The Story of Our Lives is the name of a maxi single

Maxi single

A maxi single or maxi-single is a music single release with more than the usual two tracks of an a-side song and a b-side song.-The first maxi singles:...

 by The Echoing Green

The Echoing Green (band)

The Echoing Green is an electronica/synthpop band. It began as a duo between Joey Belville and Aaron Bowman in 1992, and has since released eleven major albums....

, released in June 2004 on A Different Drum

A Different Drum

A Different Drum is an independent record label and online store based in the US state of Utah, specializing in synthpop and related genres...

. This single does not feature the original version of the song as found on the album The Winter of Our Discontent

The Winter of Our Discontent (album)

The Winter of Our Discontent is the name of an album by The Echoing Green, originally released on April 14, 2003, on A Different Drum. The album was released to Europe with a slightly different track listing in 2004 through Infacted Recordings, and through BEC Recordings on December 14, 2004, with...

, but instead features an "Epic" version which includes an extended piano intro and outro by Jason Smith of Leiahdorus

Leiahdorus

Leiahdorus is a synthpop band on the independent Section 44 Records label.Leiahdorus was created by Jason Smith in 1998. When Joey Belville of The Echoing Green acquired a demonstration tape, he took Jason under his wing and produced a demo with him....

. "Seaside" and the Echo Image version of "The Story of Our Lives," as well as the cover of Wolfsheim

Wolfsheim (band)

Wolfsheim was a synthpop band from Hamburg, Germany that consisted of Markus Reinhardt and Peter Heppner. Although never officially disbanded, Wolfsheim has been inactive since 2005 due to a dispute between the two members, which even led to trials in 2007 and 2008 that forbade either member to...

's "The Sparrows & the Nightingales" (a collaboration between The Echoing Green and Sheltershed), were later featured on the BEC Recordings

BEC Recordings

BEC Recordings is a Christian rock record label that is a subsidiary of Tooth and Nail Records. The label was formed in 1997 in partnership with the EMI Christian Music Group....

 release of The Winter of Our Discontent.

Track listing

("The Story of Our Lives" and "Seaside" written by The Echoing Green)

1. "The Story of Our Lives" (Epic) – 8:35
2. "Winter" (Sequencia) – 4:41
3. "The Story of Our Lives" (Echo Image) – 5:10
4. "Seaside" – 3:05
5. "The Story of Our Lives" (Syrian) – 5:08
6. "Blind" (Variant) – 5:22
7. "The Story of Our Lives" (Virtual Server) – 4:31
8. "The Sparrows & the Nightingales" (Wolfsheim
   Wolfsheim (band)
   Wolfsheim was a synthpop band from Hamburg, Germany that consisted of Markus Reinhardt and Peter Heppner. Although never officially disbanded, Wolfsheim has been inactive since 2005 due to a dispute between the two members, which even led to trials in 2007 and 2008 that forbade either member to...
   
   ) – 3:55
9. "The Story of Our Lives" (Tecnoman SF) – 7:12
10. "Fall Awake" (Random Access Memory) – 4:38

Personnel

• Dave Adams – drums
  Drum kit
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   on "Seaside"
• Fox Fletcher – guitar
  Guitar
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   on "Seaside"
• Jason Smith – piano
  Piano
  The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
  
  on "The Story of Our Lives" (Epic)