Missing The War Lyrics

Lyric discussion by dross 

Cover art for Missing The War lyrics by Ben Folds Five

While he "war" could be about a girl, I think it was the period in his life when he was more alive and fought for everything.

Now he's got no fight left in him.

I think that the jotted figures could be taxes or bills to pay. He drive home pissed and beaten because he doesn't like his job. And though his partner is perfectly content with the life that they're living, he wonders when it was that he surrendered to this lifestyle.