I don't know why I feel this way
I don't know if it's right or wrong to laugh at misfortune
Darkness can never last too long

Every time I think I'm falling
And there's nobody around to hold me up
And it seems like the world has come to an end
I look for miles but not a face is friendly
But then suddenly a hole opens up in the ground
The bottom of the hole is a raging fire
I try to jump over but there's no way
The next thing I know, I'm going down

Does it hurt?
Oh, it really doesn't matter
Does it burn?
Oh, no
Oh, I don't feel a thing
Does it sting?
Oh, yeah, it really doesn't matter
Does it hurt?
Oh, I don't give a damn

When I find myself falling and I hit the bottom
It only makes me laugh
It only makes me laugh
When I go down the hole and I hit the bottom--

The last time that I fell in love
The love was milk and honey but the milk turned sour
The woman became a monster
And everyone I knew had become a stranger
But the room went black and my luck was spent
The floor opened up, down I went

Does it hurt?
Oh, it really doesn't matter
Does it burn?
Oh, no
I don't feel a thing
Does it sting?
Oh, yeah, it really doesn't matter
Does it hurt?
Oh, I don't give a damn

When I find myself falling and I hit the bottom,
It only makes me laugh
It only makes me laugh
When I go down the hole and I hit the bottom

It only makes me laugh
It only makes me laugh
It only makes me laugh
Coming right back
Coming right back
'Cause you can't keep me down
Can't keep me down
Oh, in the ground

Does it hurt?
Oh, it really doesn't matter
Does it burn?
Oh, I don't feel a thing
I don't mind just a little pain
Wooh, oh yeah
Whoa...

Remembering when I was a young man
How everything seemed to turn against me
I didn't know a soul, it was an alien place
The sun was covered by a dark cloud
And though I tried, I couldn't find a way to escape
The only way to go was straight down

Does it hurt?
Oh, it really doesn't matter
Does it burn?
Oh, no
I don't feel a thing
Does it sting?
Oh, yeah, it really doesn't matter
Does it hurt?
Oh, I don't give a damn

When I find myself falling and I hit the bottom
It only makes me laugh
It only makes me laugh
When I go down the hole and I hit the bottom
It only makes me laugh
It only makes me laugh
It only makes me laugh
It only makes me laugh

I don't know why I feel this way
I don't know if it's right or wrong to laugh at misfortune
Darkness can never last too long--
When you laugh in his face
Ooh, ooh, yeah
When you laugh in his face

Wooh!

I don't know why I feel this way
I don't know if it's right or wrong to laugh at misfortune
Darkness can never last too long--
When you laugh in his face


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It Only Makes Me Laugh Lyrics as written by Danny Elfman

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  • +1
    General Comment

    like all these terrible things happen, and he's just become almost indifferent. hit that point where he can look back and laugh on something that's happened, almost immedeatly. Be it love, danger, or hate, he can get over it.

    Polecaton November 22, 2004   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    It's exactly how i've been feeling. A "nothing can hurt me" song that sounds actually HUMAN.

    mowion December 05, 2005   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    Alternately, he could be putting a brave face on his situation in order to convince everybody else that he's "fine".

    IAmNotATreeon December 15, 2009   Link

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