Genome

Forever dusting off the chromosomes That echo down the generations gone (gone) I swear I heard them in my headphones (in my headphone) Singing that, singing that, singing that same sweet and sour song Well, I'm something of my mother, something of my father Something of my sister, and something of all of the people In the pictures of the mantlepiece Yeah, the people in the pictures of the mantlepiece Yeah, I'm something of my mother, something of my father Something of my sister, and something of all of the people In the pictures of the mantlepiece The people in the pictures of the mantlepiece, yeah I know we're made from ancient constellations And the blood and the guts and the memories bound to the branches of the family tree And I can feel all the little pieces of this completely mono combination Bouncing, and bouncing, and bouncing, and bouncing around inside of me Well, I'm something of my mother, something of my father Something of my sister, and something of all of the people In the pictures of on mama piece Yeah, the people in the pictures of the mantlepiece Yeah, I'm something of my mother, something of my father Something of my sister, and something of all of the people In the pictures of the mantlepiece The people in the pictures of the mantlepiece I'll take the good and the not so great Always with different and the ways that we relate But there's always time until it's gone Feels I'm welding onto something, is it an unexploded bomb? Give me a word, you said, "I don't understand" I'll take all the temper tantrums while I hold your shaky hands Well, I'm something of my mother, something of my father Something of my sister, and something of all of the people In the pictures of the mantlepiece Yeah, the people in the pictures of mantlepiece Yeah, I'm something of my mother, something of my father Something of my sister, and something of all of the people In the pictures of the mantlepiece The people in the pictures of the mantlepiece, yeah D-D-D-D-DNA