Perfect Revenge – English Lyrics

• Album: Descendants: The Rise of Red

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

♪ I'm fierce, I'm feared, you know I'm the baddest here ♪

♪ Pull up on my crew, boohoo ♪

♪ You'll be wiping up more than a puddle of tears ♪

♪ My competition, call her URS ♪

♪ But her curses ain't the worst ♪

♪ I got potions, evil spells ♪

♪ To turn your life from bad to worse ♪

♪ Then there's that desperate girl ♪

♪ Coming for me, trying to mess with my world ♪

♪ Well, villainous is how I live ♪

♪ She'll regret messing with the wrong sea witch 'cause ♪

♪ I got a lifetime of vengeance ♪

♪ I'm savage to the bone and anyone who crosses me ♪

♪ Gon wish they were never born ♪

(witch laughing)

♪ They won't know what's coming when I hit 'em with that ♪ ♪ Revenge ♪

♪ They gonna start running when I hit 'em with that ♪ ♪ Revenge ♪

♪ Won't stop till I conjure up ♪

♪ A painful, perfect punishment ♪

♪ I don't get mad, I get even ♪

♪ Gonna find the perfect revenge ♪

♪ Gonna find the perfect ♪

♪ Perfect revenge ♪

♪ Gonna find that perfect ♪

♪ Perfect revenge ♪

♪ Gonna find that perfect ♪

♪ Perfect revenge ♪

♪ Gonna find that perfect ♪

♪ Perfect revenge ♪

- Any suggestions?

- Well, why don't you make her walk the plank?

♪ Darling, that's too easy ♪

♪ Prick her with a thousand thorns ♪

- And what, she fall asleep?

♪ We could burn her to a crisp ♪

♪ Yeah, let's burn her to a crisp ♪

♪ No, it should be worse, worse, worse than all of these ♪

♪ Revenge should be vicious in whatever we do ♪

♪ To that poor, unfortunate soul ♪

♪ Should be 10 times more cruel ♪

♪ They won't know what's coming when I hit 'em with that ♪ ♪ Revenge ♪

♪ They gonna start running when I hit 'em with that ♪ ♪ Revenge ♪

♪ Won't stop till I conjure up ♪

♪ A painful, perfect punishment ♪

♪ I don't get mad, I get even ♪

♪ Gonna find the perfect revenge ♪

♪ Calling all spirits of the Black Lagoon ♪

♪ Show me a recipe fit for her doom ♪

♪ Toxically sweet with a side of pure spite ♪

♪ I need the perfect revenge that will bite ♪

(upbeat dubstep music)

♪ Perfect revenge ♪

(steam hissing)

♪ What's this? ♪

♪ A book, that's it? ♪

♪ I asked for a painful punishment ♪

♪ But hold up wait, this might be evil on a plate ♪

♪ So I'ma serve her what she deserves ♪

♪ What she deserves and that's justice ♪

♪ Dressed up like the sweetest dessert ♪

♪ Perfect ♪

♪ They won't know what's coming ♪

♪ When I hit 'em with that revenge ♪

♪ They gonna start running ♪

♪ When I hit 'em with that revenge ♪

♪ Won't stop till I conjure up ♪

♪ A painful, perfect punishment ♪

♪ I don't get mad, I get even ♪

♪ Gonna find the perfect revenge ♪

♪ Gonna find that perfect ♪

♪ Perfect revenge ♪

♪ Gonna find that perfect ♪

♪ Perfect revenge ♪

(horn blaring)

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
fierce /fɪərs/ B2	adjective - having or displaying an intense or ferocious aggressiveness
revenge /rɪˈvɛndʒ/ B2	noun - the action of inflicting hurt or harm on someone for an injury or wrong suffered at their hands
vengeance /ˈvɛndʒəns/ C2	noun - punishment inflicted or retribution exacted for an injury or wrong
savage /ˈsævɪdʒ/ C1	adjective - fierce, violent, and uncontrolled
conjure /ˈkʌndʒər/ C2	verb - make something appear unexpectedly or seemingly from nowhere as if by magic
punishment /ˈpʌnɪʃmənt/ A2	noun - the infliction or imposition of a penalty as retribution for an offense
vicious /ˈvɪʃəs/ B2	adjective - deliberately cruel or violent
cruel /ˈkruːəl/ A2	adjective - willfully causing pain or suffering to others
spite /spaɪt/ C1	noun - a desire to hurt, annoy, or offend someone
justice /ˈdʒʌstɪs/ B1	noun - just behavior or treatment
desperate /ˈdɛspərət/ B1	adjective - feeling or showing a hopeless sense that a situation is so bad as to be impossible to deal with
villainous /ˈvɪlənəs/ C1	adjective - relating to, constituting, or guilty of wicked or criminal behavior
regret /rɪˈɡrɛt/ A2	verb - feel sad, repentant, or disappointed over something that has happened
competition /ˌkɒmpəˈtɪʃən/ B1	noun - the activity or condition of competing
potion /ˈpoʊʃən/ B2	noun - a liquid with healing, magical, or poisonous properties

Key Grammar Structures

• You'll be wiping up more than a puddle of tears

  ➔ Future Continuous

  ➔ Used here to emphasize an ongoing action in the future: "will be wiping".

• Gon wish they were never born

  ➔ Subjunctive Mood (Past Subjunctive)

  ➔ Uses "were" instead of "was" to express a hypothetical or impossible wish about the past.

• I don't get mad, I get even

  ➔ Causative-like structure / Idiomatic expression

  ➔ "Get" + adjective is used here to describe a state of becoming: "get mad" (become angry) and "get even" (take revenge).

• Won't stop till I conjure up a painful, perfect punishment

  ➔ Time Clause with 'till'

  ➔ The conjunction "till" indicates the time limit for an action to continue.

• Darling, that's too easy

  ➔ Adverb of Degree

  ➔ The adverb "too" is used to mean "more than is acceptable" or "excessive".

• Revenge should be vicious in whatever we do

  ➔ Modal Verb of Advice/Obligation

  ➔ "Should be" expresses a strong opinion or expectation about the nature of the revenge.

• Toxically sweet with a side of pure spite

  ➔ Adverb + Adjective modification

  ➔ The adverb "toxically" modifies the adjective "sweet" to create a specific descriptive nuance.

• So I'ma serve her what she deserves

  ➔ Relative Clause

  ➔ "What she deserves" acts as the direct object of the verb "serve", acting as "the thing that she deserves".