More songs by Cast - The Nightmare Before Christmas
More songs by Danny Elfman
Description
Composer Lyricist, Producer: Danny Elfman
Associate Producer, Digital Editing Engineer: Bob Badami
Associate Producer: Richard Kraft
Recording Second Engineer: Mike Piersante
Recording Second Engineer: Sharon Rice
Recording Second Engineer: Bill Easystone
Recording Second Engineer: Andy Bass
Conductor: Chris Boardman
Other: Letitia Rogers
Other: Patti Zimmitti
Other: Joel Franklin
Other: Megan Cavallari
Other: Bill Jackson
Other: Mark Mann
Other: Steve Bartek
Other: Dave Collins
Other: Robert Fernandez
Other: Bobbi Page
Lyrics and translation
Original
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!
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, 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 passed, 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 here 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'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, does it mean I can't believe it?
You know, I think this Christmas thing is 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 have a Christmas time.
I'll bet I could improve it, too, and that's exactly what I'll do.
Eureka! I've got it!