Snuff Out the Light

"Snuff Out the Light" is a song from an early version of The Emperor's New Groove that was deleted when the project was overhauled from the movie's original working title, Kingdom of the Sun. Animation was partially completed and included on the rare documentary The Sweatbox, and the track itself was kept for the soundtrack release of the final film. It mentions a potion of eternal youth, like in Feel Like a Million from Kronk's New Groove.

It is sung by Yzma and a trio of mummy sidekicks named for aging musicians - Mick, Bowie, and Lemmy, as she plots to unleash the forces of the dark spirit Supai to destroy the sun.

Lyrics
(speaking) When a woman acquires a certain age And the men who adored you no longer swoon It pays to avoid the sunlit days And live by the light of the kindly moon But the moon grows old just like us all And her beautiful years are done So now she prays through endless days To take her revenge on the sun

(singing) When I was a girl at my daddy's side Papa, the royal mortician Revealed to me in secret signs The mark of the magician And daddy was no dummy Did outrageous things with a mummy And often the stiffs that he would shrive Would look better dead than they did alive I studied well; I learnt the trade I thought my looks would never fade If I could find that recipe To give eternal youth to me It was always my ambition To use Papa's tuition And gain some small remission From the vagaries of time Every little ray of sunshine robs me of my youth Who to blame? Who the one? Who to curse? You know the only one to blame would be my enemy, the sun

Snuff out the light Claim your right To a world of darknes Snuff out the light, Neophytes Of a world of darkness

Supai, baby, turn me on Every wrinkle soon be gone I could squeeze myself with glee The promises you made to me I've really stopped at nothing Murder, treachery and lying Whatever it takes to keep my looks You really can't blame a girl for trying

Snuff out the light Claim your right To a world of darkness Snuff out the light, Neophytes Of a world of darkness

Snuff out the light Claim your right To a world of darkness Snuff out the light here tonight

Apparitions of eternal darkness Spiraling in circles through the night Creatures of beguiling blackness No more squinting in the light Bats and owls and coiled sea dragons Crocodile and carrion beasts Swirling in the growing darkness Join us in the coming feast Spectre wraith and apparition Spirit demon, phantom shade Salamander serpents, dog-faced devils Dance and watch the dying sunlight fade