Well, it is December 15, and you know what that means. Time to post the
horror that is the "Half Light" music video. Now, perhaps I must say a few
things first. This little installment here would be pointless to read
unless you have the song "Half Light" to listen to while viewing it, or at
least have a vivid imagination. I'm gonna be descriptive here, yes I am.
But it should be enjoyable. If you don't have "Half Light," then I
recommend downloading it or playing the Mothman DVD "Half Light" music
video special feature in the background to listen to, if you have that
instead. If you have no way of doing any of the above, then I've wasted
my time and you'll just have to use your imagination. But that's okay,
right?
This is the final thing that will be added to this story. Just like the actual Mothman/Indrid Cold ordeal in reality, it all comes to a close on December 15, the day of the Silver Bridge collapse. This be it.
And remember kids, dying in a bridge collapse might be your fate, too.
Disclaimer: I don't own Invader Zim, the whole Mothman thing going on here, or "Half Light." Thank you, and enjoy.
~
"Half Light" -- By Low w/tomandandy, feat. Indrid Cold (really, that's what it says) -- Available on "The Mothman Prophecies" soundtrack
[Before any music starts, we see white lettering in all capitals on a black background, just as in the actual music video. Instead of simply saying "MOTHMAN," however, it says "AGENT MOTHMAN." The words stay there for about four seconds.and then music starts. We see Gaz standing alone in the darkness, playing a guitar, producing the first few sounds of the song.]
Gaz: ::looks ominous, evil, and such as she glares silently at the camera, strumming said guitar::
[Suddenly, we see a close-up, slow-motion view of a drop of blood splashing onto metal. This is very brief and almost immediately cuts to a view of Dib, joining Gaz on the musical scene by playing the drums. And now, my friends, the song has a beat to it. No sooner than that comes to pass, the camera makes an eerie swiveling move, and we see that Zim has joined in, playing bass in the darkness there, too.]
Zim: ::plays his wonderful bass guitar overzealously, but nonetheless produces a good sound::
[We cut from this to various short scenes from the story. These scenes are the ones in which Dib is studying his dissolving roll of film, Gaz is jerking the first phone out of the wall, and GIR is clinging onto Indrid's leg. These scenes are all viewed during the instrumental introduction to the song. But now it is time for vocals.yes, indeedy. Vocals. The camera focuses on GIR and Indrid, dancing about in some dark area of the planet (or maybe Lanulos), with a reddish hue about the place.]
GIR: ::sings:: Staaayy, half life, half night and daaayy; traaade, half light, stolen awaaayy; Fade, black light, white light, I'll staaay; Staaay, half life, half night, and daaayyy...
[We hear some screechy noises in the background and see a brief scene of the Mothman, large red eyes hypnotizing you. The camera then cuts back to GIR, who is bobbing his head and tapping his leg as he sits in the aforementioned darkened area with Indrid, still singing.]
GIR: I can't staaayy!
[The drums come in especially heavy again, and the scene from "Agent Mothman" in which Dib is running to his Swollen Eyeball meeting, with the flashing red UFO lights shining from above, is seen briefly. Suddenly the name "INDRID COLD" is flashed quickly, allowing the camera to cut to a view of Indrid walking down the street, late at night, looking all spooky and such.]
Indrid Cold: ::begins singing/muttering/prophesying darkly:: GIR and Gaz: ::sing:: In the half light I'll see you in time!
Gaz: ::wonders why she's singing::
[Again, the camera keeps cutting from one short view to the next: First allowing a glimpse of Gaz playing her guitar and starting to bob her head, to Zim on the bass looking thrilled with himself, then to Dib on the drums again, next to the flashback scene of the lunch lady suggesting to Dib that they worship the chicken god, and finally to a flashing blood red and black screen that says: "WAKE UP, NUMBER FIFTEEN."]
Indrid Cold: ::continues muttering/prophesying/being creepy in the background::
All Except Indrid (who still be muttering): ::sings:: In the half light, in the half light I'll see you in time.
[The music calms down again for a little bit. The only sounds being emitted are those from Gaz's guitar. The camera zooms in on her increasingly headbanging self, only to have Gaz look up and shove a hand in the lens, blocking herself from view angrily. The sound of a phone rings in the song, and the scene from this story in which Gaz tears the other phone out of the wall is shown. The music picks up again.]
GIR: ::still sings and dances cutely with Indrid:: Staaayy, half life, half night, and daaayy; traaade, half light, stolen awaaayy.
[We see Dib, standing on a table in the cafeteria, preaching to the multitudes, telling them to leave or die. Next we view the Membrane kitchen, going up in flames.]
GIR: Fade, black light, white light, I'll staaayy; staaayy, half life, half night, and daaayy.
[Two large eyes are shown, glaring out of nowhere amid the screechy background sounds.]
GIR: I can't staaayy.
[Rapid fire messages start pelting themselves onto the screen: "CAFETERIAS EXPLODE.", "BRIDGES COLLAPSE.", "WE ALL DIE," and "BURNT TOAST."]
All Except Indrid: I cant staaayy.
[The drums again set in hard and we see weird, time-lapsed scenes briefly of the moon traveling across the sky on an otherwise dark night, and Dib pacing about his room, wondering how to stop the cafeteria from exploding. The next message that flies onto the screen for a nanosecond is "NACHOS." The camera then does an odd cut to a scene of GIR and Indrid doing a very out-of-place tango.]
Indrid Cold: ::continues once again with the dark whispering::
All Except Indrid: In the half light, in the half light I'll see you in time!
GIR: Staaayy.. ::dances around the reddish-lit room with his buddy, Indrid::
Everyone, including Indrid Cold: In the half light, in the half light I'll see you in time!
GIR: Staaayy, half life, half night, and daaayy.
Everyone Else: In the half light I'll see you in time!
Indrid Cold: ::continues yet again with the dark muttering of random phrases::
[For the rest of the video, the vocals continue in this broken manner. Right about now, though, the drums return, and we see a clip from the movie of the biggest chunk of the Silver Bridge falling into the Ohio River. This cuts back to more deranged messages on the screen ("GOVERNMENT CONSPIRACY?" and "DEATH IS NEAT") as well as the scene from "Agent Mothman" in which the cafeteria explodes and hordes of filthy little children try to exit as fast as possible.]
GIR: ::sings:: Oooohh..ooohh..ooohh..oooohh.. ::is shown headbanging in that dark/reddish room with Indrid Cold::
[A final shot of the two glaring red eyes is shown.]
Zim: ::is really getting into the song now:: Staaayy..staaayy..
GIR: ::keeps making those ghostly "ooh" noises throughout the end of the song::
[The final scene from the story is shown here: Gaz and Dib observe the damage done to the hideous skool, happy in the knowledge that they somehow survived the disaster, while errant plumbers and mimes work their way around the wreckage, looking for bodies.]
Gaz: ::headbangs slowly while playing the guitar::
[The music fades and we briefly glimpse Indrid Cold grinning viciously. We see a shot of MissEgypt111 in her black trench coat, walking away into the night with the manuscript for "Agent Mothman" in her hands. The lights with which we have been seeing the Invader Zim characters flicker and fade, allowing the screen to return to blackness. A single message ("I'LL SEE YOU IN TIME") flickers there and goes away.]
Here ends the video.
This is the final thing that will be added to this story. Just like the actual Mothman/Indrid Cold ordeal in reality, it all comes to a close on December 15, the day of the Silver Bridge collapse. This be it.
And remember kids, dying in a bridge collapse might be your fate, too.
Disclaimer: I don't own Invader Zim, the whole Mothman thing going on here, or "Half Light." Thank you, and enjoy.
~
"Half Light" -- By Low w/tomandandy, feat. Indrid Cold (really, that's what it says) -- Available on "The Mothman Prophecies" soundtrack
[Before any music starts, we see white lettering in all capitals on a black background, just as in the actual music video. Instead of simply saying "MOTHMAN," however, it says "AGENT MOTHMAN." The words stay there for about four seconds.and then music starts. We see Gaz standing alone in the darkness, playing a guitar, producing the first few sounds of the song.]
Gaz: ::looks ominous, evil, and such as she glares silently at the camera, strumming said guitar::
[Suddenly, we see a close-up, slow-motion view of a drop of blood splashing onto metal. This is very brief and almost immediately cuts to a view of Dib, joining Gaz on the musical scene by playing the drums. And now, my friends, the song has a beat to it. No sooner than that comes to pass, the camera makes an eerie swiveling move, and we see that Zim has joined in, playing bass in the darkness there, too.]
Zim: ::plays his wonderful bass guitar overzealously, but nonetheless produces a good sound::
[We cut from this to various short scenes from the story. These scenes are the ones in which Dib is studying his dissolving roll of film, Gaz is jerking the first phone out of the wall, and GIR is clinging onto Indrid's leg. These scenes are all viewed during the instrumental introduction to the song. But now it is time for vocals.yes, indeedy. Vocals. The camera focuses on GIR and Indrid, dancing about in some dark area of the planet (or maybe Lanulos), with a reddish hue about the place.]
GIR: ::sings:: Staaayy, half life, half night and daaayy; traaade, half light, stolen awaaayy; Fade, black light, white light, I'll staaay; Staaay, half life, half night, and daaayyy...
[We hear some screechy noises in the background and see a brief scene of the Mothman, large red eyes hypnotizing you. The camera then cuts back to GIR, who is bobbing his head and tapping his leg as he sits in the aforementioned darkened area with Indrid, still singing.]
GIR: I can't staaayy!
[The drums come in especially heavy again, and the scene from "Agent Mothman" in which Dib is running to his Swollen Eyeball meeting, with the flashing red UFO lights shining from above, is seen briefly. Suddenly the name "INDRID COLD" is flashed quickly, allowing the camera to cut to a view of Indrid walking down the street, late at night, looking all spooky and such.]
Indrid Cold: ::begins singing/muttering/prophesying darkly:: GIR and Gaz: ::sing:: In the half light I'll see you in time!
Gaz: ::wonders why she's singing::
[Again, the camera keeps cutting from one short view to the next: First allowing a glimpse of Gaz playing her guitar and starting to bob her head, to Zim on the bass looking thrilled with himself, then to Dib on the drums again, next to the flashback scene of the lunch lady suggesting to Dib that they worship the chicken god, and finally to a flashing blood red and black screen that says: "WAKE UP, NUMBER FIFTEEN."]
Indrid Cold: ::continues muttering/prophesying/being creepy in the background::
All Except Indrid (who still be muttering): ::sings:: In the half light, in the half light I'll see you in time.
[The music calms down again for a little bit. The only sounds being emitted are those from Gaz's guitar. The camera zooms in on her increasingly headbanging self, only to have Gaz look up and shove a hand in the lens, blocking herself from view angrily. The sound of a phone rings in the song, and the scene from this story in which Gaz tears the other phone out of the wall is shown. The music picks up again.]
GIR: ::still sings and dances cutely with Indrid:: Staaayy, half life, half night, and daaayy; traaade, half light, stolen awaaayy.
[We see Dib, standing on a table in the cafeteria, preaching to the multitudes, telling them to leave or die. Next we view the Membrane kitchen, going up in flames.]
GIR: Fade, black light, white light, I'll staaayy; staaayy, half life, half night, and daaayy.
[Two large eyes are shown, glaring out of nowhere amid the screechy background sounds.]
GIR: I can't staaayy.
[Rapid fire messages start pelting themselves onto the screen: "CAFETERIAS EXPLODE.", "BRIDGES COLLAPSE.", "WE ALL DIE," and "BURNT TOAST."]
All Except Indrid: I cant staaayy.
[The drums again set in hard and we see weird, time-lapsed scenes briefly of the moon traveling across the sky on an otherwise dark night, and Dib pacing about his room, wondering how to stop the cafeteria from exploding. The next message that flies onto the screen for a nanosecond is "NACHOS." The camera then does an odd cut to a scene of GIR and Indrid doing a very out-of-place tango.]
Indrid Cold: ::continues once again with the dark whispering::
All Except Indrid: In the half light, in the half light I'll see you in time!
GIR: Staaayy.. ::dances around the reddish-lit room with his buddy, Indrid::
Everyone, including Indrid Cold: In the half light, in the half light I'll see you in time!
GIR: Staaayy, half life, half night, and daaayy.
Everyone Else: In the half light I'll see you in time!
Indrid Cold: ::continues yet again with the dark muttering of random phrases::
[For the rest of the video, the vocals continue in this broken manner. Right about now, though, the drums return, and we see a clip from the movie of the biggest chunk of the Silver Bridge falling into the Ohio River. This cuts back to more deranged messages on the screen ("GOVERNMENT CONSPIRACY?" and "DEATH IS NEAT") as well as the scene from "Agent Mothman" in which the cafeteria explodes and hordes of filthy little children try to exit as fast as possible.]
GIR: ::sings:: Oooohh..ooohh..ooohh..oooohh.. ::is shown headbanging in that dark/reddish room with Indrid Cold::
[A final shot of the two glaring red eyes is shown.]
Zim: ::is really getting into the song now:: Staaayy..staaayy..
GIR: ::keeps making those ghostly "ooh" noises throughout the end of the song::
[The final scene from the story is shown here: Gaz and Dib observe the damage done to the hideous skool, happy in the knowledge that they somehow survived the disaster, while errant plumbers and mimes work their way around the wreckage, looking for bodies.]
Gaz: ::headbangs slowly while playing the guitar::
[The music fades and we briefly glimpse Indrid Cold grinning viciously. We see a shot of MissEgypt111 in her black trench coat, walking away into the night with the manuscript for "Agent Mothman" in her hands. The lights with which we have been seeing the Invader Zim characters flicker and fade, allowing the screen to return to blackness. A single message ("I'LL SEE YOU IN TIME") flickers there and goes away.]
Here ends the video.