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
Dm G
Am I not bound by duty
F G E Am
To the people of this nation?
F
How does the Golden Rule apply
E F
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
Dm G C F
Temptation may have beckoned, but I always have resisted,
E F
But which way do I turn
Dm
When the road's become so... so...
[VAMP]
Am Am/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 ]
Am Am/E Am Am/E
I used to be the ruler of the ocean
Am Am/E B7
I was benevolent and always kept my word
E Am
But my brother held the antiquated notion
F B E
That women should be seen and never heard
Am B E Am
So he dethroned me and disowned me and on top of that rezoned me
Dm C# Cm F
To the outskirts of the kingdom in a cave
Dm E
Took my scepter and my crown
Am F
Though I tried to take him down
B7 E
The truth and I now share a watery grave
F
The story lingers on
E E7 Am Am/E
But the version that is drawn is twisted
Am Am/E
(G# plucked in bass transition)
[SCAR, spoken]
A pain I know all too well
Am Cm
The pride had never seen a more progressive king than me
Am Dm
Both lion and hyena lived in perfect harmony
C B Bm
I brought an end to what had been a senseless age-old feud
Em E
I was prepared for anything except for what ensued
Am Cm
My brother ate my heirs - my precious cubs! - and stole my throne
Am Cm
Returned to segregation and the hateful ways we'd known
F E Am B
Though I'd advocate for unity, I always was denounced
F E
So when I saw an opportunity to right the wrong -
Am E Am
I pounced!
F E E7
The pride came before my fall in a fate that one might call -
Am Am/E
Well, twisted
[VAMP]
Am Am/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]
Fmaj7 Em
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.
Dm Bb
So I did what anyone would do and I organized a rescue mission.
Am Fmaj7
But how was I to know that she had fallen in love with her captor?
Am F E
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)
E E7 Am Am/E
And sometimes what it wants is twisted
[VAMP]
Am Am/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 -]
B G F
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
F Dm
Are the deeds that go unheralded his legacy as well?
F E Am
If a war breaks out tomorrow, we'll all have hell to pay
Am F Am
Why protect my reputation? I'm a dead man either way
F C
How will they tell my story?
F
How will they tell my tale?
Bb A Dm C
Will anybody even care?
G Bb
The question then is whether 'tis nobler in the mind
F
To be well-liked but ineffectual, or moral but maligned?
D C
I'll never be a hero who all the citizens adore
G F A
But if I hide to save my life, what has my life been for?
F A
What has my life been for?
Am
The road ahead may twist
F
But I will never swerve
Dm Bb
I'll give them all the unsung antihero they deserve
F
I've nothing left to lose
E Am Dm
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?
C E7 Am Dm
Let them bury the side of the story they'll never learn
F Bb
Let the truth be twisted
Am D
Let my life be twisted
Bb Bb7 Em Am
I'll be twisted, it's my turn!
