[Verse 1] On Fleet Street, the boards all creak A blade at rest, but not for long He hums so low, he speaks in steel With a grin that feels so wrong The chair is waiting by the wall The room holds breath, the air goes thin You hear that tread on the upstairs hall Then the night lets Sweeney in [Pre-Chorus] Step by step He closes in One more knock And you're in his grin [Chorus] Sweeney Todd Sweeney Todd Sharp as sin In the dark, he calls Sweeney Todd Sweeney Todd Hear that blade When the last bell falls [Verse 2] The barber's hands are calm and white But nothing good stays in his chair A broken vow, a vanished life Still hangs like smoke in rotten air Below the shop, the oven glows A hungry mouth beneath the floor And every secret that he knows Just makes him want revenge more [Pre-Chorus] Step by step He closes in One more knock And you're in his grin [Chorus] Sweeney Todd Sweeney Todd Sharp as sin In the dark, he calls Sweeney Todd Sweeney Todd Hear that blade When the last bell falls [Bridge] A mother waits, a child cries out The city turns its face away He carved his grief into the doubt And fed the night another day [Final Chorus] Sweeney Todd Sweeney Todd Sharp as sin In the dark, he calls Sweeney Todd Sweeney Todd Hear that blade When the last bell falls Sweeney Todd Sweeney Todd Lock your door When the last bell falls
