Danny Elfman - Cruel Compensation lyrics

[Verse 1] I’m resistant now to change Feeling different can be very strange I’m feeling a compelling urge To enact some kind of purge [Refrain] It’s not like me to feel this way It’s not like me to feel this way [Chorus] Cruel compensation, cruel compensation [Verse 2] Living a lie gets so easy to take Because time has no friends no beginning or end Perpendicular anomalies Crowd my space and sap my energies Take my weapon before I forget And do somеthing that we both regret [Refrain] It’s not likе me to feel this way It’s not like me to feel this way It’s not like me to feel this way [Chorus] Cruel compensation, cruel compensation [Verse 3] Dynamite to the intellect, with an NDA Not to resurrect, but to purify, not eliminate Through a mental disorder we struggle to elevate I‘m resistant now to change, feeling different can be strange I am feeling a compelling urge, to enact some kind of purge [Refrain] It‘s not like me to feel this way It‘s not like me to feel this way [Verse 4] Dignity for the human race Is like getting a leather boot in the face It‘s an insult— that no one should ever have to Take from the man who shouts out a command for Respect and compliance— an act of defiance is Everything— but it‘s never enough Without energy— it‘s the only acceptable Answer— and it‘s never enough And it feels like it‘s going to be tough [Verse 5] Deficit and corrupted Like an effigy without a soul-less intervention With every intention of doing the wrong thing And do it again and again and again to be Sure that the damage is done [Bridge] Cruel compensation, harsh situation Deep penetration, serious resignation It‘s not like me to, it’s not like me to Feel this way, feel this way It‘s not like me to, it’s not like me to Feel this way, feel this way It’s not like me to Feel this, feel this, feel this, feel this, feel [Outro] Don’t make me do things that we’ll both regret Saying things that I know I will soon forget Paying the dividends, paying the dividends get what you get Everything needs to get turned upside, turned upside down It‘s not like me to