As we were developing Frozen, one of the songs that we knew we had to write was one of the songs between Elsa and Anna, at the end of which, Elsa had to freeze Anna's heart with a blast of magic. This first attempt was more confrontational than what ultimately ended up in the movie, but we enjoyed going to that drama place. In this version, Anna's solution to the problem is for Elsa to put the gloves back on. This is the thing that really sets Elsa off. It's called "Life's Too Short".
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[Anna]: I came all this way today to give us a fresh start But now that you’re like wow it’s all like warm in my heart
[Elsa]: I'm so glad you like it sis 'cause this is the real me You have no idea how great it feels to be free
[Anna]: We've been falling out for way too long, so let’s forget who’s right [Elsa]: And forget who’s wrong [Anna & Elsa]: Okay!
[Elsa]: Why don’t you stay, there’s room for family in my court [Anna & Elsa]: 'Cause life’s too short... [Anna]: ...to always feel shut out and unloved by the sister I long to know
[Anna & Elsa]: Life’s too short... [Elsa]: ...to never let you celebrate me, the true queen of the ice and snow [Anna]: Wohohooo!
[Anna & Elsa]: I never understood, but now I do Life’s too short to miss out on a sister like you
[Anna]: So you’ll come back, then. [Elsa]: Back? [Anna]: To thaw the fjord, it’s frozen over, no one can get in or out? [Elsa]: Oh. [Anna]: So...? [Elsa]: I don’t believe you! [Anna]: What?! I just assumed that you would have to...
[Elsa]: That I'll shove on the gloves, that’s how your story ends?! [Anna]: It does ! It's just like it was, except for we’ll be best friends [Elsa]: So that’s in your plan to force me back in a cage [Anna]: Whoa, whoa! Don’t get upset let’s get back on the same page
[Elsa]: Gee, thanks for coming up to see the place And showing off your mastery of tact and grace, okay! Run down the hill and spill my secrets, make a full report! Bye-bye!
[Anna]: Wait! [Elsa]: 'Cause life’s too short
[Anna]: There it is! The door you’d love to slam in my face! You did well there for a spell, but now you’re back in the same place Kick me out if you want, but I’m the only one who is Not one hundred percent convinced the prophecy’s you!
[Elsa]: You can think whatever you want 'cause I don’t care You’re a fool who married a stranger!
[Anna]: That is so unfair
[Anna & Elsa]: I swear I’m through with taking your unshaking sisterly support! HAH! Life’s too short!
[Anna]: To let you treat the people down there Just as coldly as you always treated me
[Elsa]: La la la-la-la la-la-la [Anna & Elsa]: Life’s too short!
[Elsa]: To listen to a reckless fool Who only ever sees the things she wants to see
[Anna]: You don’t know me [Elsa]: You have no idea
[Anna & Elsa]: What I've been through! Because of you
Life’s too short to waste another minute Life’s too short to even have you in it Life’s too short
[Anna]: I've been so wrong about you [Elsa]: You?! You've been so wrong about everything. [Anna]: Maybe you are the prophecy! [Elsa]: I am not the prophecy!