Jack`s Obsession — текст песни (Burton Tim)

Performed by Danny Elfman and Cast
CITIZENS OF HALLOWEEN
Something`s up with jack
Something`s up with jack
Don`t know if we`re ever going to get him back
He`s all alone up there
Locked away inside
Never says a word
Hope he hasn`t died
Something`s up with jack
Something`s up with jack
JACK
Christmas time 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`s 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 these 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 item?
What does it mean?
What does item?
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`s 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?
lt 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 Christmas time

I bet I could improve it too
And that`s exactly what l`II do
Hee,hee,hee
Heureka! I`ve got it