I have not seen you in a while Your eyes are distant other scenes You use a language I don't know Different lives Submarines The darkest thoughts that come to you As shadow figures in your dreams Even when the sun is high They're always there Submarines I knew you when the future shone And you are full of wild eyed schemes Nothing seems that certain now Submarines Imagine God came down to us To explain what this all means Then left it in the taxi cab We'd never know I knew you when the future shone And you are full of wild eyed schemes That was when the world is young Before we heard what might have been Nothing seems that certain now Submarines Submarines