‘Amelie’ Original London Cast
World’s Best Friend (Non-Album Track)
[NARRATOR (HIPOLITO), spoken]
Stuck between a neurotic and an iceberg, the world Amélie creates is her only shelter
[AMANDINE, spoken]
We begin with geometry. In Ancient Greece, the philosopher Zeno proved that no two objects could ever touch. To reach a point, one must always reach a halfway point, and from there the next halfway point, and on and on like so
[AMÉLIE]
World's best friend
The kind you only find in fairy tales
I had hands, he had fins
Like identical twins
Well, except for thе gills and the scales
[AMANDINE, Spoken]
Amélie! You havе to learn to concentrate. I'm not doing this for my own enjoyment, but for you! Take this boat, seemingly the waves guide its journey to shore, but it still maintains its distance from the destination. No matter how close dry land may seem, the boat is always at sea. Halfway there, but never reaching. This is of course the same with human beings. Listen, it is a statistical fact that 90% of children who don't listen to their mothers, commit murder during adulthood!
[NARRATOR (JOSEPH), spoken]
Unfortunately, because of her neurotic mother, Amélie's only friend becomes depressive and suicidal
[ENSAMBLE]
Bum-ba-bum-ba-bum-ba
Bum-ba-bum-ba-bum-ba
[The fish jumps from the bowl and chaos ensues at Amélie's parents try to catch it.]
[Amélie screams]
[AMANDINE, spoken]
Raphael! Get the fish!
[Raphael finally catches the fish]
[AMANDINE, spoken]
Enough!
[NARRATOR (JOSEPH), spoken]
They've made a decision
[RAPHAEL, spoken]
The fish has to go
[NARRATOR, spoken]
That afternoon, at the nearby canal:
[AMANDINE, spoken]
Learn to let go, child
[AMÉLIE, spoken]
Au Revoir
[FLUFFY]
Amélie, my dear friend
Au Revoir
Au Revoir
Au Revoir
[FLUFFY AND AMÉLIE]
Au Revoir
Au Revoir
[AMANDINE, spoken]
Remember, we are all permanently stuck. Alone. Forever