Jack's Obsession Lyrics - Sparklehorse

Something's wrong with Jack 

Something's wrong with Jack 

Don't know if we're ever gonna get him back 

He's all alone up there, locked away inside 

Never says a word, hope he hasn't died 

Something's wrong with Jack 

Something's wrong with Jack 

Christmas time is buzzing in my skull 

Will it let me be, I cannot tell 

There's so many things I cannot grasp 

When I think I've got it and then at last 

Through my bony fingers it does slip 

Like a snowflake in a fiery grip 

Something's here I'm not quite getting 

Though I try I keep forgetting 

Like a memory long since past 

Here in a instant but gone in a flash 

In these little brick a brack 

The secret's waiting to be cracked 

Dolls and toys confuse me so 

Confound it all, I love it though 

Simple objects nothing more 

But something's hidden through a door 

Though I do not have the key 

Something's here I cannot see 

What does it mean? What does it mean? 

I've read the Christmas books many times 

I know the stories and I know the rhymes 

I know the Christmas carols by heart 

Skull is so full it's tearing me apart 

As often as I read them, there's something wrong 

So hard to put my bony fingers on 

Or maybe it's not as deep as I've been led to think 

Of course I've been too close to see 

The answers right in front of me 

It's simple, really very clear 

Like music drifting in the air 

Invisible but everywhere 

Just because I cannot see it 

And so I think this Christmas thing 

Is not as tricky as it seems 

And why should they have all the fun? 

It should belong to everyone 

Not anyone in fact but me 

For I can make a Christmas tree 

There's no reason I can find 

I couldn't handle Christmas time 

I bet I could improve it too 

And that's exactly what I'll do