Contemplate the Emptiness

One of my favorite albums is Entertaining Angels, by Jimmy A (aka, Jimmy Abegg), released 1991 (which is when I moved to Houston). I can listen to this album repeatedly; I think it might be one of the ones I could listen to for the rest of my life if I could only choose one. For me, pretty much everything is perfect: vocals, instrumentation, lyrics, etc.

One song in particular, "Contemplate the Emptiness," I cannot get past, and it is probably one of my favorite songs on the album, if not one of my all-time favorite songs (certainly in my top ten). For anything to get past Eurythmics or DC Talk is pretty amazing. Anyway, here are the lyrics, used without any kind of permission other than I wanted to share them with you:

What do you do when the night falls hard on you
And you're all alone
And the TV set's on and the light that it brings
Is the only light shining on you
And the voice in that box
Is the only thing that talks
To comfort your soul

Contemplate the emptiness, my friend
Contemplate the emptiness, my friend

What do you do when the last drink is gone
And the smoke burns your eyes
And the thrill has worn off and your friends have gone home
And you're coming down
And all that is left is to pick up the glasses
And empty the ashes

Contemplate the emptiness, my friend
Contemplate the emptiness, my friend

What do you do when she walks out on you
And you're holding the tab
And you say "What about all those promises we made
What about them?" and she says
"Didn't you know there's no such thing as promises here"

Contemplate the emptiness, my friend
Contemplate the emptiness, my friend
Contemplate the emptiness, my friend
Contemplate the emptiness, my friend

Do you remember riding that greyhound
Across that grey town
And thinking this isn't it. Like a voice saying
"There's something more" Like Jesus whispering to you
He was whispering to you...whispering to you