Context

This line was sung by Jack Skellington (voiced by Danny Elfman) in the song "Jack's Lament," written by Danny Elfman, in the film The Nightmare Before Christmas, directed by Henry Selick (1993).

Don't you get tired of doing the same thing every day, every week, and every year? Waking up, getting dressed, (hopefully) brushing your teeth and having a balanced breakfast before going off to work or school. Well, even skeletons suffer from that same problem.

"Jack's Lament" is the first solo song in The Nightmare Before Christmas and our first glimpse at the movie's protagonist on a typical day as he gets ready for Halloween. His ghoulish, scary constituents have tried to hype him up, but Jack wants to do something different than Halloween this year. He is tired of being treated like a celebrity around Halloween Town and wants to try something more original than the annual spookfest.

He decides to travel to Christmas Town, and voila!, The Nightmare Before Christmas has a plot, as Jack tries to bring Christmas to Halloween with mixed results. Giving presents to children is especially a challenge for him.

Where you've heard it

This is a song that might be part of a Christmas or Halloween playlist if the person making it is super cool or wants to make you cry.

Additional Notable References:

• All American Rejects did a cover of the song for the 2008 Nightmare Revisited featuring covers of The Nightmare Before Christmas songs from alternative, metal, and pop punk artists.
• And here are 21 fun facts about The Nightmare Before Christmas from Mental Floss to hold you over until October (or December).

Pretentious Factor

If you were to drop this quote at a dinner party, would you get an in-unison "awww" or would everyone roll their eyes and never invite you back? Here it is, on a scale of 1-10.

This is just a normal human feeling (even if it's being sung by a skeleton) and is more vulnerable and honest than pretentious.