I think this song is sort of a cautionary tale describing the fallacies displayed in the media. Cinderella, the movie, is about this innocent girl who effortlessly falls in love and finds her happy ever after with her prince charming. I think that in this song, Regina tries to be realistic by pointing out that this is rarely a scenario that would occur.
In real life, you don't marry a prince. Even if you do, you're prince charming might not turn out to be all that charming (as evidenced by the man in this song referring to her as a 'cunt' - beautiful selection of a word to really make a statement). Unwanted pregnancies, poverty - this is real life.
I also think 'lullabies' also suggests the relevance to children - how these stories infiltrate the minds of children and warp their sense of what is realistic.
"It never happened on the screen" - the story, Cinderella, never showed the realistic version of the fairy tale. Children see these movies and read these stories and believe that it is how life should turn out to be, and like this man, are surprised when real life slaps them in the face ("It was seen never happening by millions of people").
Realistically, if you were raised as Cinderella was, abused and locked in a cellar, chances are your life will not turn out the way hers does. This is just a dream, a wish, whereas in reality a person in this situation will "grow like weeds, cause it's damp and dark". The cards are just not in your favor, and sometimes there is nothing you can do to change that.
"Sometimes you just gotta sell your soul" - I think this is how I classified this as a cautionary tale. This man is now spreading the lesson he has learned, that if you fall into the trap that is believing that life is like a fairy tale, you will pay the price with a rude awakening.
I also think, at least at the end, she uses a play on words, and really means to say 'shoo' instead of 'shoe'. Like telling the story that is Cinderella to get lost.
Kind of reminds me of the Grimm brothers stories, how Disney fluffed them up for children.
I think this song is sort of a cautionary tale describing the fallacies displayed in the media. Cinderella, the movie, is about this innocent girl who effortlessly falls in love and finds her happy ever after with her prince charming. I think that in this song, Regina tries to be realistic by pointing out that this is rarely a scenario that would occur.
In real life, you don't marry a prince. Even if you do, you're prince charming might not turn out to be all that charming (as evidenced by the man in this song referring to her as a 'cunt' - beautiful selection of a word to really make a statement). Unwanted pregnancies, poverty - this is real life.
I also think 'lullabies' also suggests the relevance to children - how these stories infiltrate the minds of children and warp their sense of what is realistic.
"It never happened on the screen" - the story, Cinderella, never showed the realistic version of the fairy tale. Children see these movies and read these stories and believe that it is how life should turn out to be, and like this man, are surprised when real life slaps them in the face ("It was seen never happening by millions of people").
Realistically, if you were raised as Cinderella was, abused and locked in a cellar, chances are your life will not turn out the way hers does. This is just a dream, a wish, whereas in reality a person in this situation will "grow like weeds, cause it's damp and dark". The cards are just not in your favor, and sometimes there is nothing you can do to change that.
"Sometimes you just gotta sell your soul" - I think this is how I classified this as a cautionary tale. This man is now spreading the lesson he has learned, that if you fall into the trap that is believing that life is like a fairy tale, you will pay the price with a rude awakening.
I also think, at least at the end, she uses a play on words, and really means to say 'shoo' instead of 'shoe'. Like telling the story that is Cinderella to get lost.
Kind of reminds me of the Grimm brothers stories, how Disney fluffed them up for children.
At least this is how I always interpreted it!