The Madness of King Scar is a song from The Lion King which is sung and spoken by Scar, Shenzi, Banzai and Ed, Zazu, and Nala. In this song, King Scar worries about not being favored among the Pridelander's while dealing with the problems mentioned by the hyena's and Nala. On top of that, Scar is driven mad by the delusions he has of Mufasa's ghost. To calm his mental illness, Zazu suggests Scar gets a queen which leads Scar to choose Nala, but she scratched him across the face as an act of refusal.
Lyrics[]
Scar (spoken): Zazu, why am I not loved? (sung) I am that rare and awesome thing
I'm every inch a king
Yet I feel a twinge of doubt
As I go walk about
Hyenas (spoken): Hey, boss!
Scar (sung): When my name is whispered through the pride
Is this talk of love or regicide?
Shenzi (spoken): Reggie who?
Scar (sung): Tell me I'm adored
Please tell me I'm adored
Hyenas (spoken): Hey, boss!
Scar (spoken): Oh, what is it?
Banzai (spoken): We got a bone to pick with you
Shenzi (spoken): There's no food, no water...
Banzai (spoken): Yeah. It's dinnertime, and there ain't no stinkin' entrées!
Scar (spoken): Oh, you and your petty complaints.
You don't know what real hunger is.
Day after day it gnaws at the very core of my being
Shenzi (spoken): I had that once. It was worms
Scar (spoken): No, no, no... it's like an itch... deep, persistent, profound...
Banzai (spoken): That's it-- worms!
When they get really bad all you gotta do is... hunker down and scoot
Scar (spoken): Thanks for the tip. Ingrates!
If it weren't for me you'd be beating off buzzards for your next bite!
Hyenas (sung): Yeah, you're our savior, thanks a bunch
But how about some lunch?
It doesn't matter if it's fresh
I need a fix of flesh
My bones have moved to where they've never been
They are on the outside looking in
Scar (spoken): Are you blaming me?
Hyenas (spoken): Oh no, it's the lionesses
'Hyenas'/Zazu (sung): You are so adored
Oh, you are so adored
Scar (spoken): That's more like it
Hyenas (sung): But what I'd give for one more hit
Of wildebeest kielbasa
Or maybe hornbill on the spit...
Zazu (spoken): Oh, how I miss Mufasa!
Scar (spoken): Mufasa?! Mufasa?! How dare you! I thought i told you not to mention that name in my presences!
Zazu (spoken): Note taken. I promise I won't mention "M-m-m" again
Scar (spoken): Even in death, his shadow looms over me
There he is!
No! There he is!
And there!
Zazu (spoken): Calm yourself, Sire, or you'll get another one of your splitting headaches!
Scar (sung): I am perfectly fine!
I'm better than Mufasa was
I'm revered
I am reviled
I'm idolized
I am despised
I'm keeping calm
I'm going wild!
I tell myself I'm fine
Yes I am, no you're not
Yes I am, no you're not
I tell myself I'm fine
No you're not, yes I am, no you're not
Yes I am
No you're not
Yes, no, yes, no, who am I talking to...?
Zazu (spoken): Oh, pull yourself together, Sire!
Scar (spoken): Oh, very well. Zazu? Zazu, Zazu, Zazu...?
Zazu (spoken):Yes, Sire?
Scar (spoken): Nobody loved me, there's the rub, not even as a cub
What did my brother have that I don't have?
Zazu (spoken): Do you want the short list or the long?
Scar (spoken): Whatever!
Zazu (spoken): Well, he had adoring subjects... a loving family... a devoted queen...
Scar (spoken): That's it! I need a queen!
Zazu (spoken): A what?
Scar (spoken): A queen, man! A queen! Without a queen, what am I?
A dead end, no line, no descendants, no future
With a queen, I'll have cubs...
Immortality will be mine! Immortality will be mine!
Nala (spoken): Scar
Scar (spoken): Ah, Nala... Your timing couldn't have been more perfect. My how you've grown!
Nala (spoken): Scar, you have got to do something. We're being forced to overhunt!
Scar (sung): She's got those assets feminine
Nala (spoken): You're the king. Control the hyenas
Scar (sung): I have to make her mine
Nala (spoken): You're destroying the Pridelands
Scar (sung): Nobility in every gene
Nala (spoken): If we don't stop now.. Don't you see...
Scar (sung): She has to be my queen
Nala (spoken): ...there's still a chance for things to be all right again...
Scar (sung): Come, sweet Nala
It's written in the stars
Nala (spoken): What are you doing? Are you listening to me?
Scar (sung): We'll create a host of little Scars
Nala (spoken): What are you talking about?
Scar (sung): Tell me I'm adored
Nala (spoken): Get away from me
Scar (sung/spoken): Tell me I'm adored (grunts)
Oh, Nala... you know how I loathe violence and you really have no choice... One way or another, you will be mine
Nala (spoken): Never, Scar. Never!
Scar (sung): You belong to me
You all belong to me
Trivia[]
- The song was actually implemented for the movie, but it was cut because of the concept of sexual harassment in a family film being considered not appropriate at the time, despite Beauty and the Beast was released just three years before.
- Scar having delusions of Mufasa's ghost strongly implied that he felt remorse for murdering Mufasa deep down, which was also implied (although to a far lesser degree) in the final film when Simba reveals himself ("Mufasa...? No, you're dead...")