[ti:Jack's Obsession] [ar:Various Artists] [al:The Nightmare Before Christmas] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Jack's Obsession (From “The Nightmare Before Christmas”/Soundtrack Version) - Cast - The Nightmare Before Christmas/Danny Elfman [00:05.84]Something's up with Jack [00:07.06]Something's up with Jack [00:11.35]Don't know if we're ever going to get him back [00:16.51]He's all alone up there [00:18.02]Locked away inside [00:22.06]Never says a word [00:23.21]Hope he hasn't died [00:24.71]Something's up with Jack [00:25.84]Something's up with Jack [00:35.99]Christmas time is buzzing in my skull [00:39.17]Will it let me be I cannot tell [00:42.13]There are so many things I cannot grasp [00:45.36]When I think I've got it and then at last [00:48.46]Through my bony fingers it does slip [00:51.58]Like a snowflake in a fiery grip [00:54.35]Something's here I'm not quite getting [00:56.02]Though I try I keep forgetting [00:58.01]Like a memory long since past [01:01.59]Here in an instant gone in a flash [01:03.46]What does it mean [01:04.23]What does it mean [01:06.97]In these little bric-a-brac [01:08.64]A secret's waiting to be cracked [01:10.45]These dolls and toys confuse me so [01:12.30]Confound it all I love it though [01:14.98]Simple objects nothing more [01:16.73]But something's hidden through a door [01:18.69]Though I do not have the key [01:22.25]Something's there I cannot see [01:24.00]What does it mean [01:24.93]What does it mean [01:28.10]What does it mean [01:30.65]Hmm [01:34.86]I've read these Christmas books so many times [01:37.78]I know the stories and I know the rhymes [01:41.17]I know the Christmas carols all by heart [01:43.99]My skull's so full it's tearing me apart [01:47.31]As often as I've read them something's wrong [01:50.41]So hard to put my bony finger on [01:53.41]Or perhaps it's really not as deep [01:55.63]As I've been led to think [01:57.12]Am I trying much too hard [02:00.47]Of course I've been too close to see [02:02.37]The answer's right in front of me [02:04.36]Right in front of me [02:05.81]It's simple really very clear [02:07.79]Like music drifting in the air [02:09.59]Invisible but everywhere [02:13.21]Just because I cannot see it [02:14.97]Doesn't mean I can't believe it [02:17.27]You know I think this Christmas thing [02:19.37]It's not as tricky as it seems [02:21.28]And why should they have all the fun [02:23.03]It should belong to anyone [02:24.68]Not anyone in fact but me [02:26.67]Why I could make a Christmas tree [02:28.47]And there's no reason I can find [02:30.15]I couldn't handle Christmas time [02:31.97]I bet I could improve it too [02:33.94]And that's exactly what I'll do [02:38.00]Hee hee hee [02:39.46]Eureka I've got it