The Madness of King Scar

"The Madness of King Scar" is a song from the lLion King stage musical which is sung/spoken by Scar, Shenzi, Banzai, Ed, Zazu, and Nala. In this song, King Scar worries about not being favored among the Pridelanders while dealing with the problems mentioned by the hyenas 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

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Hyenas (spoken):

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Hey, boss!

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Scar (spoken):

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Oh, what is it?

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Banzai (spoken):

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">We got a bone to pick with you

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Shenzi (spoken):

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">There's no food, no water--

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Banzai (spoken):

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Yeah. It's dinnertime, and there ain't no stinkin' entrées!

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Scar (spoken):

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Oh, you and your petty complaints. You don't know what real hunger is.

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Day after day it gnaws at the very core of my being

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Shenzi (spoken):

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">I had that once. It was worms

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Scar (spoken):

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">No, no, no... it's like an itch... deep, persistent, profound...

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Banzai (spoken):

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">That's it-- worms! When they get really bad all you gotta do is... hunker

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">down and scoot

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Scar (spoken):

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Thanks for the tip. Ingrates! If it weren't for me you'd be beating off buzzards for your next bite!

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Hyenas (sung):

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Yeah, you're our savior, thanks a bunch

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">But how about some lunch?

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">It doesn't matter if it's fresh

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">I need a fix of flesh

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">My bones have moved to where they've never been

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">They are on the outside looking in

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Scar (spoken):

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Are you blaming me?

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Hyenas (spoken):

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Oh no, it's the lionesses

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Hyenas (sung):

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">You are so adored

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Oh, you are so adored

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Scar (spoken):

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">That's more like it

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Hyenas (sung):

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">But what I'd give for one more hit

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Of wildebeest kielbasa

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Or maybe hornbill on the spit...

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Zazu (spoken):

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Oh, how I miss Mufasa!

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Scar (spoken):

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Mufasa?! Mufasa?! How dare you! I told you never to mention that name!

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Zazu (spoken):

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Note taken. I shall never mention "M-m-m" again

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Scar (spoken):

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Even in death, his shadow looms over me

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">There he is!

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">No! There he is!

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">And there!

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Zazu (spoken):

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Calm yourself, Sire, or you'll get another one of your splitting headaches!

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Scar (sung):

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">I am perfectly fine!

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">I'm better than Mufasa was

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">I'm revered

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">I am reviled

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">I'm idolized

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">I am despised

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">I'm keeping calm

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">I'm going wild!

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">I tell myself I'm fine

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Yes I am, no you're not

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Yes I am, no you're not

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">I tell myself I'm fine

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">No you're not, yes I am, no you're not

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Yes I am

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">No you're not

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Yes, no, yes, no, who am I talking to...?

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Zazu (spoken):

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Oh, pull yourself together, Sire!

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Scar (spoken):

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Oh, very well. Zazu? Zazu, Zazu, Zazu...?

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Zazu (spoken):

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Yes, Sire?

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Scar (spoken):

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Nobody loved me, there's the rub, not even as a cub

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">What did my brother have that I don't have?

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Zazu (spoken):

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Do you want the short list or the long?

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Scar (spoken):

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Whatever!

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Zazu (spoken):

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Well, he had adoring subjects... a loving family... a devoted queen...

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Scar (spoken):

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">That's it! I need a queen!

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Zazu (spoken):

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">A what?

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Scar (spoken):

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">A queen, man! A queen! Without a queen, what am I? A dead end, no line, no descendants,

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">no future. With a queen, I'll have cubs... Immortality will be mine! Immortality will be mine!

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Nala (spoken):

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Scar

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Scar (spoken):

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Ah, Nala... Your timing couldn't have been more perfect. My how you've grown!

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Nala (spoken):

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Scar, you have got to do something. We're being forced to overhunt!

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Scar (sung):

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">She's got those assets feminine

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Nala (spoken):

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">You're the king. Control the hyenas

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Scar (sung):

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">I have to make her mine

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Nala (spoken):

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">You're destroying the Pridelands

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Scar (sung):

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Nobility in every gene

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Nala (spoken):

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">If we don't stop now.. Don't you see...

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Scar (sung):

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">She has to be my queen

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Nala (spoken):

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">...there's still a chance for things to be all right again...

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Scar (sung):

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Come, sweet Nala

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">It's written in the stars

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Nala (spoken):

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">What are you doing? Are you listening to me?

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Scar (sung):

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">We'll create a host of little Scars

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Nala (spoken):

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">What are you talking about?

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Scar (sung):

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Tell me I'm adored

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Nala (spoken):

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Get away from me

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Scar (sung/spoken):

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Tell me I'm adored (grunts)

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Oh, Nala... you know how I loathe violence... One way or another, you will be mine

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Nala (spoken):

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Never, Scar. Never!

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Scar (sung):

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">You belong to me

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">You all belong to me