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Note: Welcome back. Anthony singing is italic, Sweeney singing is underlined, Anthony talking is bold, and Sweeney talking is normal.
Chapter Two: Whoop-de-freaking Do For You
"I have sailed the world…""Whoop-de-freaking do for you, kid."
"From the Dardanelles…""What is a Dardanelle?"
"To the mountains of Peru…""And this is important because?"
"But there's no place like London!""No. No there's not. Because London is a shit-hole."
"No, there's no place like London…""You're kinda spooky…""Mr. Todd?""Why do I even talk to him?"
"You are young…life has been kind to you. You will learn…""You give me an eerie sense of foreboding. Oh, well."
"There's a hole in the world like a great black pit and the vermin of the world inhabit it…""Rats live in holes…and rats are vermin…so, we're talking about rats?"
"And it's morals aren't worth what a pig could spit and it goes by the name of London…""You've lost me completely…""At the top of the hole sit a privileged few, making mock of the vermin in the lower zoo…""We have a zoo? OOH, I WANNA GO!""Turning beauty into filth and greed…""Big words…make head…hurt…""I too have sailed the world and seen its wonders for the cruelty of men is as wondrous as Peru…""I dunno…Peru was pretty cool…It had a big jail…Hey! I met you in Peru…next to the jail…and the sign that said not to pick up hitchhikers…"
"But there's no place like London!""…"
"Is everything alright, Mr. Todd?""No it's bloody well not!"
"I beg your indulgence, Anthony. My mind is far from easy. In these once familiar streets I feel shadows everywhere…"
"You talk funny…""There was a barber and his wife…And she was beautiful…""Who are we talking about?""A foolish barber and his wife…she was his reason and his life…""Why are we talking a barber? We were just talking about shadows…and rats…""And she was beautiful…and she was virtuous…and he was – naïve…""Sure. OK. Beautiful. Got it."
"There was another man who saw…that she was beautiful…"
"Were the other men blind so that they couldn't see her?"
"A pious vulture of the law…who with a gesture of his claw…Removed the barber from his plate…"
"So a bird…was gonna eat the barber…but he swept him off?"
"Then there was nothing but to wait…and she would fall…so soft, so you, so lost, and oh, so beautiful!"
"OK. I've got it."
"And the lady, sir? Did she succumb?"
"How the hell would I know?"
"Oh, that was many years ago…I doubt if anyone would know…"
"OK."
"I'd like to thank you, Anthony. If you hadn't spotted me, I would be lost at sea still."
"Yeah, you're welcome!"
"Will I see you again?"
"I don't want to see you again…"
"You might find me, if you like, around Fleet Street, I wouldn't wonder."
"No foreshadowing at all…"
"Until then, my friend."
"Kay. Bye."
"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…"
"That was weird…"
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