"Love Doesn't Stand a Chance" is a song performed by the Evil Queen in ABC's Once Upon a Time musical episode, "The Song in Your Heart". The Evil Queen's solo song, it expresses her hatred for Snow White and Prince Charming, as well as their love, and all those who love to share it.
Story[]
Having stopped the Magic Mirror from spying on the people under the singing spell, the Evil Queen has a moment to think. She becomes amused the Charmings believe their love can beat her. Being swept up in the spell and her ego, the Queen begins singing about her hatred of love and how she believes she is more powerful than it. Deciding to put fear back into the people the spell has given happiness, the Queen teleports around the Enchanted Forest; she breaks the dwarfs' axes, scares Geppetto and Pinocchio and tears apart the baby blanket for Emma that Granny was knitting.
Returning to her castle, the Queen dances with joy at the idea of bringing an end to the Singing Spell and bringing fear and misery back to her enemies.
Lyrics[]
Evil Queen: So, the Charmings think their love is strong enough to defeat me?
Well, there’s one thing they don’t know
Mirror, mirror could not be clearer
that love is waste of time
I’m here to tell you with love’s magic spell,
you cannot match the power of mine
Once I loved and once I learned
Love is weakness, love will leave you burned
Down with love, down with hope
Don’t need blind faith to cope
Or inspiring songs in my heart
Got the magic I need
For my darkest of deeds
Love at times can entrance
But love doesn’t stand a chance
Love doesn't stand a chance
Mirror, mirror, the time draws nearer
for me to enact my curse
Those happy feelings that send them reeling
will soon become the reverse
Down with love, down with hope
Don’t need blind faith to cope
Or inspiring songs in my heart
Got the magic I need
For my darkest of deeds
Love at times can entrance
But love doesn’t stand a chance
Love doesn’t stand a chance
Stole my shot at one true love —
that’s what she did to me
Now that little bitch will wish
she never ever knew me
Down with love, down with dreams
Down with goodness’s schemes
Gonna rip the song right from their hearts
Got the magic I need for my darkest of deeds
Watch my curse kill romance
Oh, love doesn’t stand a chance
Trivia[]
- The reason the Evil Queen kills her guards is to keep them from singing. (They were notably dancing behind her by switching places.)
- According to the song, the Evil Queen had to wait until a specific time to cast The Dark Curse.
- The Evil Queen obviously teleports between the locations, albeit off-screen.
- The reason she does not visits the Charmings, is because the Evil Queen has been cursed to be unable to harm them in the Enchanted Forest.
- The Evil Queen sings about her misplaced hatred for Snow White and her unknowing corruption by her mother into her evil persona.
