{"id":423,"date":"2006-05-22T22:57:53","date_gmt":"2006-05-22T14:57:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog2\/http:\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog2\/archives\/2006\/05\/2006_05_22_2257.php"},"modified":"2017-02-04T10:51:09","modified_gmt":"2017-02-04T10:51:09","slug":"agony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/archives\/2006\/05\/22\/agony","title":{"rendered":"Agony"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My dad dropped of a DVD of this play we watched when we were still little (as in early gradeschool)<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s entitled <em>Into the Woods<\/em> and it rocks! I&#8217;m glad Dad found a DVD version and we got to reminisce and appreciate the play even more that we could watch it with more capable minds (for lack of a better term)<\/p>\n<p>Anyways, I totally dug the parts where the two princes talked about their &#8220;prospects.&#8221; They were so hilarious, that I even encoded the parts to video (and put in the words).<\/p>\n<p>Watch it if you have the time&#8230; you won&#8217;t regret it!<\/p>\n<!--more-->\n<h2>Agony<\/h2>\n<p><em>Into the Woods<\/em>\n<em>Stephen Sondheim<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>VIDEO<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LFgMowOwek0\">Click here<\/a> for the version from Act 1<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UAPJTik5mSo\">Click here<\/a> for the version from Act 2<\/p>\n<h3>LYRICS<\/h3>\n<p><em>LEGEND:<\/em> <span style=\"color:#336633;\">prince 1<\/span> <span style=\"color:#6666CC;\">prince 2<\/span> <span style=\"color:#990033;\">both<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>ACT 1 <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_423_1('footnote_plugin_reference_423_1_1');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_423_1('footnote_plugin_reference_423_1_1');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_423_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">1 <\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_423_1_1\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Prince 1 is talking about Cinderella, Prince 2 is talking about Rapunzel.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_423_1_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_423_1_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color:#336633;\">Did I abuse her or show her disdain? Why does she run from me?<br \/>\nIf I should lose her how shall I regain the heart she has won from me?<br \/>\n<br \/>\nAgony, beyond power of speech! <br \/>\nWhen the one thing you want is the only thing out of your reach.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#6666CC;\">High in her tower she sits by the hour &#8211; maintaining her hair.<br \/>\nBlithe and becoming and frequently humming a light-hearted air: <em>aaaaaaah<\/em><\/span> <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_423_1('footnote_plugin_reference_423_1_2');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_423_1('footnote_plugin_reference_423_1_2');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_423_1_2\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">2 <\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_423_1_2\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Rapunzel&#8217;s &#8220;song.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_423_1_2').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_423_1_2', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#6666CC;\">Agony, far more painful than yours!<br \/>\nWhen you know she would go with you &#8211; if there only were doors!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#990033;\">Agony, all the torture they teach!<\/span>\n<span style=\"color:#6666CC;\">What&#8217;s as intriguing<\/span> <span style=\"color:#336633;\">or half so fatiguing<\/span> <span style=\"color:#990033;\">as what&#8217;s out of reach.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#336633;\">Am I not sensitive, clever, well-mannered, considerate, <br \/>\npassionate, charming as kind as I&#8217;m handsome &#8211; and heir to a throne?<\/span>\n<span style=\"color:#6666CC;\">You&#8217;re everything maidens could wish for!<\/span>\n<span style=\"color:#336633;\">Then why &#8220;No&#8221;?<\/span>\n<span style=\"color:#6666CC;\">Do I know?<\/span>\n<span style=\"color:#336633;\">The girl must be mad!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#6666CC;\">You know nothing of madness&#8230; &#8216;til you&#8217;re climbing her hair<br \/>\nand you see her up there as you&#8217;re nearing her and all the while hearing her <em>aaaaaaah<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#990033;\">Agony!<\/span> <span style=\"color:#336633;\">misery!<\/span> <span style=\"color:#6666CC;\">woe!<\/span> <span style=\"color:#990033;\">Though it&#8217;s different for each.<\/span>\n<span style=\"color:#336633;\">Always ten steps behind,<\/span> <span style=\"color:#6666CC;\">always ten feet below, <\/span> <span style=\"color:#990033;\">and she&#8217;s just out of reach!<br \/>\n<br \/>\nAgony, that can cut like a knife!<br \/>\nI must have her to wife.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>ACT 2 <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_423_1('footnote_plugin_reference_423_1_3');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_423_1('footnote_plugin_reference_423_1_3');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_423_1_3\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">3 <\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_423_1_3\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Prince 1 is talking about Sleeping Beauty, Prince 2 is talking about Snow White.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_423_1_3').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_423_1_3', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color:#336633;\">High in a tower, like yours was, but higher; a beauty asleep.<br \/>\nAll &#8216;round the tower a thicket of briar a hundred feet deep.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nAgony, no frustration more keen!<br \/>\nWhen the one thing you want is a thing that you&#8217;ve not even seen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#6666CC;\">I&#8217;ve found a casket entirely of glass &#8211; no, it&#8217;s unbreakable.<br \/>\nInside, don&#8217;t ask it, a maiden alas just as unwakeable <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#990033;\">What unmistakable agony, is the way always hard!?<\/span>\n<span style=\"color:#6666CC;\">She has skin white as snow.<\/span>\n<span style=\"color:#336633;\">Did you learn her name?<\/span>\n<span style=\"color:#6666CC;\">No &#8211; there&#8217;s a dwarf standing guard!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#990033;\">Agony such that princes must weep!<br \/>\nAlways in thrall &#8216;most to anything almost or something asleep.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#336633;\">If it were not for the thicket&#8230; <\/span>\n<span style=\"color:#6666CC;\">A thicket&#8217;s no trick! Is it thick?<\/span>\n<span style=\"color:#336633;\">It&#8217;s the thickest!<\/span>\n<span style=\"color:#6666CC;\">The quickest is pick it apart with a stick.<\/span>\n<span style=\"color:#336633;\">Yes, but even one prick&#8230; It&#8217;s my thing about blood.<\/span>\n<span style=\"color:#6666CC;\">Well, it&#8217;s sick!<\/span>\n<span style=\"color:#336633;\">It&#8217;s no sicker than your thing with dwarves!<\/span>\n<span style=\"color:#6666CC;\">&#8220;Dwarfs!&#8221;<\/span>\n<span style=\"color:#336633;\">&#8220;Dwarfs.&#8221;<\/span> <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_423_1('footnote_plugin_reference_423_1_4');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_423_1('footnote_plugin_reference_423_1_4');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_423_1_4\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">4 <\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_423_1_4\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">To clarify modern plural is &#8220;dwarfs,&#8221; 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