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* [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Sideshow Bob]] had a plan to kill Krusty the Klown, and he was about to see the plan come to fruition when Krusty sang a song about how he really missed working with Bob. In turn, Bob sang about how he would really miss Krusty when he had killed him, and this made him have second thoughts and prevent his trap from killing Krusty.


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* "Up there" from WesternAnimation/SouthParkBiggerLongerAndUncut. Who would have known Satan could be that woobieish?

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* "Pore Jud Is Dead" from ''{{Oklahoma}}!'' counts as both a [[TheVillainSucksSong Villain Sucks Song]] and this -- Judd is a really self-loathing person, and even though Curly is insulting him in the song, he likes the idea that if he killed himself, people would feel sorry for shunning him.
* In ''Li'l Abner'', General Bullmoose has "Progress Is The Root Of All Evil," a lament for plutocracy lost.

-->-- "Behind Blue Eyes", by TheWho

* [[TheSimpsons Sideshow Bob]] had a plan to kill Krusty the Klown, and he was about to see the plan come to fruition when Krusty sang a song about how he really missed working with Bob. In turn, Bob sang about how he would really miss Krusty when he had killed him, and this made him have second thoughts and prevent his trap from killing Krusty.

* "I'm so Ronery", Kim Jong Il's song in ''TeamAmerica''.
* Dr. Frank N Furter's final song in ''TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'', "I'm Going Home."
-->'''[[TimCurry Frank]]: Everywhere it's been the same... feeling... Like I'm outside in the rain... wheeling... Free, to try and find a game... dealing... Cards for sorrow, cards for pain...
* "Marley and Marley" from ''TheMuppetChristmasCarol'', wherein [[StatlerAndWaldorf Jacob (and Robert) Marley]] narrate how it took suffering in the afterlife to realize their misdeeds while living.

* [[spoiler:"[[InspectorJavert Javert's]] [[DrivenToSuicide Suicide]]"]] from ''LesMiserables''.

* InspectorJavert's "Stars" from ''LesMiserables''.

* "Pore Jud Is Dead" from ''{{Oklahoma}}!'' counts as both a [[TheVillainSucksSong VillainSucksSong]] and this -- Judd is a really self-loathing person, and even though Curly is insulting him in the song, he likes the idea that if he killed himself, people would feel sorry for shunning him.

As my conscience seems to be...\\

That's never free...''

* "Jack's Lament" from ''TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'' is about how he's basically unhappy with the dark side.
** Though it should be noted that Jack [[{{DarkIsNotEvil}} isn't evil, nor the villain]]. He's actually the hero of the story, and plays an integral role in rescuing Santa Claus from the downright ''nasty'' bugbag known as Oogie Boogie. It ''is'' [[{{WellIntentionedExtremist}} his]] [[{{NiceJobBreakingItHero}} fault]] that Santa is there in the first place.
** Keeping in mind that Jack isn't evil nor the villain, the first half of "[[BSODSong Poor Jack]]" could count, too.

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* ''PotterPuppetPals'': "Have you ever had a bad day? Do you know what they'd call you if every day of your life was like that? They'd call you Snape..."
** Except Harry's more the villain in PotterPuppetPals - Snape's more the ButtMonkey.

* [[DoctorSteel Doctor Steel]]'s "Lament for a Toy Factory".

* Javert's Soliloquy from ''LesMiserables''.

* The final song in ''DrHorriblesSingAlongBlog'' seems to go back and forth between this and a straight VillainSong.

* "Up there" from SouthParkBiggerLongerAndUncut. Who would have known Satan could be that woobieish?

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* Edgeworth's song in ''Turnabout Musical'', "Decree of the Prosecutor", has him question his own tactics as a prosecutor. "For if I cheat in the court can I say with a straight face that I'm a better man than the sort that I prosecute every case?".

* "Up there" from SouthParkBiggerLongerAndUncut. Who would have known Satan could be that woobieish ?

* "I Loved Her, Too" from ''Street Scene''.
* "The Bum Won" from ''Fiorello!''.

* "Call From The Grave" and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hfa0mkvbmX0 "Epitaph"]] from BertoltBrechts ''TheThreepennyOpera''. (Titles vary depending on the translation - "Ruf aus dem Gruft" and "Grabschrift" are the original titles.)

* "Up there" from South Park the movie. Who would have known Satan could be that woobieish ?

* "No Good Deed" from ''{{Wicked}}''.

It's been said that the [[VillainSong villain tends to have the best songs]] in any given musical, full of flash and gloating. But sometimes, the villain (or perhaps a VillainProtagonist, AntiVillain or character who made a HeelFaceTurn) has a moment onstage in which they list all of their misdeeds or mistakes... and the audience realizes that the character really, really hates themselves for what they've done, and the song has clearly strayed from fully villainous territory.

** Though it should be noted that Jack [[{{DarkIsNotEvil}} isn't evil, nor the villian]]. He's actually the hero of the story, and plays an integral role in rescuing Santa Claus from the downright ''nasty'' bugbag known as Oogie Boogie. It ''is'' [[{{WellIntentionedExtremist}} his]] [[{{NiceJobBreakingItHero}} fault]] that Santa is there in the first place.
** Keeping in mind that Jack isn't evil nor the villian, the first half of "[[BSODSong Poor Jack]]" could count, too.

-->'''[[TimCurry Frank]]: Everywhere it's been the same... feeling...Like I'm outside in the rain... wheeling...Free, to try and find a game... dealing...Cards for sorrow, cards for pain

* "Up there" from South Park the movie.Who would have know Satan could be that woobieish ?

* "Pore Jud Is Dead" from ''{{Oklahoma}}!'' counts as both a [[TheVillainSucksSong VillainSucksSong]] and this- Judd is a really self-loathing person and even though Curly is insulting him in the song, he likes the idea that if he killed himself, people would feel sorry for shunning him.

* Le Blues du Businessman from Starmania may count

** Though it should be noted that Jack [[{{DarkIsNotEvil}} isn't evil, nor the villian]]. He's actually the hero of the story, and plays an integral role in rescuing Santa Claus from the downright ''nasty'' bugbag known as Oogie Boogie. [[spoiler:It ''is'' [[{{WellIntentionedExtremist}} his]] [[{{NiceJobBreakingItHero}} fault]] that Santa is there in the first place.]]

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* "Die Unstillbare Gier" from ''TanzDerVampire'', in which both the audience and Alfred realize that Count von Krolock is a ''person'', capable of great longing and regret.
* Both of Tybalt's songs from Gerard Presgurvic's ''Romeo et Juliette", but especially "C'est pas ma faute".
* "No Good Deed" from ''{{Wicked}}''.
-->Sure I meant well\\
Well, look at what well-meant did!
** "No Good Deed" is more of a StartOfDarkness than MyGodWhatHaveIDone, so maybe it doesn't really count...
* "Accursed All Base Pursuit" from Gounod's ''Faust''. Yep, an actual operatic example.
* "If I Can't Love Her" from the ScreenToStageAdaptation of ''Disney/{{Beauty and the Beast}}''.
* "The Madness of King Scar" from the stage version of ''TheLionKing''.
* Javert's Soliloquy from ''Les Miserables''.
* "Rudolf, wo bist du?" from ''{{Elisabeth}}''.
* "I Loved Her, Too" from ''Street Scene''.
* "The Bum Won" from ''Fiorello!''.
* "Reviewing the Situation" from ''Oliver''. Fagin wonders whether he should give up crime and make an honest man of himself.
* "Those Canaan Days" from ''Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat''. Marks the brothers' HeelFaceTurn as they realize they miss Joseph.
* "Behind Blue Eyes" by TheWho was originally intended as a villain's lament within Townshend's aborted RockOpera ''Lifehouse''.
* "I'm so Ronery", Kim Jong Il's song in ''TeamAmerica''.

* "Best at Being the Worst" from TeamRocket in the ''Pokemon Live!'' musical.
* "Pore Jud Is Dead" from ''{{Oklahoma}}!'' counts as both a [[TheVillainSucksSong VillainSucksSong]] and this- Judd is a really self-loathing person and even though Curly is insulting him in the song, he likes the idea that if he killed himself, people would feel sorry for shunning him.
* In ''Li'l Abner'', General Bullmoose has "Progress Is The Root Of All Evil," a lament for plutocracy lost.
* [[DoctorSteel Doctor Steel]]'s "Lament for a Toy Factory".
* "Call From The Grave" and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hfa0mkvbmX0 "Epitaph"]] from BertoltBrechts ''TheThreepennyOpera''. (Titles vary depending on the translation - "Ruf aus dem Gruft" and "Grabschrift" are the original titles.)
* It's kind of hard to pinpoint a "villain" in ''{{Evita}}'', but all three main characters do villainous things and have songs where they regret something. Eva has (depending on the production) "Another Suitcase in Another Hall" (about people taking advantage of her) and "You Must Love Me" (showing her love for Peron). Che has "High Flying, Adored" and the DarkReprise of "Oh What a Circus" (which are both technically laments for Eva, not himself). Peron has "She is a Diamond", which is a lament for Eva. The entire ''ensemble'' has the opening song, "Requiem for Evita".
** It should be noted that "You Must Love Me" was written specifically for the movie, and "Another Suitcase in Another Hall" belongs to another character in the stage version. However, both the movie and stage versions end with the appropriately titled "Lament," in which Eva wonders whether all of her scheming and manipulating were worth the toll it took on her life.
* The final song in ''DrHorriblesSingAlongBlog'' seems to go back and forth between this and a straight VillainSong.
* [[TheSimpsons Sideshow Bob]] had a plan to kill Krusty the Klown, and he was about to see the plan come to fruition when Krusty sang a song about how he really missed working with Bob. In turn, Bob sang about how he would really miss Krusty when he had killed him, and this made him have second thoughts and prevent his trap from killing Krusty.