Am
[JA'F R]
Am
I've gone against my Sultan,
The highest act of treason
F
But I had good intentions
I did it for a reason.
G
They'll kill me if I'm lucky
They'll torture me if not
E
What made me think that I could
Get away with such a plot?
F
It's not too late to bring it back
E
Perhaps I'll be forgiven
Am
But if my crime can help improve
The world we all must live in
DmG
Am I not bound by duty
FGEAm
To the people of this nation?
F
How does the Golden Rule apply
EF
in such a situation?
Am
As a citizen I think I would be grateful for the aid
F
But if I were the Sultan, I should hate to be betrayed
Dm
Whichever road I take'll only encourage someone's wrath
Bb
'Til now I've always traveled down the straight and narrow path
DmGCF
Temptation may have beckoned, but I always have resisted,
EF
But which way do I turn
Dm
When the road's become so... so...
[VAMP]
AmAm/E
[URSUA , spoken]
Twisted?
[JA'F R, spoken]
Who are you?
[URSUA , spoken]
A fellow traveler down a twisted path.
[JA'F R, spoken]:
I know you from Sherrezade's stories!
[URSUA , spoken]:
Uh-uh-uh. You think you know me, as others think they know you, but there are two sides to every story.
[URSUA ]
AmAm/EAmAm/E
I used to be the ruler of the ocean
AmAm/EB7
I was benevolent and always kept my word
EAm
But my brother held the antiquated notion
FBE
That women should be seen and never heard
AmBEAm
So he dethroned me and disowned me and on top of that rezoned me
DmC#CmF
To the outskirts of the kingdom in a cave
DmE
Took my scepter and my crown
AmF
Though I tried to take him down
B7E
The truth and I now share a watery grave
F
The story lingers on
EE7AmAm/E
But the version that is drawn is twisted
AmAm/E
(G# plucked in bass transition)
[SCAR, spoken]
A pain I know all too well
AmCm
The pride had never seen a more progressive king than me
AmDm
Both lion and hyena lived in perfect harmony
CBBm
I brought an end to what had been a senseless age-old feud
EmE
I was prepared for anything except for what ensued
AmCm
My brother ate my heirs - my precious cubs! - and stole my throne
AmCm
Returned to segregation and the hateful ways we'd known
FEAmB
Though I'd advocate for unity, I always was denounced
FE
So when I saw an opportunity to right the wrong -
AmEAm
I pounced!
FEE7
The pride came before my fall in a fate that one might call -
AmAm/E
Well, twisted
[VAMP]
AmAm/E
(spoken)
They weren't ready for my ideas
[URSUA , spoken]
No, they didn't hate you because of your ideas.
They hated you because of that evil-looking scar on your face.
Fortune favors the beautiful.
[GASTON, spoken]
Fmaj7Em
Au contraire! My only crime was love.
Fmaj7
In town there was only she who was as beautiful as me - on the inside.
Em
But then, tragedy struck.
F
She was taken hostage in a castle filled with demonic furniture.
DmBb
So I did what anyone would do and I organized a rescue mission.
AmFmaj7
But how was I to know that she had fallen in love with her captor?
AmFE
To me, that doesn't seem entirely healthy, especially since he's a wolf-bear thing.
A buffalo monster. In a cape.
F
But the heart wants what it wants -
(sung)
EE7AmAm/E
And sometimes what it wants is twisted
[VAMP]
AmAm/E
[VILA INS (Sung, underneath the following spoken lines)]
Twisted, Twisted...
[URSUA , spoken]
I only wanted to reclaim what was mine!
[SCAR, spoken]
I only wished for equal rights for all!
[GASTON, spoken]
I only wished to save her!
[MALEFICENT, spoken]
I only wished to be invited to the party
[SCAR, spoken]
I only wished to improve relations between the races
[CAPTAIN HOOK, spoken]
I only wished to teach the boy responsibility
[URSUA , spoken]
I only wished to give the people a voice
[CAPTAIN HOOK, spoken]
So he wouldn't end up like me
[GASTON, spoken]
I only wished to love her
[URSUA , spoken]
To help the miserable, lonely, and depressed
[MALEFICENT, spoken]
To be included
[SCAR, spoken]
To live in harmony!
[MALEFICENT, spoken]
For once!
[CAPTAIN HOOK, spoken]
I never knew my father!
[ALL, Frenzied]
I only wished! I only wished! I only wished!..... [Repeat, until -]
BGF
I only wished! I only wished! I only wished! I only wished!
[CRUEA DE VIL, spoken]
E
I only wished to have a coat made out of puppies!
[ALL]
(Cluttered speech, ad lib)
[MALEFICENT, spoken]
Just leave!
[JA'F R, spoken]
Why would you do that?
[SCAR, spoken]
That's insane!
[CAPTAIN HOOK, spoken]
Get out!
[URSUA , spoken]
It's an unfortunate situation, but you do have a choice.
[JA'F R]
Am
What remains of a man when that man is dead and gone?
F
Only memories and stories of his deeds will linger on
G
But if a man's accomplishments aren't in the tale they tell
FDm
Are the deeds that go unheralded his legacy as well?
FEAm
If a war breaks out tomorrow, we'll all have hell to pay
AmFAm
Why protect my reputation? I'm a dead man either way
FC
How will they tell my story?
F
How will they tell my tale?
BbADmC
Will anybody even care?
GBb
The question then is whether 'tis nobler in the mind
F
To be well-liked but ineffectual, or moral but maligned?
DC
I'll never be a hero who all the citizens adore
GFA
But if I hide to save my life, what has my life been for?
FA
What has my life been for?
Am
The road ahead may twist
F
But I will never swerve
DmBb
I'll give them all the unsung antihero they deserve
F
I've nothing left to lose
EAmDm
So the only path to choose is twisted
F
Let them twist my words, let the people scorn me
D
Who cares if no one will ever mourn me?
CE7AmDm
Let them bury the side of the story they'll never learn
FBb
Let the truth be twisted
AmD
Let my life be twisted
BbBb7EmAm
I'll be twisted, it's my turn!