Jack's Lament ~

This is from one of my favorite movies, The Nightmare Before Christmas c:

There are few who deny
At what I do, I am the best
For my talents are renowned far and wide

When it comes to suprises
In the moonlit night
I excel without ever even trying

With the slightest little effort
Of my ghost-like charm
I have seen grown men give out a shreak

With a wave of my hand
And a well-placed moan
I have swept the very bravest off their feet

But year after year
It's the same routine
And I grow so weary of the sound of screams

And I, Jack,
The pumkin King
Have grown so tired of the same old thing

Chorus:
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 Mr. Unlucky
And I'm known throughout England and France

And since I am dead
I can take off my head
To recite Shakespearian quotations

No animal nor man
Can scream like I can
With the fury of my recitations

But who here
Would ever understand
That the Pumkin 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 fill these empty tears

Author's Note

This is Jack's Lament c: liked it?

Reviews

[Vidya Bacchus]

i really liked your poem its very interesting

[IfThisIsLove_IDontWantToBeLoved]

Well thank you , but I'm just sharing it. It's Danny Elfman's c:

[Vidya Bacchus]

well that's nothing i realize you must like it alot

[IfThisIsLove_IDontWantToBeLoved]

I do like it xD

[V. P. Trujillo]

These are great words, from a great movie, which I'm sure resides deep in the heart, of every 90's baby. x)

[IfThisIsLove_IDontWantToBeLoved]

yeah ! Too bad I'm not from the 90's but whatever xD

[FlatLineBeauty]

haha i love that move! xo winter

[IfThisIsLove_IDontWantToBeLoved]

Me too c: I just love how they look, and the songs..

[FlatLineBeauty]

ikr? this is halloween this is halloween!.... kid nap mister sandy claws.. I wanna do it lets draw straws! i can go on and on xD

[IfThisIsLove_IDontWantToBeLoved]

I'm pretty are everyone knows that one!

[zainul]

Sounds quite special.
Love these lines most:

"With a wave of my hand
And a well-placed moan
I have swept the very bravest off their feet"

[IfThisIsLove_IDontWantToBeLoved]

Yes, Elfman does write some peculiar rhymes doesn't he?

[zainul]

Yes,I think so.

[IfThisIsLove_IDontWantToBeLoved]

Honestly my favorite lines from this poem are ...
" Oh there's n empty place in my bones
read moreHonestly my favorite lines from this poem are ...
" Oh there's n empty place in my bones
That calls out for something unknown
The fame and praise come year after year
Does nothing to fill these empty tears ". c:

[zainul]

I love the stanza too.
Thanks for sharing your like.:)

[IfThisIsLove_IDontWantToBeLoved]

Ha no problem c:

[I Am Svetlana]

I honestly used to hate this movie the first time I saw it, I have no idea why. But after seeing it a few times after that, I began to really enjoy the songs and the story, alot with its characters of course. I realized that I could relate to some of them even. It's an adorable love story and I love the making of it. It is very well done and very impressed with its progress. Thanks for sharing, this brought back some good memories :)

[IfThisIsLove_IDontWantToBeLoved]

c: Yes, the movie is a bit .... awkward? At first. but I watched it many times, and I love the ending. How they both hold each other in the little hill,c: No problem, It's funny because right this moment I'm wearing a Jack The Pumpkin King shirt .0.

[I Am Svetlana]

Haha, nice :) and yeah, I thought it was strangely twisted most of the way through. I love the ending also!

[IfThisIsLove_IDontWantToBeLoved]

c: incredible! I surprisingly enjoy dark stuff of the kind :D and other cartoonish movies like Corpse Bride lol

[I Am Svetlana]

I loved that movie the first time I saw it! :) and yeah, dark movies are interesting to me. I like them a lot!

[IfThisIsLove_IDontWantToBeLoved]

c: I also like scary movies, the feeling I get. c:

[I Am Svetlana]

Wow, I LOVE scary movies! :) we have that in common!

[IfThisIsLove_IDontWantToBeLoved]

Awesome! Have you watched the conjuring?

[I Am Svetlana]

No, but I've really been dying to see it since it went into theaters!!

[IfThisIsLove_IDontWantToBeLoved]

You can watch it online actually, but if you want popcorn and other food, well okay xD I thought it was.... Not scary, but rather funny. I watched it in the theater and when the 'scary' parts came on I laughed really hard. People looked at me with a 'wtf' face so I just flicked a popcorn at them.

[I Am Svetlana]

Haha, alot of people do that with scary movies nowadays. It's sad how they don't make scary movies the right way anymore. They just ruin the re-makes and take them down. I hate it. I laugh during some scary movies. I can't remember which ones, but I do. Haha.

[IfThisIsLove_IDontWantToBeLoved]

Haha yes, it's wonderful to know that you are the one laughing unlike the girls on the back, screaming their heads off startling everyone -_-

[I Am Svetlana]

Yeah, I can handle scary movies unlike a lot of people I know. My friends wit dare to watch scary movies with me cause they get scared too easily, so I always have to watch them by myself :/ even on Halloween!

[IfThisIsLove_IDontWantToBeLoved]

I kinda like being by myself... It gives me time to think. And I think a lot! XD All my friends said that before they met me like.. Know me well... They thought I was scary.

[I Am Svetlana]

Yeah, I'm not one to be around people all the time! I can't stand being around people half the time, thing I act perfectly hall and okay around them. I like my space and don't like bring crowded or anything all the time.

[IfThisIsLove_IDontWantToBeLoved]

Yes, space is key! Too bad I'm stuck here with my parents.

[I Am Svetlana]

Hey, I'm stuck here with mine too! Along with a couple siblings and animals. So, you aren't alone.

[IfThisIsLove_IDontWantToBeLoved]

c: it seems so