Lyrics Oingo Boingo – Helpless
Text:
Countless long nights
While I stare at the wall
I ask myself over again…
How did I end up
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 they 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’s
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.
Where did this whole silly story begin?
It seems that my mind has gone —
Blank.
I think 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.
With my poor, dear, old
Mother.
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, and drinking beer.
Oh, oh, oh oh oh helpless, so helpless.