Epiphany (feat. Michael Cerveris and Patti LuPone)

Mrs. Lovett: [Spoken]
All this running and shouting. What is it now, dear?

Todd: [Spoken]
I had him—and then…

Mrs. Lovett: [Spoken]
The sailor busted in. I saw them both running down the street and I
said to myself, “The fat’s in the fire, for sure!”

Todd:
I had him!
His throat was bare
Beneath my hand—

Mrs. Lovett: [Spoken]
There, there, dear. Don’t fret.

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—

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!

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 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 in the chair,
Come one, come on,
Sweeney’s waiting!
I want your 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!

Mrs. Lovett: [Spoken]
That’s all very well. But all that matters now is him! What are we going
to do about him?

Todd: [Spoken]
Later, after it’s dark, we’ll find some secret place and bury him.

Mrs. Lovett: [Spoken]
Well, of course, we could do that. I don’t suppose there’s any relatives
going to come poking around looking for him.