{"id":7071,"date":"2013-03-16T13:17:09","date_gmt":"2013-03-16T17:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/unequallyyoked\/?p=7071"},"modified":"2013-03-16T13:17:09","modified_gmt":"2013-03-16T17:17:09","slug":"the-great-divorce-the-musical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/unequallyyoked\/2013\/03\/the-great-divorce-the-musical.html","title":{"rendered":"The Great Divorce… the musical"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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So, remember that atheist friend I had the\u00a0The Great Divorce<\/em><\/a> bookclub with? \u00a0There were a number of unexpected benefits to that fight<\/a>, but perhaps the most delightful is the fact that my friend likes songwriting and Sondheim, and relyricized a number from\u00a0Into the Woods<\/em> to be about the Dwarf and the Tragedian.<\/p>\n

You can google around for a summary of the scene (I don\u2019t see the text up anywhere) but, given how often I recommend it and that my friend with a wildly different belief system agreed it was well worth reading, you may want to go to the library or a bookstore. \u00a0So, without further ado, let me have him take it away\u2026.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

To the tune of \u201cAgony<\/a>\u201d from <\/em>Into the Woods by Stephen Sondheim<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

TRAGEDIAN
\nWhen we both lived, you
\nNeglected my needs
\nDid not do your part for me
\nBut I forgive you
\nFor your selfish greed
\nCease breaking your heart for me!<\/p>\n

Agony
\nThat can drive you insane
\nIt must be what you\u2019ve felt
\nWhen I haven\u2019t been holding your chain<\/p>\n

DWARF
\nHour by hour
\nI sit here and cower
\nIn pity and fear
\nTrue, I\u2019ve been spited
\nBut now we\u2019re united
\nDid you miss me dear?
\nAhhhhhhh\u2026
\nAgony!<\/p>\n

LADY
\nThat will pain you no more.<\/p>\n

TRAGEDIAN
\nNotice she didn\u2019t answer us<\/p>\n

DWARF
\nShe\u2019s done all this before<\/p>\n

BOTH
\nAgony!
\nTell us you have felt pain!<\/p>\n

TRAGEDIAN
\nYou\u2019re not above us!<\/p>\n

DWARF
\nIf you really love us<\/p>\n

BOTH
\nLet us hold your chain<\/p>\n

TRAGEDIAN
\nWere we not
\nSensitive
\nLoving
\nConsidered, Com-
\nPassionate,
\nPlus we
\nAllowed you to take the last stamp!<\/p>\n

DWARF
\nWe had thought you would want to repay us
\nAnd do so!<\/p>\n

TRAGEDIAN
\nDid you? No.<\/p>\n

LADY
\nForget and be glad!<\/p>\n

TRAGEDIAN
\nYou mean you have felt gladness,
\nWhen we\u2019ve pined for your care?
\nThat is bloody unfair
\nWe\u2019re so needy, and\u2013<\/p>\n

LADY
\nShut up, Tragedian.<\/p>\n

BOTH
\nAhhhhhhhhhhhhh<\/p>\n

DWARF
\nAgony!<\/p>\n

TRAGEDIAN
\nMisery!<\/p>\n

DWARF
\nWoe!<\/p>\n

BOTH
\nNo, you don\u2019t care, it\u2019s plain<\/p>\n

DWARF
\nYou have left us behind<\/p>\n

TRAGEDIAN
\nAnd you need us no more<\/p>\n

BOTH
\nWhile we\u2019re holding this chain!
\nAgony!<\/p>\n

LADY
\nJust be happy instead!<\/p>\n

(The DWARF vanishes)<\/p>\n

TRAGEDIAN
\nI wish that you were dead.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

(My friend Mytheos does other amusing relyricizations about\u00a0Game of Thrones<\/em> which are about at SFW as the books themselves at\u00a0Childhood Meets Westeros<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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