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Jack’s Obsession Lyrics by Danny Elfman, Cast of the Nightmare Before Christmas

The Nightmare Before Christmas (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

1993

[VAMPIES]
Something's up with Jack
Something's up with Jack
Don't know if we're ever
Going to get him back

[WEREWOLF]
He's all alone up there
Locked away inside

[CORPSE MOTHER]
Never says a word

[CORPSE KID]
Hope he hasn't died

[HALLOWEEN CITIZENS]
Something's up with Jack
Something's up with Jack

[JACK SKELLINGTON]
Christmastime is buzzing in my skull
Will it let me be? I cannot tell
There are 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 here, I'm not quite getting
Though I try, I keep forgetting
Like a memory long since past
Here in an instant, gone in a flash
What does it mean? What does it mean?

In this little bric-a-brac
A secret's waiting to be cracked
These 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 there I cannot see
What does it mean? What does it mean?
What does it mean? Hmm...

I've read these Christmas books so many times
I know the stories and I know the rhymes
I know the Christmas carols all by heart
My skull so full, it's tearing me apart
As often as I've read them, something's wrong
So hard to put my bony finger on

Or perhaps it's really not as deep as I've been led to think
Am I trying much too hard?
Of course! I've been too close to see
The answer's right in front of me!
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
Doesn't mean I can't believe it

You know, I think this Christmas thing
It's not as tricky as it seems
And why should they have all the fun?
It should belong to anyone

Not anyone, in fact, but me
Why, I could make a Christmas tree
And there's no reason I can find
I couldn't handle Christmastime
I bet I could improve it too
And that's exactly what I'll do!

(spoken)
Heh-heh-heh-heh-heh!
Eureka! I've got it!
Credits
Danny Elfman

Danny Elfman

Cast of the Nightmare Before Christmas

Cast of the Nightmare Before Christmas

About “Jack’s Obsession” by Danny Elfman

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"Jack’s Obsession" appears on "The Nightmare Before Christmas (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)" in 1993.

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