Jack's Blog

Wednesday, October 3

Helpless

This is one of my favourite songs at the moment by Danny Elfman.

Helpless

(que accordion)
Countless long nights
While I stare at the wall
I ask myself over again...
How did I end up
In this little hell?
How did it ever begin?
Oh, oh, oh oh oh helpless
Helpless to turn back the clock
That ticks on
With its cruel shiny face
It laughs while it watches
My every disgrace,
I was born a sap
All the nurses laughed when they
Saw me the first time
They giggled and said
This poor little monster'd be
Better off dead!
Oh, oh, oh oh oh helpless
Helplessly trapped in a body
I'm sure
Should have never been mine.
I bet that my real one is
Doing just fine and
I don't belong here,
I don't belong here
I should be quite rich
With a big shiny car
A house with twelve rooms
I deserve to go far!
Oh, oh, oh oh oh helpless
Helplessly falling in love
But does love
Really last through the night?
To love - To honor -
To kick and to bite!
And I don't belong here,
I don't belong here
It's all a mistake
I was destined for greatness
A leader, a prophet
They're just too blind to notice.
How did this whole silly story begin?
It seems that my mind has gone blank.
It seems that I've messed up a chapter or two.
Perhaps it is best if I'm frank.
Oh, oh, oh oh oh helpless
Helplessly lost like that
poor chap who came
For an innocent dance.
He left with his brain smeared
All over his pants!
Cause he didn't belong here,
he didn't belong here
He never should've left
That warm cage in a zoo!
His face was so ugly
What else could I do?
Can you really blame me,
I had to smash it.
He left me no choice,
he was just like the others.
I just had to kill him.
Like my poor, dear, old
muthaaaa
Oh, oh, oh oh oh helpless
Helplessly fucked in the ass
By a legion of forty ex-cons
That's what it feels like
When you walk all over me.
Don't belong here,
I don't belong here
Your eyes burn right through me.
They fill me with fear.
I could've been at home
Watching football while drinking beer.
I say, Oh, oh, oh oh oh helpless, so helpless.