Into The Woods (2014) Page #8

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I must leave you.

Now I must go off to slay a giant.

I shall not forget you.

How brave you are

to be alone in the woods.

And how alive you've made me feel.

What was that?

Was that me? Was that him?

Did a prince really kiss me?

And kiss me? And kiss me?

And did I kiss him back?

Was it wrong? Am I mad?

Is that all? Does he miss me?

Was he suddenly

Getting bored with me?

Wake up, stop dreaming

Stop prancing about the woods

It's not beseeming

What is it about the woods?

Back to life, back to sense

Back to child, back to husband

No one lives in the woods

There are vows, there are ties

There are needs, there are standards

There are shouldn'ts and shoulds

Why not both instead?

There's the answer, if you're clever

Have a child for warmth

And a baker for bread

And a prince for whatever

Never

It's these woods

Face the facts, find the boy

Join the group, stop the giant

Just get out of these woods

Was that him? Yes, it was

Was that me? No, it wasn't

Just a trick of the woods

Just a moment

One peculiar, passing moment

Must it all be either less or more?

Either plain or grand?

Is it always "Or"? Is it never "And"?

That's what woods are for

For those moments in the woods

Oh, if life were made of moments

Even now and then a bad one

But if life were only moments

Then you'd never know you had one

First a witch, then a child

Then a prince, then a moment

Who can live in the woods?

And to get what you wish

Only just for a moment

These are dangerous woods

Let the moment go

Don't forget it for a moment, though

Just remembering you've had an "And"

When you're back to "Or"

Makes the "Or" mean more

Than it did before

Now I understand

And it's time to leave the woods

Which way was it?

172,173,174,175...

172,173,174...

She should be back by now.

She wouldn't get lost.

I'm sure she'll return soon.

I'm going to go and look for her.

Will you?

- Look who I found.

- You're hurting me!

Let go of him!

I'll let go of him

when I give him to the giant.

Leave him alone!

Keep away from him!

Stop! Stop! I said stop!

Where did you find this?

I'm sorry, sir.

It's my wife's.

I'm sorry. I came upon her.

She was at the bottom of a cliff.

What are you saying?

How awful.

No.

No!

This is all my fault.

I shouldn't have let

her wander off alone.

I should have made her stay with me.

Remorse will get you nowhere.

- My wife is dead!

- Wake up!

When you're dead, you're dead.

It's time we get this

boy to the giant before we're all dead.

Keep away from him!

This is no time to be soft-hearted!

He's going to the giant

and I'm taking him!

Yes! Yes, he's the one to blame!

It's because of you there's a giant in our

midst, and my wife is dead!

But it isn't my fault

I was given those beans

You persuaded me to trade away

My cow for beans

And without those beans

There'd have been no stalk

To get up to the giants

In the first place

Wait a minute

Magic beans

For a cow so old

That you had to tell a lie to sell it

Which you told

Were they worthless beans?

Were they oversold?

Oh, and tell us who persuaded you

To steal that gold

- See, it's your fault

- No!

- Yes, it's your fault

- No!

- Yes, it is

- It's not!

- It's true

- Wait a minute though

I only stole the gold to get my cow back

From you

- So it's your fault

- Yes!

No, it isn't

I'd have kept those beans

But our house was cursed

She made us get a cow

To get the curse reversed

It's his father's fault

That the curse got placed

And the place got cursed

In the first place

- Oh, then it's his fault

- So

- It was his fault

- No!

Yes, it is, it's his

- I guess

- Wait a minute though

I chopped down the beanstalk

Right, that's clear

But without any beanstalk

Then what's queer

ls how did the second giant

Get down here

In the first place

Second place?

- Yes.

- How?

Well, who had the other bean?

- The other bean?

- The other bean?

- You pocketed the other bean

- I didn't. Yes, I did

So it's your fault

No, it isn't

'Cause I gave it to my wife

- So it's her fault

- No, it isn't

- Then whose is it?

- Wait a minute

She exchanged that bean

To obtain your shoe

So the one who knows what happened

To the bean is you

You mean that old bean

That your wife... Oh, dear

But I never knew and so I threw...

Well, don't look here

- So it's your fault

- But. ..

- See, it's her fault

- But...

And it isn't mine at all

But what?

Well, if you hadn't gone

Back up again

We were needy

You were greedy

Did you need that hen?

But I got it for my mother

So it's her fault then

Yes, and what about the harp

In the third place?

The harp, yes

- She went and dared me to

- I dared you to?

- She said that I was scared

- Me?

- So she dared me

- No, I didn't

So it's your fault

- Wait a minute

- If you hadn't dared him to

And you had left the harp alone

If you hadn't thrown away the bean

In the first place

If she hadn't raised

them in the first place

If you hadn't raised

them in the first place

- You raised the beans in the first place

- It's your fault

You're responsible

You're the one to blame

It's your fault

It's the last midnight

It's the last wish

It's the last midnight

Soon it will be boom

Squish

Told a little lie

Stole a little gold

Broke a little vow

Did you?

Had to get your prince

Had to get your cow

Had to get your wish

Doesn't matter how

Anyway, it doesn't matter now

It's the last midnight

It's the boom

Splat

Nothing but a vast midnight

Everybody smashed flat

Nothing we can do

Not exactly true

We could always give her the boy

No, of course

What really matters is the blame

Someone you can blame

Fine, if that's the thing you enjoy

Placing the blame

If that's the aim

Give me the blame

Just give me the boy

- No!

- No!

No.

You're so nice

You're not good

You're not bad

You're just nice

I'm not good

I'm not nice

I'm just right

I'm the Witch

You're the world

I'm the hitch

I'm what no one believes

I'm the Witch

You're all liars and thieves

Like his father

Like his son will be, too

Oh, why bother?

You'll just do what you do

It's the last midnight

So goodbye, all

Coming at you fast

Midnight

Soon you'll see the sky fall

Here, you want a bean?

Have another bean

Beans were made for making you rich

Plant them and they soar

Here, you want some more?

Listen to the roar

Giants by the score

Oh well, you can blame another witch

It's the last midnight

It's the last verse

Now, before it's past midnight

I'm leaving you my last curse

I'm leaving you alone

You can tend the garden, it's yours

Separate and alone

Everybody down on all fours

All right, Mother, when?

Lost the beans again

Punish me the way you did then

Give me claws and a hunch

Just away from this bunch

And the gloom

And the doom

And the boom

Crunch!

Maybe I shouldn't have

stolen from the giant.

Maybe I shouldn't have

strayed from the path.

Maybe I shouldn't have

attended the Ball.

Yeah, maybe you shouldn't have.

- Where are you going?

- Away from here.

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