Colma: The Musical (2006) - full transcript

♪ Colma stays
out of place ♪

♪ While I take the train
to a space ♪

♪ I can leave my worries
far behind me ♪

♪ If for only
eight hours a day ♪

♪ I trace the lines
I find upon me ♪

♪ Find my way
to Serramonte ♪

♪ I can't believe
how much it hasn't changed ♪

♪ It goes to show
that Colma stays ♪

♪ And Colma stays

♪ Colma stays,
the rest move forward ♪

♪ I can't tell
what I move toward ♪



♪ I can't see the changes

♪ Everybody swears

♪ Are happening
before my face ♪

♪ I trace the lines
on the floor ♪

♪ Find my way
back to Westmoor ♪

♪ I still see
the teachers ♪

♪ That I sat before

♪ And hated even then

♪ 'Cause Colma stays

Both:
♪ New York just cleaned up
Times Square ♪

♪ And San Francisco
is right over there ♪

♪ Los Angeles
just instated ♪

♪ A new mode
of public transit ♪

♪ While Colma stays



♪ I guess it's cool we got
a new police station ♪

♪ Next to
the police station ♪

♪ Colma stays
far from disaster ♪

♪ Safe and slow,
the people leave faster ♪

♪ Wish I had a car

♪ 'Cause where you are
ain't very far ♪

♪ Where Colma stays

♪ I trace
the roots undefined ♪

♪ Oh, my God,
they're tearing down Lyon's ♪

♪ Who says that there's
no progression ♪

♪ Here in Colma?
Can't they see the signs? ♪

Westlake Shopping Center
just got a Boston Market.

They built a multiplex
next to the Toto's.

Shakey's is now IHOP.

♪ Colma stays
next to Daly City ♪

♪ Object of
ridicule and pity ♪

♪ New York's got
New Jersey ♪

♪ San Francisco's got

♪ The place
where Colma stays ♪

♪ I trace the roots
of my sadness ♪

♪ Find my way
into the mouth of madness ♪

♪ Maybe there's
a reason why ♪

♪ The world
goes on and on ♪

♪ While Colma stays

♪ And Colma stays

♪ London's got
a bustling scene ♪

♪ And Amsterdam's different
standards of a scene ♪

♪ Paris got the Louvre
and Eiffel Tower ♪

♪ To mark its land

♪ While Colma stays

♪ We finally got
an In-N-Out Burger ♪

♪ Next to
a Krispy Kreme ♪

♪ Maybe it's a different
way of living ♪

♪ But it's just the way
I've lived for so long ♪

♪ How can you say
that I'm missing out? ♪

♪ Colma stays,
the place I was born ♪

♪ Wanting, sad,
forsaken, forlorn ♪

♪ Still I wouldn't
give it up ♪

♪ For anybody

♪ I know nothing more

♪ You hear
the tone of my voice ♪

♪ Still you think
that I have a choice ♪

♪ What more can a girl
from Colma do ♪

♪ Than just accept

♪ That Colma stays?

♪ And Colma stays

♪ Everybody has
their call ♪

♪ And everyone in Colma
ends up at the mall ♪

♪ Maybe there's
a reason why ♪

♪ The world
will never know ♪

♪ Where Colma stays

♪ Colma stays

♪ Colma stays

♪ And you will
never know ♪

♪ Colma stays,
fast as a tortoise ♪

♪ Colma stays,
like rigor mortis ♪

♪ Colma stays
as popular as Tae Bo ♪

Men:
♪ Colma stays,
but I have to go. ♪

Oh, Kevin will
see you soon.

Go ahead
and have a seat.

Okay.

- Billy?
- Yeah, that's me.

Nice tie.

Billy-- Billy Castilo.
Castilo?

Castillo.
It's Spanish.

Castillo, right.
That whole double "L"
thing?

Never made
much sense to me.

So you just graduated
from high school.

- Yeah, last week.
- How's it feel to you?

Uh, it's--
it's new.

I mean, I've been
waiting for it for
such a long time.

Now that it's actually here,
it just feels like any
other day, I guess.

Uh-huh.

I always thought that
I'd have all the answers

by the time I was 18.
And, you know,

now that I'm 18,
I don't really feel
any wiser.

It's just part
of the big journey,
I guess, right?

I drew those
nipples huge.

So, yeah, big journey
and whatnot.

- Are you going to college
right away?
- In August.

- That's not
too far away.
- No.

Uh, but I can schedule
my classes around work.

So it says here that--

where'd your tie go?

- It's in my hand.
- Why is it in your hand?

I just-- you know,
I thought that--

It's okay.
Leave it off.
Leave it off.

- Yeah, it was
an ugly tie anyway.
- I know, right?

So it says here
that you were part of
Thespian Troupe 2665.

- Yeah.
- Thespian. Thesbians.

Yeah, we had
a bumper sticker

that said "Thespians
do it onstage."

- Now that's just juvenile.
- I always thought so.

- You had a paper route
before this?
- Yeah.

And you want
to work here?

Yeah.

Sell me this shirt.

Okay. Um...

Hello. Do you have
any questions about
this shirt?

Oh, hello.
I was wondering

if you could tell me
something about
this shirt.

Uh, I'd be glad to.
What was your question?

Actually, I have
quite a few, sonny.

Do you have this
in a medium?

Actually, sir,
this is--

I am a woman.
Don't call me "sir."

Oh. Um, excuse me, ma'am.

I think this is
a medium.

I see.

You see,
I have a tendency
to put on weight

and I was wondering
if it would shrink on me.

Um, I'd say,

I think if you're
careful--

You still live with
your parents, huh?

Yeah.

- You don't do
your own laundry?
- No.

It says that
it's prewashed
and preshrunk.

- Oh, I'm sorry.
- Don't worry about
the things you don't know.

That's what
training is for.

Do you know how many
fucking mongoloids
I've hired here?

♪ I had a paper route
and I think that maybe ♪

♪ I was happy

♪ I had it figured out,
I knew someday ♪

♪ That I would be
happy ♪

♪ All along, I didn't know
what it meant ♪

♪ To have it
figured out ♪

♪ Just as long
as I said ♪

♪ Things will get better
than a paper route ♪

♪ I used to go to school
and I think that maybe ♪

♪ I was happy

♪ I knew I wasn't cool,
I knew someday ♪

♪ That I would be
happy ♪

♪ But I couldn't envision
the future enough ♪

♪ To scare
the death away ♪

♪ Just as long
as I said ♪

♪ Things will get better,
it will be okay... ♪

- So how'd it go?
- I got it.

You got it?

You got the job?
That's good.

Yeah.
Congratulations, Billy.

When we get home,
we'll order a pizza.

No, just drop me off
at Ro's house.

But we're gonna
order a pizza.

It's not that big a deal.
Just drop me off
at Ro's house.

So you think
you're so cool

now that you're
18 years old.

You know what?
When I was your age,

- I was 18 and I
didn't know shit.
- Julio.

- ¿Qué?
- Mira tu lengua.

Jesus, he's
18 years old.

You don't think
the motherfucker
swears himself?

♪ Things will
get better. ♪

Hi, Mr. Valode.
Is Ro home?

I don't know.

- Rodel!
- What?

- Billy's here for you.
- Tell him to come up.

- I got the job.
- Yeah?

- Yeah.
- Shit, man.
I get fired from my job,

and you get a job doing
the exact same thing.

You take my title
of retail bitch.

That's right, a retail bitch
for all those consumer whores.

Well, Maribel's supposed
to be inviting us to
something later on,

- and I don't know what.
We should celebrate.
- Nice. What are we gonna do?

She says there was this
cool party tonight.

Oh, someone else's
party.

Hey, you might like it.
There's supposed to be a lot
of girls there tonight.

That is the last thing
I should be thinking
about right now.

♪ School was such a joke
and I'm glad to be gone ♪

♪ I was happy

♪ Now I'm poor and broke,
but I have to move on ♪

♪ I'll be happy

♪ I used to think
that when I graduated ♪

♪ Things would blur
a little less ♪

♪ I told myself that
things will get better ♪

♪ Than this whole
amorphous mess ♪

♪ It will be okay

♪ Things will get better

♪ It will be okay

♪ Things will get better.

Hey, Billy.
It's Maribel.

I'm just calling
to see where you guys
are at, and--

oh, you're right
in front of my house and
walking up to me right now,

- so I'm gonna hang up.
- Which one of us were you
calling?

I called both of you.
I just left a message
on your voice mail.

- Yeah, we were singing.
- We all gonna go to the party
at Chester House?

What the hell is
Chester House?

Chester House.
You know, it's that house

where all those college kids
throw those random parties,

like the Super Bowl party
or the white trash party.

You mean there's
a difference?

Yeah.

♪ I just wish
I had the structure ♪

♪ That I had
two weeks ago ♪

♪ I have
so many questions ♪

♪ One of them
being... ♪

Do I look fuckable?

I'd switch for you.

- ♪ We need to
lighten up a bit ♪
- ♪ And I'm glad to be gone

- ♪ Something to swivel us,
something frivolous ♪
- ♪ I was happy

- ♪ You need to have
some fun tonight ♪
- ♪ Now I'm poor and broke

- ♪ And I have to move on
- ♪ I'll be...

- ♪ Get some drinks in us,
maybe some cannabis ♪
- ♪ Happy

♪ Maybe you just
need to pull ♪

♪ That stick
out of your ass ♪

♪ Things have gone
to shit right now ♪

♪ But still,
this too will pass ♪

♪ No one told us
that the future ♪

♪ Feels about
the same ♪

♪ No one told us
that this party ♪

♪ Would look
so fucking lame ♪

♪ It will be okay

♪ Things will get better.

So why do they call it
Chester House?

Well, these college kids
wanted to stay near
the college,

but the cheapest house
they could rent was in
Westchester Square.

So they called it
Westchester House.

But after a while
it just became
Chester House.

Hmm, Chester House.
That's cool.

- Isn't it?
- Both: No.

Look, can you guys
act normal for one night?

- Normal.
- Act.

Just try and have
a good time tonight,

please, for me.

- "For me."
- Come on.

♪ 21-year-old appeal

♪ I can't believe
how young I feel ♪

♪ And it

♪ Makes me feel
I'm cool as shit ♪

♪ All the nonconformists
gather 'round ♪

♪ To show off,
wax and blather wit ♪

♪ Everybody's
cool as shit... ♪

Woman:
Hey, what's up, byatch?

Man:
Hey. Show us
a magic trick.

♪ And no one knows
how young we are ♪

♪ We're all
on the same page ♪

♪ No one knows
how young we are ♪

♪ That we are
underage... ♪

Come on.
Let's do a shot.

- None for me.
- More for us.

♪ Crash the party
and they'll never know ♪

♪ We're rockin'
slow and steady ♪

♪ Act the part
and they will never know ♪

♪ I'm feeling cool already

♪ Crash the party

♪ And they will
never know. ♪

There goes Amanda.

Remember, guys,
act the part.

How the hell
do you act 21?

Hey, Maribel,
you made it.

Hi, Amanda.
Awesome party.

Yeah, another
college party, right?

- Anyway, what's up, byatch?
- Nothing.

I just brought
my friends along.

This is Billy
and this is Rodel.

Right. So anyway,
there's beer in
the bathtub

and mixings
in the kitchen.

All of my roommates
are on the roof

testing out this
Red Hair sinsemilla.

On the roof, huh?
Well, I guess they
really wanted

to get high.

- I'm 21.
- Right.

Maribel, come give me
a hug, nigga.

Oh, my God,
I said "nigga."

- That's such a Maribel
thing to say.
- It is?

Oh, Maribel,
you are too cute.

She would have
gotten the joke if she
weren't so stupid.

No, you're right.
The joke works on
exactly two levels.

Come on,
let's go check out

the mixings
in the kitchen.

♪ Maybe I'm not
cool enough ♪

♪ To understand
this hipster stuff ♪

♪ Just yet

♪ But there's one thing
I don't get... ♪

I love you
so much, man.

I don't know
what I'm doing
with my life.

♪ Is that what
we're gonna be ♪

- ♪ When we grow up?
- What, loud?

♪ You see, that's great

♪ Obnoxious seems to be
my fate ♪

♪ As long as he says
random things ♪

♪ With funny faces
to make ♪

♪ Everything is
random things ♪

♪ There's only so much
I can take... ♪

- Well, I think he rocks.
- In that sucky way.

Let's do a shot.

♪ Crash the party
and they'll never know ♪

♪ We're rockin'
slow and steady ♪

♪ Act the part
and they will never know ♪

♪ I'm feeling cool
already ♪

♪ Crash the party

♪ And they will
never know ♪

♪ This party really
fucking blows. ♪

- I can't believe you.
- What?

Did you guys
come to this party
just to criticize it?

No, we came to the party
'cause we thought it would
be a great way

to celebrate the fact
that Billy got
the job today.

Oh, my God.
Billy, that's awesome.

Congratulations.
Why didn't you guys tell me?

Oh, we were gonna tell you,
but you looked really busy

dominating
the conversation.

And we're not
criticizing the party.
We're just--

you know, criticism
implies that we have

some sort of evaluation
process, and we don't.

This party
just fucking sucks.

Yeah, whatever.
Rodel, grab me three cups.

Three cups for your
alcoholic consumption
coming up.

- Two cups.
I'm not drinking.
- You know, it was cooler

when I could call you a fag
for not drinking.

Now you get to hide
behind the real cool term--
you're straight-edged.

Where's the Kahlua?
I want to make
a Tootsie Roll.

Where's the Jack?
I want to make
a Jack and Coke.

Where's the toilet?
I want to make
a stinky.

You're gonna shit
in their toilet?

- Yeah, I have to go.
- Okay, we'll be here.

♪ Crash the party
and they'll never know ♪

♪ We're rockin'
slow and steady ♪

♪ Act the part
and they will never know ♪

♪ I'm feeling cool already

♪ Crash the party

♪ And they will
never know. ♪

♪ Is this
the bathroom? ♪

♪ Yes, it is

♪ You and me,
let's do a ♪

♪ Shot of straight
Kahlua ♪

♪ Is there someone
in there? ♪

Billy:
♪ I'm taking a shit

♪ Or perhaps
we feel a ♪

♪ Shot of straight
tequila ♪

♪ Maybe while
I'm standing here ♪

♪ You could grab me
an ice-cold beer... ♪

Billy:
Sure, give me a second.

Maribel, you're
being beckoned.

You're sweating.

So are you.

You have paint
on your face.

So do you.

No, I don't.

Oh. Well, I just came
from rehearsal,

so I didn't have time
to wash the paint off.

You're in a play?

Yeah,
I'm a thespian.

Awesome.
I'm an actor.

I didn't think
I'd meet an actress
tonight.

Actually, I prefer
to be called an actor.

Oh. Right. Right.
That whole woman thing.

That whole
woman thing?

Sorry.
I didn't mean--
I mean--

It's okay.

- I should go.
- Can I get my beer?

Right. Sorry.

Wait.

♪ Crash the party
and they'll never know ♪

♪ Some things,
you can't rehearse it ♪

♪ Act the part
and they will never know ♪

♪ I'm such a stupid
person ♪

♪ Crash the party
and their alcohol ♪

♪ We're rocking
slow and steady ♪

♪ Act the part,
and then we'll drink it all ♪

♪ I'm feeling cool
already ♪

♪ Crash the party

♪ And they will
never know. ♪

- Hey there, stranger.
- Hey.

I don't know about
you guys, but Mama's
getting laid tonight.

- By who?
- I don't know. Somebody.

All the guys here
have girlfriends.

Good. Means they won't
call me in the morning.

Wow, is that what
you're drinking

to make yourself more
attractive tonight?

It's what I'm drinking
to make other people more
attractive tonight.

You don't stand a chance
of getting anybody here.

- Just watch, Billy.
- Rodel, all the guys here
are straight.

Hey, how can you tell
if your roommate's gay?

- How?
- His dick tastes
like shit.

That's really crass.

Oh, I love it.

I'm gonna
write that down.

Do it.

You guys want to see
our reenactment of
Michael Madsen

- meeting Alec Baldwin
for the first time?
- Yeah.

- How you doin' tonight?
- How you doin' tonight?

I hate Michael Madsen.

He played the father
in "Free Willy."

You know
the movie he was in
that was really good?

- What?
- "Shut the Fuck Up."

Now that was
a good movie.

- Whoo-hoo!
I'm Margaret Avery.

See, Daddy?
Sinners got soul too.

I love this guy.

He's fucking off his nut.

- You've seen
"The Color Purple"?
- What?

You've seen
"The Color Purple"
with Shug Avery?

No. I don't even
know who the fuck
Margaret Avery is.

Something random
and quirky!

I love this guy.

Everybody listen up.

I'm 21 years old,

just like Maribel,

just like Billy.

We were talking earlier
about how much we miss
being 18,

because we're certainly
not 18 right now.

- Crowd: Mm-hmm.
- Right?

And we were talking about
how we used to sneak

into college parties
much like this one.

You know,
you've all done it.
And I see all of you--

us, desperately
clinging on to our
high school years

back when it was
cool and subversive
to flip off the camera.

And we're all still
a bunch of geeks and
losers, right?

- Am I right?
- Man: I don't know
about all that.

So when I see us acting
all hip and shit,

I can't help
but think to myself...

♪ Could we...

Man:
Oh, no, he's singing.

♪ Get any older?

♪ Our youth
is just slipping away ♪

♪ We're trying
real hard ♪

♪ To act the part

♪ I'm sure that we'll be
cool someday ♪

♪ This one looks
like he still lives
at home with Mom ♪

♪ And this one
took his best friend
as a date to the prom ♪

♪ And this one
smells like feet ♪

♪ And really likes
to eat ♪

♪ How could you not
love this guy? ♪

- Rodel.
- ♪ Could we

♪ Get any older,
get any older ♪

♪ I think that we can
die right now ♪

♪ Underneath the cool facade,
we're still real odd ♪

♪ We're major fucking dorks,
and how ♪

♪ This one looks
like she needs to wear
a push-up bra ♪

♪ And this one goes
to the Renaissance Faire,
huzzah! ♪

♪ You've got all
the "Buffy" episodes
on DVD ♪

♪ Because you wished
you looked as skinny
as her ♪

♪ Could we get
any older? ♪

♪ I don't think so

♪ You're hanging on
to your youth ♪

♪ You act real cool
like you never ditched
school ♪

♪ But everybody knows
the truth ♪

♪ You throw parties
every week ♪

♪ Just to pass
the time ♪

♪ And then
everybody leaves ♪

♪ For you to clean
the grime ♪

♪ And then you're
stuck at home ♪

♪ All alone

♪ Wishing you could
find a man ♪

♪ Could you get
any lamer? ♪

♪ I'm sorry
if I'm sounding blunt ♪

♪ But if you can't hang
with what I just sang ♪

♪ You can shove it

♪ Up

♪ Your

♪ Cu-u-u-uh...

Just kidding.
God, take a joke,
you fucking lesbians.

- Rape!
- Guy, hey, hey, hey,
I'll take it from here.

I'm real sorry, gentlemen.
Nice party.

- You know, I can walk,
you know.
- Come on.

Just 'cause I'm drunk
doesn't mean that I can
walk or not walk.

- Come on.
- I am so sorry.
He gets like this.

So you know he gets
like this, and you brought
him to my party anyway?

Well, at least he didn't
kick anything.

♪ One day I'll find
my happy place ♪

♪ And maybe then
I'll find a person ♪

♪ Who can curl up
in my arms... ♪

Come on, Billy,
jump up on the car.
Sing with me.

Rodel, I'm tired.
Get off the car.
I want to go home.

You know the words.
Sing harmony.
Three, four...

♪ One day I'll find
my happy place ♪

♪ And maybe then
I'll find-- ♪

♪ I forgot
the fucking words. ♪

I forgot the words, Billy.
What are the words?
♪ Fucking words.

- Come on, sing harmony.
- Rodel, I really don't want
to do this right now.

- Both: ♪ I know
it lies somewhere... ♪
- Yeah.

♪ Beyond the clouds
and underwear ♪

♪ My heart is stopping,
I don't care ♪

♪ I know
that I'll be there ♪

- ♪ One step at a time...
- Yeah!

♪ I'll climb
to the highest point ♪

- ♪ I know that if I try...
- Harmony!

♪ I'll fly so high

- ♪ You won't believe
what I can do... ♪
- Kick.

♪ It's true

♪ My happy place
is waiting in the sky ♪

♪ And I

♪ Can meet you there--

Woman, you fucked up
my song.

I had fun tonight.

Billy, I'm drunk
and I'm pissed.

You know, if we were
in Britain right now,

you would have sounded
so redundant.

Oh, my God, Rodel.

It was one thing
for you to get drunk

and start snapping
at people at the party,

but then you get
all karaoke on everyone
with my car alarm?

- That was the fun part.
- And you--

you're sober
and you encouraged him.

Sorry, Maribel.
We didn't mean to
mess up your night.

You know, we meant
to mess up our own.

We keep forgetting
that everything revolves
around you.

- What?
- Maribel, he's drunk.

It's the alcohol
talking.

You're a fucking
bitch, Maribel.

Jesus, Ro.

That's the alcohol
talking too.

I'm sorry, Maribel.

It's okay.

No, I mean it.

- I hate you.
- What?

I hate you?
Not "I hate you."

I'm sorry.
I'm so sorry, Maribel.

You really are off your nut,
you know that?

I had fun getting drunk

and singing show tunes
on top of your car.

Fag.

- Call you tomorrow.
- Okay. Good night.

- You sure you're
okay to drive?
- Pretty sure.

You can always crash here.
My parents don't mind.

- That might be
a good idea.
- Okay.

Come on.

Shit.

Oh, my God,
I'm fucking drunk.

Yeah, you are.

You know, Joanne used
to do this too.

Oh, really?

Yeah, she had this way
of pinning me up
against the car.

It was more like this.
Come here.

Kind of like that,
with one leg.

I think she thought
she was being sexy.

Wow, that's hot.

Yeah, it was like that.

She did it me one time
after rehearsal.

Got old pretty fast.

Well, dude,
I gotta go home.

Give me my keys,
byatch.

You know, I'm glad
you're straight-edged.

- Why?
- 'Cause if you were
drunk tonight,

I'd never hear
the end of Joanne.

God, you scared
the shit out of me.

Go to sleep.
It's 3:00 in the morning.

So how was
the party?

Go to sleep.

Hey, did you get
any pussy?

Dad, don't ask me that.

A father can't
ask his own son
if he got any pussy?

You didn't take your meds
today, did you?

Jesus Christ,
just 'cause I asked you

a simple question
about the party...

Never mind.
Go to sleep.

You have one new message

and 18 old messages.

Man:
Hello. This is
Gary Nottingbird

calling from
Theater Peninsula.

I'm calling
for Billy Castillo.

I just reviewed my notes
from your audition
the other day,

and I wanted to call
to make sure you're still
interested in the part,

which we do want
to offer you.

We just wanted to know
what your availability was.

Mr. Valode:
Rodel! Michael is here.

- Rodel!
- What?

Michael is here.

Hey, Ro.

- You want eggs?
- Fuck, yeah.

Yeah, I never really
liked him anyway.

I mean, I know I never
said anything, but...

Yeah, but I could tell.
Which is fine, 'cause
I hated Joanne.

- Well, we're even, then.
- Yeah.

I told him
I was perfectly fine
being single,

I'd never been
happier.

Never?

Nope.

Well, there was that one time
my family told me
I was adopted.

Doesn't really count, though.
A month later they told me
they were just kidding.

Jesus, that's fucked.

Yeah. Happy times.

Remember when
I auditioned for
"Friend Joseph"?

- Yeah.
- I got a call on the home
line yesterday.

- Yeah.
- I got the part
of Jerry.

- Holy crap!
- Shh.

My parents
are still asleep.

- You got cast
in "Friend Joseph"?
- Yeah.

- As who?
- You remember the play?

- Yeah.
- You remember Jerry?

- The quirky Jewish
second-banana sidekick?
- Yeah.

- That's you?
- That's me.

Oh, my God,
you're the quirky Jewish
second-banana sidekick!

I totally thought
they were gonna cast me
in the flamboyant gay role.

There's a difference?

I'm so happy for you.
Oh, my God.

Who did you get cast as?
The gay guy?

- No, I got cast as Jerry.
- I thought he was
the gay guy.

No, he's the quirky
Jewish sidekick.

Yay! I'm so excited
for you.

Thank you.

- Maribel: It's just
kind of depressing.
- Rodel: Why?

I don't know.
19 just sounds

so much closer
to becoming a grown-up.

And you're not
a grown-up?

No. I just want
to look like a grown-up
so I can get alcohol.

It's not just that.
I kind of feel

like I've been
clinging on to high school
since we graduated.

Ah, so that's why
you've gotten so much
louder ever since.

Fuck you.

I'm just kidding.
Go ahead.

I mean, high school--

Shh, keep it down.
I'm right here.

Can I talk now?

Yeah, go ahead.

High school, to me,
was a place

where you didn't
have to make very
many choices,

at least not
important ones anyway.

Now that we're
out of high school,

I feel like that image
I had of high school
was just an image.

Everybody thinks that
about high school.

Not Billy.
And, to an extent,
not you.

You know, I always thought
Billy would make it
somewhere, though,

- somewhere real big.
- Not you?

No. I used to dream
about it, but...

as long as I have
whatever I write,
I'm happy.

You know, you really
should buy a journal.

It beats writing
your ideas down
on scraps of paper.

Yeah, I know.
I lost one of those
scraps of paper

in my room somewhere,
by the way.

That's very
Emily Dickinson of you,
by the way.

Man: Good.

Turn, turn, turn.

And arms...

Um, hi.
I was wondering
if you knew

where the rehearsals
for "Friend Joseph" were.

That's what I'm trying
to figure out.

Oh, you're in the play
too, then?

Yeah. I'm Tara.

Tara. I remember you.

You were
the one at the party
at Chester House.

Yeah? Which one?

Well, you were in
a Polaroid on the fridge.

You were the one
flipping the camera off.

Hey, you're that sweaty guy
from the bathroom.

Great. That's how
you remember me.

Well, yeah.
I felt really bad.

I wanted to find out
where you went, but then
I had to go.

- You were gonna
look for me?
- Well, yeah.

I gave up on you, though,
figured I lost you.

Man: Step...

I'm not so sweaty now.

You're Filipino.
You know what
would happen.

I don't know.
My cousin came out to
her dad, and she's fine.

Jun's in prison.
Imagine the heartache

my dad would go through
if he found out his
good son's a fag.

Okay, honestly,
I don't know how
he could not know.

What the fuck's that
supposed to mean?

I'm just saying.
You've never had
a girlfriend.

And Michael's been
sleeping over for
the past two years.

- I just told him
you're my girlfriend.
- You fucker.

Hey, I had to.

I feel so used.

Admit it,
you're flattered.

Well, yeah.

So what's
the surprise you have
for me and Billy?

- Holy shit.
Those IDs look real.
- Don't they?

- You go in first.
- We both go in.

A couple of 40s,
you know?

Get something
cheap for us.

I'm 21.

May I see your ID?

7.50.

What the fuck, dude?
Do I look old?

Wow. I didn't realize
this is going to be
such a big deal.

It is "Friend Joseph."
There's really no other
way to do it.

Well, I'd better
get to my car.

Okay.

Did you want
to walk me to my car?

Yeah, sure.

Well, this is my car.

- That wasn't far at all.
- No.

We're holding hands.

Yeah. And now
I'm kissing--

Tara, I kind of
recently got out of
a bad relationship.

It's just a kiss.

Okay.

♪ There's only one name

♪ On my mind

♪ It's left my

♪ Other thoughts behind

♪ A name that's soft
and kind ♪

♪ Tara

♪ She won't be
like the other girls ♪

♪ She won't make
all my fears unfurl ♪

♪ Her name is
such a pearl ♪

♪ Tara

♪ It's happening

♪ I feel it

♪ I know
she's the one for me ♪

♪ Tara

♪ Tara

♪ We are so mature
for our age. ♪

- Who's that?
- What are you guys
doing here?

- Maribel's got
a surprise for you.
- What is it?

Remember that
picture you gave me
three weeks ago?

Dude, we're in
a fucking bar.

I know, and I'm having
my first drink.

I made Maribel get me
something light.

Okay by me.
God, I'm fucking happy
you're having a drink.

A drink, singular.

So who's that girl
you were kissing
a while ago?

Her name is Tara.
She plays the ingenue
in "Friend Joseph."

Whoa. Dating from
within the cast?

Well, not necessarily.
I told her

that I'd just got out
of a relationship.

- Why did you say that?
- 'Cause I did.

- Yeah, like,
three months ago.
- That's pretty recent.

Yeah, well,
we didn't see you
stop kissing her.

Wait. We?

You and Maribel saw?

Yeah. Maribel was the one
who pointed you out to me.

Drink up, niggaz!

Dude, check out
that guy over there.

- I love him!
- You mean Hulk Hogan?

That's fucked up.
Don't call him Hulk Hogan.

- Dude, I'll call him
what I want.
- Oh.

Damn. Maybe you should
slow down on that
beer there.

I want another one.

Yes, you do.

- What?
- Is Ro home?

No, he's out.

Good.

Look at you,

coming in here with
a bloke on each arm.

Well, what can I say?
I'm a lucky gal.

Shit, I'd say
those two bastards
are the lucky ones.

Are you all
swingers?

Yes.

No, we're just friends
from high school.

Good. This isn't exactly
a couples bar, you know,

much less
a triples bar.

This is a bar
where single people
can commiserate.

Well, single
is what we are.

♪ The ancients say
that Cupid ♪

♪ Shot his arrow
through the air ♪

♪ Indiscriminately,
just shooting ♪

♪ Arrows without a care

♪ If I saw an infant
with wings ♪

♪ Just randomly
dealing death about ♪

♪ Well, I'd kick
that flying baby's ass ♪

♪ And then
I'd tear his wings out ♪

♪ Oh, goodbye, Cupid

♪ We bid farewell
to you ♪

♪ We've made up
our minds ♪

♪ There's nothing
you can do ♪

♪ No more tears,
no more games ♪

♪ We're through
with it all, ta-ta ♪

♪ No battle of sexes

♪ We're through
with our exes ♪

♪ So goodbye, stupid,
au revoir... ♪

You know, this is
my first time drinking,

and I don't think
I've ever felt so free.

Attaboy. Here's
the aspirin of love.

♪ I once had a girl
who made me feel all ♪

♪ At once

♪ At ease

♪ And somehow
simultaneously had me ♪

♪ On my knees

♪ She met my cousin,
and then there wasn't ♪

♪ A time when she had
enough space ♪

♪ And I caught
my cousin ♪

♪ Wearing her crotch
on his face... ♪

Cheating cunt.

♪ Oh, goodbye, Cupid

♪ We bid farewell
to you ♪

♪ We've made up
our minds ♪

♪ There's nothing
you can do ♪

♪ No more tears,
no more games ♪

♪ We're through
with it all, ta-ta ♪

♪ Whatever we fear

♪ We'll drown it
in beer ♪

♪ So goodbye, stupid,
au revoir... ♪

Champagne for my
real friends,

and real pain
for my sham friends.

That's a great quote.
Who said that?

I don't know.
I probably did.

How can you not know
if you originated
a phrase?

I lose track.
Besides,

originality is the art
of hiding your sources.

- Who said that?
- Eh, something I made up.

♪ I once had a boy
who made me believe ♪

♪ I was the world

♪ Saccharine-sweet,
he said such things ♪

♪ That would
make you hurl... ♪

- I think he's gay.
- Shh.

♪ He cheated once,
I was fine with that ♪

♪ But my personal things
got attacked... ♪

And he stole money
out of my pockets,

pawned my dad's gun,
gaffled my secret stash
of money

and sold my entire
collection of DVDs...

♪ For crack

♪ Oh, goodbye, Cupid

♪ We bid farewell
to you ♪

♪ We've made up
our minds ♪

♪ There's nothing
you can do ♪

♪ No more tears,
no more games ♪

♪ We're through
with it all, ta-ta ♪

♪ No sex
where we stand ♪

♪ But we've still got
our hands ♪

♪ So goodbye, Cupid,
au revoir ♪

♪ The exes are gone,
the breeder's upset ♪

♪ The faggot
has had enough ♪

♪ Did you hear us?
We've had enough ♪

♪ Ohh-hh...

Everybody fucking sing.

♪ Goodbye, Cupid

♪ We bid farewell

♪ To you

♪ We've made up
our minds ♪

♪ There's nothing
you can do ♪

♪ No more tears,
no more games ♪

♪ We're through
with it all, ta-ta... ♪

- No battle of sexes.
- We're through
with our exes.

- Can't believe
that he took her.
- I'll buy you a hooker.

♪ So goodbye

♪ Stupid, au revoir.

How could I not see
that car there?

You like it?

What, you mean
it's mine?

Me and your mom
bought it for you.

Go ahead, get inside.
Try it out.

I really wasn't
expecting this.

You like it?

It's awesome.
Thank you so much.

No problem.
You deserve it.

Come here.

Rodel.

Ro, what the fuck
happened?

Michael came
to my house today and
told my dad everything.

What do you mean,
everything?

Everything!

♪ How many people

♪ Can tell you
that they know you ♪

♪ So much more
than you know? ♪

♪ And how many times

♪ Do you
tell yourself ♪

♪ Nobody will

♪ Or can feel
your woes? ♪

♪ Every year I lose

♪ A part of my heart
to the world ♪

♪ And narrowing down
to the core ♪

♪ Of my quaint
little world ♪

♪ The sides
of the polygon change ♪

♪ And the number
of points ♪

♪ In the shape
rearrange ♪

♪ My circle of family,
friends and acquaintances ♪

♪ Is diminishing

♪ Triangles stay
the last shape ♪

♪ I know you think

♪ Crazy is what
you only know ♪

♪ That's just
not true ♪

♪ Crazy is what?
Tell me this day ♪

♪ Ends this the whole way
with you ♪

♪ If you really think
that I would fare ♪

♪ Better with somebody

♪ Who claims to be
some picture of sanity ♪

♪ Then I need you
to be someone ♪

♪ Who can be

♪ Crazy like me

♪ Crazy like me,
crazy like me. ♪

Billy.

How are things going
for you here?

Uh, fine.
Everything's fine. Why?

Well--

I'm just gonna
spit it out.

You've been working here
for two weeks already,

and I'm thinking
of having you train
for the register.

Wow. Okay.

Billy, this is
more than okay.

This shows
I have trust in you.

I don't just put
any fucking mongoloid
on the register.

This is a big deal.

- Well, that's
stupendous, sir.
- However--

and I'm gonna have to
level with you here--

I've noticed you've
already requested

two days off
in the last two weeks.

Yeah, that's for
my rehearsals.

See, we have
a set schedule
for rehearsals.

But there isn't
a set schedule here,
so I just--

Wait, wait, wait.
What do you mean, we don't
have a set schedule here?

You get
the printed schedule
the week of.

Yeah, but I need
more notice than that.

I mean, it's
hardly a set schedule.
It changes every week.

All right, how many more
days off in the future

do you think you're
gonna be requesting?

I don't know.
I mean, I guess

whenever my schedule here
clashes with my rehearsals.

That was
the wrong answer.

So what are you saying
I should do?

Well, I think you should

either make arrangements
with your theater
people, or--

and I'm not trying
to sway your decision
or anything here,

but you should
go with us.

Any mongoloid would know
it's the right choice.

Tara:
Since you stay
with your parents,

is there really any reason
for you to have this job?

Yes, I need this job.
I would go crazy if I
didn't have this job.

Well, maybe you can
get a different job
that allows you to--

Babe, I need the job.
I need the money.

I'm saving up
for something big.

Saving for what?

Something big, okay?

You know, it's
the best-paying shit job
I can get right now.

- Sorry if I'm being nosy.
- You're not being nosy.

Joanne-- she was nosy.

Hey, what's up
with that party
we're going to tonight?

Yeah, it's
a networking party.

There's gonna be
writers and actors
and directors

- and even some bands.
- Nice. That sounds cool.

Yeah, I was thinking
about bringing my
cards with me--

you know, pitch myself
to these directors.

I should do that too,
'cause they're always
looking for more actors.

Actually, I was thinking
about bringing some
of my plays too.

People want writers
just as much.

Yeah, but they're
a dime a dozen.

You know, I really like
what you've done

with your character,
by the way. You've really
made it your own.

Thanks. You know,
I'm pretty proud of it.

You know, it's
a new "Friend Joseph,"

so I figured, why not
create a new Jerry?

I want to be known
for this version
of Jerry.

- How's Rodel doing?
- He's all right.

I don't think that he
likes me very much.

- Why would you say that?
- Just a feeling.

Like whenever he's
around, there's this
really subtle vibe

that, you know,
if you're not sharp,
you'll miss it.

Hmm.

I thought I'd find you
here eating, what,
orange chicken?

Dude, I like
orange chicken.

Yeah, I know.
But that's not
orange chicken.

That's deep-fried,
Westernized Chinese
versions

- of chicken nuggets
in orange sauce.

- Dude, orange-colored sauce.
- I know, right?

Hi, Rodel.

Hey, how did
the flyering go?

Uh, five neighborhoods
today, I think. Yeah,
I did five neighborhoods.

Damn. Nice. We should
have a good audience for
opening night at least.

By the way,
I am doing your laundry
from now on.

Um, weird. Okay.

- Why?
- I need to practice.

See, I need to look
at tags and labels

so I could tell
customers how to wash
their own clothes.

So you want
to experiment
with my clothes.

He just wants
more clothes to wash
than he already has.

Hi. Guess who I was
talking to.

Oh, I gotta go.

- See you at home, man.
- Yeah, see you at home.

Bye.

- So...
- Hello?

Hey, Maribel.
No, sorry, my phone's
on vibrate.

No, I'm at the cafe
right now.

I was just talking
to Billy.

No, nothing much, really--
just, you know, eating.

Bye, Ro.

Oh. "Bye, Ro."
Yeah, suddenly she
knows me so well.

Yeah, she can
call me Ro.

She leaves her food here
for other people
to clean up.

- So fucking self-centered.
- Are you talking about me?

Oh, now she thinks
I'm talking about her.
Yeah, whatever.

Now she's walking away
like a freshly fucked
fucking prostit--

Hello?

Do you know
what today is?

Thursday.

Did you want
to be alone today?

Yeah.

Good. I came
just in time.

♪ Deadwalking quietly

♪ Through the graves

♪ The grass
of the graveyard ♪

♪ Beneath my feet

♪ Everyone sleeping

♪ I feel the hush

♪ My heart's
steady pulsing ♪

♪ The only beat

♪ These are the main
Colma residents ♪

♪ For this is
the true population now ♪

♪ Graveyards and
tombstones ♪

♪ To dot the hills

♪ There's more
of them dead ♪

♪ Than alive in town

♪ Come dance with me

♪ Till the sun

♪ Goes down...

That's where
my mom's buried.

Oh.

I know, right?
What do you say
to that?

I know.

I feel like
I could say,

"Oh, wow,"
or, "Oh, really?"

But it'll
sound fake.

Why fake?
'Cause you're not
really interested?

No. It's not 'cause
I'm not interested.

It's just
kind of heavy.

Yeah, it's always
easier

to walk around
the heavy stuff.

Do you want
to visit your mom?

Now you're just
trying to prove
something to me.

No, I just
figured that
since we're here--

Nah.

Are you sure?
Because we can go--

Let it go.

♪ This is my future
main residence ♪

♪ Just deadwalking
nowhere ♪

♪ And everywhere

♪ No one and everyone
knows your name ♪

♪ And nothing and everything
in the end ♪

♪ We will be resting
beneath the soil ♪

♪ And flying so high
up above the clouds ♪

♪ Nothing too heinous
to worry us ♪

♪ And nothing bad
either ♪

♪ To cry about

♪ Come dance

♪ With me

♪ Till the sun

♪ Goes down.

You know,
I always figured

we'd all
move in together
at some point.

Yeah, I always
thought

it might be
kind of cool
if we all did.

Well, you're living
with Billy now.

How's that?

I'm so grateful.

I really am.

I just think
it might be cooler

if we all moved in
together, you know?

I know. Still living
in his parents' house.

Yeah, that feels
awkward--

you know, just having
piles of my clothes lying
around his room.

Just clothes?

I never got
the rest of my shit
from my dad.

Are you going to?

I don't know.

I don't want to talk
about that right now.

Okay, let's drop it.

Let it go.

♪ Deadwalking quietly
through the graves ♪

♪ This is my future
main residence ♪

♪ The grass of the graveyard
beneath my feet ♪

♪ Just deadwalking nowhere
and everywhere ♪

♪ Everyone sleeping,
I feel the hush ♪

♪ No one and everyone
knows your name ♪

♪ My heart's steady pulsing
the only beat ♪

♪ Nothing and everything
in the end ♪

♪ These are the main
Colma residents ♪

♪ We will be resting
beneath the soil ♪

♪ For this is the true
population now ♪

♪ And flying so high up
above the ground ♪

♪ Graveyards and tombstones
to dot hills ♪

♪ Nothing too heinous
to worry us ♪

♪ There's more of them dead
than alive in town ♪

♪ Nothing bad either
to cry about ♪

♪ Come dance

♪ With me

♪ Come dance

♪ With me

♪ Come dance

♪ With me

♪ Come dance

♪ With me

Together:
♪ Come dance

♪ With me

♪ Till the sun

♪ Goes down.

By the way,
Maribel...

What?

Happy birthday.

- Hey.
- Hey.

Oh, I washed
all of your clothes.

Wow, thanks.

No, um,

- you know
your black shirt?
- Yeah.

You took my black shirt and
made it look like some kind
of fucked-up sock puppet.

Hey, you want
to come with us to that
networking party tonight?

- A who?
- There's a networking
party.

There's gonna be, like,
actors and directors
and writers there.

It's actually called
a networking party?

How shameless is that?
Most people try
to disguise it

by calling it
a tsunami benefit
or something.

Yeah, it's pretty
to the point, I guess.

Dude, we're
taking Maribel out
for her birthday.

- Did you forget?
- No, I didn't forget.

I just sort of
planned everything
really poorly.

- You forgot.
- Yeah, I forgot.

Dude, it's okay.

There'll be more
networking parties.

What makes you think
I'm not going?

I don't know, Billy.
Maybe 'cause Maribel's
one of your best friends.

Oh, come on.
Don't give me that.

Do you think I can
afford not to be seen
at this party?

You can't afford
not to be seen
at this party?

No, I can't.

Well, if he can't,
he can't, you know?

Yeah. I mean,
he says he's sorry.

Okay.

You don't sound okay.

He could have
called me himself.

He never flakes.

Well, I mean,
it was an emergency
rehearsal, you know?

I mean, he had to
get on the road as soon
as he got the message.

Plus his
cell phone's dead.

I-- I had to come
and relay the message
for him.

Interesting.

Wow. Didn't expect
to see you here.

Yeah, that party
was pretty lame.

It was less like
schmooze and booze,

and it was more like
booze and snooze.

Tara made
some contacts,

and some director
wanted to put me
in his Latin play.

It was pretty lame.

Probably should have
gone with you guys.

Probably would have
been more fun.

How's Maribel?

Did you hear me?
How's Maribel?

I told her you had
an emergency rehearsal

- and that your
cell phone was dead.
- Nice.

She still seemed
really sad that you
weren't there.

Jesus Christ,
you gave her that story,

and she still laid
a guilt trip on you?

How self-centered
can you get? We got, like,
four weeks until we open.

Yeah, well, you should
call her anyway.

She's visiting LA
for a week.

Yeah, I probably
should.

Hello.
Hi, baby.

Yeah?

Good.

I had
a wonderful time.

Uh-huh.

Yeah.

Uh-huh.

"Tara and Billy--
the perfect match.

I've got a match--
his face and her ass.

Both have their sights
on the stars and the sky.

It's their excuse
to have their noses
so high"?

- Why'd you write this?
- Where'd you get that?

- From your pocket.
- You go through my
fucking pockets?

Are you gonna be
the type of dad who reads
his kids' diaries?

How dare you?
How dare you write
this shit?

What, do you think
it's not true?

I'm going to bed, Billy.
I need to wake up early

so I can pass out
your flyers.

So this isn't
as big as I thought
it was gonna be.

It's not big.

I mean, it's pretty big
for a regional theater,

but, God, the way Billy's
been talking about this,

I kind of expected
something bigger.

- Word.
- Right?

- Hey, it's Billy.
- Oh, he's looking for us.

- Hi, honey.
- Hey.

Oh.

Everybody, this is Maribel.
And this is my bestest friend
in the world Rodel.

This is Gary
the director.

- You guys know Tara.
- Hi.

And this is John.
He helped flyer.

In all kinds of
crazy neighborhoods.

- Rodel helped flyer too.
- Cool.

Sorry, I'm gonna have
to cut this short.

I have to tend to
the rest of the actors.

It was really nice
meeting you.

- I'm gonna go help Gary.
- Okay.

- Enjoy the show.
- Hey, thanks.

- Dude, don't be catty.
- What?

Oh, before I forget...

Cool. Thanks, man.

Hey, it's the least I can do
after all those flyers
you passed out.

Now get back in there
and change.

- Oh.
- You should go soon?

I should go now.

Did he just pay that guy
in front of you?

Yeah.

- Did you count $100?
- I did.

And how much did Billy
pay you for flyering?

Well...

jack shit.

Oh, man.

- Oh, man.
- What?

Don't look now,
but when you can,

look who's in line
to see the show.

Oh, man.

♪ Opening number,
a musical show ♪

♪ There isn't anyone in here
that you'll really know ♪

♪ Regional theater,
wouldn't you know? ♪

♪ We're starring
in a musical show ♪

♪ Playbills say
that this show is a rage ♪

♪ Clever and witty
and only offstage ♪

♪ Let's stop
with the fodder,
continue the show ♪

♪ It's time for us to meet
Friend Joseph. ♪

♪ I love you

♪ I know, 'cause you're
telling me in song ♪

♪ I love you

♪ Even though we haven't
known each other long ♪

♪ I love you

♪ It's been, what,
15 minutes, if that ♪

♪ Oh, I love you

♪ What the hell?
I love you too ♪

♪ Hope neither one
of us ♪

♪ Dies.

♪ I am not the lead

♪ And I am standing
here to say ♪

♪ Despite the way
I come across ♪

♪ I really
am not gay ♪

♪ I'm just quirky,
quirky, quirky ♪

♪ I'm so whimsical
and quirky ♪

♪ I'm supporting-actor
quirky ♪

♪ I'm so quirky,
and I'm not gay ♪

♪ I am quirky,
quirky, quirky ♪

♪ So damn quirky,
quirky, quirky ♪

♪ I'm the best-friend
kind of quirky ♪

♪ And again,
I am not gay. ♪

- Hey, Joseph.
- What?

Did you hear the one
about the musical
theater actor

who tried to tell
a funny joke onstage?

No.

Thank you
very much.

♪ I am quirky,
quirky, quirky ♪

♪ So damn quirky,
quirky, quirky ♪

♪ I'm supporting-actor
quirky ♪

♪ I'm so quirky

♪ I am quirky,
quirky, quirky ♪

♪ So damn quirky,
quirky, quirky... ♪

Oh, Jerry,
I shall always have

a special place
in my heart for you.

But you won't
have me.

Oh, Jerry, my heart
belongs to someone else.

Oh, Joanne.

Don't.
I swear to God.

I'm sorry, okay?
It slipped out.

I saw her in the audience
and it just slipped out.

Billy, I used to hope
that I could go one day

without you mentioning
her fucking name.
Do you know that?

I told you I got out of
a bad relationship.

I never said
I wanted anything.

No, you never
said a thing.

Tara never really
believed in the Grail.

How can you fucking
joke about this?

'Cause it is
a fucking joke.

Whatever, dude.
We'll talk later.

No, we probably won't.

Why?

Why?

Why?

Why, Rodellio?

I hate you!

I hate you!

- Hey.
- Hey.

If you want to put
those in my car--

It's okay. You're not
that far away.

I'll just walk
to your house.

- Wait.
- Let him, Billy,
please.

Is he okay?

He'll be fine.

He'll be okay.

What did you buy?

- Wine?
- Yep.

Guillermo Maria Castillo,
you bought wine?

Well, I had to
use that fake ID
you gave me, right?

Now I'm in dire need.
This needs to be
opened now.

Yay for metal
twist caps.

Oh! Huh-uh, I could never
be a wine taster.

I guess you can't,
'cause this sure as hell
don't taste like wine.

Am I that horrible
a person?

Well, you've always been
a smug little prick.

You think I'm kidding?

No, I'm laughing
'cause I know
you're not.

It's cute
when you swear.

Eww.

Are you gonna
pass that over,
Swiggy Marley?

Sorry.

Billy:
♪ There's only one name

♪ On my mind

♪ It's left
my other thoughts ♪

♪ Behind

♪ A name
that's soft and kind ♪

♪ Maribel

♪ Tara

♪ Joanne

♪ She won't be like
the other girls ♪

♪ She won't make
all my fears unfurl ♪

♪ Her name
is such a pearl ♪

♪ Maribel

♪ Tara

♪ Joanne

♪ It's happening

- ♪ I feel it
- ♪ Joanne

♪ I know
she's the one for me ♪

♪ Maribel

♪ Maribel

♪ We are so mature
for our age. ♪

I don't know what
you thought that was.

It was a kiss.

Sweetie...

What?

Want to hear
something I wrote?

Uh-oh. A diatribe?

A what?

Nothing. Go ahead.

"Colma stays,
land of cemeteries,

car dealerships
and schools.

Nary a thing
I haven't done in Colma.

Maybe I'll come back
again someday.

I leave the lines
far behind,

find my future,
sparkling and shiny.

Maybe there's
a reason why

The world
goes on and on."

- That's really nice--
- "Goodbye, land of
sand and fog.

Goodbye,
Daly City smog.

And goodbye
to the house I lived in
since I was a kid.

Maybe I know just
what you meant to me.

That's nothing
and everything

all at once."

You looked really happy
when you came back from
LA, by the way.

- I got laid.
- It's not just that.

You had a glow
about you.

You ever think about
moving to LA?

LA?

That's just as bad
as moving to New York.

Whatever, man.
You'd be out of Colma.

Nah. I can't.

Why not?

Billy says you're too
rainbows and unicorns
for LA.

- What the fuck
does he know?
- Right?

You know, the night
of your birthday

he didn't really
have rehearsal.

You know,
I kind of figured.

- I made that up.
- You made that up?

Yeah, he actually
didn't want to go.

He tried to drag me
to some stupid networking
party with Tara.

I told him, you know,
"It's Maribel's
birthday--"

So you knew that night,
but you didn't tell me
the truth.

It was your birthday.
I didn't want to hurt
your feelings.

But you'll hurt
my feelings now?

I figured
you should know.

Why tell me now?

Why tell me at all?
'Cause you don't like
Billy anymore,

you figure it's okay
to hurt my feelings?

Would you rather
I didn't tell
you at all?

I don't know.

It's cool.

Never mind.

Listen, things
got out of hand.

Things were said.
Basically everybody's
at fault here.

Yeah, everybody.

So you're mad at me.

No. I'm fine.

I don't
believe that.

Well, if I am,
maybe I'll tell you
next week.

You know those rare days
when there's no fog

and you can see clear out
past the city limits

and you can't help but notice
the San Francisco skyline

and you realize
how close we actually are

to a major metropolis?

And I wonder, you know,
when the fog clears,

do people in San Francisco
notice us?

I mean, why would they,
right?

The most they would see
from over the hills and fog

would be this flat land
with a bunch of houses

all lined up
in sort of a wavy grid.

Or maybe it could be
something somber and tragic,

when all they see
are a bunch of graveyards.

And they can't see
the little things
that make us

so much different
from the city.

I mean, kids play
in huge groups
in the street.

People have driveways.

Neighbors have barbecues
in their backyards.

People fucking have
backyards.

Yeah, and then
there's the fog.

When it's thicker
than your average mist,

and you can see it
rolling in on the city

like a huge
lumpy blanket.

When I was small,
I would stand on this hill

and watch as the sunny sky
turned to fog

as it rolled over
and through me.

And I would pretend
that I was being carried

on the grassy hump
of a flying city,

slowly breaking
through the clouds

as we soar off
into the horizon,

and my city in the clouds
taking me somewhere better.

Then the fog clears

and the grass
around my feet
is moist with dew.

And the sun burns off
whatever mist is left,

and, you know,
I can see the skyline
of San Francisco

way off
in the distance

and I'm happy.

♪ One day I'll find
my happy place ♪

♪ And I ain't gonna
share nothing with you ♪

♪ 'Cause you've got
your own ♪

♪ You have your own

♪ One day I'll find
my happy place ♪

♪ And I'm determined
that I'm never gonna find ♪

♪ My way back out

♪ My way back out

♪ I know
we'll lie somewhere ♪

♪ Beyond the clouds
and open air ♪

♪ My heart is stopping,
I don't care ♪

♪ I know that I'll be

♪ There

♪ One day I'll find
my happy place ♪

♪ And maybe then
I'll find a person ♪

♪ Who can curl up
in my arms ♪

♪ In my arms

♪ I know
we'll lie somewhere ♪

♪ Beyond the clouds
and open air ♪

♪ My heart is stopping,
I don't care ♪

♪ I know that
I'll be there ♪

♪ One step at a time

♪ I climb

♪ To the highest
point ♪

♪ I know
that if I try ♪

♪ I'll fly

♪ So high
you won't believe ♪

♪ What I can do

♪ It's true

♪ My happy place
is waiting ♪

♪ In the sky

♪ And I

♪ Can meet you there.

- Hey.
- Hey.

- I'm leaving.
- I know.

Where are you going?

New York.

Wow.

Yeah, I'm taking
the bus.

What are you gonna
do there?

Don't know.

Why New York?

I-- I don't know.

I don't really
have any good reasons
for anything I do.

That's very Rodel
of you.

I-- I don't see how,
but okay.

Are you okay?

Yeah, I'm fine.

When did the whole
New York thing come up?

Remember when I moved
into Maribel's,

took my bags
over to her house?

I think that night

was the first time
I realized

that I'm unhappy.

Hmm.

I told Maribel
the reason you didn't come
to dinner that night.

Oh.

Yeah.

And the poem
that I wrote--

I wrote that
intentionally
for you to read,

and I had it folded up
and sticking out
of my pocket

on top of the laundry,
'cause I knew you'd
find it there.

Why would you do that?

I don't know, Billy.
Maybe 'cause I'm unhappy?

I don't have any reasons
for anything I do.

Well, I'm leaving.

Yeah, I see that.
You look packed.

Yeah, finally moving.

Where to?

San Francisco.

Oh, the city.

A whole
five minutes away.

Don't mock me.

No, I'm not
mocking you.

I just--
it's convenient,
you know?

You can see
your mom and dad
whenever you want.

I should get going.

E-mail me when things
get better.

Billy:
♪ I never said I needed
to be loved by you ♪

♪ I never said
I needed to be loved ♪

♪ I guess I came across
as needy anyway ♪

♪ At least
needy enough ♪

♪ So maybe all of them
just didn't need to hear ♪

♪ Maybe they
just knew ♪

♪ Maybe they felt

♪ That I needed
the space to be filled ♪

♪ That was once
filled by you ♪

♪ But maybe,
maybe this time ♪

♪ I realize

♪ Something new

♪ Maybe
I'm finding out ♪

♪ For myself

♪ Without being told

♪ Maybe I know

♪ Just what
you meant ♪

♪ To me

♪ That's nothing

♪ And everything

♪ All at once

♪ To my friends

♪ I thank you all

♪ You make me
who I am ♪

♪ What I think

♪ What I choose

♪ Because of you,
I can ♪

♪ You're the ones

♪ Who fill the space

♪ You're the ones
that I need ♪

♪ You are the ones
that I look for ♪

♪ In times
of my darkest need ♪

♪ But maybe,
maybe this time ♪

♪ I can leave all

♪ All on my own

♪ Maybe I have
the reason ♪

♪ To finally
step forth ♪

♪ And fearfully
grow ♪

♪ What is it
I'm hanging on to ♪

♪ Here in Colma?

♪ I think I know

♪ That's nothing

♪ And everything

♪ All at once

♪ I can take whatever fits
inside my car ♪

♪ I can start anew

♪ I let go
of all the things
that hurt me so ♪

♪ I let go of you

♪ I have bigger,
brighter things
ahead of me ♪

♪ I see
brighter days ♪

♪ Everything fits
in my car ♪

♪ I'm taking it all

♪ But Colma

♪ Stays.

♪ Colma stays,
land of cemeteries ♪

♪ Car dealerships
and schools ♪

♪ There's nary a thing
I haven't done in Colma ♪

♪ Maybe I'll come back
again one day ♪

♪ I leave the tracks
far behind me ♪

♪ Find my future,
sparkling and shiny ♪

♪ Maybe there's
a reason why ♪

♪ The world
goes on and on ♪

♪ While Colma stays

♪ And Colma stays

♪ Goodbye, land of
sand and fog ♪

♪ Goodbye,
Daly City smog ♪

♪ Goodbye to the house
I lived in ♪

♪ Since I was a kid

♪ And Colma stays

♪ Yes, Colma stays

♪ Colma stays

♪ But I

♪ Have to go.

♪ I know you don't know
how to feel ♪

♪ Believe me,
I am in the dark ♪

♪ Everyone involved
is asking ♪

♪ What do we make
of all of this? ♪

♪ Why does the future
look so stark? ♪

♪ Everyone involved
is asking ♪

♪ Who are you?
What happened? ♪

♪ It all looks so damned
crystal clear ♪

♪ Where are we?
Why ask it? ♪

♪ All you should know
is that we're here ♪

♪ All of the questions
that you ask ♪

♪ I'm sure
that I can't answer ♪

♪ I can't answer
anything ♪

♪ You ask me here
and as the credits roll ♪

♪ I walk alone

♪ Teetering
on the edge of ♪

♪ I don't belong

♪ Constantly
on the verge of ♪

♪ I won't have

♪ Any answers

♪ I can't answer
anything ♪

♪ You ask me here
and as the credits roll ♪

♪ And when we hit

♪ The daylight

♪ I will be,
he will be ♪

♪ You will be...

Rodel:
One step at a time.

♪ I can't answer
anything ♪

♪ You ask me here
and as the credits roll ♪

♪ I walk alone

♪ Teetering
on the edge of ♪

♪ I don't belong

♪ Constantly
on the verge of ♪

♪ Spinning unfinished
questions ♪

♪ I won't answer
anything ♪

♪ You ask me here
and as the credits roll ♪

♪ I walk alone

♪ As the credits roll

♪ I don't belong

♪ As the credits roll

♪ I see
the starting point ♪

♪ Every moment
has a moment ♪

♪ Following the last

♪ You were
so experienced ♪

♪ In what follows
the past ♪

♪ Don't pretend
to know the answer ♪

♪ And I'll do
the same ♪

♪ Don't be glib
and I will promise ♪

♪ Not to play
the game ♪

♪ The time is now

♪ And now is soon

- ♪ As the credits roll
- ♪ The time is now

♪ And soon is then

- ♪ As the credits roll
- ♪ The time is now

♪ And next is
now again ♪

- ♪ As the credits roll
- ♪ The time is now

- ♪ As the credits roll
- ♪ The time is now,
the time is now ♪

♪ The time is now,
the time is now ♪

- ♪ The time is now,
the time is now ♪

- ♪ The time is now...
- I think we have to
do that again.

That's so fun.