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"Hellfire" is a song from Disney's 1996 animated film The Hunchback of Notre Dame. It features Judge Claude Frollo singing confessions of his lustful thoughts towards the gypsy Esmeralda.

The song was performed by Frollo's voice actor, the late Tony Jay, and the chorus was provided by the English National Opera Company.

Lyrics[]

Confiteor Deo Omnipotenti
Beatae Mariae semper Virgini
Beato Michaeli archangelo
Sanctis apostolis omnibus sanctis

Beata Maria,
You know I am a righteous man
Of my virtue I am justly proud

(Et tibi Pater)

Beata Maria,
You know I'm so much purer than
The common, vulgar, weak, licentious crowd

(Quia peccavi nimis)

Then tell me, Maria
Why I see her dancing there
Why her smold'ring eyes still scorch my soul

(Cogitatione)

I feel her, I see her
The sun caught in her raven hair
Is blazing in me out of all control

(Verbo et opere)

Like fire
Hellfire
This fire in my skin
This burning
Desire
Is turning me to sin

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 Devil so much
Stronger than a man
(Mea maxima culpa)

Protect me, Maria
Don't let the 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

[Minister Frollo, the gypsy has escaped.]
[What?]
[She's nowhere in the cathedral. She's gone.]
[But how? I... Never mind. Get out, you idiot! I'll find her! I'll find her if I have to burn down all of Paris!]

Hellfire
Dark fire
Now gypsy, it's your turn
Choose me or
Your pyre
Be mine or you will burn!

(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!

Other Appearances[]

  • The song was featured on The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Original Soundtrack).
  • Instrumental versions of Hellfire have been used in various Disney park shows, such as:
    • World of Color
    • Fantasmic!
    • Wishes: A Magical Gathering of Disney Dreams
    • HalloWishes
    • Believe... There's Magic in the Stars
    • Mickey's Gift of Dreams
  • The song is included in both musical stage adaptations, the original German one and the American one.
  • The song appeared in Disney's 2005 direct-to-video animated film Once Upon a Halloween.
  • An instrumental piano version was included with a version of "Heaven's Light" on the Disney Peaceful Piano album Disney Peaceful Piano: Balance.

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Trivia[]

  • The song is grouped with "Heaven's Light" on the soundtrack.
  • The song and sequence prompted the ratings board of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) to consider a PG rating for the film.
  • Despite Frollo claiming to be a righteous man, he displays some form of the Seven Deadly Sins in the lyrics of the song. This was likely done intentionally to show his hypocritical way of thinking: lust for Esmeralda, the greed of wanting her for himself, pride in his virtues, wrath for wanting her burned if she does not accept his wishes, gluttony for power, sloth for not going after Esmeralda right then and there, and envy for her people for having her.
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