[ti:Lost] [ar:Just Jack] [al:Overtones] [04:50.09][00:12.62]mtvzz.com [04:38.29][00:06.83]Album:Overtones [04:32.35][00:01.10]Just Jack-Lost [04:56.36][00:18.31][00:00.60] [00:21.67]Picture this 2.30 [00:23.12]on the hottest night in June [00:24.68]He awakes for no reason [00:26.24]and checks his watch by the moon [00:28.07]And his mouth feels as dry as [00:29.88]his eyes as he struggles to rise [00:31.69]And stops to contemplate [00:32.67]his wife’s thighs as he does up his flies [00:35.10]He finds his slippers [00:36.30]where he left them under the chair [00:37.70]behind the 2 cups [00:39.50]and an old copy of marie claire [00:41.29]He switches the on the coffee machine [00:42.89]that of course works like a dream [00:44.51]catches sight of his reflection [00:46.13]in the silver surface sheen [00:47.81]And It’s a face he knows well [00:49.40]although it should look less abused [00:51.06]With all these moisturisers [00:52.74]and the skin products he’s used [00:54.36]As he moves through the kitchen, [00:55.83]his homage to brushed steel [00:57.61]Across the new pine flooring [00:59.16]that’s plastic but looks real [01:00.78]Past the plasma with the widescreen [01:02.61]and the cinema surround sound [01:04.26]And he stops on his favourite [01:05.68]spot by the window and looks down [01:07.49]On the orange lit street [01:08.86]at the edge of the private car park [01:10.58]Where his Audi TT is waiting safely in the dark [01:13.96] [01:20.64]Keeping it all inside of you [01:27.13]Something will have to give [01:33.82]And if you could you』ll take it back [01:40.34]But you lose your way in the way you live [01:46.19] [01:59.80]Now he can hear wind chimes [02:01.18]tinkling out on the balcony [02:03.30]And his phone beeping out a text message [02:05.09]in the same key [02:06.80]He checks it and it’s Jill [02:08.46]who used to be his secretary [02:09.85]Before they started an affair [02:11.41]and things began to get really scary [02:13.72]Now his wife Mary is getting weary of his lies [02:16.91]Like she’s read the whole [02:18.61]sordid story in his eyes [02:20.11]It doesn』t help that [02:21.58]Jill’s now saying that she’s 2 weeks late [02:23.69]His mental state is really [02:25.06]starting to deteriorate [02:26.96] [02:27.14]He never knew how he got so out of his depth [02:29.72]Or why he’s broken more than [02:31.37]all these promises kept [02:32.97]And it’s been ages since he slept [02:35.73]Properly, his sleeps now broken [02:37.86]by these dreams of extra-marital activity [02:39.85]Trying to recapture the rapture [02:42.19]that he used to get from his material possessions [02:44.50]And endless retail therapy sessions [02:46.51]Shoulda listened to what his dad said before he died [02:49.82]The best things in life [02:51.33]are the ones you can』t buy son [02:53.19] [02:53.43]Keeping it all inside of you [02:59.09]Something will have to give [03:05.75]Wish you could buy a ticket back [03:12.30]But you lose your way in the way you live [03:18.72] [03:19.10]He used to feel so safe up here [03:20.62]in his shrine to Ikea [03:22.21]Away from the shouts and the louts [03:23.66]and the girls with the over-painted pouts [03:25.73]And the queers and the dykes [03:27.17]and the kids in their box-fresh Nikes [03:28.70]Delivering rocks to the house [03:29.91]across the street on rusty mountain bikes [03:32.16] [03:33.87]Aah aah [03:45.25] [03:45.49]He used to feel so safe up here [03:47.10]in his shrine to Ikea [03:48.43]Away from the shouts and the louts [03:49.93]and the girls with the over-painted pouts [03:52.28]And the queers and the dykes [03:53.36]and the kids in their box-fresh Nikes [03:54.98]Delivering rocks to the house [03:56.39]across the street on rusty mountain bikes [03:58.47] [04:00.00]Aah aah [04:30.58]