Tough Love
The Villain's Lair
[Lady Tremaine]
Ever since I was a girl, my own mother vowed
I must find a way to power through a noble brow
I married once for love, then my senses came
I must marry for the stature of my husband's name
Onto marriage number two, I knew what I had to do
And my poor husband fell ill in a year or two
Solved problem number one, now to problem number two
His doe-eyed little girl with a gentle point of view
Would I ship her off to school? No!
I told her if she stayed that she'd have to earn her keep, and so she became the maid
[Drizella]
She was lazy!
[Anastasia]
She was crazy!
[Drizella]
She was talking to the mice!
[Lady Tremaine]
She was hopelessly naive, so she had to pay the price
I moved her to the attic, out of sight and out of mind
I could have thrown her out, but I'm benevolent and kind
[Drizella and Anastasia]
Mother, your heart's too big for you!
[Lady Tremaine]
I knew what I had to do
After all, difficult children will take advantage of your good nature
So you lock them up, throw away the key
There's one on every family tree
[Drizella]
Ungrateful!
[Anastasia]
Hateful!
[Drizella, Anastasia]
Vile too!
The things she put you through!
[Lady Tremaine]
Break their spirit so they obey
Now they'll do anything you say
Maybe you'd call it cruel, but others would call it love
Tough love
I ask you, is it a crime to strive for perfection in all things?
[Mother Gothel]
Oh, no, they're so cute when they're little
But then they grow up and just ruin everything
I never wanted children, life was better on my own
All the screaming, nagging, chilled me to the bone
But then one day I came across a flower growing free
Its magic kept me young, so I kept it all for me
But someone dug it up, now a baby held the power
So I borrowed her and locked her up and hid her in a tower
Years went by, oh, the sacrifice
And against my better judgment, I fed her once or twice
Teenagers! Now I know why wild eat their young
But that's messy
Manipulation's easily more fun
A little guilt, a lot of force, of course you have to lie
Remind them that without you, they'd shrivel up and die
They only have themselves to blame
If you'd been there, you'd do the same
So work them hard till they fall in line
There's one way, and it's only mine
[Evil Queen]
Children are lazy
[Lady Tremaine]
Spoiled too
[Lady Tremaine, Mother Gothel and Evil Queen]
But we know what to do
[Evil Queen]
Govern them with a heart of stone
[Lady Tremaine]
Lock them up so they're all alone
[Mother Gothel]
Maybe you'd call it cruel, but
[Lady Tremaine, Mother Gothel and Evil Queen]
Others would call it love, tough love
[Mother Gothel]
Ugh, her own tower with a water view
And she runs away the first chance she gets
[Evil Queen]
These wretched brats think the world owes them something
But it doesn't
Far and wide, I rule the kingdom with a heavy hand
But there was more I had in mind, a greater plan
I never cared to share, so the king would have to fall
But his child blocked the way to me and fairest of them all
She was chubby, she was dumb
And grotesquely optimistic
She needed structure in her life
She wasn't realistic
I gave her chores and took away the things that she'd enjoy
But then I caught her singing songs with birds and then a boy
Love? Was I to just sit by and wait?
For her to take my crown? No
She had sealed her fate
She had to go, and so she did, and you know what they say
An apple once a day keeps your enemies away
Don't be fooled by their tender smile
[Lady Tremaine]
Give an inch
[Lady Tremaine, Mother Gothel and Evil Queen]
And they'll run a mile
Our idea for a happy home
Is one where we live all alone
[Mother Gothel]
Dark
[Lady Tremaine]
Depressing
[Evil Queen]
Desolate
[Lady Tremaine, Mother Gothel and Evil Queen]
Now let's all drink to that
[Drizella and Anastasia]
Call us wicked and call us mean
[Lady Tremaine]
Cruel and everything in between
[Mother Gothel]
You could say it's unjust
[Evil Queen]
Turning their dreams to dust
[Lady Tremaine, Mother Gothel and Evil Queen]
This is what we call love, tough love