Danny Elfman - Dance on my grave

From (sadly) unmade movie called "Little Demons".
Composed and performed by Danny Elfman.

Lyrics:
Hear me now before I depart,
All you faithful, tender old heart.
Gather round now, stand up and be brave,
Soon you can meet, and dance on my grave.

Hear me now, for soon I'll be dead,
You'll sleep better tonight in your beds,
And your good daughters, now will be saved,
Gather together and dance on my grave.

Who will watch with scorn in their eyes
Waiting for some nasty surprise
waiting for God to strike me down first
Drink of my pain, you can all quench your thirst.

But if you could for one minute be me
See the world through my eyes, oh the things you would see
And how you would wail when you fell in that hole
While the weight of the darkness was crushing your soul

Then back in your safe little lives you would snap,
Still looking at me - with me looking back.
But those haughty expressions would have vanished for sure,
Those superior eyes would no longer be pure,
Look there, in the heart of your lily white souls,
Would appear to be marred by a large gaping hole.

When you think of me then in time,
And the cold wind touches your spine,
Though you may shudder, the memory remains,
Come drink a toast as you dance on my grave.

Words and gestures, who really cares?
Words are cheap and nothing but air,
Useless are words, it's time now to pay,
Come one and come all, and dance on my grave.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• danny elfman
• little demons

[TheSkellingtonGhost]

ive been trying to find a download for this song it would be perfect for my nightmare before christmas disply to have jack sing in the grave yard ^___^ were did you find this? is it to download?

[ZhuzhaMazhuzha]

@TheSkellingtonGhost, you can find it on elfman filmmusic com in "music & video" section.

[XXLSSBBW]

this should be Tim Burton's next movie

[VincentCrane82]

If only Danny Elfman could've released this...*sigh* So darkly great! ^^

[ladyssnape]

Ooh... who was he so pissed at when he wrote this?!?!?!

[wackywankavator]

Crap, sorry, I really got to read through these posts before, erm, posting.

[wackywankavator]

@XXLSSBBW

Why? All this was already in Nightmare Before Christmas in one form or another.

[dragon53777]

Thank you to the one who posted this...

[OpacmanO1]

sounds a little bit like a pirate song

[TheBoyCrazies1]

jack skellington :)

[SweeneyToddObsesser]

*swoons* I love his voice!!! :)

[TheLordofHorror]

wonderful... erm horrifying song~!