"The Bird And The Worm"
Little girl: "Why is it snowing grandma? Where does it come from?"
Grandma: "Oh that's a long story, sweetheart."
Girl: "I wanna
hear it."
Grandma: "Not tonight. Go to sleep."
Girl: "I'm not sleepy. Tell me, please."
Grandma:
"Well, let's see. I guess it would have to start with
scissors.
Girl: "Scissors?"
Grandma: "Well,
there are all kinds of scissors. And once there was even a man who
had scissors for hands."
Girl: "A man?"
Grandma:
"Yes."
Girl: "Hands scissors?"
Grandma:
"No, scissor hands. You know that mansion, on top of the
mountain?"
Little girl: "It's haunted."
Grandma: "Well, a long time ago, an inventor lived in that
mansion. He made many things I suppose. He also created a man. He
gave him insides: a heart, a brain, everything, well, almost
everything.
He
wears his heart
safety pinned to his backpack
His backpack is
all that he knows
Psychologist: "The years he spent in isolation have not equipped him with the tools necessary to judge right from wrong. He's had no contacts. He's been completely without guidance. Furthermore, his work, the garden sculptures, hairstyles and so forth, indicates that he's a highly imaginative character. It seems clear that his awareness of what we call reality is radically underdeveloped."
Shot
down by strangers
Kim: "Why are you
laughing? He got hurt!"
Jim: "It's just a little shock,
why do you care?"
Kim: "A little shock?"
Jim:
"I wish we'd been taping that. I'd give my left nut to see that
again."
whose glances can cripple
Jim: "Now you've
done it!"
Kim: "It's just a scratch, Jim. Really, it's
ok. It's just a..."
Jim: "Stay back! You touch her
again and I kill you!"
Kim: "No, it's no big deal!"
Jim: "Call a doctor. He skewered Kim."
Kim: "No!"
(Peg takes Kim away)
Jim: "Stay away from her, ok? I
mean it! You can't touch anything without destroying it! Who the hell
you think you are even hanging around her anyway. Get the hell out of
here! Get the hell out! Go! Freak!"
the
heart and devour the soul
Esmeralda: "It's not heaven he's from! It's straight from the stinking flames of hell! The power of Satan is in him, I can feel it. Can't you? Have you poor sheep strayed so far from the path?"
Grandma: "You see,
the inventor was very old. He died before he got to finish the man he
had invented. So the man was left by himself, incomplete and all
alone."
All
alone he turns to stone
while holding his breath half to death
Peg: "What
happened to you? Where are your parents? Your mother? Your father?"
Edward: "He didn't wake up."
Terrified
of what's inside
to save his life he crawls
Jim: Forget about holding her hand, man. Think about the damage he could do to other places.
like
a worm from a bird
crawls like a worm from a bird
Out of his mind the weight
pushes him whispering
must've been out of
his mind
Kim: "It must have
been awful when they told you whose house it was."
Edward:
"I knew it was Jim's house."
Kim: "You did?"
Edward: "Yes."
Kim: "Well, then why'd you do
it?"
Edward: "Because you asked me to."
mid-day
delusions of pushing this
out of his head, maybe
out of his mind
Esmeralda: "Don't come near me! He has been sent first to tempt you. But it's not too late. You must push him from you, expel him! Trample down the perversion of nature!"
All
alone he turns to stone
while holding his breath half to
death
Terrified of what's inside
Inventor: I know it is a little early for Christmas, Edward, but; I have a present for you.
to
save his life he
crawls like a worm from a bird
crawls like a
worm from a bird
All he knows
If he can't relieve it it
grows
and so it goes
Jim: Are you serious? I'm going to lose you to that? He isn't even human.
he
crawls like a worm
crawls like a worm from the bird
Out of
his mind the weight
pushes him whispering
First officer: "Put
your hands up!"
Second officer: "He's got something in
his hands! It looks like knives!"
First officer: "Drop
your weapons! I repeat, drop your weapons. I'm gonna ask you one more
time. This is your last warning. Drop your weapons! If you fail to do
so, we'll have to open fire. Don't make us do that buddy. Drop your
weapons! Drop them! Now! Looks like we've got a psycho. Prepare to
fire."
must've been out of his mind
All alone he turns to stone
Peg: Are you alone? Do you live up here all by yourself? What happened to your face? Hum, you know, I won't hurt you. But at the very least let me give you a good astringent and this will help to prevent infection. What's your name?
while
holding his breath half to death
Terrified of whats inside
Inventor: Hmm...yes. Boring. Let's switch to...Ah!...To some poetry! There was an old man from the Cape who made himself germents of Crepe. When asked 'Will they tear?' he replied 'Here and there, but they keep such a beautiful shape!' That's right! Go ahead, smile, it's funny!
to
save his life he crawls
like a worm from a bird
crawls like a
worm from a bird
All alone
he's holding his breath half to
death
Esmeralda: "I warned, you didn't I? But you didn't heed my warning. But now you will, because you can see it too."
Terrified
to save his life
he crawls like a worm
Crawls like a worm from
a bird
crawls like a worm from a bird
crawls like a worm from a
bird
crawls like a worm
crawls like a worm
crawls like a
worm from a bird
End Credits:
-Composed by Phractured Reality
-Quotes from Tim Burton's Edward Scissorhands
-Song: "The Bird and the Worm" by the Used
End Note:
-Disclaimer: Own neither properties listed/used above.
-Please review. I look forward to hearing from you. And thank you for reading...
Edit: Thank you Wolfy the Ironic Ninja for reviewing and for notifying me about the wrong lyrics. Yes, it's an amazing song. I love the music video. And I originally copied and pasted the lyrics from Anyways, I changed the lyrics. Thanks again.
masako moonshade- Thank you. The whole music video thing was exactly what I was going for with this!
