Alec Benjamin: I Built a Friend Meaning

Song Released: 2017

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I Built a Friend Lyrics

I built a friend,
with three pieces of plastic and a pen
I made him on the table in the den
I gave him my old cell phone for a head,
for a head
And we spent holidays at my house
And we left presents in a stocking
And we bought bolts and...

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   anonymous

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   Jul 24th, 7:46pm report

   
   

   Alec has a childhood friend that he loved very much, then he went to college and didn’t really think about it remember his friend, and his friend felt sad that they lost touch so he killed himself. This is a sad but true reminder to keep your friends close and if/when you leave them, stay in touch because even if they don’t say it, they miss and love you, too.

   
   
   
   

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   Sep 10th, 9:41am report

   
   

   He uses the meaning of old phone because thats what they used to use to communicate but then when he went off to college they lost touch. When he came back he realized that his friend committed. This is a song about how he misses his friend.

   
   
   
   

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   Aug 14th, 8:19am report

   
   

   Alec has a childhood friend , the head of the friend is an old cell phone , later on he talks abt how the friend spilled a cup of water over itself, which killed him since the friend had a cell phone for a head. In my point of view the frd is addict to the internet/ media and the toxicity of the online world killed him

   
   
   
   

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   Jul 20th, 7:45pm report

   
   

   Alec had a childhood friend, who spent a lot of time with him. When college came around Alec left his friend behind and forgot about him when he met a girl. His friend became lonely and after a while killed himself. Alec came back and found out and he was devastated. The song is a metaphor for things that happen to people around the world so be cautious.
   

   
   
   
   

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   Jun 1st, 6:51pm report

   
   

   alec made a childhood friend and when he left for college, they lost touch. he came back to find that his friend had killed himself.

   
   
   
   

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   Apr 5th, 4:48am report

   
   

   Alec built a robot and thought they were friends, the Christmas gifts were for fixing the robot but after he left for college he left his friend behind. His friend, who is actually a representation of a childhood friend who is very much real, starts feeling lonely and spills a cup of water on himself.
   Since he is represented as a robot, this bugs him out and kills him.