You Should've Stayed Below | Jack and the Beanstalk Giant Song | Villain POV

🌱 They called Jack a hero. I called him a thief. “You Should've Stayed Below” is an original dark fairy tale song retelling Jack and the Beanstalk from the giant's point of view. He stole my harp. He never thought to kneel. I laughed when he raised his axe. Until the stalk began to fall. #DarkFairyTale #VillainPOV #JackAndTheBeanstalk _______________________________ 🌱 Lyrics The harp cried "Master!" in your arms You held it like a prize you'd won My doors were never yours to cross Yet here you were again I've ground men's bones to make my bread And never learned their names But you looked back and saw me there And never thought to kneel The flagstones groaned beneath my stride You gripped her tighter still You carried off the voice I loved As though it were yours to keep You should've stayed below Where little creatures crawl I only had to stretch one hand To pin you to my castle wall You should've never climbed so high My shadow is your sky What good is catching little thieves If they don't know they're prey? From here the fields were scraps of green The rivers threads of blue You bent to lift your little axe I took it for a bow Its edge flashed silver far below A needle in the dawn I laughed until the leaves shook loose And dared you to swing again Each blow went ringing through the wood The stalk began to sway I called it nothing, called it wind Then heard the fibers fray You should've stayed below Where little creatures crawl I only had to stretch one hand To pin you to my castle wall You should've never climbed so high My shadow is your sky What good is catching little thieves If they don't know they're prey? The stalk snapped like a brittle bone And sent me through the sky I swore I'd crush you where you stood As clouds went streaking by The wind tore every threat apart And left me with a roar A thousand ways to break a man And none to break my fall You should've stayed below Where little creatures crawl I spared you just to hear you beg You never even knelt I listened for your shaking breath But heard my own instead The world was small beneath my feet Until it swallowed me