Corpse Bride (2005)
Jane Horrocks: Black Widow Spider, Mrs. Plum
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Quotes
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Bonejangles : Hit it, boys. Hey! Give me a listen, you corpses of cheer,/Least those of you who still got an ear./I'll tell you a story make a skeleton cry/Of our own jubiliciously lovely corpse bride!
[the camera zooms in on Emily, who smiles wistfully]
Bone Boys : Die, die, we all pass away/But don't wear a frown 'cause it's really okay/And you might try and hide/And you might try and pray/But we all end up the remains of the day/Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah...
Bonejangles : Well, our girl was a beauty known for miles around/When a mysterious stranger came into town./He was plenty good-lookin', but down on his cash./And our poor little baby, she fell hard and fast
[as he sings this, he dips the Corpse Bride]
Bonejangles : When her daddy said no, she just couldn't cope/So our lovers came up with a plan to elope!
Bone Boys : Die, die, we all pass away/But don't wear a frown 'cause it's really okay/And you might try and hide/And you might try and pray/But we all end up the remains of the day/Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah...
Bonejangles : [after instrumental] That's right. Okay. Oh, yeah. Come on, boys, pick it up. Yeah. Like it. Okay, Chancy, take it. Yeah. Yeah! That's nice. Yeah. So they conjured up a plan to meet late at night./They told not a soul, kept the whole thing tight./Now her mother's wedding dress fit like a glove./You don't need much when you're really in love./Except for a few things, or so I'm told,/Like the family jewls and a sachel of gold./Then next to the graveyard by the old oak tree,/On a dark foggy night at a quarter to three,/She was ready to go, but where was he?
Short Dead Cook : And then?
Bonejangles : She waited.
Short Dead Cook , Mrs. Plum : And then?
Bonejangles : There in the shadows, was it her man?
Short Dead Cook , Mrs. Plum , Tall Dead Cook : And then?
Bonejangles : Her little heart beat so loud!
Short Dead Cook , Mrs. Plum , Tall Dead Cook , Paul The Head Waiter : And then?
Bonejangles : And then, baby, everything went black./Now when she opened her eyes she was dead as dust./Her jewels were missin' and her heart was bust./So she made a vow lyin' under that tree/That she'd wait for her true love to come set her free./Always waiting for someone to ask for her hand./Then out of the blue comes this groovy young man/Who vows forever to be by her side./And that's the story of our own corpse bride!
Bone Boys : Die, die, we all pass away/But don't wear a frown 'cause it's really okay/And you might try and hide/And you might try and pray/But we all end up the remains of the day/Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
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Maggot : [singing] What does that wispy little brat have that you don't have double?
Black Widow Spider : [singing] She can't hold a candle to the beauty of your smile!
The Corpse Bride : How about a pulse?
Maggot : Overrated by a mile!
Maggot , Black Widow Spider : [singing] Overvalued! Overblown! If he only knew the you that we know!
Black Widow Spider : [singing] And that silly little creature isn't wearing his ring.
Maggot : [singing] And she doesn't play piano,
Maggot , Black Widow Spider : [singing] Or dance, or sing. No she doesn't compare!
The Corpse Bride : But she still breaths air...
Maggot , Black Widow Spider : Who cares?
Maggot : Unimportant!
Maggot , Black Widow Spider : [singing] Overrated! Overblown! If only he could see how special you can be; if he only knew the you that we know.
The Corpse Bride : [singing] If I touch a burning candle, I can feel no pain. If you cut me with a knife, it's still the same. And I know her heart is beating, and I know that I am dead; yet the pain here that I feel, try and tell me it's not real, and it seems that I still have a tear to shed.
Maggot : [singing] The sole redeeming feature from that little creature is that she's alive.
Black Widow Spider : Overrated!
Maggot : Overblown!
Black Widow Spider : [singing] Everybody knows that's just a temporary state, which is cured very quickly when we meet our fate.
Maggot : Who cares?
Black Widow Spider : Unimportant!
Maggot , Black Widow Spider : [singing] Overrated! Overblown! If only he could see how special you can be; if he only knew the you that we know.
The Corpse Bride : If I touch a burning candle, I can feel no pain. In the ice or in the sun, it's all the same. Yet I feel my heart is aching; thou it doesn't beat, it's breaking; and the pain here that I feel, try and tell me it's not real. I know that I am dead; yet it seems that I still have some tears to shed.
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Black Widow Spider : Married, huh? I'm a widow.
[Victor runs away]
Black Widow Spider : Oh, how rude! He went that way!
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Mrs. Plum : New arrival!
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The Corpse Bride : He just walked off without saying a word. Are all men like this?
Mrs. Plum : Well, I'm afraid none of them are very bright. They got something stuck in their heads, and you can't do a thing with them.
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Black Widow Spider : [speaking to Emily regarding Victoria] Oh, those girls are ten a penny. You've got so much more. You've got - you've got - you've got a wonderful personality!
