Jack Torrance

Verse

Jack Torrance, you thought the overlook was your throne

Now you’re swinging that axe like a king with no home

Typewriter clicking, pages stacking, all work no play

But the ghosts in the walls got you typing all day

You left your wife freezing, your son running scared

One minute you’re sober, next minute you’re impaired

Red rum on the mirror, red rum in your head

Hotel’s got your soul, now you’re better off dead

Chorus

Jack Torrance, Jack Torrance

Went crazy in the snow, couldn’t handle the cold

Jack Torrance, Jack Torrance

Hotel ate your brain, now you’re lost in the fold

(ha-ha, ha-ha) Jack Torrance, Jack Torrance

Swing that axe again, you still miss every blow

Jack Torrance, Jack Torrance

You’re a ghost in the lobby, nowhere left to go

Verse

You chased your own kid through a maze made of ice

Couldn’t finish a book, now you finished your life

“Forever and ever” but you lasted one week

Overlook laughing while you’re frozen and weak

You sold out your family for a drink and a dream

Now you’re trapped in the photo with the rest of the team

All work and no play made you dull as a blade

Hotel owns you forever—welcome to your grave