Stephen Sondheim
Epiphany
[ANTHONY]
Mr. Todd, you have to help me!
Mr. Todd, please!

[TODD]
Out

[ANTHONY]
Mr. Todd!

[TODD]
Out!

[MRS. LOVETT]
All this shouting and running about!
What's happened?

[TODD]
I had him!
His throat was bare beneath my hand
No! I had him!
His throat was there and he'll never come again!

[MRS. LOVETT]
Easy now!
Hush, love, hush!
I keep telling you—
[TODD]
When!?

[MRS. LOVETT]
What's your rush?

[TODD]
Why did I wait!?
You told me to wait!
Now he'll never come again!

There's a hole in the world like a great black pit
And it's filled with people who are filled with shit
And the vermin of the world inhabit it
But not for long!

They all deserve to die
Tell you why, Mrs. Lovett, tell you why
Because in all of the whole human race, Mrs. Lovett
There are two kinds of men and only two
There's the one staying put in his proper place
And the one with his foot in the other one's face
Look at me, Mrs. Lovett, look at you
Though we all deserve to die
Even you, Mrs. Lovett, even I
Because the lives of the wicked should be made brief!
For the rest of us, death will be a relief
We all deserve to die!

And I'll never see Johanna
No, I'll never hug my girl to me
Finished!

Alright!
You, sir!
How 'bout a shave?
Come and visit your good friend Sweeney

You, sir! Too, sir!
Welcome to the grave!
I will have vengeance!
I will have salvation!

Who, sir!? You, sir?
No one's in the chair!
Come on! Come on!
Sweeney's waiting
I want you bleeders!

You sir, anybody!
Gentlemen, now don't be shy!
Not one man
No not ten men
Nor a hundred can assuage me!
I will have you!
And I will get him back even as he gloats
In the meantime I'll practice on less honourable throats

And my Lucy lies in ashes!
And I'll never see my girl again!
But the work waits!
I'm alive at last!
And I'm full of joy!