Twisted

JAFAR

I've gone against my sultan, the highest act of treason

But I had good intentions, I did it for a reason

They'll kill me if I'm lucky, they'll torture me if not

What made me think that I could get away with such a plot?

It's not too late to bring it back, perhaps I'll be forgiven

But if my crime can help improve the world we all must live in

Am I not bound by duty to the people of this nation?

How does the golden rule apply in such a situation?

As a citizen, I think I would be grateful for the aid

But if I were the sultan I should hate to be betrayed

Whichever road I take I'll be incurring someone's wrath

'Til now I've always traveled down the straight and narrow path

Temptation may have beckoned but I always have resisted

But which way do I turn when the road's become so...

So

URSULA

Twisted?

JAFAR

Who are you?

URSULA

A fellow traveler down the twisted path

JAFAR

Wait, I know you, from Sherrezade's stories!

URSULA

You think you know me, as others think they know you

But there are two sides to every story

I used to be the ruler of the ocean

I was benevolent and always kept my word

But my brother held the antiquated notion

That women should be seen and never heard

So he dethroned me then disowned me

And on top of that rezoned me

To the outskirts of the kingdom in a cave

Took my scepter and my crown

Though I tried to take him down

The truth and I now share a watery grave

The story lingers on

But the version that is drawn is

Twisted

SCAR

A pain I know all too well

The pride had never seen a more progressive king than me

Both lion and hyena lived in perfect harmony

I brought an end to what had been a senseless age old feud

I was prepared for anything, except for what ensued

My brother ate my heirs, my precious cubs and stole my throne

Returned the segregation and the hateful ways we'd known

Though I'd advocate for unity I always was denounced

So when I saw an opportunity to right the wrong

I pounced

The pride came before my fall

In a fate that one might call

Well, twisted

They weren't ready for my ideas

URSULA

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

Au contraire! My only crime was love!

In town, there was only she who was as beautiful as me

On the inside

But then, tragedy struck!

She was taken hostage in a castle filled with demonic furniture!

So, I did what anyone would do, and I organized a rescue mission!

But how was I to know that she had fallen in love with her captor?

To me, that doesn't seem, entirely healthy?

Especially since he's a wolf-bear... thing?

But the heart wants what it wants!

And sometimes what it wants

Is twisted

ALL

Twisted, twisted...

(I only wished to reclaim what was mine!)

(I only wished for equal rights for all!)

(I only wished to save her!)

(I only wished to be invited to the party!)

(I only wished to improve relations between the races!)

(I only wished to teach the boy responsibility!)

(I only wished to give the people a voice!)

(So he wouldn't end up like me!)

(I only wished to love her!)

(To help the miserable, lonely, and depressed!)

(To be included!)

(To live in harmony!)

(For once!)

(I never knew my father!)

I only wished for justice!

I only wished for freedom!

I only wished for justice!

I only wished for freedom!

I only wished for peace!

I only wished, I only wished, I only wished...

CRUELLA

I ONLY WISHED TO HAVE A COAT MADE OUT OF PUPPIES!

SCAR

You're not helping

Disregard that

URSULA

It's an unfortunate situation, but you do have a choice

JAFAR

What remains of a man when that man is dead and gone?

Only memories and stories of his deeds will linger on...

But if a man's accomplishments aren't in the tale they tell

All the deeds that go unheralded, his legacy as well

If a war breaks out tomorrow, we'll all have hell to pay

Why protect my reputation?

I'm a dead man either way...

How will they tell my story?

How will they tell my tale?

Will anybody even care?

The question, then, is whether

'Tis nobler in the mind

To be well-liked, but ineffectual

Or moral, but maligned?

I'll never be a hero

All the citizens adore

But if I hide to save my life

What has my life been for?

What has my life been for?

The road ahead may twist

But I will never swerve

I'll give them all the unsung anti-hero they deserve!

I've nothing left to lose

So the only path to choose

Is twisted...

Let them twist my words

Let the people scorn me

Who cares if no one

Will ever mourn me

Let them bury the side of the story they'll never learn!

Let the truth be twisted

Let my life be twisted

I'll be twisted

It's my turn!