Ever After

And it came to pass, all that seemed wrong was now right
And those who deserved to were certain to live a long and happy life
Ever after (ever after)

Journey over, all is mended, and it's not just for today
But tomorrow and extended, ever after (ever after)
All the curses have been ended, the reverses wiped away
All is tenderness and laughter, for forever after
(Happy now, and happy hence, and happy ever after)

There were dangers (we were frightened) and confusions (but we hid it)
And the paths would often swerve (we did not)
There were constant (it's amazing) disillusions (that we did it)
But they never lost their nerve (not a lot)
And they reached the right conclusions
(And we got what we deserved)
Not a sigh and not a sorrow, tenderness and laughter
Joy today and bliss tomorrow, and forever after

I was greedy (I was vain), I was haughty (I was smug)
We were happy (it was fun), but we were blind
Then we went into the woods to get our wish, and now we're really blind

I was perfect, I had everything but beauty, I had power
And a daughter, like a flower, in a tower
Then I went into the woods to get my wish, and now I'm ordinary
(We're unworthy) lost my power and my flower
I'm unhappy now, unhappy hence, as well as ever after
Had we used our common sense, been worthy of our discontents

To be happy, and forever, you must see your wish come true
Don't be careful, don't be clever, when you see your wish, pursue
It's a dangerous endeavor, but the only thing to do

Though it's fearful
Though it's deep, though it's dark, and though you may lose
The path, though you may encounter wolves
You mustn't stop, you mustn't swerve
You mustn't ponder (though it's deep, though it's dark)
You have to act when you know your wish
If you want your wish, you can have your wish
But you can't just wish, no, to get your wish

You go into the woods, where nothing's clear
Where witches, ghosts and wolves appear
Into the woods, and through the fear
You have to take the journey
Into the woods and down the dell
In vain, perhaps, but who can tell?
Into the woods to lift the spell
Into the woods to lose the longing

Into the woods to have the child
To wed the Prince, to get the money
To save the house, to kill the Wolf
To find the father, to conquer the kingdom
To have, to wed, to get, to save
To kill, to keep, to go to the festival

Into the woods, into the woods
Into the woods, then out of the woods
And happy ever after