I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
I have sailed the world, beheld its wonders
From the Dardanelles
To the mountains of Peru
But there's no place like London!
I feel home again
I could hear the city bells
Ring whatever I would do
No, there's no place-
Like London
Mr. Todd, sir?
You are young
Life has been kind to you
You will learn
It is here we go our several ways
Farewell, Anthony
I shall not soon forget the good ship Bountiful nor the young man who saved my life
Alms! Alms!
For a miserable woman
On a miserable chilly morning
Oh, thank yer, sir, thank yer
'Ow would you like a little muff, dear
A little jig jig
A little bounce around the bush?
Wouldn't you like to push me parsley?
It looks to me, dear
Like you got plenty there to push
Alms! Alms!
For a pitiful woman
Wot's got wanderin' wits-
Hey, don't I know you, mister?
Must you glare at me, woman? Off with you! Off, I say!
Then 'ow would you like to sniff me muff, mister?
We'll go jig jig
A little-
Off, I said
To the devil with you!
Alms! Alms!
For a desperate woman
Pardon me, sir, but there's no need to fear the likes of her
She was only a half-crazed beggar woman London's full of them
There's a hole in the world
Like a great black pit
And the vermin of the world
Inhabit it
And its morals aren't worth
What a pig could spit
And it goes by the name of London
At the top of the hole
Sit the privileged few
Making mock of the vermin
In the lower zoo
Turning beauty into filth and greed
I too
Have sailed the world and seen its wonders
For the cruelty of men
Is as wondrous as Peru
But there's no place like London!
From the Dardanelles
To the mountains of Peru
But there's no place like London!
I feel home again
I could hear the city bells
Ring whatever I would do
No, there's no place-
Like London
Mr. Todd, sir?
You are young
Life has been kind to you
You will learn
It is here we go our several ways
Farewell, Anthony
I shall not soon forget the good ship Bountiful nor the young man who saved my life
Alms! Alms!
For a miserable woman
On a miserable chilly morning
Oh, thank yer, sir, thank yer
'Ow would you like a little muff, dear
A little jig jig
A little bounce around the bush?
Wouldn't you like to push me parsley?
It looks to me, dear
Like you got plenty there to push
Alms! Alms!
For a pitiful woman
Wot's got wanderin' wits-
Hey, don't I know you, mister?
Must you glare at me, woman? Off with you! Off, I say!
Then 'ow would you like to sniff me muff, mister?
We'll go jig jig
A little-
Off, I said
To the devil with you!
Alms! Alms!
For a desperate woman
Pardon me, sir, but there's no need to fear the likes of her
She was only a half-crazed beggar woman London's full of them
There's a hole in the world
Like a great black pit
And the vermin of the world
Inhabit it
And its morals aren't worth
What a pig could spit
And it goes by the name of London
At the top of the hole
Sit the privileged few
Making mock of the vermin
In the lower zoo
Turning beauty into filth and greed
I too
Have sailed the world and seen its wonders
For the cruelty of men
Is as wondrous as Peru
But there's no place like London!
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No Place Like London [2023 Broadway Cast Recording] Lyrics as written by Stephen Sondheim
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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Antony: I have sailed the world, Beheld its wonders. From the Dardanelles, To the mountains of Peru, But there's no place like London!
Sweeney Todd: No place like London... You are young... Life has been kind to you... You will learn.
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit And the vermin of the world inhabit it And its morals aren't worth what a pig can spit And it goes by the name of London! At the top of the hole sit the previleged few, Making mock of the vermin in the lonely zoo, Turning beauty to filth and greed... I too have sailed the world and seen its wonders, For the cruelty of men is as wonderous as Peru But there's no place like London!
There was a barber and his wife And she was beautiful... A foolish barber and his wife. She was his reason and his life... And she was beautiful, and she was virtuous. And he was naive. There was another man who saw That she was beautiful... A biased vulture of the law Who, with a gesture of his claw Removed the barber from his plate! And there was nothing but to wait! And she would fall! So soft! So young! So lost and oh... so beautiful!
Oh, that was many years ago... I doubt if anyone would know.
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!