You know my mother as perfect
As one of the founders of Hogwarts
But I saw her through different eyes
I saw her as selfish, selfish
She focused her time on this school
And never enough on her daughter
She left me to fend on my own
And she was selfish, selfish

One stormy night in June
My mother was away
So I took her crown and fled
Ne'er to return
I knew it'd give me strength
I knew it'd give me wisdom
And I knew it'd make me cleverer than her

And my mother never told
Never told that I betrayed
Kept her secret 'til the grave
'til the grave
But she soon grew sick and old
Longed to see me one more time
So she cast her spell to bring me home

She called upon a man
Sick with adoration
She knew he wouldn't rest until he found me
Found me
He tracked me to the woods
And tried to show me reason
But I told him to leave me alone
So he stabbed me
He stabbed me
Baron stabbed me!

He came to me one night
With tears in his eyes,
That Tom Riddle could be so very sly
He flattered me with words
He showered me with sympathy
Harry, how could I have known?