Tom Riddle

To the tune of the same name

DUMBLEDORE (standing over the Pensieve):
Oh what a circus! Oh what a show!
The wizarding world has gone to town.
Over return of dark wizard known as Lord Voldemort.
We've all gone crazy
Dreading every next night,
Falling over ourselves shivering from
Of the ultimate fright.

Oh what a comeback! That's one way to go!
When they're bringing your curtain down
Come back just as loudly as Lord Voldemort
It's quite a statement
And good for his movement in a roundabout way
He's made the front page of all the world's papers today.

But who is this Dark Lord, really?
Why all this howling hysterical terror?
What kind of power has lived among us?
How will we ever be dealing with him?

He had his moments--he had some style
The best show in town was the crowd
Outside the Magic council crying, "You Know Who"
But that's just the start
As soon as the smoke from fires clears
We're all going to see what he's been doing for years!

You have succeeded, Tom Riddle,
You have become immortal.
That's what you wanted
And now you have it,
But in exchange you gave up your soul.

Sing you fools! But you got it wrong
Enjoy your prayers because you haven't got long
Your king is dead, your king is through
It's just his shell that came back to you

The dark spell that kept you alive
I suspected it back in 1945
The illusion is gone, your image worn thin,
That's a bad state for a leader to be in.

Tom Riddle gave a performance on stage
Instead of ideas he shared his rage
Instead of help he brought in a crowd
He didn't say much but he said it loud

Sing you fools? But you got it wrong
Enjoy your prayers because you haven't got long
Here is your king, dead through and through
Tom Marvolo Riddle came back to you

An image of eleven-year-old Tom Riddle appears in the Pensieve

TOM:
I am Tom Marvolo Riddle,
This name is all that my mother left me.
One day I'll learn what is it's true meaning,
One day I'll know, where I came from.
My one true purpose, I will uncover.
My one true purpose, I will uncover.

DUMBLEDORE:
That's how it all began.

Images of the orphanage emerge from the Pensieve

Now young Tom Riddle had every disadvantage you need
If you're going to succeed.
No money, no class, no father, no bright lights--
There was nowhere he'd been at the age
Of eleven, as yours truly had found out.
Of all the events I found myself in the middle
As the first man to be of use to Tom Marvolo Riddle.

Dumbledore is replaced with an image of his younger self from the Pensieve