Ben Folds - The Ascent of Stan (Live In Perth, 2005) 

Same thing 11 months later. Shh. Don't wake the trolls.

The trolls have awoken...there’s 2 now....

Jesse Westbrook Sounds like a guy that used to be a hippie. After Vietnam(?) was over, he “grew up”, ascended to corporate management, and lost all his anti-establishment tendencies. The system forced him into conformation. Here are the lyrics: Pangs of silence From the room upstairs How's the view there? Do you read what they're saying about you? That you're no fun Since the war was won In fact, you have become all of the things you've always run away from The ascent of Stan Textbook hippie man Get rest while you can So where'd the years go? All the time we had? Being poor was not such a drag in hindsight And you wonder why your father was so resigned Now you don't wonder any more The ascent of Stan Textbook hippie man Textbook hippie man Get rest while you can Stan: Once you wanted revolution Stan: Now you're the institution Stan: How's it feel to be the man? It's no fun to be the man

@@definitiveentertainment1658 couldn't have said it better. i spent a lot of time analyzing damn near all of his songs before i had a computer to investigate with. i never investigated this one but i feel confident believing we are spot on.