - Buildings (11:11) video free download
Regina's "Buildings", another song from her old 11:11 album.
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He was a husband who drove his wife home drunk from the parties
He was a husband who drove his wife home
And in the car, he would lean her head gently against the side-door window
And in the bathroom, he would hold her hair back and hope
Saying, oh, they build buildings
Oh, they build buildings
Oh, they build buildings
Ohh, they build buildings
Oh, they build buildings
Oh, they build buildings
Oh, they build buildings
So tall these days
And in the morning, she'd wake up and
Crouch recollections all day, but
She would always, always wake up the next morning
He'd take one look at her and say,
"oh oh, it's okay"
And her conscience would issue yet another last warning
Saying, oh, they build buildings
Oh, they build buildings
Oh, they build buildings
Ohh, they build buildings
Oh, they build buildings
Oh, they build buildings
Oh, they build buildings
So tall these days
And she would ask for time
And she'd ask for time
And she'd ask for time
And she'd ask for time
And she would beg for time
And she'd beg for time
And call it a gift
And he would give her time
And he'd give her time
And he'd give her time
And he'd give her time
But time is not given and time is not taken
It just sifts through its sift
But time is not given and time is not taken
It just sifts through its sift...
Sifts through it's sift
Just sifts through its sift
Oh...
Sifts through its sift
Just sifts through its sift
When we had coffee and coffee and coffee and coffee
And coffee and coffee some more
He'd go to work, and she'd take a sick day and rot at the core
And by the time he came back, she'd scrubbed the bathrooms and made them smell like pine
It would be almost as if nothing had happened
And he'd give her time, oh,
oh, and he'd give her time
Saying, oh, they build buildings
Oh, they build buildings
Oh, they build buildings
Oh, don't they build buildings
Oh, they build buildings
Oh, they build buildings
Oh, they build buildings
So tall these days
And she would ask for time
And she'd ask for time
And she'd ask for time
She'd beg for time
And she would beg for time
And she'd beg for time
And call it a gift
And he would give her time
And he'd give her time
And he'd give her time
And he'd give her time
But time is not given and time is not taken
It just sifts through its sift
But time is not given and time is not taken
It just sifts through its sift...
Oh, sifts through its sift
Sifts through its sift
Ohhh-oo-ooooh
Oh, sifts through its sift
Sifts through its sift
He was a husband
Drove, Time
Home, Time
Car, oh, core
Core sick day
Pour coffee
Core warning
Last warning
He was a husband
Time, Pine
Scrub, Scrub
Bathroom, Lean
Hair, Back
Car, Window
Hope, Time Give
Don't they
Build buildings
Tall these days
Comments
8 years ago
originaljuls
one of my favorites sung by her and my favorite album of hers9 years ago
Prometheus1st
To me this song is about what we all perceive...about the world. We see the actions of nations. We perceive the implications. BUILDINGS9 years ago
Amy Jean
Love this. 9 years ago
echidnah1
Ani DiFranco influence :)9 years ago
Matt Snyder
I wish I could thumbs this up twice :] 9 years ago
oddsdiner
shes beautiful, how she make such beautiful music9 years ago
Jonny Zer0
'oh'?10 years ago
Andrew Arriaga
This is clearly about an alcoholic wife and the husband who keeps giving her chances. I have always thought that the "they build buildings so tall these days" is either just small talk made between a husband and wife who are trying to divert themselves from their issue, or also a comment on how she is always drunk and in positions where she is either falling and looking up from the sidewalk or in a hunched over position by the toilet, looking up out of her bathroom window at a skyline where, in her drunken state, she marvels at how tall buildings are. This song is definitely not a happy or cutesy song; it's actually quite sad.10 years ago
Jamie Fidler
i have never heard a piece of music that speaks to me so much as a mentally ill person10 years ago
IAintOverYet
A musical and lyrical genius at work!10 years ago
Lilyfloss
I love how airy this song is. Rhythm, air, falling, soulful. These older songs always remind me of how truly one of a kind she is. Just listen to the way this is.10 years ago
Woof
What if I ask for it, but the door does not open? Is there a door open somewhere else?10 years ago
Casey Schneider
I kind of feel like the "buildings" part is the wife contemplating suicide by jumping out of her upper-floor apartment window. That's my morbid interpretation anyway....10 years ago
Darksunshinerain87
To me, the "they build buildings..." line represents something simpler than what most people on here are postulating; I think it he's just using it as a distraction. Anything to talk about, even something mundane to make small talk, just to avoid talking about the real elephant in the room.10 years ago
Maria Sara Finelli
Time is not given and time is not taken. It just sifts through its sift.10 years ago
Milla Melone
You are so right, that's exactly how I see it too. "Her conscious would issue yet another last warning, saying "they build buildings, oh they build buildings, oh they build buildings so tall these days" The wife tells herself she can give it up because people can build buildings so tall. It's a way of telling themselves they can do anything.11 years ago
Lisette Gamboa
LA AMOOOOOO!!11 years ago
Hunter Stephenson
She's singing so oddly in this song?11 years ago
Nicolas Duncan
Hey! I know most of you skip these comments, but it would mean a lot if you kept reading. I am a singer and pianist, and musicians like Regina Spektor, Tori Amos, Kate Nash, etc. have influenced me so much. I would really appreciate if you would check out some of my videos. Thanks, Nicolas Duncan11 years ago
cynopt
The ending to this song always reminded me of how, like in the end of some movies, they replay earlier scenes in reverse, as a way to summarize the whole movie or like when a character has a sudden realization and all of the earlier scenes come flooding back to them in broken parts. I dunno.Related Videos
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