Epiphany

ANTHONYMr Todd, you have to help me...Mr Todd, please!SWEENEY TODDOut!ANTHONYMr Todd!SWEENEY TODDOUT!MRS LOVETTWhat's happened?SWEENEY TODDI had him, his throat was bare beneath my handNo, I had him, his throat was there and he'll never come againMRS LOVETTEasy now, hush love hushI keep telling youSWEENEY TODDWhen? MRS LOVETTWhat's your rush?SWEENEY TODDWhy did I wait? You told me to waitNow he'll never come againThere's a hole in the world like a great black pitAnd it's filled with people who are filled with shitAnd the vermin of the world inhabit itBut not for long...They all deserve to dieTell you why, Mrs. Lovett, tell you whyBecause in all of the whole human raceMrs Lovett, there are two kinds of men and only twoThere's the one staying put in his proper placeAnd the one with his foot in the other one's faceLook at me, Mrs Lovett, look at youNo, we all deserve to die, even you, Mrs. Lovett, even IBecause the lives of the wicked should be made briefFor the rest of us death will be a reliefWe all deserve to dieAnd I'll never see JohannaNo I'll never hug my girl to me - finished!Alright! You sir, how about a shave?Come and visit your good friend SweeneyYou sir, two sir? Welcome to the graveI will have vengenance, I will have salvationWho, Sir, you, Sir? No one in the chair, come on! Come on!Sweeney's waiting, I want you bleedersYou, Sir, anybody, gentlemen, now don't be shy!Not one man, no, nor ten men, nor a hundred can assuage meI will have you!And I will get him back, even as he gloatsIn the meantime I'll practice on less honourable throatsAnd my Lucy lies in ashes, and I'll never see my girl againBut the work waits, I'm alive at last, and I'm full of joy