"I'm coming up only
to hold
you under.
I'm coming up only
to show
you wrong."
-Band of Horses
I love this. I mean, I love Band of Horses, I love the music, and I love-love the lyrics. I don't even get lyrics, usually. I'm not a poem person, I'm not deep like that; I'm either deep in some other way, or I'm not deep at all. But these words, look at them. Say them to yourself. How cool are they? What a weird and clear motivation for someone. "I'm coming up only to hold you under." Oooh. Can you feel it? I imagine there's this guy, and he's drowning, he's going down. And he doesn't have enough energy left to save himself, but then he sees this other guy making it to the top of the water, and he knows this guy, and he knows he can't let that happen. So he finds within himself something that was not there when it was only his life at stake, but there it is when he sees this guy getting away, and he gets himself to the top of the water so that he can put his hand on this guy's head and just push him down into the water. Yikes! What a character! What a wonderful example of a strong, compelling story. Why? Why is he coming up only to hold this other person under? What has this other guy done? What could he possibly have done? And how can I make a movie about it? If only.
Listen to the song. You're going to be a fan.
2 comments:
I <3 stealing -- I mean using as inspiration! -- song lyrics for stories. :-) I wrote a short story based on a Regina Spektor song. The entire plot of my script THE AFFAIR OF MONSIEUR VALENTINE was first inspired by the two lines from the Spoon song "The Two Sides of Monsieur Valentine." See, I even stole (borrowed!) the character name. Yup. So, who knows? Maybe you will make a movie out of it eventually. But ON TREE$ comes first! :-)
Yes, my fearless Manager, On Tree$ comes first!
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