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(eerie music playing)

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(theme from
( the twilight zoneplaying)

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(heartbeat)

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(funeral organ music playing)

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my deepest sympathy.

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a lovely service,
reverend.

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terrible loss.

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yes.

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are you related
to the deceased?

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no, not at all.

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oh, a friend of the family,
then.

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no, actually,
i don't know anyone here.

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they're all
strangers to me.

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but it was still
a very lovely service.

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barbara lemay,
the woman in black.

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out of place in a world
of colors and sounds and life.

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a woman caught
between fascination

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and something more profound
and less earthly.

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barbara lemay,
with one foot in the grave.

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the other firmly planted
in the twilight zone.

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barbara:
as i was saying,

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a lovely service.

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there must have been
at least 150 people there.

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they had a reception afterwards

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and they served

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the most delicious
finger sandwiches.

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so, who was the service for?

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i didn't know we knew
anyone who had died.

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i'm not certain.

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you know how i am
with names.

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you mean you...

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mother, you have got
to stop going to funerals

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for people
you don't even know.

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why?

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well, because it's wrong,
that's all.

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they had white roses.

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oh, you should have seen them.

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white roses tied
with tiny red ribbons.

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silk, i think
they were.

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one for each year.

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there was music

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and there was such words spoken.

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such love.

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when i go,

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i think i would
very much want

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a service like that.

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would you see
to it, dear?

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mother, will you please stop it.

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you know, i don't like
to hear you talk like this.

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jason, these things happen.

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we hate to think about them...

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no, you don't hate
to think about them,

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youlove
to think about them.

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otherwise, every time i see you,
every other word is death.

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mom, when i asked you
out to the coast

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to see margie and the kids,

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you couldn't.

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you couldn't come

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because you couldn't make
any long-term plans.

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how the hell am i supposed
to explain that to them?

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"i'm sorry, grandma can't
come for thanksgiving

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"because she isn't sure

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whether she'll be
alive or not"?

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you hurt them.

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i'm sorry.

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i really am.

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i know. i know.

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i just wish you'd
stop all this.

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let some light in here.

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get some air.

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mother, this... this obsession
of yours is not good.

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it's not healthy.

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it's morbid.

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mom, i love you very much.

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and i want you to see your
grandchildren grow up.

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i'll try.

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i will, really.

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okay.

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oh, i'm sorry.

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i got to go.

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plane to catch.

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then you go.

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and you give my love
to margie and ben and susan.

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i'll be fine.

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really.

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(thunder crashes)

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(glass breaks)

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hello?

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is anyone there?

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(thunder crashing)

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don't move!

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don't call the cops

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or i'll kill you,
i swear.

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(thunder crashes)

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who are...?

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shh.

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don't try to talk.

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i did what i could,

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but i think it's bad.

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i'd better call the hospital.

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no.

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don't want to die
in no hospital.

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i'm dying, ain't i?

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i'm not an expert.

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but, yes,
i think you are dying.

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while you were out,

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i turned on the radio.

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they mentioned a robbery
at an all-night liquor store.

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twenty-seven dollars in change.

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ain't that something?

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i'll get you some water.

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no...

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please.

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don't worry.

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i won't leave you alone.

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i understand.

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perhaps better than you know.

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i'll wait with you.

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we'll both...

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wait...

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together.

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(thunder crashes)

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(clock ticking)

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you're here... aren't you?

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yes, i'm here.

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(thunder crashing)

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(thunder rumbling)

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i can see you.

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are you surprised?

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no.

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no, i suppose you wouldn't be.

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we spend so much time
together, you and i.

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it must make one
more sensitive.

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yes.

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i was
in the hospital once.

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the woman
in the room next to me

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died in the night.

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i felt you nearby.

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robber:
who are you
talking to?

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no one, trent.

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no one.

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it's all right.

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trent:
it's so cold.

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he can't see you.

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i won't exist for him
until his time.

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where do you take us?

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to a better place?

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sometimes.

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it must be beautiful.

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well, it's a place
like any other.

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(moaning)

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oh, no, please.

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please, wait, wait.

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why don't you take me
instead of him?

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what's he to you?

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nothing.

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no one.

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but he can't see
the beauty in you.

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i can.

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i see it
in so many ways.

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the peace.

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the freedom.

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the tranquility.

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the poignant, fragile beauty
of that one final exhalation.

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the gathering
of the soul.

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the ceremony of...

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it's his time.

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oh, but he can't appreciate you
as i can.

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i have no one here,
not anymore.

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no.

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why?

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i cannot take life
where none exists.

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i've seen you
in so many places.

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you've called my name
so many times.

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you have worshipped at my altar.

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you've walked in my shadow.

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seen my reflection
in others' faces

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and still,
it's not enough.

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you don't run from my touch.

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you seek
to embrace it.

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but i could no more take you
than i could take this table.

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for neither
of you lives.

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i don't understand.

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(trent moans)

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(gasping for air)

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see how he resists me,
even now?

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he clings to life,
for in each second

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is the possibility of joy,
however often defeated.

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even now, this close to me,
he's more alive

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than you.

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i bring you peace.

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sleep.

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don't be afraid.

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i alone will never leave you.

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you can't do this.

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you can't just leave.

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we've been together so much.

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that would be cruel.

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what do you want me to do?

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go and feed the pigeons
in the park?

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is that living?

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i don't have anyone.

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don't you understand?

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my son...
he doesn't need me anymore.

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everyone i knew is gone.

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my husband, my friends.

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they're with you.

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you took them away from me

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and now you won't even take me.

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why?

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why?

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am i not...
am i not good enough?

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am i not pretty enough?

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i'm sorry i yelled.

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please.

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stay with me just a moment.

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(thunder rumbles)

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man:
you've got a lot of courage,
mrs. lemay.

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dead phone or not,

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most folks would have
been out of here in a second

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as soon as he fell.

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he was harmless.

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and he was in pain.

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well, not anymore.

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00:15:06,271 --> 00:15:09,107
guess that's what
they say, isn't it?

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the only two constants
being death and taxes?

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not always.

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(humming)

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(humming)

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(crickets chirping)

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have i hurt you?

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no.

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00:16:10,035 --> 00:16:12,170
yes.

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00:16:12,704 --> 00:16:14,589
how?

235
00:16:15,207 --> 00:16:17,876
it wasn't
my intention.

236
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no, it never is.

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i've been asking myself
the same question.

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it's just that one by one,

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everyone i knew went away.

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they went with you.

241
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i suppose, in my funny way,
i became... jealous.

242
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you took them away,
and if i couldn't have them,

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then i wanted you, too.

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so, i began spending
all of my time

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thinking about you.

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and i started to see
why they went with you.

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it was
their time.

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i suppose it was.

249
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but there was more to it
than that.

250
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i saw it in their faces
after they had seen you.

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no more pain.

252
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no more weariness.

253
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no sadness, no loss.

254
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only peace.

255
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in the end, you're all we have,

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aren't you?

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when my husband was dying,
he suffered so much

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and i couldn't do anything
to help him.

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but you did.

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i remember.

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i think it was then

262
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that i began
to feel love for you.

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after you left...

264
00:18:01,863 --> 00:18:09,371
well, there are quite a number
of pain pills in the cabinet

265
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left over from some
problem a while back.

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i considered taking all of them.

267
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whatever you say,

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even you can't stop me
from making it my time,

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can you?

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but i couldn't do it.

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not with you.

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i suppose it seemed too forward.

273
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i was never very good
at being aggressive.

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nothing's changed, it seems.

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i'm not even very good at...

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(very softly):
dying.

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i've often heard it said
among the living:

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"there are
always possibilities."

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take my hand.

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now, in this last moment,

281
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are you afraid of me?

282
00:19:29,868 --> 00:19:32,871
oh, no.

283
00:19:36,641 --> 00:19:40,078
where are we going?

284
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where you are
most needed.

285
00:19:44,999 --> 00:19:48,753
doctor:
i'm afraid he doesn't
have much time left.

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00:19:48,753 --> 00:19:50,538
(heart monitor
beeping rhythmically)

287
00:19:52,874 --> 00:19:56,878
is it... dark in here?

288
00:19:56,878 --> 00:19:58,880
yes, it is.

289
00:19:58,880 --> 00:20:00,882
i'll try
to find someone...

290
00:20:00,882 --> 00:20:04,386
no, please, don't go.

291
00:20:04,386 --> 00:20:07,889
it will be all right.

292
00:20:07,889 --> 00:20:09,391
i have to go.

293
00:20:09,391 --> 00:20:10,392
no, please.

294
00:20:10,392 --> 00:20:12,026
i'll be right back.

295
00:20:12,026 --> 00:20:13,762
wait.

296
00:20:18,116 --> 00:20:20,135
better?

297
00:20:22,637 --> 00:20:25,757
(crying)

298
00:20:25,757 --> 00:20:28,510
i'm sorry.

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00:20:29,010 --> 00:20:32,514
i'm afraid.

300
00:20:34,849 --> 00:20:36,985
don't be afraid.

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i bring you peace

302
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and sleep

303
00:20:41,022 --> 00:20:46,094
and i alone will
never leave you.

304
00:20:51,716 --> 00:20:57,021
(heart monitor
beeping steady tone)

305
00:21:00,024 --> 00:21:02,026
well, you did fine.

306
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i'm so happy.

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incident in a hospital room.

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part of the status quo
of life and death.

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a visitation accompanied

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by cold winds and warm hands
locked in a midnight embrace

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in the twilight zone.