Man and Wife the Latter
Desaparecidos Lyrics

I'm growing out my hair like it was when I was single
I'm trying to reconnect to my past when I was carefree and not tied down to anyone.

It was longer than I'd known you
My hair used to be longer than the time I've known you.

I had no money then. I had no worries then at all
Back then, I had no financial or other worries.

But with such a high standard of living
Now, with a higher standard of living, there are more pressures and responsibilities.

I just feel like I am dying
I feel overwhelmed and exhausted by this lifestyle.

I would start an argument but you can barely even talk
I'm so unhappy that I want to argue, but you're so distant that you barely communicate.

But there is always good reason for your silence
You always have a good excuse for being quiet and unavailable.

You have to take care of some business
You always claim to be busy with work or other matters.

So I fix your plate and I stay out of the way
I feel invisible and unimportant, so I just try to stay out of your way.

And you will stay like that forever
I feel like you'll always put work or other things before me.

Right in front of your computer
You're often working on your computer instead of spending time with me.

You'll look up one day but you won't recognize me
You're so focused on your work that you're not paying attention to our relationship or me.

So now you want to change
You suddenly want to do something different.

You read a letter from a lawyer
You received a legal letter.

Want to take me out to dinner
You want to take me out for a meal.

You want to bury me under a mound of shopping bags
You think you can compensate for your lack of interest by buying me things.

Like it would really make a difference
I know that material possessions won't change how I feel about our relationship.

Or make up for your disinterest
You think that buying me things will make up for your lack of interest in our relationship.

I'm a bill you pay. I'm a contract you can't break
You treat me like a bill to be paid, or a contract that can't be broken.

And it's like I'm under water
I feel like I'm drowning.

Or on an endless escalator
I feel like I'm stuck in a cycle that never ends.

I just go up and up but I don't ever reach the top
I keep trying to make things better, but nothing changes.

And it reads just like the Bible
My life feels like a story from the Bible.

Twenty centuries of scandal
The Bible is full of scandalous stories.

I guess it all depends on how you interpret it
It's all a matter of interpretation.

The word is love, the word is loss
The central themes of life are love and loss.

The words are damaged goods
This relationship is broken and damaged.

That's what I am.
I feel like a damaged and disposable object.

A lifetime gets chalked up to an experience
My life feels like a series of experiences.

Coincidence. we are chained to the events
Our experiences in life are largely a result of coincidence and chance.

That's it.
That's all there is.