JACK'S LAMENT Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas (Cover by OngakuVA)

OngakuVA presents a cover of "Jack's Lament" from Tim Burton's "The Nightmare Before Christmas" Vocals - OngakuVA (hi) https://bsky.app/profile/ongakuva.bsk... Mix - Captain Camille    / @cptcamille   https://vgen.co/cptcamille   / cptcamille   Art/Video - RenDaKid    / @rendakid   https://bsky.app/profile/rendakid.bsk...   / rendakid   ============================================================== LYRICS: There are few who'd deny, at what I do I am the best For my talents are renowned far and wide When it comes to surprises in the moonlit night I excel without ever even trying With the slightest little effort of my ghostlike charms I have seen grown men give out a shriek With the wave of my hand and a well placed moan I have swept the very bravest off their feet Yet year after year, it's the same routine And I grow so weary of the sound of screams And I, Jack, the Pumpkin King Have grown so tired of the same old thing Oh, somewhere deep inside of these bones An emptiness began to grow There's something out there, far from my home A longing that I've never known I'm the master of fright, and a demon of light And I'll scare you right out of your pants To a guy in Kentucky, I'm Mister Unlucky And I'm known throughout England and France And since I am dead, I can take off my head To recite Shakespearean quotations No animal nor man can scream like I can With the fury of my recitations But who here would ever understand That the Pumpkin King with the skeleton grin Would tire of his crown, if they only understood He'd give it all up if he only could Oh, there's an empty place in my bones That calls out for something unknown The fame and praise come year after year Does nothing for these empty tears ============================================================ "Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, education or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use."