Appeared first as a B-side to the CD single Insanity, and was later included on a European special edition as a bonus on the cassette release.
Countless long nights
While I stare at the wall
I ask myself over again...
How did I end up
In this little hell?
How - did it ever begin?
Oh, oh, oh oh oh helpess
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 helpess
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 helpess
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 helpess -
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
Like my poor, dear, old
Mother
Oh, oh, oh oh oh helpess
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 helpess, so Helpless
Helpless was written by Danny Elfman.
Helpless was produced by John Avila & Steve Bartek & Danny Elfman.
Oingo Boingo released Helpless on Tue May 17 1994.