Everything You Never Were Lyrics — Paddington

Everything You Never Were

[MILLICENT CLYDE]
Daddy, are you proud?
Did I make you cry?
Shame you never told me that fire was still alive
Look how far I've come
[?]
If you could see me now
What would daddy say?
You'll probably try to free the bear and let him get away
Well, daddy, I'm afraid there's been a change of plan
I followed in your footsteps to the place we stopped
Stepped out of the line you never dared to cross
You're about to find tonight will be the night that I-

Everything you never were
Everything you could have been
Ev?rything that I deserve
Ev?rything I've earned and all the things you took from me
Everything you could have had if you weren't such an amateur
Now I'm everything
Everything you never were

[PADDINGTON, spoken]
Why are all of these animals so still?

[MILLICENT, spoken]
It's my secret collection
They're my pretty little dead things, but there's one piece missing...
You
[PADDINGTON, spoken]
Me?

[MILLICENT, spoken]
I told you-you were going to get absolutely stuffed

[PADDINGTON, spoken]
But I thought we were coming to meet the explorer...

[MILLICENT, spoken]
Your beloved explorer is dead

[PADDINGTON, spoken]
Dead...?
He can't be...
You lied to me?

[MILLICENT, spoken]
Grant, secure the bear
It's time to put the record straight once and for all

[LADY SLOANE, spoken]
This is the Geographer's Guild, are you a member?

[MILLICENT, spoken]
I'm calling with a brand new discovery
[LADY SLOANE, spoken]
We need a brand new discovery to put us back on the map!
Tell me more!

[MILLICENT, spoken]
Come to the Natural History Museum tonight and all will be revealed

[LADY SLOANE, spoken]
Our mumbuh's will be delighted, we'll be there!

[MILLICENT]
My dear father, that useless explorer, bringing the family shame
Merely fuelling the snobbery, making a mockery of the family name

[MONTGOMERY CLYDE, spoken]
These bears, they're intelligent and civilised!

[LADY SLOANE, spoken]
Civilised? Heh, do they play cricket? Drink tea?
Tell us their location and we'll send a real explorer to futch' one!

[MONTGOMERY CLYDE, spoken]
Never!

[LADY SLOANE, spoken]
Then you are hereby struck out of the Geographer's Guild
Mumbuh's, turn your backs!
[MILLICENT]
But I will rewrite history
That's what daddy is to me
Creatures far and wide will know it's best to hide
All the teeny find that they are face to face with
Everything you never were
Everything you couldn't be
Everything that I deserve
Everything I've earned and all the things you took from me
Whether to bring back
Every single Geographer will welcome me
And their jealousy
Will be the reason they remember me as everything
Everything you never were

[MILLICENT]
Grant, go guard the entrance whilst I prepare the equipment...

[GRANT, spoken]
Yes, Boss!

[MILLICENT, spoken]
And don't mess it up, like you do everything, you utter disappointment
Last Update: March, 04th 2026