My Friends, Epiphany & Not While I'm Around

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Song(s): My Friends, Epiphany & Not While I'm Around
Artist: From, Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2023 Broadway Cast)

Welcome to another post of disturbing and dark songs from Sweeny Todd! I'm so sorry. 😰

My Friends
A disturbing love ballad from Todd to his razors...😳🪒 The intensity of the choir coming in at the end is soooo creepy!! Also, Mrs. Lovett is actually so crazy and I'm scared of her!! 😱


[MRS. LOVETT:]
My, them handles is chased silver, ain't they?

[SWEENEY TODD:]
Silver, yes...

These are my friends
See how they glisten
See this one shine
How he smiles in the light
My friend, my faithful friend

Speak to me, friend
Whisper, I'll listen
I know, I know
You've been locked out of sight
All these years—
Like me, my friend
Well, I've come home
To find you're waiting
Home

And we're together
And we'll do wonders
Won't we?

[SWEENEY TODD (MRS. LOVETT):]
You there, my friend (I'm your friend too, Mr. Todd)
Come, let me hold you (If you only knew, Mr. Todd)
Now, with a sigh (Ooh, Mr. Todd)
You grow warm
In my hand
My friend (You've come home)
My clever friend (Always had a fondness for you
I did)

Rest now, my friends (Never you fear, Mr. Todd)
Soon I'll unfold you (You can move in here, Mr. Todd)
Soon you'll know splendors
You have never dreamed
All your days (Will be yours)
My lucky friends (I'm your friend, and you're mine!)
Till now your shine (Don't they shine beautiful?)
Was merely silver (Silver's good enough for me)
Friends (Mr. T)
You shall drip rubies
You'll soon drip precious
Rubies...

At last, my right arm is complete again!

[COMPANY:]
Lift your razor high, Sweeney!
Hear it singing, "Yes!"
Sink it in the rosy skin
Of righteousness

[BEADLE:]
His voice was soft, his manner mild

[WOMEN:]
He seldom laughed but he often smiled

[MAN:]
He'd seen how civilized men behaved
He never forgot and he never forgave

[WOMEN:]
Not Sweeney
Not Sweeney Todd

[MEN:]
The demon barber of Fleet Street...


Epiphany
This is the moment Sweeny Todd loses his mind and all hell breaks loose! He decides, in order to accomplish his goal of killing the man who wronged him and stole his family, that ALL human beings deserve to die because we're all wicked creatures abusing one another and committing wrong-doings. This song is soooo genuinely terrifying!! My sweet Josh Groban shows how wickedly talented he is as he goes from quiet rage to full-on SCREAMING, completely losing his mind and giving in to his hate and the fires of revenge! 😱 It's all so unlike him I can't wrap my mind around it! Like, I hear that it's Josh's beautiful voice but the things he's saying and the tone of his voice just isn't right! That's not my Josh Groban! 😫 



[SWEENEY TODD:]
Out

[ANTHONY:]
Mr. Todd...

[SWEENEY TODD:]
Out, I say! Out!

[MRS. LOVETT:]
All this running and shouting. What is it now, dear?

[SWEENEY TODD:]
I had him, and then...

[MRS. LOVETT:]
And that sailor busted in. I saw them both running down the street—

[SWEENEY TODD:]
I had him!
His throat was bare
Beneath my hand

[MRS. LOVETT:]
There, there, dear. Don't fret—

[SWEENEY TODD:]
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

[SWEENEY TODD:]
When?

[MRS. LOVETT:]
What's your rush?

[SWEENEY 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's with his foot
In the other one's face
Look at me, Mrs Lovett
Look at you!

No, 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!

All right! You, sir
How about 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
Nor 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 honorable 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!


Not While I'm Around
I used to love this song. It's so beautiful. Check out Josh's gorgeous rendition from a few years back. But now that I know the storyline and what happens to the character who sings this song...I can never hear it the same!! 😱😭 It's always just going to give me the major creeps. Seriously, just wait until this song circles back around...it's sooo disturbing!!



[TOBIAS:]
Nothing's gonna harm you
Not while I'm around
Nothing's gonna harm you
No, sir
Not while I'm around

Demons are prowling
Everywhere
Nowadays
I'll send 'em howling
I don't care—
I got ways

[MRS. LOVETT:]
Of course, you do... What a sweet, affectionate child it is.

[TOBIAS:]
No one's gonna hurt you
No one's gonna dare
Others can desert you—
Not to worry
Whistle, I'll be there

Demons'll charm you
With a smile
For a while
But in time
Nothing can harm you
Not while I'm around

[MRS. LOVETT:]
What is this foolishness? What are you talking about?

[TOBIAS:]
Not to worry, not to worry
I may not be smart but I ain't dumb
I can do it
Put me to it
Show me something I can overcome
Not to worry, mum

Being close and being clever
Ain't like being true
I don't need to, I would never
Hide a thing from you
Like some

[MRS. LOVETT:]
Now, Toby, dear. Haven't we had enough foolish chatter? Let's just sit nice and quiet for a bit.

Nothing's gonna harm you
Not while I'm around
Nothing's gonna harm you
Darling
Not while I'm around

[TOBIAS:]
Demons are prowling
Everywhere
Nowadays
I'll send 'em howling
I don't care

[MRS. LOVETT:]
Boys and their fancies! What will we think of next?

[TOBIAS:]
No one's gonna hurt you
No one's gonna dare
Others can desert you—
Not to worry
Whistle, I'll be there

Demons'll charm you
With a smile
For a while
But in time
Nothing's gonna harm you
Not while I'm around


I'm sparing you from having to listen to what I thought was the most grotesque and disturbing song from the musical called "A Little Priest." 🤮 It's suppose to follow Epiphany and be this darkly "funny" song to somewhat "lighten" the mood but...wow! That was such a disturbing experience for me when I listened to it, hahaha. It introduces the idea for the *ahem* "meat" pies...🤮😱💀 #IYKYK. More coming tomorrow! 


BEWARE OF "DEMON'S" WHO WILL "CHARM YOU WITH A SMILE..." 😈😱

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