Nothing spells romance like a stalker singing love songs
I just watched Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Friday night with Koyah and bapee and all I hafta to say is, one, it's a bloody great film (pun intended), full of dark laughs and giggles, and two, the song about Johanna is totally my jam! I got goose-pimples (i.e. totally kilig) when I first heard it, mainly because of the name and the pretty boy who sang it. So, of course I downloaded the movie soundtrack, as well as the 2005 Broadway Revival version. And now I wish someone would sing that song to me. That would be totally, eherm, romantic. Except, my name isn't exactly Johanna and my hair is far from yellow.
Johanna
from Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Anthony:
I feel you,
Johanna.
I feel you.
I was half-convinced I'd waken.
Satisfied enough to dream you,
happily I was mistaken,
Johanna.
I'll steal you,
Johanna,
I'll steal you.
Do they think that walls can hide you?
Even now I'm at your window...
I am in the dark beside you,
buried sweetly in your yellow hair!
I feel you,
Johanna!
And one day,
I'll steal you!
'Til I'm with you then,
I'm with you there...
sweetly buried in your yellow hair!
Anthony's song strikes me as a bit stalkerish (as intended, I'm sure), but Anthony's just so darned pretty, prettier, in fact, than the said Johanna, who kinda looks like a freaky, alien, porcelain doll (another intentional move, I imagine), that the song turns-out sweet and lovely, instead of obsessive and full of teenaged libidinous desire.
So, I think I prefer the version in Act II, mainly because it's Johnny Depp singing with pretty boy Anthony. Two voices are better than one, after all, or so some people say. I just wish that the homeless woman didn't butt-in so much. Total mood-killer.
Johanna: Act Two Sequence (lyrics sung by the homeless woman deleted)
Anthony:
i feel you johanna
i feel you
do they think that walls can hide you?
even now im at your window
i am in the dark beside you
buried sweetly in your yellow hair
johanna
Sweeney Todd + Anthony (in parenthesis):
and are you beautiful and pale with yellow hair like her?
id want you beautiful and pale the way i dreamed you were.
johanna (johanna)
and if you're beautiful whats then with yellow hair like wheat
i think we shall not meet again my little dove my sweet
johanna (ill steal you johanna)
goodbye johanna
you're gone and yet your mine
im fine johanna
im fine (johanna)
...Homeless Woman...
and if i never hear your voice my turtledove my dear
i still have reason to rejoice the way ahead is clear
johanna
(i feel you) and in that darkness when im blind with what i can't forget
its always morning in my mind my little lamb my pet
johanna
you stay johanna (johanna)
the way i dreamed you were
oh look johanna a star (buried sweet in your yellow hair)
a shooting star
...Homeless Woman...
and though ill think of you i guess until the day i die
i think i miss you less and less as every day goes by
johanna (johanna)
and youd be beautiful and pale and look too much like her
if only angels could prevail we'd be the way we were
i feel you johanna (johanna)
wake up johanna
another bright red day
we learn johanna to say
goodbye (ill steal you)
Not While I'm Around is also a pretty sweet song. Totally compliments the stalker song.
Toby to Mrs. Lovett:
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.
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...
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...
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...
Johanna
from Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Anthony:
I feel you,
Johanna.
I feel you.
I was half-convinced I'd waken.
Satisfied enough to dream you,
happily I was mistaken,
Johanna.
I'll steal you,
Johanna,
I'll steal you.
Do they think that walls can hide you?
Even now I'm at your window...
I am in the dark beside you,
buried sweetly in your yellow hair!
I feel you,
Johanna!
And one day,
I'll steal you!
'Til I'm with you then,
I'm with you there...
sweetly buried in your yellow hair!
Anthony's song strikes me as a bit stalkerish (as intended, I'm sure), but Anthony's just so darned pretty, prettier, in fact, than the said Johanna, who kinda looks like a freaky, alien, porcelain doll (another intentional move, I imagine), that the song turns-out sweet and lovely, instead of obsessive and full of teenaged libidinous desire.
So, I think I prefer the version in Act II, mainly because it's Johnny Depp singing with pretty boy Anthony. Two voices are better than one, after all, or so some people say. I just wish that the homeless woman didn't butt-in so much. Total mood-killer.
Johanna: Act Two Sequence (lyrics sung by the homeless woman deleted)
Anthony:
i feel you johanna
i feel you
do they think that walls can hide you?
even now im at your window
i am in the dark beside you
buried sweetly in your yellow hair
johanna
Sweeney Todd + Anthony (in parenthesis):
and are you beautiful and pale with yellow hair like her?
id want you beautiful and pale the way i dreamed you were.
johanna (johanna)
and if you're beautiful whats then with yellow hair like wheat
i think we shall not meet again my little dove my sweet
johanna (ill steal you johanna)
goodbye johanna
you're gone and yet your mine
im fine johanna
im fine (johanna)
...Homeless Woman...
and if i never hear your voice my turtledove my dear
i still have reason to rejoice the way ahead is clear
johanna
(i feel you) and in that darkness when im blind with what i can't forget
its always morning in my mind my little lamb my pet
johanna
you stay johanna (johanna)
the way i dreamed you were
oh look johanna a star (buried sweet in your yellow hair)
a shooting star
...Homeless Woman...
and though ill think of you i guess until the day i die
i think i miss you less and less as every day goes by
johanna (johanna)
and youd be beautiful and pale and look too much like her
if only angels could prevail we'd be the way we were
i feel you johanna (johanna)
wake up johanna
another bright red day
we learn johanna to say
goodbye (ill steal you)
Not While I'm Around is also a pretty sweet song. Totally compliments the stalker song.
Toby to Mrs. Lovett:
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.
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...
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...
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...