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On the way to the bus stop,
Bill saw somebody he recognized
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walking towards him, but he
couldn't remember his name.
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He began to think of things
to say when they'd be
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close enough
to acknowledge each other.
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As they drew nearer,
their eyes locked,
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uncertain if the other
was gonna stop to talk.
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The person greeted Bill
as Bill mixed up the phrases
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"What's up" with
"How's it going?"
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Confused, the person
blurted out "Thanks"
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before he knew
what he was saying.
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Words caught in Bill's throat
and he replied, "Weh."
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They did a sort of
awkward half turn,
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and then continued on
now confident
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that the other was not gonna
stop to talk.
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They never saw each other again,
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and a day later had each
forgotten the whole thing.
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Later that night, Bill sat down
and put on a big sweater,
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but it only made him sleepy.
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In the supermarket,
Bill was always very careful
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to select fruit from only
the back of the produce piles,
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as the fruit in the front
was at crotch level
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to the other customers.
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♪
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An old man who smelled of
gasoline held up an onion
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and said, "Big onion,"
to no one in particular.
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He smiled at Bill
and Bill looked at his socks.
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At the checkout counter,
Bill found himself
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behind a big guy
whose T-shirt read,
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"Second Place
is the First Loser."
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The checkout girl said,
"How are you doing today?"
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Bill said, "Fine, thanks,
how are you?"
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She didn't answer.
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Bill felt used.
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As he waited for his next bus,
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Bill stared at
a torn shopping bag
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that was blowing in the wind
on the end of a broken pole
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and anxiously sucked blood
out of a sore
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in the corner of his mouth.
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(men singing opera)
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♪
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♪
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♪
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Bill dropped his keys
on the counter
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and stood there
staring at them,
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suddenly thinking about
all the times
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he'd thrown his keys there
before
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and how many days of his life
were wasted
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repeating the same tasks
and rituals in his apartment
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over and over again.
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But then he wondered if,
realistically,
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this was his life,
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and the unusual part was his
time spent doing other things.
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(scrubbing)
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♪
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Bill sat down and read
a celebrity interview.
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Then he watched the ants
crawl around in his sink.
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(fluttering noise)
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That night, Bill dreamt
of a monstrous fish head
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that fed upon his skull.
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(eerie exhale)
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(low guttural sound)
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In the morning,
Bill felt really tired
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even though
he'd just been sleeping.
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His calendar had a photo of
a manatee on it for the month.
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It always seemed as though
the manatee was staring at him.
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Bill sat in the living room
with a giant box of crackers.
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He thought some food
might help him get going,
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but felt kind of strange eating
in front of the television
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without having it on.
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Pretty soon he was watching
a boxing match
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on a Mexican channel.
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He'd been watching
a lot of boxing lately,
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but didn't really know why.
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In the fourth round, there was
an accidental head butt
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that split open one of the
fighter's heads pretty badly.
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They showed it over and over
again in slow motion.
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Before he knew it,
Bill had eaten
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the entire box of crackers.
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He felt really lousy
and didn't want to get up.
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He had a sudden urge
to talk to somebody,
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so Bill phoned
his ex-girlfriend
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and told her about the manatee
on his calendar.
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"Did you ever see the movie
about the giant manatee
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that attacked a city?"
she asked.
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"I think you mean giant mantis,"
said Bill.
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"Oh yeah," she said.
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"Giant mantis."
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(groaning)
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The next morning,
Bill felt even worse.
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Downtown, the hot smell
of manure
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blew past him as he walked.
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Bill soon came upon
three dead horses in the road,
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apparently struck down
by a large moving vehicle.
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"Well," he thought, "That would
explain the smell then."
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♪
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He met his ex-girlfriend
during her lunch break
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and they took a walk
to the park.
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He noticed that every time
he was near her,
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she sort of moved away with a
tight-lipped smile on her face
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as though everything
were okay.
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Mostly they talked
about death.
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They agreed that being buried
seemed too claustrophobic,
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and Bill didn't want
to be cremated
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after he'd read that
the intense heat
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boils fluids in the skull
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until your head explodes.
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He decided that he'd want
his body shot off into space
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in a rocket ship.
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He figured it'd be too expensive
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to launch the weight
of his entire body,
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but maybe just sending his head
into space would be good enough,
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preferably in front of
a little window.
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His ex-girlfriend said
she'd be really creeped out
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if she knew Bill's severed head
was floating around
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above her in space.
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Bill was given a new booklet
at the clinic
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discussing potential memory loss
in his treatment.
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Inside was a cartoon character
saying,
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"I don't know about you folks,
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but I could lose my keys
eatin' breakfast."
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His neighbor, trying to be
helpful but failing,
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cornered Bill in the parking lot
to explain
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how cryogenic scientists
could freeze his brain in ice
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until a point in the future
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when microscopic robots
could repair it.
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Bill daydreamed about
all the brains in jars
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he used to see at school,
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how he used to wonder
whether there were still
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somehow pieces of individuals
inside,
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scattered fragments of
partial dreams or lost memories
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lodged deep within
that dead tissue,
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or whether this entire archive
is immediately erased
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the moment that the body fails.
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He began to think of people
in a new light,
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how everyone's just little more
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than that frightened,
fragile brain stem
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surrounded by meat
and physics,
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too terrified to recognize
the sum of their parts,
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insulated in the shells
of their skulls
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and lower middle class houses,
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afraid of change,
afraid of decisions,
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afraid of pain,
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stuck in traffic
listening to terrible music.
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(cheesy disco music)
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His neighbor stared at him
and said,
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"Last night I dreamt
all my toes fell off."
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On the way to his front door,
Bill's other neighbor said,
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"Sup," as in "what's up?"
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Inside, he noticed a weird
wet spot on his mattress
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that he didn't remember
being there before.
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Bill watched part of
a documentary program
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about a 5,000-year-old ice man
that was found in Italy.
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Scientists explored its colon
and everything
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on live television.
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♪
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Bill wondered if the ice man
could have ever imagined
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this would one day
have happened to him.
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(projector being turned off)
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♪
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That night, Bill dreamt
he was at the seaside,
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desperately throwing dead bodies
off of a little boat.
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(splash)
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(seagulls cawing)
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Bill took a walk in the park
to try and get some fresh air.
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He noticed somebody
had written
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"I Love You"
in the playground sand,
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and he thought that was
really beautiful.
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As he continued on,
a sudden dribble of urine
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shot down his pant leg.
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That was unexpected.
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Then some little fat kid
with a deformed foot
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tried to sell him
a magazine subscription.
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Bill looked at the list
of magazines for sale
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and angrily wondered why they
didn't offer any Asian porn.
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Then he wondered why
he wondered that.
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On his way to the clinic,
he found he had a little trouble
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understanding people.
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(loud discordant sounds)
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Even his pamphlet
seemed different.
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The guy next to him
at the bus stop
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had the head of a cow,
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but Bill pretended
not to notice.
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His doctor said he had
some discouraging news.
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The latest tests ruled out
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the possibility
of further surgeries,
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and his current treatment
didn't seem to be making
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any progress.
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He wanted to start Bill
on something new.
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He couldn't think of any reason
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why Bill should be seeing
things, though,
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and asked him
a series of questions.
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(loud, discordant sounds)
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(soft ambient noise)
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(distant footsteps)
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(birds chirping)
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Bill picked up
his new medication,
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went home,
and masturbated for seven hours.
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♪
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He woke up the following morning
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and thought his room
seemed different.
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(loud discordant sounds)
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♪
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His mouth was bleeding.
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Four of his teeth
had fallen out in the night.
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They looked sort of like
dog teeth.
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Everyone in the supermarket
looked like some sort of demon,
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and they all had gigantic
bacteria-ridden crotches
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buried in all
the god damn produce.
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(flies buzzing)
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It felt like his whole body
was sparkling,
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his shoes felt as though
they were filling with blood,
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and his hands smelled like
copper.
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(men singing opera)
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(zapping)
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♪
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When he got home, he found
a pair of Lion King slippers
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in his closet,
but had no idea whose they were
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or how they got in there.
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(crickets chirping)
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(distant horn honking)
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♪
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The pipe is leaking!
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♪
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The pipe is leaking!
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Bill could read the thoughts
of his waitress,
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who wore too much eye makeup
and had no self esteem.
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Outside, horribly deformed birds
checked their voicemail.
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I am made nervous by a clone...
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I'm a little princess,
I sure am.
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(voices layering)
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The effects of tranquilizers
on ant health
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at higher altitudes
are unpredictable.
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Why don't you come over here
and sit on my lap?
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After lunch, Bill put on
the Lion King slippers
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and flew to the bus stop.
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(discordant sounds)
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Bill dropped his keys
and stood there staring...
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suddenly thinking about
all the times
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he'd thrown his keys
there before,
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and how many days of his life
were wasted,
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but then he wondered if,
realistically,
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this was his life...
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(narrator's voice layering)
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This was his life.
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This was his life.
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("This was his life" layers)
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(audio slows down)
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♪
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(whispering voice)
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(robotic voice)
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(maniacal laughter)
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(static)
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♪
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(screaming)
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(discordant sounds)
258
00:12:41,248 --> 00:12:43,448
(slowed down audio)
259
00:12:43,495 --> 00:12:45,445
(woman singing opera)
260
00:12:45,490 --> 00:12:47,900
(laser fire sound effect)
261
00:12:47,942 --> 00:12:50,602
The power of Christ compels you!
262
00:12:50,646 --> 00:12:53,716
The power of Christ
compels you!
263
00:12:53,766 --> 00:12:58,206
(slowed down roar)
264
00:12:58,255 --> 00:12:59,415
(roaring)
265
00:13:00,456 --> 00:13:02,906
(roaring)
266
00:13:02,956 --> 00:13:09,356
♪
267
00:13:09,399 --> 00:13:11,849
(distant heartbeat)
268
00:13:11,893 --> 00:13:14,553
(persistent high-pitched noise)
269
00:13:18,752 --> 00:13:21,412
(heartbeat speeds up)
270
00:13:31,528 --> 00:13:34,188
(street noise)
271
00:13:40,563 --> 00:13:43,563
His mother came to take care
of him all the way from Omaha.
272
00:13:43,598 --> 00:13:46,588
She was a waitress
and often smelled of baby powder
273
00:13:46,636 --> 00:13:48,546
and cheese.
274
00:13:48,588 --> 00:13:50,668
They spent a lot of time
together doing puzzles
275
00:13:50,709 --> 00:13:52,749
and watching television.
276
00:13:52,789 --> 00:13:55,249
(jubilant shrieking)
277
00:13:55,286 --> 00:13:58,316
One morning, as Bill was staring
at the patterns in the carpet,
278
00:13:58,363 --> 00:14:01,313
she noticed a loose thread
in his collar.
279
00:14:01,355 --> 00:14:05,255
♪
280
00:14:07,405 --> 00:14:07,945
(hisses)
281
00:14:07,987 --> 00:14:09,397
(clattering)
282
00:14:12,559 --> 00:14:15,139
"How could you think
I'd ever want to hurt you?"
283
00:14:15,178 --> 00:14:18,838
she said,
and crumpled to the floor.
284
00:14:20,334 --> 00:14:23,874
In that moment, Bill thought
she looked really old.
285
00:14:27,526 --> 00:14:31,846
Sometimes the fluids in the IV
put a funny taste in his mouth.
286
00:14:33,764 --> 00:14:37,674
Bill awoke to beautiful sunlight
streaming through his window.
287
00:14:37,715 --> 00:14:39,165
He tried to climb through it
288
00:14:39,207 --> 00:14:41,617
but didn't have the strength
to stand.
289
00:14:41,664 --> 00:14:47,404
♪
290
00:14:47,444 --> 00:14:49,654
(beeping)
291
00:14:49,689 --> 00:14:59,709
♪
292
00:14:59,751 --> 00:15:11,561
♪
293
00:15:11,603 --> 00:15:14,063
(beeping)
294
00:15:14,097 --> 00:15:19,747
♪
295
00:15:24,629 --> 00:15:27,499
(gentle breeze blowing)
296
00:15:27,542 --> 00:15:30,582
The next morning,
Bill actually felt pretty good.
297
00:15:30,620 --> 00:15:33,530
The day after that,
he felt even better.
298
00:15:33,572 --> 00:15:35,902
Then he felt
a lot worse.
299
00:15:35,941 --> 00:15:39,021
But the following day,
Bill felt just fine.
300
00:15:39,058 --> 00:15:42,128
"I'm sorry, I just don't know
what to make of it,"
301
00:15:42,176 --> 00:15:43,296
his doctor said.
302
00:15:43,342 --> 00:15:46,042
"Maybe Bill's body
is simply rallying
303
00:15:46,084 --> 00:15:48,544
before finally giving up."
304
00:15:48,581 --> 00:15:51,451
His uncle, whom Bill had not
even noticed in the room,
305
00:15:51,491 --> 00:15:54,031
had taken a lot of time
off work to fly in
306
00:15:54,067 --> 00:15:56,147
all the way from Tulsa.
307
00:15:56,191 --> 00:15:59,971
He looked vaguely annoyed.
308
00:16:00,013 --> 00:16:02,433
(birds chirping)
309
00:16:07,416 --> 00:16:08,946
After another two days,
310
00:16:08,996 --> 00:16:11,236
they concluded
Bill was not going to die,
311
00:16:11,280 --> 00:16:14,490
so his mother had all the
flowers removed from his room.
312
00:16:17,394 --> 00:16:20,354
She also had to have his casket
returned at great expense
313
00:16:20,387 --> 00:16:22,167
and inconvenience.
314
00:16:22,215 --> 00:16:24,125
(traffic sounds)
315
00:16:24,173 --> 00:16:25,713
♪
316
00:16:25,751 --> 00:16:28,911
Bill had to go back to work
the following Tuesday.
317
00:16:28,951 --> 00:16:31,531
It rained for
the entire bus ride.
318
00:16:31,575 --> 00:16:41,545
♪
319
00:16:41,593 --> 00:16:51,573
♪
320
00:16:51,611 --> 00:17:01,511
♪
321
00:17:01,551 --> 00:17:11,571
♪
322
00:17:11,612 --> 00:17:21,512
♪
323
00:17:21,949 --> 00:17:31,469
♪
324
00:17:31,513 --> 00:17:33,473
(bus idling)
325
00:17:33,511 --> 00:17:35,921
(bus driving)
326
00:17:38,665 --> 00:17:41,365
(sounds of the ocean)
327
00:18:12,716 --> 00:18:16,666
Last week, Bill's class
took a field trip to the beach.
328
00:18:16,709 --> 00:18:19,249
His half brother Randall
came along,
329
00:18:19,285 --> 00:18:22,945
a little boy in the special
class with aluminum hook arms
330
00:18:22,987 --> 00:18:26,477
whose mind was as misshapen
as his legs.
331
00:18:26,523 --> 00:18:27,643
(metallic clattering)
332
00:18:27,685 --> 00:18:29,425
No one at school
really knew him
333
00:18:29,474 --> 00:18:31,144
because he always rode
a separate bus
334
00:18:31,178 --> 00:18:32,968
and was taught to stand
within the confines
335
00:18:33,008 --> 00:18:36,288
of a tetherball circle
every recess.
336
00:18:36,336 --> 00:18:39,116
In the late afternoon,
Randall was over with the adults
337
00:18:39,160 --> 00:18:41,280
when he spotted a gull overhead.
338
00:18:41,321 --> 00:18:42,491
His eyes burst with emotion
339
00:18:42,529 --> 00:18:44,939
and he suddenly took off
stumbling after it.
340
00:18:44,981 --> 00:18:47,561
Tears streaming down
his little face,
341
00:18:47,603 --> 00:18:49,393
he stretched his aluminum hooks
342
00:18:49,430 --> 00:18:51,350
as wide as he could
towards the sun,
343
00:18:51,387 --> 00:18:54,667
howling, "Boon, boon,"
344
00:18:54,714 --> 00:18:57,914
and disappeared
into the deep blue sea.
345
00:18:57,957 --> 00:19:00,737
♪
346
00:19:00,783 --> 00:19:04,363
The other kids were surprised
he could even run that fast.
347
00:19:04,401 --> 00:19:05,771
♪
348
00:19:05,813 --> 00:19:07,563
Bill's mother
put a heavy coat over him
349
00:19:07,602 --> 00:19:09,352
whenever he left the house
350
00:19:09,387 --> 00:19:10,507
for fear that he might
fall victim
351
00:19:10,552 --> 00:19:13,802
to something called
"walking pneumonia."
352
00:19:13,840 --> 00:19:16,630
She started doing this
the winter after losing Randall,
353
00:19:16,666 --> 00:19:20,076
but then made him wear it every
day for the next five years.
354
00:19:20,118 --> 00:19:22,528
In the summers,
he also had to wear a helmet
355
00:19:22,568 --> 00:19:25,188
and asbestos safety gloves.
356
00:19:25,231 --> 00:19:27,561
These were the days
she rarely left the house
357
00:19:27,600 --> 00:19:29,930
and shaved the cat
on weekends.
358
00:19:29,967 --> 00:19:32,257
On his sixth birthday,
his mother gave him
359
00:19:32,299 --> 00:19:34,289
a postage stamp
and a piece of yarn
360
00:19:34,335 --> 00:19:36,415
and hugged him
for five minutes.
361
00:19:36,459 --> 00:19:39,239
♪
362
00:19:39,285 --> 00:19:40,905
His parents argued again
that night
363
00:19:40,947 --> 00:19:42,897
and she threw meat.
364
00:19:42,944 --> 00:19:44,734
His stepfather stormed
to the door
365
00:19:44,770 --> 00:19:47,810
where he turned his face up
towards a hole in the ceiling
366
00:19:47,849 --> 00:19:52,839
and yelled, "I just can't handle
this god damned woman,"
367
00:19:52,879 --> 00:19:54,789
and left.
368
00:19:54,835 --> 00:19:56,365
(door slams)
369
00:19:56,415 --> 00:19:59,285
She stared at the front door
and rocked there in place
370
00:19:59,325 --> 00:20:05,055
saying, "Aaa, aaa, aaa,
aaa, aaa, aaa, aaa."
371
00:20:05,104 --> 00:20:06,394
Every now and then at school,
372
00:20:06,436 --> 00:20:09,796
he'd find a note from her
in his lunch box.
373
00:20:09,846 --> 00:20:19,116
♪
374
00:20:19,157 --> 00:20:21,567
(water running)
375
00:20:25,354 --> 00:20:28,354
His hair was finally growing
back.
376
00:20:39,532 --> 00:20:42,112
After completing the clinic's
daily memory quiz,
377
00:20:42,152 --> 00:20:46,102
Bill went to the city and saw
ants take apart a dead bird.
378
00:20:46,141 --> 00:20:48,551
(footsteps)
379
00:20:50,676 --> 00:20:53,956
Yesterday, he spent 30 seconds
trying to open his front door
380
00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:56,330
with his mailbox key.
381
00:20:56,373 --> 00:20:59,333
It's been over a year now
since his diagnosis,
382
00:20:59,367 --> 00:21:01,147
when they'd stayed up late
drinking
383
00:21:01,192 --> 00:21:03,362
and Bill slept
on the couch.
384
00:21:05,352 --> 00:21:07,472
In the morning,
he sat on the toilet seat
385
00:21:07,514 --> 00:21:10,384
and quietly watched her
put on her makeup.
386
00:21:10,425 --> 00:21:14,205
That afternoon,
she told him it was over.
387
00:21:14,252 --> 00:21:17,082
In the hardware store,
a nice kid with a skin condition
388
00:21:17,121 --> 00:21:21,031
helps Bill find the right
battery for his wall clock.
389
00:21:21,071 --> 00:21:22,651
He had taken a walk
to the park
390
00:21:22,689 --> 00:21:26,269
but didn't really know
what to do with his day there.
391
00:21:26,307 --> 00:21:31,087
At home, he makes toast
but changes his mind.
392
00:21:31,129 --> 00:21:33,289
He's been having trouble
sleeping again,
393
00:21:33,337 --> 00:21:37,327
and realizes he's lying
in the dark with his eyes open.
394
00:21:40,820 --> 00:21:43,270
(tool powering up)
395
00:21:43,313 --> 00:21:53,333
♪
396
00:21:53,374 --> 00:22:03,364
♪
397
00:22:03,398 --> 00:22:13,298
♪
398
00:22:13,335 --> 00:22:27,795
♪
399
00:22:27,843 --> 00:22:31,213
(leaf blower power increases)
400
00:22:31,253 --> 00:22:34,213
(power increasing
and decreasing)
401
00:22:34,250 --> 00:22:44,020
♪
402
00:22:44,059 --> 00:22:54,039
♪
403
00:22:54,080 --> 00:23:03,980
♪
404
00:23:04,020 --> 00:23:14,000
♪
405
00:23:14,037 --> 00:23:23,977
♪
406
00:23:24,018 --> 00:23:30,418
♪
407
00:23:33,205 --> 00:23:36,195
When Grandma would visit
and he'd show her his drawings,
408
00:23:36,242 --> 00:23:39,112
she'd often imagine how easily
she could toss little Bill
409
00:23:39,150 --> 00:23:42,060
into the fireplace,
410
00:23:42,104 --> 00:23:44,064
or even through
a thin window,
411
00:23:44,097 --> 00:23:47,877
for he was still young
and quite small and floppy,
412
00:23:47,926 --> 00:23:49,086
and she reckoned light enough
413
00:23:49,131 --> 00:23:51,131
for a woman
of her size and strength
414
00:23:51,172 --> 00:23:54,582
to hurl across the room
several yards or more.
415
00:23:54,717 --> 00:23:56,217
♪
416
00:23:56,257 --> 00:23:58,497
In the middle of the night,
she opens the drawer
417
00:23:58,544 --> 00:24:01,954
to find the preserved
cat head from last week.
418
00:24:01,995 --> 00:24:05,275
She can feel the fish
smothering her brain,
419
00:24:05,322 --> 00:24:07,532
and the magic scrubbing
of their furry little heads
420
00:24:07,567 --> 00:24:10,727
across her skin
is doing less and less good.
421
00:24:10,767 --> 00:24:12,227
(voice layering)
422
00:24:12,267 --> 00:24:14,087
And she decides this is
because the little heads
423
00:24:14,135 --> 00:24:17,205
are of low quality,
and she needs more of them.
424
00:24:17,255 --> 00:24:20,285
She needs more of them
from higher pedigree cats,
425
00:24:20,331 --> 00:24:24,611
little heads with better hairdos
and cleaner little ears
426
00:24:24,656 --> 00:24:26,316
and clearer eyes.
427
00:24:26,360 --> 00:24:29,060
(static)
428
00:24:29,106 --> 00:24:32,966
♪
429
00:24:33,011 --> 00:24:36,841
They said she had a tumor
and was suffering from seizures
430
00:24:36,880 --> 00:24:38,300
and dementia.
431
00:24:38,338 --> 00:24:40,408
Bill didn't know
what those words meant,
432
00:24:40,454 --> 00:24:42,244
but he had ideas.
433
00:24:45,237 --> 00:24:47,067
♪
434
00:24:47,106 --> 00:24:49,476
Grandma was born
in Bootblack, Wyoming,
435
00:24:49,522 --> 00:24:53,972
two years after the great mud
storms drowned all the hogs.
436
00:24:54,009 --> 00:24:56,709
Her father serviced
electric machines
437
00:24:56,755 --> 00:25:01,035
and once strangled a rock in
a fit of religious excitement.
438
00:25:01,079 --> 00:25:03,199
♪
439
00:25:03,238 --> 00:25:04,698
He enjoyed wood
440
00:25:04,739 --> 00:25:07,069
and telling the children
late night stories
441
00:25:07,106 --> 00:25:10,056
of how his own papa
used to tame the wilderness.
442
00:25:10,101 --> 00:25:13,631
♪
443
00:25:13,676 --> 00:25:17,046
He was a quiet, unassuming man
who was eating an onion one day
444
00:25:17,086 --> 00:25:19,246
when he was cut in half
by a train.
445
00:25:19,289 --> 00:25:22,029
(train horn blaring)
446
00:25:22,374 --> 00:25:26,204
♪
447
00:25:26,244 --> 00:25:28,534
Grandma's older brother
became a preacher
448
00:25:28,570 --> 00:25:32,440
who grew his mole hairs long
to purify his soul.
449
00:25:32,478 --> 00:25:34,438
In his early years,
he secretly fathered
450
00:25:34,477 --> 00:25:37,337
an illegitimate child
and smothered it one night
451
00:25:37,385 --> 00:25:39,295
in the abandoned stable.
452
00:25:39,338 --> 00:25:41,418
♪
453
00:25:41,460 --> 00:25:44,660
As he aged, he became
plagued with fire bugs,
454
00:25:44,702 --> 00:25:47,282
and once claimed to have seen
an aquatic creature
455
00:25:47,321 --> 00:25:50,151
make off with the sheriff's
prized cow.
456
00:25:50,191 --> 00:25:52,481
♪
457
00:25:52,522 --> 00:25:56,802
He was eventually crippled
with lead poisoning and polio
458
00:25:56,845 --> 00:25:59,125
and was killed by a train.
459
00:25:59,172 --> 00:26:03,502
♪
460
00:26:03,537 --> 00:26:07,317
Grandma's little sister Polly
had beautiful golden hair
461
00:26:07,364 --> 00:26:11,404
and pounded at imaginary animals
with a hammer.
462
00:26:11,439 --> 00:26:16,139
She died at the age of eight
after contracting yellow fever
463
00:26:16,179 --> 00:26:18,259
and catching on fire.
464
00:26:18,297 --> 00:26:23,447
♪
465
00:26:23,494 --> 00:26:27,164
After Polly's death, Grandma's
mother cut out her tongue
466
00:26:27,197 --> 00:26:29,607
and vigorously enjoyed
taking health tonics
467
00:26:29,647 --> 00:26:31,807
and prescription medications.
468
00:26:31,853 --> 00:26:34,643
(wind blowing)
469
00:26:34,680 --> 00:26:37,300
(slowed down screaming)
470
00:26:37,342 --> 00:26:39,802
A wild man wandered into town
that summer
471
00:26:39,838 --> 00:26:43,208
and beat the church organist
with a shovel.
472
00:26:43,246 --> 00:26:45,776
He defecated what looked like
a pile of blueberries
473
00:26:45,825 --> 00:26:48,435
on the family porch
and disappeared,
474
00:26:48,487 --> 00:26:51,307
howling into the marsh.
475
00:26:51,354 --> 00:26:52,984
Nobody knew that this wild man
476
00:26:53,015 --> 00:26:55,385
was in fact Grandma's
great uncle,
477
00:26:55,429 --> 00:26:59,129
a forgotten, unwanted child
who'd been fed carbolic acid
478
00:26:59,170 --> 00:27:03,030
and abandoned in the northern
woods 52 years prior.
479
00:27:03,075 --> 00:27:05,195
He ate mud and sticks
480
00:27:05,239 --> 00:27:08,069
and knew only how to say
the word "Bible."
481
00:27:08,111 --> 00:27:09,321
♪
482
00:27:09,358 --> 00:27:10,898
"Bah ball!"
483
00:27:10,938 --> 00:27:14,888
♪
484
00:27:14,927 --> 00:27:17,507
He died alone in the field
one summer morning
485
00:27:17,546 --> 00:27:20,996
while dreaming of the moon.
486
00:27:21,042 --> 00:27:25,282
Six weeks later, a sunflower
grew out of his head.
487
00:27:25,323 --> 00:27:27,493
In their later years,
Grandma's family
488
00:27:27,528 --> 00:27:29,148
moved to the big city
489
00:27:29,190 --> 00:27:31,230
where her mother lived out
the rest of her days
490
00:27:31,271 --> 00:27:34,381
making jam
491
00:27:34,427 --> 00:27:36,217
and persecuting Jews.
492
00:27:36,258 --> 00:27:37,718
(clinking)
493
00:27:37,755 --> 00:27:39,375
There was a bush in front
of their building
494
00:27:39,419 --> 00:27:41,619
in the shape of a heart
that made her cry
495
00:27:41,664 --> 00:27:44,164
every time she saw it.
496
00:27:44,198 --> 00:27:48,018
She died alone while Grandma
was away at boarding school,
497
00:27:48,065 --> 00:27:50,475
surrounded by visions
of phantoms.
498
00:27:50,522 --> 00:27:53,182
(eerie sounds)
499
00:27:56,256 --> 00:27:59,666
Grandpa died 11 years
before Grandma did.
500
00:27:59,706 --> 00:28:01,906
He used to sit next to her
every Sunday,
501
00:28:01,956 --> 00:28:04,986
but now she plays
his bingo card for him.
502
00:28:09,384 --> 00:28:15,704
♪
503
00:28:15,743 --> 00:28:17,783
Last night, Bill dreamt
he was young again
504
00:28:17,823 --> 00:28:20,773
in a field with friends
at the seaside.
505
00:28:20,817 --> 00:28:22,517
A big, happy seal barked
at them
506
00:28:22,519 --> 00:28:26,599
and bounded from the water
to play soccer.
507
00:28:26,597 --> 00:28:28,337
He was pretty good.
508
00:28:28,367 --> 00:28:31,277
It was like an animal movie.
509
00:28:31,317 --> 00:28:33,557
Then the seal hit the ball
a little too excited
510
00:28:33,602 --> 00:28:35,562
and it flew over
everyone's heads
511
00:28:35,600 --> 00:28:37,800
and struck a little boy
in an adjacent field
512
00:28:37,843 --> 00:28:39,683
really hard in the chest.
513
00:28:39,716 --> 00:28:42,416
It seemed like maybe he had
a heart condition or something
514
00:28:42,459 --> 00:28:44,789
because he wasn't moving.
515
00:28:44,830 --> 00:28:47,580
Everyone sort of froze.
516
00:28:47,619 --> 00:28:51,439
The seal retreated
to the sea.
517
00:28:51,482 --> 00:28:53,402
Nobody knew what to do.
518
00:28:54,728 --> 00:28:55,968
(birds chirping)
519
00:28:56,012 --> 00:28:57,472
He'd slept on his arm funny
520
00:28:57,512 --> 00:28:59,922
and it felt sort of numb.
521
00:29:02,752 --> 00:29:04,542
(whispering voices)
522
00:29:04,581 --> 00:29:09,031
Sometimes it sounds like
there's voices in the water.
523
00:29:09,070 --> 00:29:10,730
He's been putting
some weight back on
524
00:29:10,775 --> 00:29:14,055
and his doctor had said
that was good news.
525
00:29:14,103 --> 00:29:16,473
At the bus stop,
his left testicle ached
526
00:29:16,515 --> 00:29:17,635
for no apparent reason,
527
00:29:17,677 --> 00:29:20,047
and it almost made him
feel dizzy.
528
00:29:21,795 --> 00:29:23,665
Not much happened at work.
529
00:29:23,706 --> 00:29:26,526
Bill made a pyramid
out of three staplers,
530
00:29:26,575 --> 00:29:28,445
and the new guy
swallowed a paperclip
531
00:29:28,488 --> 00:29:30,978
and was rushed out
in a wheelchair.
532
00:29:33,105 --> 00:29:34,805
The guy in the next cubicle over
533
00:29:34,850 --> 00:29:37,470
told Bill about a thing
he saw on TV
534
00:29:37,510 --> 00:29:40,590
about identical twins
who were separated at birth
535
00:29:40,629 --> 00:29:44,909
but had individually grown up
to be serial killers.
536
00:29:44,952 --> 00:29:47,322
It was as though
they didn't have any choice
537
00:29:47,364 --> 00:29:49,864
in what they turned into.
538
00:29:49,899 --> 00:29:52,809
"Genetics is pretty messed up,"
he said
539
00:29:52,853 --> 00:29:56,103
as his chewing gum
flung itself from his mouth.
540
00:29:59,505 --> 00:30:02,165
At lunch he told Bill about
a physics book he was reading
541
00:30:02,209 --> 00:30:03,329
about time,
542
00:30:03,371 --> 00:30:06,121
how the passing of time
is just an illusion
543
00:30:06,159 --> 00:30:10,109
because all of eternity is
actually taking place at once.
544
00:30:10,752 --> 00:30:12,292
♪
545
00:30:12,329 --> 00:30:14,779
The past never vanishes away,
546
00:30:14,823 --> 00:30:18,243
and the future
has already happened.
547
00:30:18,277 --> 00:30:21,727
All of history is fixed
and laid out
548
00:30:21,767 --> 00:30:25,007
like an infinite landscape
of simultaneous events
549
00:30:25,052 --> 00:30:28,922
that we simply happen to travel
through in one direction.
550
00:30:28,960 --> 00:30:30,460
♪
551
00:30:31,995 --> 00:30:33,695
Bill made a joke
that he could have sworn
552
00:30:33,743 --> 00:30:35,823
he'd been told that
somewhere before,
553
00:30:35,864 --> 00:30:39,024
but the guy just stared at him
like he didn't get it.
554
00:30:40,771 --> 00:30:43,641
At home, Bill watched
the microwave spin his food
555
00:30:43,681 --> 00:30:46,841
and daydreamed about
the Galápagos Islands.
556
00:30:46,881 --> 00:30:49,341
He'd purchased the new brand
of paper towels
557
00:30:49,377 --> 00:30:52,947
that had hundreds of little
raised bumps across every sheet.
558
00:30:52,994 --> 00:30:55,664
(microwave running)
559
00:30:57,108 --> 00:30:58,148
(microwave beeps)
560
00:30:59,273 --> 00:31:02,773
He found a message
on the answering machine
561
00:31:02,806 --> 00:31:05,586
that was sorry to inform him
his mother had just died
562
00:31:05,632 --> 00:31:07,802
that morning.
563
00:31:07,836 --> 00:31:11,286
They said she'd launched
into a fit of senile hysterics
564
00:31:11,331 --> 00:31:14,161
after skipping her medication
565
00:31:14,197 --> 00:31:16,857
and was hit by a train.
566
00:31:16,902 --> 00:31:20,062
She'd reserved her own funeral
plot years in advance
567
00:31:20,101 --> 00:31:22,761
in order to be buried
alongside her parents,
568
00:31:22,806 --> 00:31:26,876
but due to a clerical error
had to be placed 50 yards away
569
00:31:26,920 --> 00:31:28,420
between a coffin full of rocks
570
00:31:28,458 --> 00:31:31,868
and a rich woman's
golden retriever.
571
00:31:31,911 --> 00:31:34,781
After the funeral, Bill went
through her old storage boxes
572
00:31:34,821 --> 00:31:38,941
and was surprised to find
a hundred-year-old photo album.
573
00:31:38,979 --> 00:31:40,809
Among the many pictures
of relatives
574
00:31:40,851 --> 00:31:42,181
and people he never knew
575
00:31:42,221 --> 00:31:47,091
were several photographs
of bacon and lumber.
576
00:31:47,129 --> 00:31:49,789
He also found an old series
of strange portraits
577
00:31:49,834 --> 00:31:53,784
that had been neatly labeled
for unknown future reference.
578
00:31:53,825 --> 00:31:58,145
♪
579
00:31:58,188 --> 00:32:00,688
Scattered throughout the box
were forgotten photos
580
00:32:00,728 --> 00:32:02,428
of himself as a young boy.
581
00:32:02,472 --> 00:32:05,802
He'd read once how each cell
in the body replaces itself
582
00:32:05,838 --> 00:32:08,288
and dies as the years pass;
583
00:32:08,335 --> 00:32:10,995
how everyone is
slowly reconstructed
584
00:32:11,036 --> 00:32:15,276
out of continuously changing
pieces.
585
00:32:15,319 --> 00:32:18,729
It depressed him how foreign
the pictures seemed to him now,
586
00:32:18,771 --> 00:32:22,801
how his ridiculous ingrown cells
had long ago stolen
587
00:32:22,844 --> 00:32:24,844
this happy dead kid's identity
588
00:32:24,881 --> 00:32:25,961
and with his own life
589
00:32:26,006 --> 00:32:29,536
made a complete mess
of it.
590
00:32:29,583 --> 00:32:31,163
Beneath the album
was a folder
591
00:32:31,203 --> 00:32:33,243
of his mother's
medical records.
592
00:32:33,284 --> 00:32:35,194
Attached to
her initial diagnosis
593
00:32:35,235 --> 00:32:37,895
was a physician's note
that strongly recommended
594
00:32:37,937 --> 00:32:39,767
she never have a child.
595
00:32:44,094 --> 00:32:46,754
(passing traffic)
596
00:32:50,038 --> 00:33:00,058
♪
597
00:33:00,100 --> 00:33:10,080
♪
598
00:33:10,120 --> 00:33:16,560
♪
599
00:33:16,604 --> 00:33:18,724
He pictures himself
having trouble breathing
600
00:33:18,765 --> 00:33:21,795
and waking to a room
full of concerned faces.
601
00:33:21,846 --> 00:33:24,956
He'd been terrified of dying
his entire life,
602
00:33:25,006 --> 00:33:26,996
and as much as he tried
not to think about it,
603
00:33:27,044 --> 00:33:29,374
death was always
in the back of his head,
604
00:33:29,413 --> 00:33:32,783
around every corner,
and hovering on each horizon.
605
00:33:32,821 --> 00:33:35,691
He'd brushed shoulders
with death on a few occasions,
606
00:33:35,733 --> 00:33:37,853
but in his carefree youth,
it had almost seemed
607
00:33:37,894 --> 00:33:41,434
like an abstract, impossible
thing to ever happen to him.
608
00:33:41,468 --> 00:33:44,258
But with each passing decade,
he began to gauge the time
609
00:33:44,299 --> 00:33:47,209
he probably had left,
and by his 40s,
610
00:33:47,251 --> 00:33:49,871
what he considered
his halfway point, at best,
611
00:33:49,909 --> 00:33:52,569
he had come to know
just one thing:
612
00:33:52,615 --> 00:33:55,105
you will only get older.
613
00:33:55,149 --> 00:33:57,979
♪
614
00:33:58,019 --> 00:33:59,889
The next thing you know,
you're looking back
615
00:33:59,932 --> 00:34:01,432
instead of forward,
616
00:34:01,470 --> 00:34:04,760
and now, at the climax
of all those years of worry,
617
00:34:04,797 --> 00:34:07,247
sleepless nights,
and denials,
618
00:34:07,292 --> 00:34:10,952
Bill finally finds himself
staring his death in the face
619
00:34:10,992 --> 00:34:13,612
surrounded by people
he no longer recognizes
620
00:34:13,652 --> 00:34:15,902
and feels
no closer attachment to
621
00:34:15,941 --> 00:34:19,471
than the thousands of relatives
who'd come before.
622
00:34:19,516 --> 00:34:21,296
And as the sun continues to set,
623
00:34:21,344 --> 00:34:24,464
he finally comes to realize
the dumb irony
624
00:34:24,505 --> 00:34:28,325
in how he'd been waiting
for this moment his entire life,
625
00:34:28,370 --> 00:34:31,320
this stupid, awkward
moment of death
626
00:34:31,362 --> 00:34:34,402
that had invaded
and distracted so many days
627
00:34:34,442 --> 00:34:38,232
with stress
and wasted time.
628
00:34:38,266 --> 00:34:41,256
If only he could travel back
and impart some wisdom
629
00:34:41,302 --> 00:34:42,842
to his younger self;
630
00:34:42,884 --> 00:34:46,674
if only he could at least tell
the young people in this room.
631
00:34:46,708 --> 00:34:50,028
He lifts an arm to speak
but inexplicably says,
632
00:34:50,076 --> 00:34:53,436
"It smells like dust
and moonlight."
633
00:34:53,485 --> 00:34:58,885
♪
634
00:35:00,264 --> 00:35:02,394
He'd forgotten years ago
to replace the battery
635
00:35:02,429 --> 00:35:04,379
in the cheap wall clock
in his kitchen,
636
00:35:04,381 --> 00:35:06,621
and it was forever stuck
on 11:57.
637
00:35:06,621 --> 00:35:08,581
He couldn't remember why
he'd put a clock there
638
00:35:08,618 --> 00:35:09,698
in the first place,
639
00:35:09,744 --> 00:35:11,414
since it was sort of
in an awkward nook
640
00:35:11,446 --> 00:35:14,726
around a corner where he'd never
wonder what time it was.
641
00:35:14,773 --> 00:35:28,493
♪
642
00:35:28,534 --> 00:35:30,204
Near the bottom
of the storage box,
643
00:35:30,238 --> 00:35:33,648
Bill found an old notebook
he'd never seen before.
644
00:35:33,692 --> 00:35:35,062
Filling the pages inside,
645
00:35:35,106 --> 00:35:37,966
his mother had repeatedly
practiced her handwriting
646
00:35:38,012 --> 00:35:39,892
so she could send him off
to school
647
00:35:39,930 --> 00:35:42,050
with the best-looking notes.
648
00:35:42,089 --> 00:35:52,109
♪
649
00:35:52,152 --> 00:36:02,132
♪
650
00:36:02,173 --> 00:36:09,033
♪
651
00:36:09,075 --> 00:36:11,775
He calls his ex-girlfriend
and arranges to meet for lunch
652
00:36:11,817 --> 00:36:13,687
after his checkup.
653
00:36:13,730 --> 00:36:15,400
♪
654
00:36:15,436 --> 00:36:18,096
(opens and closes drawer)
655
00:36:18,136 --> 00:36:20,086
This morning, he couldn't
remember where he'd put
656
00:36:20,136 --> 00:36:23,126
the clinic's daily memory
quizzes.
657
00:36:23,170 --> 00:36:25,620
(zapping)
658
00:36:25,662 --> 00:36:33,522
♪
659
00:36:33,563 --> 00:36:35,983
(hum of vacuum)
660
00:36:37,676 --> 00:36:39,756
He decides to make toast,
661
00:36:39,802 --> 00:36:44,092
but for a long moment
can't think of how it's done.
662
00:36:44,126 --> 00:36:47,406
There's only a brown stain now
where that bird had been.
663
00:36:49,030 --> 00:36:51,530
His doctor has nothing
but good news.
664
00:36:51,568 --> 00:36:53,938
Bill has continued to make
terrific progress,
665
00:36:53,980 --> 00:36:56,850
and he can no longer find
anything out of the ordinary.
666
00:36:56,890 --> 00:36:59,590
He tells Bill that if he'd not
known his medical history,
667
00:36:59,632 --> 00:37:03,542
he would probably give him
a clean bill of health today.
668
00:37:03,582 --> 00:37:06,002
(otherworldly ambient noise)
669
00:37:12,940 --> 00:37:14,770
(birds chirping)
670
00:37:14,808 --> 00:37:15,888
(wings flapping)
671
00:37:15,930 --> 00:37:17,970
On his way to lunch,
Bill smiles
672
00:37:18,013 --> 00:37:19,723
and thinks for the first time
673
00:37:19,758 --> 00:37:21,378
that maybe everything
will be o--
674
00:37:21,420 --> 00:37:22,540
(zap)
675
00:37:22,586 --> 00:37:24,996
(zapping)
676
00:37:32,481 --> 00:37:39,961
♪
677
00:37:40,005 --> 00:37:42,705
Bill was born
late Tuesday morning
678
00:37:42,749 --> 00:37:45,699
into a world of orange
and red.
679
00:37:45,744 --> 00:37:49,164
♪
680
00:37:49,195 --> 00:37:53,885
He likes the way the aquamarine
rug feels across his hands.
681
00:37:53,933 --> 00:37:55,023
(wings flapping)
682
00:37:55,059 --> 00:37:57,139
♪
683
00:37:57,176 --> 00:38:00,536
He likes sunbeams
and rockets
684
00:38:00,585 --> 00:38:03,785
and the smell of the backyard
in the early morning.
685
00:38:03,830 --> 00:38:05,410
(dog barking)
686
00:38:05,453 --> 00:38:07,823
He likes tigers
and trees
687
00:38:07,863 --> 00:38:09,823
and melted chocolate ice cream
688
00:38:09,861 --> 00:38:12,101
and watching the lights
while falling asleep
689
00:38:12,144 --> 00:38:13,734
in the backseat.
690
00:38:13,769 --> 00:38:16,219
(cars rushing by)
691
00:38:16,261 --> 00:38:18,431
♪
692
00:38:18,468 --> 00:38:21,088
(wind howling)
693
00:38:21,128 --> 00:38:22,868
(zapping)
694
00:38:22,914 --> 00:38:25,164
Someone sits on the shore
and tells him
695
00:38:25,201 --> 00:38:28,451
how the waves have been there
long before Bill existed,
696
00:38:28,487 --> 00:38:32,147
and that they'd still be there
long after he's gone.
697
00:38:32,186 --> 00:38:33,726
Bill looks out at the water
698
00:38:33,766 --> 00:38:35,546
and thinks of
all the wonderful things
699
00:38:35,595 --> 00:38:37,835
he will do with his life.
700
00:38:37,883 --> 00:38:44,623
♪
701
00:38:45,450 --> 00:38:47,860
(thunder rumbling)
702
00:38:49,358 --> 00:38:50,768
(sharp inhale)
703
00:38:53,808 --> 00:38:54,968
♪
704
00:38:55,014 --> 00:38:57,724
(zapping)
705
00:38:57,761 --> 00:38:59,801
♪
706
00:38:59,842 --> 00:39:01,042
(thunder rumbling)
707
00:39:01,085 --> 00:39:11,065
♪
708
00:39:11,105 --> 00:39:16,085
♪
709
00:39:16,136 --> 00:39:18,626
(zap)
710
00:39:20,210 --> 00:39:20,790
(low buzzing sound)
711
00:39:21,537 --> 00:39:22,367
Bill.
712
00:39:22,411 --> 00:39:23,161
Can you hear me, Bill?
713
00:39:23,198 --> 00:39:23,858
Look at me, Bill.
714
00:39:23,903 --> 00:39:24,363
Look at me.
715
00:39:24,404 --> 00:39:25,244
140/90.
716
00:39:25,277 --> 00:39:26,277
Bill, can you hear me?
717
00:39:26,317 --> 00:39:26,937
-Bill?
-Bill?
718
00:39:26,978 --> 00:39:28,398
Can you hear me?
719
00:39:28,436 --> 00:39:35,706
♪
720
00:39:35,752 --> 00:39:38,462
(static)
721
00:39:38,498 --> 00:39:44,488
♪
722
00:39:44,529 --> 00:39:46,979
(roaring)
723
00:39:47,020 --> 00:39:56,420
♪
724
00:39:56,462 --> 00:39:58,912
(wind blowing)
725
00:39:58,956 --> 00:40:01,566
♪
726
00:40:01,617 --> 00:40:04,357
(bell ringing)
727
00:40:04,402 --> 00:40:06,982
The last thing
Bill can remember
728
00:40:07,022 --> 00:40:09,182
is speaking to
his ex-girlfriend...
729
00:40:09,225 --> 00:40:12,715
(film exploding)
730
00:40:12,759 --> 00:40:13,969
(whooshing sound)
731
00:40:14,008 --> 00:40:16,338
...bird wings,
732
00:40:16,376 --> 00:40:18,906
and the smell
of black licorice.
733
00:40:18,956 --> 00:40:30,466
♪
734
00:40:30,514 --> 00:40:33,224
(water dripping)
735
00:40:33,257 --> 00:40:38,367
♪
736
00:40:40,947 --> 00:40:47,727
♪
737
00:40:47,768 --> 00:40:52,388
He watches dust float across
the sunbeam above his head.
738
00:40:52,427 --> 00:40:57,207
♪
739
00:40:57,250 --> 00:40:59,450
And then he goes
back to sleep.
740
00:40:59,493 --> 00:41:03,323
♪
741
00:41:03,361 --> 00:41:05,901
His roommate's name
is Matthew,
742
00:41:05,940 --> 00:41:08,810
a paralyzed young man
hidden by curtains
743
00:41:08,848 --> 00:41:10,348
who communicates
to the nursing staff
744
00:41:10,389 --> 00:41:12,259
through a row of buttons
that can play
745
00:41:12,301 --> 00:41:15,211
five different
electronic sentences,
746
00:41:15,254 --> 00:41:19,084
but more often than not,
he only presses one of them.
747
00:41:19,119 --> 00:41:21,199
"I am in pain."
748
00:41:21,239 --> 00:41:23,529
Every afternoon,
the reflections of sunlight
749
00:41:23,566 --> 00:41:25,016
from the traffic below
750
00:41:25,062 --> 00:41:28,352
cast colorful patterns
across their ceiling.
751
00:41:28,393 --> 00:41:30,273
In the mornings,
the sunlight illuminates
752
00:41:30,307 --> 00:41:32,797
Matthew's curtain
and makes it look beautiful
753
00:41:32,838 --> 00:41:35,418
even though it's just gray.
754
00:41:35,459 --> 00:41:38,159
His ex-girlfriend's
been visiting lately,
755
00:41:38,203 --> 00:41:41,743
and they talk for hours
about current events.
756
00:41:41,777 --> 00:41:44,557
Sometimes they eat
ice cream bars.
757
00:41:44,605 --> 00:41:46,315
♪
758
00:41:46,355 --> 00:41:50,295
It's the happiest he's been
in a long time.
759
00:41:50,344 --> 00:41:51,804
♪
760
00:41:51,843 --> 00:41:54,293
(thunder rumbling)
761
00:41:54,335 --> 00:41:58,365
♪
762
00:41:58,411 --> 00:42:00,161
(rain falling)
763
00:42:00,201 --> 00:42:02,151
Bill is introduced
to a new doctor
764
00:42:02,195 --> 00:42:04,145
and given a short interview.
765
00:42:04,191 --> 00:42:05,521
He doesn't know
what month it is,
766
00:42:05,561 --> 00:42:08,181
but he's aware
he's in a hospital.
767
00:42:08,223 --> 00:42:10,263
He can't remember his address,
768
00:42:10,302 --> 00:42:13,802
so he supposes he must
have always lived here.
769
00:42:13,836 --> 00:42:15,376
His vision's a little blurry
770
00:42:15,415 --> 00:42:19,325
and he no longer has strength
in the grip of his left hand.
771
00:42:19,367 --> 00:42:23,187
Bill is asked to describe
a series of photographs.
772
00:42:23,233 --> 00:42:27,183
He's able to put words
to many of these objects
773
00:42:27,225 --> 00:42:30,215
but is very confused
by some of the others.
774
00:42:30,262 --> 00:42:32,842
(rain falling)
775
00:42:34,044 --> 00:42:36,544
He also has difficulty
distinguishing the faces
776
00:42:36,580 --> 00:42:39,120
of people he knows.
777
00:42:39,158 --> 00:42:43,318
All of these people
really just look the same,
778
00:42:43,357 --> 00:42:45,727
and though he can recognize
his ex-girlfriend
779
00:42:45,768 --> 00:42:48,598
because of her long hair,
780
00:42:48,637 --> 00:42:51,127
he can't remember
her name.
781
00:42:52,879 --> 00:42:54,999
He tells the doctor
he has a fish
782
00:42:55,039 --> 00:42:57,369
living inside of his head,
783
00:42:57,411 --> 00:43:00,071
possibly a trout.
784
00:43:00,114 --> 00:43:02,694
It'll be another night
before it dawns on him
785
00:43:02,733 --> 00:43:04,483
that something seems missing.
786
00:43:04,523 --> 00:43:08,393
All the memories the doctor
asked him to recall today
787
00:43:08,428 --> 00:43:10,748
are suddenly out of his grasp.
788
00:43:10,795 --> 00:43:14,745
So many years of faces
and moments
789
00:43:14,790 --> 00:43:19,660
are mostly just a vague feeling
now.
790
00:43:19,696 --> 00:43:24,106
The years are slipping
out of his head.
791
00:43:27,224 --> 00:43:29,384
Yesterday,
a gardener with a hose
792
00:43:29,424 --> 00:43:32,924
blasted all the sparrow nests
from the second story awning
793
00:43:32,961 --> 00:43:34,421
of the building next door,
794
00:43:34,457 --> 00:43:39,067
raining mud and little broken
eggs into the parking lot.
795
00:43:39,115 --> 00:43:41,435
(medical equipment hissing)
796
00:43:41,484 --> 00:43:42,904
Another test
has been arranged
797
00:43:42,940 --> 00:43:45,770
and Bill is taken
to a white room.
798
00:43:45,810 --> 00:43:49,050
A radiologist makes an incision
and pushes a catheter
799
00:43:49,092 --> 00:43:51,632
into his femoral artery.
800
00:43:51,671 --> 00:43:53,171
The catheter is
carefully pushed
801
00:43:53,206 --> 00:43:55,486
through his stomach
to his heart,
802
00:43:55,536 --> 00:43:58,356
up through his chest
and into his head,
803
00:43:58,407 --> 00:44:00,067
where a special dye
is introduced
804
00:44:00,111 --> 00:44:03,401
to flood the blood vessels
in his brain for x-rays.
805
00:44:03,439 --> 00:44:07,389
Bill is then asked to raise
his arms and count to 20.
806
00:44:07,431 --> 00:44:09,511
A powerful anesthetic
is introduced
807
00:44:09,550 --> 00:44:13,660
to temporarily shut down the
left hemisphere of his brain,
808
00:44:14,371 --> 00:44:17,531
and for the remaining half
of Bill, the test begi--
809
00:44:18,365 --> 00:44:21,275
Bill, can you hear me?
810
00:44:21,318 --> 00:44:23,518
Bill, can you look up
here for me?
811
00:44:23,564 --> 00:44:26,144
Can you tell me
what these objects are?
812
00:44:26,181 --> 00:44:28,641
Bill, can you tell me
what this is?
813
00:44:28,678 --> 00:44:32,038
Bill, can you add up
these numbers for me?
814
00:44:32,084 --> 00:44:33,874
You're doing great, Bill.
815
00:44:33,913 --> 00:44:36,253
Okay, and what do these numbers
add up to?
816
00:44:36,288 --> 00:44:37,488
Look at me, Bill.
817
00:44:37,532 --> 00:44:39,112
Look at me.
Bill, look at me.
818
00:44:39,154 --> 00:44:41,734
Okay, Bill, can you tell me
who this is?
819
00:44:41,775 --> 00:44:43,055
It's okay, Bill,
you're doing great.
820
00:44:43,105 --> 00:44:45,515
And can you tell me
who this is?
821
00:44:45,557 --> 00:44:48,717
Bill, can you tell me
who this is?
822
00:44:48,759 --> 00:44:50,589
Do you remember her?
823
00:45:05,807 --> 00:45:07,927
Today she's joined
by her boyfriend,
824
00:45:07,970 --> 00:45:09,590
a young man named Steve
825
00:45:09,631 --> 00:45:11,631
who spends most of the afternoon
in the corner
826
00:45:11,668 --> 00:45:13,958
quietly staring
at Matthew's curtain.
827
00:45:13,999 --> 00:45:15,579
"I am in pain."
828
00:45:15,620 --> 00:45:18,200
The doctor explains to her
that Bill may be having trouble
829
00:45:18,241 --> 00:45:21,441
understanding past tense
and present tense.
830
00:45:21,485 --> 00:45:23,435
It may also be difficult
for Bill to understand
831
00:45:23,477 --> 00:45:25,217
which of his memories
are real
832
00:45:25,264 --> 00:45:26,644
and which are imagined.
833
00:45:26,677 --> 00:45:29,707
When the brain is confronted
with major memory loss,
834
00:45:29,756 --> 00:45:33,786
it often fills in the blanks
with confabulated stories,
835
00:45:33,831 --> 00:45:37,611
false memories,
people who never existed;
836
00:45:37,655 --> 00:45:42,265
invented conclusions to make
everyday life less confusing
837
00:45:42,311 --> 00:45:46,221
and to somehow rationalize
what's happening to him.
838
00:45:48,383 --> 00:45:50,673
Today, they will chat awkwardly.
839
00:45:50,711 --> 00:45:53,291
Bill's been unable to stay
on one subject
840
00:45:53,331 --> 00:45:55,161
for more than a few moments
841
00:45:55,203 --> 00:45:57,863
and seems to get
easily frustrated.
842
00:45:57,904 --> 00:45:59,444
She will say she didn't know
843
00:45:59,484 --> 00:46:01,604
why she'd brought Steve along
yesterday
844
00:46:01,646 --> 00:46:05,346
and admits he'd been so shaken
by the experience
845
00:46:05,388 --> 00:46:09,088
that he quietly cried in the car
on the way home.
846
00:46:10,502 --> 00:46:13,582
The sparrows have already begun
to rebuild,
847
00:46:13,622 --> 00:46:17,282
but he's not sure if he feels
happy or sad for them.
848
00:46:20,853 --> 00:46:22,733
He dreams he's part
of a rocket crew
849
00:46:22,769 --> 00:46:25,059
reentering
the earth's atmosphere.
850
00:46:25,098 --> 00:46:27,088
As they rapidly descend,
it's believed that
851
00:46:27,132 --> 00:46:29,592
eating ice cream bars
will help prevent them
852
00:46:29,630 --> 00:46:31,130
from having strokes.
853
00:46:31,168 --> 00:46:34,158
As the heat intensifies,
Bill eats his ice cream bar
854
00:46:34,204 --> 00:46:36,994
and secretly hopes that
if something bad had to happen,
855
00:46:37,030 --> 00:46:38,570
the ship wouldn't explode,
856
00:46:38,608 --> 00:46:41,438
but just that everyone else
would have strokes.
857
00:46:41,478 --> 00:46:43,478
A final battery of tests
are ordered
858
00:46:43,516 --> 00:46:46,176
to positively rule out
the chance of surgery.
859
00:46:46,219 --> 00:46:49,549
Highly drugged, Bill will have
no memory of these tests
860
00:46:49,585 --> 00:46:52,615
other than a terrible noise
to his right
861
00:46:52,664 --> 00:46:56,374
and a brief vision
of a seahorse
862
00:46:56,404 --> 00:46:57,654
and a falling tree.
863
00:46:57,694 --> 00:47:00,364
(medical equipment running)
864
00:47:04,472 --> 00:47:07,722
♪
865
00:47:13,080 --> 00:47:15,030
This morning, he can't
remember the last time
866
00:47:15,074 --> 00:47:17,614
his ex-girlfriend
had come to visit.
867
00:47:17,650 --> 00:47:21,190
It could be hours,
or maybe it's been weeks.
868
00:47:21,231 --> 00:47:24,511
His uncle, whom Bill had not
even noticed in the room,
869
00:47:24,555 --> 00:47:27,585
looks out the window
and talks about Bill's mother.
870
00:47:27,631 --> 00:47:31,881
Then he says, "It's too bad
people don't say how they feel
871
00:47:31,916 --> 00:47:34,866
until it's already too late."
872
00:47:36,032 --> 00:47:38,322
And then he says nothing.
873
00:47:38,356 --> 00:47:40,896
The TV in the room
is always on mute,
874
00:47:40,938 --> 00:47:42,598
and behind his uncle's head,
875
00:47:42,641 --> 00:47:44,141
Bill watches a superhero
876
00:47:44,180 --> 00:47:46,420
quietly melt a monster's face.
877
00:47:46,799 --> 00:47:50,169
His doctor visits and asks if
Bill might be more comfortable
878
00:47:50,208 --> 00:47:53,038
at home for a few days
under family care
879
00:47:53,077 --> 00:47:54,827
until the final results
come in.
880
00:47:54,866 --> 00:47:55,856
(door opening)
881
00:47:55,905 --> 00:47:58,105
(keys clanking)
882
00:47:58,149 --> 00:48:00,059
A neighbor must have put
these groceries
883
00:48:00,105 --> 00:48:01,805
in his apartment for him,
884
00:48:01,848 --> 00:48:04,348
which was a very nice gesture.
885
00:48:09,294 --> 00:48:12,704
It's kind of a really nice day.
886
00:48:12,740 --> 00:48:16,900
He decides to walk
around the block.
887
00:48:16,945 --> 00:48:18,145
On the side of the road,
he sees
888
00:48:18,192 --> 00:48:20,352
a woman's tennis shoe
filled with leaves
889
00:48:20,394 --> 00:48:24,934
and it fills him with
inexplicable sadness.
890
00:48:24,967 --> 00:48:27,587
He walks down his side street,
891
00:48:27,628 --> 00:48:31,778
alongside the bridge
past the farmers' market,
892
00:48:31,826 --> 00:48:34,236
and back up
the main thoroughfare.
893
00:48:36,775 --> 00:48:39,435
(birds chirping)
894
00:48:44,385 --> 00:48:47,665
It's kind of a really nice day.
895
00:48:47,714 --> 00:48:51,164
He decides to take a walk
around the block.
896
00:48:51,204 --> 00:48:52,744
On the side of the road,
he sees
897
00:48:52,784 --> 00:48:54,994
a woman's tennis shoe
filled with leaves
898
00:48:55,030 --> 00:48:59,940
and it fills him with
inexplicable sadness.
899
00:48:59,977 --> 00:49:02,557
He walks down his side street,
900
00:49:02,598 --> 00:49:07,208
alongside the bridge
past the farmers' market,
901
00:49:07,254 --> 00:49:09,464
and back up
the main thoroughfare.
902
00:49:12,327 --> 00:49:14,737
(birds chirping)
903
00:49:17,774 --> 00:49:20,434
It's kind of a really nice day.
904
00:49:20,474 --> 00:49:22,764
He decides to take a walk
around the bl--
905
00:49:22,804 --> 00:49:25,174
(door opening)
906
00:49:25,214 --> 00:49:26,924
(keys clanging)
907
00:49:27,297 --> 00:49:30,407
♪
908
00:49:30,456 --> 00:49:32,946
That hand is dropping
everything.
909
00:49:32,991 --> 00:49:36,731
♪
910
00:49:36,774 --> 00:49:39,604
Wasn't he supposed
to call somebody?
911
00:49:39,644 --> 00:49:41,774
♪
912
00:49:41,806 --> 00:49:43,586
What was her name?
913
00:49:43,636 --> 00:49:48,286
♪
914
00:49:48,332 --> 00:49:51,542
What in the hell
is wrong with this mug?
915
00:49:51,579 --> 00:49:53,409
(keys clanging)
916
00:49:53,450 --> 00:49:57,400
Does he really need
this much food?
917
00:49:57,440 --> 00:50:00,270
There's a doctor
on his answering machine.
918
00:50:00,311 --> 00:50:01,391
(beeps)
919
00:50:01,432 --> 00:50:02,562
♪
920
00:50:02,598 --> 00:50:04,218
Has he been sick?
921
00:50:04,259 --> 00:50:06,919
♪
922
00:50:06,959 --> 00:50:10,329
A doctor carefully explains
test results with him.
923
00:50:10,371 --> 00:50:12,541
He goes over numbers
and information
924
00:50:12,575 --> 00:50:14,235
that Bill doesn't understand,
925
00:50:14,280 --> 00:50:17,730
and reiterates things
that Bill doesn't remember.
926
00:50:17,771 --> 00:50:19,941
He's momentarily quiet
927
00:50:19,976 --> 00:50:21,306
and then tells Bill
928
00:50:21,347 --> 00:50:24,377
he doesn't have
very long to live.
929
00:50:33,446 --> 00:50:36,646
It's kind of a really nice day.
930
00:50:36,689 --> 00:50:39,229
He decides to walk
around the block.
931
00:50:39,268 --> 00:50:40,718
On the side of the road,
he sees
932
00:50:40,762 --> 00:50:42,722
a woman's tennis shoe
filled with leaves
933
00:50:42,762 --> 00:50:44,672
and it fills him with
inexplicable sadness.
934
00:50:44,714 --> 00:50:47,634
He walks down his side street
and sees striking colors
935
00:50:47,665 --> 00:50:49,155
in the faces of the people
around him,
936
00:50:49,205 --> 00:50:52,325
details in these beautiful
brick walls and weeds
937
00:50:52,366 --> 00:50:54,816
that he must have passed
every day but never noticed.
938
00:50:54,861 --> 00:50:57,441
The air smells different,
brighter somehow,
939
00:50:57,481 --> 00:51:01,101
and the currents under the
bridge look strange and vivid,
940
00:51:01,140 --> 00:51:03,090
and the sun is warming
his face
941
00:51:03,134 --> 00:51:07,834
and the world is clumsy
and beautiful and new.
942
00:51:07,873 --> 00:51:10,993
And it's as though
he's been sleepwalking
943
00:51:11,032 --> 00:51:12,282
for God knows how long,
944
00:51:12,324 --> 00:51:16,944
and something has violently
shaken him awake.
945
00:51:16,982 --> 00:51:20,302
His bathmats are gorgeous.
946
00:51:20,346 --> 00:51:22,216
♪
947
00:51:22,259 --> 00:51:25,299
The grain patterns
in his cheap wood cabinets
948
00:51:25,338 --> 00:51:28,038
vibrate something deep
within him.
949
00:51:28,083 --> 00:51:30,913
He's fascinated by the way
his paper towels drink water.
950
00:51:30,950 --> 00:51:33,820
He's never really appreciated
these things.
951
00:51:33,861 --> 00:51:36,561
All this detail
he's never noticed.
952
00:51:36,606 --> 00:51:40,966
Detail he's never noticed.
He's alive, he's alive.
953
00:51:41,011 --> 00:51:43,131
He's alive,
he's alive.
954
00:51:43,174 --> 00:51:45,924
Never noticed.
He's alive.
955
00:51:45,960 --> 00:51:47,750
The stars rattled him
to the core.
956
00:51:47,788 --> 00:51:51,238
All these lights have traveled
for tens of millions of years
957
00:51:51,282 --> 00:51:53,112
to reach him at this moment.
How somehow far away,
958
00:51:53,154 --> 00:51:54,614
our own sun looks
just like one of these.
959
00:51:54,652 --> 00:51:57,562
How many of the stars
no longer even exist,
960
00:51:57,604 --> 00:52:00,014
but whose ancient light
is just reaching him now.
961
00:52:00,055 --> 00:52:01,875
An impression from a ghost,
962
00:52:01,925 --> 00:52:05,875
an amazing infinite time machine
every night above his head
963
00:52:05,919 --> 00:52:08,289
that he's ignored
for most of his life.
964
00:52:08,332 --> 00:52:10,782
He wants to stop people
in the street and say,
965
00:52:10,822 --> 00:52:12,902
"Isn't this amazing?
966
00:52:12,944 --> 00:52:15,944
Isn't everything amazing?"
967
00:52:15,980 --> 00:52:17,890
He runs to the car rental place
968
00:52:17,933 --> 00:52:20,683
and finds himself a freeway
and drives all night,
969
00:52:20,722 --> 00:52:22,222
following directions
in his head
970
00:52:22,257 --> 00:52:23,627
to a place he can't remember,
971
00:52:23,674 --> 00:52:25,874
absorbing everything
he can
972
00:52:25,916 --> 00:52:29,696
before it all fades again
with the morning.
973
00:52:29,743 --> 00:52:32,863
♪
974
00:52:33,982 --> 00:52:36,402
He's got the keys
to this car.
975
00:52:36,768 --> 00:52:40,308
♪
976
00:52:40,346 --> 00:52:42,336
He also has keys
to a motel room,
977
00:52:42,381 --> 00:52:45,831
but he can't remember
the last time he slept.
978
00:52:45,874 --> 00:52:50,784
He's sitting in the sun
outside of a laundromat.
979
00:52:50,826 --> 00:52:54,396
An older guy in a baseball cap
stands at a payphone
980
00:52:54,440 --> 00:52:58,180
and nervously lifts
and hangs up the receiver.
981
00:53:13,275 --> 00:53:15,225
He asks to borrow Bill's pencil
982
00:53:15,269 --> 00:53:17,719
and then places a call
to his daughter.
983
00:53:17,766 --> 00:53:20,546
He tells her he loves her
and he's proud of her,
984
00:53:20,592 --> 00:53:24,342
and that "one day soon,
we'll finally have our day."
985
00:53:24,377 --> 00:53:27,077
Then he says,
"Fantastic, fantastic,"
986
00:53:27,119 --> 00:53:28,749
and hangs up the phone.
987
00:53:28,787 --> 00:53:31,407
Although it looks like the wind
had been knocked out of him,
988
00:53:31,448 --> 00:53:35,018
he presents the pencil back
to Bill with a little flourish,
989
00:53:35,062 --> 00:53:38,062
as though proud no harm
had come to it
990
00:53:38,098 --> 00:53:39,968
while in his possession.
991
00:53:41,796 --> 00:53:45,036
He dreams of fog
on the dark edge of a cliff
992
00:53:45,084 --> 00:53:46,954
where hundreds of feet below
993
00:53:46,997 --> 00:53:49,867
the deep sea swells up
against the rocks.
994
00:53:49,905 --> 00:53:53,355
And if you lean over the edge
and squint your eyes just right,
995
00:53:53,399 --> 00:53:57,139
you can barely make out
the gray shapes of all the cars
996
00:53:57,181 --> 00:53:59,341
that had driven off the cliff
over the years
997
00:53:59,387 --> 00:54:02,087
sunken deep beneath
the surface.
998
00:54:02,130 --> 00:54:05,290
And as each wave washes slowly
over them,
999
00:54:05,332 --> 00:54:09,782
the undertow quietly pulls
their headlights on and off,
1000
00:54:09,821 --> 00:54:12,401
on and off
on an endless loop
1001
00:54:12,442 --> 00:54:15,142
growing slowly dimmer
over the years
1002
00:54:15,185 --> 00:54:18,465
until the day comes
that they fade completely.
1003
00:54:22,835 --> 00:54:26,075
♪
1004
00:54:26,122 --> 00:54:27,782
He's at a house now.
1005
00:54:27,823 --> 00:54:31,153
When he was little, he would run
through a house just like this
1006
00:54:31,194 --> 00:54:33,324
with a flashlight
pointed at the ceiling,
1007
00:54:33,357 --> 00:54:37,217
pretending he was an astronaut
soaring over the moon.
1008
00:54:37,265 --> 00:54:39,175
A familiar person's here.
1009
00:54:39,217 --> 00:54:42,297
He's not sure how he found him,
maybe he's been followed,
1010
00:54:42,338 --> 00:54:45,158
but they're talking now
and Bill is given an address,
1011
00:54:45,204 --> 00:54:48,204
an address his mother never
wanted him to have, he says.
1012
00:54:48,241 --> 00:54:50,201
But it's important
Bill have it now,
1013
00:54:50,236 --> 00:54:54,226
an address where he can find
his father, Bill's real father,
1014
00:54:54,272 --> 00:54:56,812
a man who was gone
before he was born,
1015
00:54:56,846 --> 00:55:01,126
a man he'd only met once
but was too young to know it.
1016
00:55:01,173 --> 00:55:04,623
♪
1017
00:55:04,663 --> 00:55:05,953
And he's driving again now,
1018
00:55:05,995 --> 00:55:08,115
for several hours,
he's not sure,
1019
00:55:08,156 --> 00:55:11,106
and with every mile,
he loses a few more memories.
1020
00:55:11,151 --> 00:55:13,151
And he finds another motel,
1021
00:55:13,188 --> 00:55:14,938
and that night he eats
a lot of ice cream
1022
00:55:14,978 --> 00:55:16,848
and doesn't remember
his dreams at all...
1023
00:55:16,889 --> 00:55:18,219
doesn't remember
his dreams at all...
1024
00:55:18,264 --> 00:55:20,884
...remember his dreams
at all, his dreams at all.
1025
00:55:20,924 --> 00:55:24,214
He's in a nursing home.
1026
00:55:24,249 --> 00:55:25,119
Is he old?
1027
00:55:25,162 --> 00:55:26,742
Is he old?
1028
00:55:26,785 --> 00:55:28,565
A room full of windows.
1029
00:55:28,613 --> 00:55:30,243
A room full
of windows.
1030
00:55:30,277 --> 00:55:32,977
And he gives a name on a paper
that's not in his handwriting
1031
00:55:33,022 --> 00:55:34,352
to the front counter,
1032
00:55:34,390 --> 00:55:37,890
and a frail old man
is being wheeled to see him now,
1033
00:55:37,927 --> 00:55:40,457
a man who's been here
for over ten years
1034
00:55:40,505 --> 00:55:42,415
but rarely had a visitor.
1035
00:55:42,460 --> 00:55:49,690
♪
1036
00:55:49,734 --> 00:55:52,734
Neither of these two people
remember why they're there
1037
00:55:52,773 --> 00:55:55,313
or who exactly
this other person is,
1038
00:55:55,348 --> 00:55:59,008
but they sit and they watch
a game show together.
1039
00:55:59,052 --> 00:56:02,252
♪
1040
00:56:02,292 --> 00:56:04,372
And when it's time
for Bill to leave,
1041
00:56:04,412 --> 00:56:07,412
he stands and says something
beautiful to him.
1042
00:56:07,448 --> 00:56:10,068
♪
1043
00:56:10,110 --> 00:56:12,770
And neither of them understand
what he means exactly,
1044
00:56:12,810 --> 00:56:15,310
but the old man
begins to cry anyway,
1045
00:56:15,351 --> 00:56:17,851
and they will never
see each other again.
1046
00:56:18,218 --> 00:56:20,758
♪
1047
00:56:20,795 --> 00:56:22,325
He's driving a car,
1048
00:56:22,376 --> 00:56:24,576
and every time he realizes
he's driving a car,
1049
00:56:24,618 --> 00:56:27,568
he figures he should
just keep driving the car,
1050
00:56:27,612 --> 00:56:31,072
and sometimes he sings
and sometimes he cries,
1051
00:56:31,108 --> 00:56:32,308
and the left side of his body
1052
00:56:32,353 --> 00:56:35,193
is beginning
to grow slack and numb,
1053
00:56:35,227 --> 00:56:37,757
and all he wants to do
is just keep driving,
1054
00:56:37,803 --> 00:56:39,383
somehow to keep on driving.
1055
00:56:39,421 --> 00:56:41,291
He has no more directions
to follow,
1056
00:56:41,337 --> 00:56:44,207
but he fills the car
with gas again and again
1057
00:56:44,248 --> 00:56:45,868
and keeps going
into the night.
1058
00:56:45,908 --> 00:56:47,198
He wants to keep going.
1059
00:56:47,241 --> 00:56:49,441
He wants to go forever.
1060
00:56:49,485 --> 00:56:52,185
(wind howling)
1061
00:56:55,888 --> 00:56:58,298
(birds chirping)
1062
00:57:13,768 --> 00:57:16,218
It's such a beautiful day.
1063
00:57:22,165 --> 00:57:25,445
Wait a minute,
he's not gonna die here?
1064
00:57:25,491 --> 00:57:28,361
But he doesn't die here.
No, no, no, Bill, get up.
1065
00:57:28,401 --> 00:57:29,941
Get up, Bill. Bill, get up.
1066
00:57:29,982 --> 00:57:31,402
He can't die here.
He's not gonna die.
1067
00:57:31,439 --> 00:57:33,309
He can't ever die.
1068
00:57:33,351 --> 00:57:34,431
Bill?
1069
00:57:34,472 --> 00:57:35,932
Bill?
1070
00:57:37,758 --> 00:57:41,288
♪
1071
00:57:41,332 --> 00:57:44,782
He will spend hundreds of years
traveling the world,
1072
00:57:44,826 --> 00:57:47,946
learning all there is
to know.
1073
00:57:47,987 --> 00:57:51,187
He will learn every language.
1074
00:57:51,230 --> 00:57:55,180
He will read every book.
1075
00:57:55,219 --> 00:57:58,259
He will know every land.
1076
00:57:58,297 --> 00:57:59,327
(soft pop)
1077
00:57:59,378 --> 00:58:01,698
He will spend thousand of years
1078
00:58:01,746 --> 00:58:04,486
creating stunning works of art.
1079
00:58:04,535 --> 00:58:07,235
♪
1080
00:58:07,279 --> 00:58:11,429
He will learn to meditate
to control all pain.
1081
00:58:11,476 --> 00:58:14,846
As wars will be fought
1082
00:58:14,885 --> 00:58:18,045
and great loves found...
1083
00:58:18,090 --> 00:58:20,500
♪
1084
00:58:20,540 --> 00:58:23,120
...and lost...
1085
00:58:23,162 --> 00:58:24,992
and found.
1086
00:58:25,033 --> 00:58:28,283
♪
1087
00:58:28,316 --> 00:58:30,266
Lost...
1088
00:58:30,314 --> 00:58:32,644
and found.
1089
00:58:32,683 --> 00:58:35,183
And found.
1090
00:58:35,220 --> 00:58:37,140
And found.
1091
00:58:37,176 --> 00:58:40,706
And memories built
upon memories
1092
00:58:40,749 --> 00:58:44,159
until life runs
on an endless loop.
1093
00:58:44,199 --> 00:58:50,269
♪
1094
00:58:50,644 --> 00:58:55,264
He will father hundreds
of thousands of children
1095
00:58:55,302 --> 00:58:57,382
whose own exponential offspring
1096
00:58:57,425 --> 00:59:01,745
he'll slowly lose track of
through the years,
1097
00:59:01,790 --> 00:59:04,120
whose millions
of beautiful lives
1098
00:59:04,159 --> 00:59:07,819
will all eventually
be swept again from the earth.
1099
00:59:07,860 --> 00:59:11,640
♪
1100
00:59:11,682 --> 00:59:16,092
And still, Bill will continue.
1101
00:59:16,134 --> 00:59:17,804
He will learn more
about life
1102
00:59:17,837 --> 00:59:22,077
than any being in history,
1103
00:59:22,120 --> 00:59:25,400
but death will forever
be a stranger to him.
1104
00:59:25,445 --> 00:59:27,145
♪
1105
00:59:27,193 --> 00:59:31,983
People will come and go
until names lose all meaning,
1106
00:59:32,018 --> 00:59:33,888
until people lose all meaning
1107
00:59:33,927 --> 00:59:36,547
and vanish entirely
from the world.
1108
00:59:36,589 --> 00:59:39,919
♪
1109
00:59:39,956 --> 00:59:42,446
And still, Bill will live on.
1110
00:59:42,495 --> 00:59:45,485
♪
1111
00:59:45,528 --> 00:59:49,348
He will befriend the next
inhabitants of the earth,
1112
00:59:49,395 --> 00:59:54,005
beings of light
who revere him as a god.
1113
00:59:54,053 --> 00:59:57,843
♪
1114
00:59:57,879 --> 01:00:00,289
And Bill will outlive them
all...
1115
01:00:00,331 --> 01:00:02,871
♪
1116
01:00:02,906 --> 01:00:06,026
...for millions
and millions of years...
1117
01:00:06,070 --> 01:00:08,110
♪
1118
01:00:08,148 --> 01:00:12,008
...exploring,
learning, living,
1119
01:00:12,055 --> 01:00:15,255
until the earth is swallowed
beneath his feet.
1120
01:00:15,300 --> 01:00:19,380
♪
1121
01:00:19,416 --> 01:00:22,326
Until the sun is
long since gone.
1122
01:00:22,368 --> 01:00:26,898
♪
1123
01:00:26,941 --> 01:00:30,351
Until time loses all meaning
and the moment comes
1124
01:00:30,393 --> 01:00:33,433
that he knows only
the positions of the stars
1125
01:00:33,469 --> 01:00:37,919
and sees them whether his eyes
are closed or open.
1126
01:00:37,962 --> 01:00:39,912
Until he forgets his name
1127
01:00:39,956 --> 01:00:42,406
and the place where
he'd once come from.
1128
01:00:42,449 --> 01:00:44,399
♪
1129
01:00:44,445 --> 01:00:47,315
He lives and he lives
1130
01:00:47,357 --> 01:00:49,557
until all of the lights
go out.
1131
01:00:49,602 --> 01:01:03,242
♪
1132
01:01:04,236 --> 01:01:06,896
(quiet nature sounds)
1133
01:01:10,000 --> 01:01:15,000
Sync By
K.Hamed
1134
01:01:15,100 --> 01:01:25,100
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