the submarines

got myself a bottle of red wine
got a night of nothing else to do
i think I might know
what I really want
but is a brighter discontent
the best that I could hope to find?

got a big black television set
now I can watch just what I want
but I'm here staring up
at pictures on the wall
and where are you,
you're still stuck inside them all

all these things should make me happy
make me happy to be home again
all these things should make me happy
make me happy to be alone again

but love is not these belongings
that surround me
though there's meaning
in the memories they hold
a breaking heart in an empty apartment
was the loudest sound I never heard