Hellfire
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Hellfire Lyrics
[PRIESTS, CHOIR MEN]
Confiteor Deo
Omnipotenti
Beatae Mariae
Semper Virgini
Beato Michaeli archangelo
Sanctis apostolis
Omnibus sanctis
[FROLLO]
Beata Maria
You know I am a righteous man
Of my virtue I am justly proud
[PRIESTS, CHOIR MEN]
Et tibi Pater
[FROLLO]
Beata Maria
You know I'm so much purer than
The common, vulgar, weak, licentious crowd
[PRIESTS, CHOIR MEN]
Quia peccavi nimis
[FROLLO]
Then tell me, Maria
Why I see her dancing there?
Why her smold'ring eyes still scorch my soul?
Confiteor Deo
Omnipotenti
Beatae Mariae
Semper Virgini
Beato Michaeli archangelo
Sanctis apostolis
Omnibus sanctis
[FROLLO]
Beata Maria
You know I am a righteous man
Of my virtue I am justly proud
[PRIESTS, CHOIR MEN]
Et tibi Pater
[FROLLO]
Beata Maria
You know I'm so much purer than
The common, vulgar, weak, licentious crowd
[PRIESTS, CHOIR MEN]
Quia peccavi nimis
[FROLLO]
Then tell me, Maria
Why I see her dancing there?
Why her smold'ring eyes still scorch my soul?
[PRIESTS, CHOIR MEN]
Cogitatione
[FROLLO]
I feel her, I see her
The sun caught in her raven hair
Is blazing in me out of all control
[PRIESTS, CHOIR MEN]
Verbo et opere
[FROLLO]
Like fire
Hellfire
This fire in my skin
This burning
Desire
Is turning me to sin!
[FROLLO, PRIESTS, CHOIR MEN]
It's not my fault! Mea culpa
I'm not to blame! Mea culpa
It is the gypsy girl, the witch who sent this flame! Mea maxima culpa
It's not my fault! Mea culpa
If in God's plan Mea culpa
He made the devil so much stronger than a man Mea maxima culpa
Cogitatione
[FROLLO]
I feel her, I see her
The sun caught in her raven hair
Is blazing in me out of all control
[PRIESTS, CHOIR MEN]
Verbo et opere
[FROLLO]
Like fire
Hellfire
This fire in my skin
This burning
Desire
Is turning me to sin!
[FROLLO, PRIESTS, CHOIR MEN]
It's not my fault! Mea culpa
I'm not to blame! Mea culpa
It is the gypsy girl, the witch who sent this flame! Mea maxima culpa
It's not my fault! Mea culpa
If in God's plan Mea culpa
He made the devil so much stronger than a man Mea maxima culpa
[FROLLO]
Protect me, Maria
Don't let this siren cast her spell
Don't let her fire sear my flesh and bone!
Destroy Esmeralda
And let her taste the fires of hell
Or else let her be mine and mine alone
[FROLLO, PRIESTS & CHOIR, Both]
Hellfire
Dark fire
Now gypsy, it's your turn (Ah)
Choose me or
Your pyre
Be mine or you will burn! (Ah)
Kyrie Eleison
God have mercy on her...
Kyrie Eleison
God have mercy on me...
Kyrie Eleison
But she will be mine
Or she
Will
Burn!
(Ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-aaaaaaah!)
Protect me, Maria
Don't let this siren cast her spell
Don't let her fire sear my flesh and bone!
Destroy Esmeralda
And let her taste the fires of hell
Or else let her be mine and mine alone
[FROLLO, PRIESTS & CHOIR, Both]
Hellfire
Dark fire
Now gypsy, it's your turn (Ah)
Choose me or
Your pyre
Be mine or you will burn! (Ah)
Kyrie Eleison
God have mercy on her...
Kyrie Eleison
God have mercy on me...
Kyrie Eleison
But she will be mine
Or she
Will
Burn!
(Ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-aaaaaaah!)
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Genius Annotation
Frollo and the congregation gather for prayer (maybe an evening mass?). Frollo reflects on his lust for Esmeralda, blaming it wholly on her and resolving to either possess her or kill her. The congregation sings lines in Latin that create a juxtaposition with Frollo’s selfish narrative, singing a prayer about personal sin cobbled together from several different Christian prayers.
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- 1.Olim
- 3.Out There
- 10.Top of the World
- 12.Heaven’s Light
- 13.Hellfire
- 14.Esmeralda
- 15.Entr’acte
- 19.Justice in Paris
- 20.Someday
- 22.Made of Stone
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Release Date
January 22, 2016
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