Life Stories Lyrics - Overtones - Just Jack

This is for every life story, every detail 

Ex-dotcom millionaires with shitty jobs in retail 

Every ingrown toenail, pile of junk mail 

Drivin' test drive fail, vain search for the Holy Grail 

Every move you make, every breath you take 

Every twelve inch record your dumped girlfriend decided to break 

And all the under achievin' geezers getting more lean and peezer 

On melon Bacardi Breezers and skinny plastic cached reefers 

And every impotent porn star 

And the girls with the red lights on, doin' tricks for Mars bars 

And all the ravers wishin' they were back in '89 

'Cause everythin' was so much better the first time 

Jack, jack, jack, jack your body 

And all the bastards lookin' for change in the station 

Every money grabbin' musical collaboration 

And every last member of the X generation 

Addicted to the Internet drugs and masturbation 

Forget me, this is all about you 

Forget us, this is all about you 

Forget we, this is all about you 

We're just the siphon, the sounds come through 

Forget me, this is all about you 

Forget us, this is all about you 

Forget me, this is all about you 

We're just the siphon, the sounds come through 

This is for every life story, every chapter 

Every memory stored and photograph captured 

'Cause even the most mundane things 

Can shine forth like a beacon 

Make your palms sweaty and knees weaken 

Well, there is an awful lot of false gods speakin' 

We're scratchin' in the dark for somethin' true to believe in 

Just keep breathin' and hope that in the long run 

That's a real hand you're tightly squeezin' 

This is for everybody who got cussed down in the playground 

And every bad boy who shitted when his mates weren't around 

And all the bedroom DJ's perfecting their skills 

And every girl with a complex and a handful of slimming pills 

Forget me, this is all about you 

Forget us, this is all about you 

Forget we, this is all about you 

We're just the siphon, the sounds come through 

Forget me, this is all about you 

Forget us, this is all about you 

Forget we, this is all about you 

We're just the siphon, the sounds come through 

All about you, all about you, all about you 

This is for every life story 

Every intertwined tale of guts and glory 

'Course some of them are nice and bright and corny 

And some of them will shake your hand less warmly 

Outlook still stormy 

Every sweepin' saga from the here now to the hereafter 

Tall tales around the campfire, tragedies of fallen empire 

And everythin' that will and won't transpire 

Sometimes it's just too diabolical 

Carryin' our stories like DNA in hair follicles 

Luggin' chronicles like baggage handlers 

I'm not stickin' around, I'm shippin' out with the ramblers 

Collectin' chapters of fractures and raptures 

High on a cactus with a bunch of backpackers 

Toastin' backwards with a shot of Cachacas 

But that's another story and I'll tell it if you let me 

But in the meantime just remember to forget me 

Forget me, this is all about you 

Forget us, this is all about you 

Forget we, this is all about you 

We're just the siphon, the sounds come through 

Forget me, this is all about you 

Forget us, this is all about you 

Forget we, this is all about you 

We're just the siphon, the sounds come through 

All about you, all about you 

All about you, sounds come through 

All about you, all about you 

All about you, sounds come through