Brighter Discontent (Prosesong 1:1-8)
30 June 2007
1 I heard this song for the first time in nip/tuck season finale, and it was love at first tone. It was sung by the submarines. Notice that below is not the actual lyrics.
2 I’ve got a brand new roof above my head, and all the empty boxes thrown away. You know, I rearranged the place like a hundred times today. But, the ordering of objects couldn’t hide what’s missing.
3 I got myself a bottle of red wine and 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?
4 I got a big black television set and I can watch just what I want now. But I’m here staring up at pictures on the wall where you are still stuck inside them all.
5 I got a desk and I’ll write myself a note. I was pretending that it came from you. I write it on hotel stationary from the time we first met. It’s whatever I can do cause I won’t throw my hands up yet.
6 All these things should make me happy to be alone again
7 But love is not these belongings that surround you, though there’s meaning in the memories they hold. A breaking heart in an empty apartment was the loudest sound I never heard.
8 Well, I’ll be fine if I dont look around me now, because it’s too much for what’s gone. If only I can wait here just a little while and let time pass in my room.
Scripture prosesong
