Stuck (2017) - full transcript

An original pop musical film about six strangers who get stuck on a New York City subway together and change each others lives in unexpected ways.

In the city's underground,

there's a symphony of sound,

a sonic chaos for the lost
before they're found.

There's a beauty in the sorrow,

a kind of kinship
that we borrow.

For no matter how you hate it,

I know I'll see you here
tomorrow

down on the subway.

Just get off right here.

No, I told you, I left it
on the desk. On the desk...

♪ Give or take
a hundred thousand ♪



♪ There's about
five million people ♪

♪ On an average day
that ride the MTA ♪

♪ That's about quadruple
the entire population ♪

♪ Of the island of Manhattan

♪ That take it every day

♪ Think of all

♪ Those things that you are
and have been ♪

♪ Everyone has a story

♪ Like yours within them

♪ If you made
a new acquaintance ♪

♪ Every time your heart beat

♪ You would only meet
about one third of those alive ♪

♪ Think of all those people

♪ That have come and gone
before us ♪



♪ Those we leave behind us

♪ Write the story of our lives

♪ We become

♪ Most anything
we can conceive ♪

♪ Therein, who we are

♪ Is made of

♪ What we believe in

I'm not gonna be able
to do this today.

I-I-I thought that
I was gonna be able to do it,

that it would help, but...

Okay.

Thank you for being
so understanding.

No!
No.

That's so nice of you to offer.
Really.

I'm gonna take the subway
because it's gonna be faster.

A pleasure to see
you again, sir.

Five, six, seven, eight.

A one, two, three, close four,

five, six, seven, eight.

A one, two, three, close four,

five, six, and seven, eight.

A one, two, three, four, five,
six, seven, pull it back.

Ah!

Mm.

There's that guy again.

So creepy.

Riley.

Excuse me.

It's all right.

You love this part,
silly.

I'm not gonna win.
You're gonna win.

Ready? Here we go,
for one second.

Oh, gosh.

Oh. Thanks.

Thank you.
Thanks.

145th Street.

Thank you so much.
Thank you.

It's right here.
She was nice, huh?

Oh, wait!
Wait, wait, wait!

Oh, please, wait!

Release the doors
at the back of the train.

Thank you!

♪ Strangers or lovers?

♪ The only difference is time

♪ You never know how someone

♪ Could complete your rhyme

Oh.

Stand clear of
opening doors.

103rd Street.

♪ It's a common notion

♪ That the universe
will shove together people ♪

♪ Who uniquely offer
what the other needs ♪

♪ Often these connections
are neglected or rejected ♪

♪ But every now and then

♪ The universe succeeds

Ladies and gentlemen,

we're being held on the
tracks momentarily,

waiting for signals.

The MTA regrets
this inconvenience

and thanks you
for your patience.

Now, you know you can't
leave that there.

Why are we stopped?

Police emergency.

Excuse me. How long
is this going to take?

Your guess
is as good as mine.

He locked the door.

Ladies and gentlemen!

It must be apparent that
I'm about to ask for money.

But I will neither regale you
with my tale of woe,

nor will I claim to be

a plagued veteran of
the U.S. of A.

I prefer, sirs, madams,
to earn my wage.

So I have prepared
a performance,

for your listening pleasure,

from the work
of Sir William Shakespeare.

To be, or not to be,

that is the question:

Whether 'tis nobler in the mind

to suffer the slings and arrows
of outrageous fortune,

or by taking arms
against a sea of troubles

and by opposing end them.

To die... sleep, no more;

and by a sleep to say we end...

Excuse me.

Could you not do that?

Is it your intention
to deprive these fine people

of their entertainment?

Soft you now?

Twill do, fine sir.

Ah, there's the rub.

My man!

We'll probably move
in a minute or something.

I'm an artist, actually.

Sor... Uh, kinda like
an artist/writer, I guess.

Not professional
or anything... yet.

Um, I've been working
on this comic that um...

Uh, see?

It's about a teenaged,
handicapped superhero.

She's risen above
her misfortune to battle...

Look, I don't feel
like talking right now.

Oh. You speak E...

Yeah.

Your, um...

Your dancing
is... is good.

How do you know?

Uh, what?

You a dancer?

No, um, I'm not.

Then why are you
hanging around the studio?

Well, like I said,

I'm an artist, actually,
and I wanna...

Right.
Remember just a second ago,

when I said
I didn't wanna talk?

- Yeah.
- Yeah.

I meant that.

Okay.
Yeah, um...

I don't wanna talk at all,
about anything. Okay?

We could talk about nothing.
Nothing's good.

No thing.

Which is fascinating

if you think about it in the
nihilistic sense, because...

Seriously?!

Do you think when I say,
"I don't wanna talk,"

that I really do
wanna talk to you?

No.
I... I just wan...

I don't see you trying to show
your stupid comic book

to anyone else
on this train.

That's because I... I thought
you would enjoy it, too.

What? Did you think maybe I was
some cute little Asian girl

that was gonna cover my face
and giggle

at all your clever
little quips?

Oh!

No, no, I...

Stay away from me!

You creepy little weirdo.

♪ Whoa, uh-uh

♪ Whoa, uh-uh

♪ Whoa, uh-uh

♪ Whoa, uh-uh

Ah...

♪ Whoa

♪ Whoa

♪ Whoa

A handicapped superhero?

That's a good idea.

♪ Whoa

May I?

I guess.

♪ Whoa, uh-uh

♪ Whoa

You do the drawings?

Yeah.

You're good.

Thanks.

♪ Whoa

♪ Whoa

Speak the speech,
I pray you.

♪ She's no traditional hero

♪ I'll give you that,
but that's why she's cool ♪

♪ By day, she's just a girl,
shy and quiet ♪

♪ Always ignored
and made fun of at school ♪

♪ But outta sight

♪ Under cover of night

♪ Her alter ego
can finally take flight ♪

♪ Magnificent Maggie

♪ And her Wonderchair

♪ Magnificent Maggie

♪ Spreading wonder everywhere

♪ She battles oppression
and bigotry ♪

♪ Everywhere she goes

♪ Hey

♪ With bionic power

♪ With bionic power

♪ Cybernetic gear

♪ Cybernetic gear

♪ Her wheelchair could kick
the Batmobile's ass ♪

♪ Oh, she has no fear

♪ When danger's near

♪ She rolls down from the sky,
looks death in the eye ♪

♪ And blasts

♪ Magnificent Maggie

♪ And her Wonderchair

♪ Magnificent Maggie

♪ Spreading wonder everywhere

♪ A beautiful,
dutiful beacon of hope ♪

♪ She's the answer to our woes

♪ Ohhhhh

♪ Hey

♪ Oh, oh, ohhhh

♪ Hey

♪ She's got an evil archenemy

♪ Dr. Yes, PhD

♪ She once was respected,
her brain got infected ♪

♪ And now she's freakin' crazy

♪ Armed with a serum
that seizes your will ♪

♪ Raising an army
with one order, "Kill" ♪

♪ Death is the only
prescription ♪

♪ She's ready fill

♪ Immune to the doctor's crusade
of despair ♪

♪ A beacon of hope
as she flies through the air ♪

♪ She stands up to evil
without even leaving her chair ♪

♪ Magnificent Maggie

♪ Magnificent Maggie

♪ Magnificent Maggie, yeah

♪ Magnificent Maggie, yeah

That's a good story.

Thanks.

I'm Caleb.

And you are?

I am the sayer,

the keeper of the thought,
word, and poetry

of the greatest
and most significant,

most insightful minds of this
or any other universe.

But you can call me Lloyd.

Hi, Lloyd.

So, what's your story?

Um, are... are you, like,
a drug addict?

Uh. You don't have
to answer that.

I'm sorry,
I-I didn't mean to...

I... sometimes I just say...
You could just tell me

if I'm...
if I'm being... No.

I have no addictions
to speak of.

Not even alcohol?

Oh, my God.

I'm just curious.

You're gonna get curiously
stabbed in the face.

He's not gonna sta...
You're not gonna stab...?

What is wrong with you?
Nothing.

We're all trapped
on this train.

You have no business
provoking that guy.

I was just asking him
some simple questions.

No, she's right.

You have no idea how that
kind of a person can react.

He might be...

♪ Crazy!

♪ Ow

♪ You say it like a bad word

Aggggh!

♪ Oh, oh, oh, I said crazy

♪ That's the saddest thing
I ever heard ♪

Oh.

♪ Crazy's just a word
till it forms a label ♪

♪ That's when all the haters
make their way to the table ♪

♪ Slapping innuendos on
and passin' it around ♪

♪ Till all the crazy people
don't make a sound ♪

♪ Crazy!

♪ You say it like a bad word

♪ Say it like a bad word
♪ Mm-hmm-hmm

♪ I said, crazy

♪ That's the saddest thing
I ever heard ♪

♪ Look at you, all sittin' here
with something to prove ♪

♪ But no one ever sees
the crazy things that you do ♪

♪ You walk around

♪ Pretendin' like
you're not who you seem ♪

♪ When crazy's just below
the surface ready to scream ♪

♪ I said, crazy

♪ You say it like a bad word

♪ Say it like a bad word

♪ Crazy

♪ Oh, that's the saddest thing
I ever heard ♪

♪ Come on, now

Agh!

Ow!

Ha! Ha!

♪ We're all a little crazy

♪ We're all a little crazy

♪ We're all a little, little,
we're all a little ♪

♪ Crazy

♪ We're all a little, all
a little, all a little crazy ♪

♪ We're all a little, all
a little, all a little crazy ♪

Let's do
a little experiment.

What do I
look like to you?

What do you mean?

What do I
look like to you?

I don't know how to answer
that question.

It's all right. Go ahead.

I-I don't know
what you want me to say.

Oh, sure you do!

Go on ahead and say it.
What do I look like to you?

Go on, say it!

Homeless!

You look like
a homeless person.

And what does he
look like to you?

No, what... what does
he look like to you?!

That's enough.

Oh, no.
No, it's not enough.

We've only just begun.

No. Game's over.

Don't you bother
that woman no more.

I am trying
to make a point.

Gettin' all up
in this woman's face

is not gonna win you
any points.

Besides, what is
she supposed to say?

If you weren't homeless,

you wouldn't be riding a train
dressed like that,

with all your shit
over there on the side,

askin' strangers
for cash.

My lady, I assure you,

my station in life
does not correlate

to my station
of humanity.

Nobody cares about
all of that right now.

We're just trying to get
to where we're goin'.

Ah.
You owe her an apology.

No, he doesn't have to.

Go on, girl.
Get your apology.

Madam, it was not
my intention

to cause you
any emotional distress.

Chingada!
Maybe you should calm down.

♪ I have to work
for my girls to eat ♪

♪ And to have the clothes
to go to school and maybe play ♪

♪ Tengo bastante aliciente
Don't you yell at me!

♪ I got three jobs
en esta ciudad ♪

♪ Busco solucion,
busco dignidad ♪

♪ Pero aqui bastante
no es suficiente ♪

♪ Mis hijas merecen
mucho mas que bastante ♪

♪ Señor, te suplico

♪ No merecen pobreza
ni hambre ♪

♪ Trato lucho pero
las puertas no abren ♪

♪ Soy un hombre
de carne y hueso ♪

♪ Díos tu sabes bien
que te he sido fiel ♪

♪ No me abandones
te ruego ♪

Do you know
what he's saying?

You need to stop listening
with your ears, boy.

Why didn't you tell me that Mariella
stopped going to dance class?

♪ Sometimes you work
18-hour days ♪

♪ Just so we can pay
what we have to pay ♪

♪ If we can't afford them,
why should I tell you? ♪

♪ You've watched
Mariella ♪

♪ You know how well
she dances ♪

♪ She's been so gifted

♪ You know how big
this chance is ♪

♪ Elena will have all
the shots she needs ♪

♪ Ana will have
her own bed ♪

♪ Mila won't wear
all her sister's clothes ♪

♪ Mariella will dance

♪ Mariella will dance

♪ Mariella will dance

♪ I've always worked

♪ 'Cause a man is not a man

♪ Till he provides
a su familia ♪

♪ There's so much
they've been through ♪

♪ How can I rest when
there's something I can do? ♪

♪ They've gone without many
times before ♪

♪ Now I think
they've earned more ♪

♪ Don't they deserve
a father they respect? ♪

♪ Someone to be proud of?

♪ A man who can give a life
more like a life ♪

♪ To his children and his wife

♪ Hope for the girls
is something that we share ♪

♪ And work is only hard

♪ When there's no reason
to be there ♪

♪ I know you feel alone

♪ I'm never home

♪ We're both so tired

♪ Querida, remember ♪

♪ I'll do it for you

♪ Las ninas y tu

The only thing
he will understand

is that I'm
not there on time.

Oh, no, he'll understand.
He... Oh!

You're speaking English.
I should've...

My Spanish is...

You might be interested
to know that, um,

the Spanish
that I do know,

I learned from
our janitorial staff...

I mean our,
um, maintenance men.

You're just like them.

I mean, you're not just like
them, but you, um...

Well, I can see you're
a very diligent worker.

Well, I... I just think
you're very fortunate.

It's clear for you
why you work.

I mean, you're lucky.

You know who you are.

Fortunate?

This country wasn't made
for people like me.

It was made
for people like you.

Then why are you here?

Seriously, why?

Maybe because
when it comes down to it,

it's better than anywhere else
in the world.

Better if you're
a rich white man.

- I'm not a rich white man.
- Maybe your papiis.

What makes you
say that?

Your English is too good
for a Chinese girl.

I'm Korean.

I don't have anything
you can't get for yourself.

You've never had to decide
between seeing your family

and feeding your family.

You probably never even had to
pay for your own toilet paper.

Nobody forced you
to have a bunch of kids.

I think
it's incredibly honorable

that he puts the needs
of his family before his own.

Okay.
I get that.

But what if something bad
happened to you?

What if you got hurt?
What would you do?

Go to the hospital, right?
And you'd be treated.

Only, and correct me
if I'm wrong,

you don't have
health insurance,

so you wouldn't
be able to pay.

Well, that's a rather
heartless way of...

Right!
I know.

That's the conundrum,
right?

So what happens is a bunch
of hospitals have to shut down

because of the overwhelming
demand of people

who get sick and hurt and can't
afford to pay their bills.

You think people are just supposed
to be left bleeding in the street?

No.
I didn't say that.

So they're not supposed
to go to no hospital?

There are reasons we have
the laws that we do.

There are reasons
there were slaves.

Illegal immigrants
are not slaves.

They come here
because they want to.

And do the work
nobody else wants to do.

Okay, but if they don't
pay taxes, then...

Wait, wait.

How do you know
he don't pay taxes?

Most of them don't.

"Most of them?"

See what I'm saying?
Racist.

I don't mean Hispanics.
I mean illegal immigrants.

"I don't mean to be racist,
I mean to be racist."

No, no, no.
You're twisting my words.

Girl, I got you.
You've been tagged.

- Okay, listen to...
- Tag!

- Most...
- Tag!

- Most imm...
- Tag!

- Most imm...
- Tag!

Can I finish my sentence,
please?

Yeah, you can finish
your racist sentence. Go ahead.

Okay, first of all,
I'm not the one who's racist.

We're not all Chinese!

And most illegal immigrants
don't pay taxes

because they have to get
paid under the table.

That's a fact.
Doesn't matter

if they're Mexican,
Bengali, Indian...

Damn!
Do you hear yourself?

Which means they enjoy
the benefits of our society

without contributing,
which hurts everyone!

If he wants to live
in America, then he...

You wouldn't even be here

if your mommy and daddy
could make their own kids.

Wow. You got
a bad case of rude.

Oh, yeah?

You people got your shit
50 years ago

and still don't
have it together.

Excuse me?
"You people"?

You had
a black president

and still kill each other
like it's your job.

Which is good,

'cause you usually
don't have one.

So I defend
your sorry ass,

and that's what
you got to say?

You only opened your mouth
'cause black people

love to call racism
any time they can.

I call it when ignorant people
put it in my face.

Well, maybe if you weren't
so ignorant as a people.

Okay.

I'm gonna need you to watch
your tone, Speedy Gonzales.

What the hell are you
doin' all day?

Standin' in the street,
fumandomarijuana,

blarin' shit
from your stereo.

mamita.

Life ain't your ride
and your weave.

I think this is a totally
inappropriate conversation!

You better
watch your mouth

before I yank your tongue
out your head.

You ain't gonna do shit.

Everybody knows
you people are all talk.

Let me show you
how I talk.

No, no, wait a minute!
Wait.

We're all trapped
on the train together.

Taco. I should punch you
in your face.

Quite right, my lady.

Quite right.

Hey. How much did you give
that guy, anyway?

$20.

Takes me three hours
to make that.

I can give you some, too,
if... if you want...

No, no, no, no, no.

I work for my money,
mijo.

I work honestly for my wage,
as well, sir.

Oh, yeah?
Haciendo que?

By doing what?

Sleepin' in the train?

Lyin' in the gutter?

Who you servin'
doing that?

You? Me? Them?

I bring a measure of grace
to the world.

You know what I don't get?

Me? I will do anything
to feed my kids,

anything por mi familia.

And you? There is
nothing wrong with you.

Nothing, except that you
won't get up off that bench

to help yourself
or anyone else.

Thou, nature,
art my goddess.

To thy laws
my services are bound.

Wherefore should I stand
in the plague of custom

and let the curiosity
of nations deprive me?

When my dimensions
are as well compact,

my mind generous...

...my shape as true...

...as honest...

as honest madam's issue...

Oh, shit!

Aah!

♪ Everybody is afraid
of the dark ♪

♪ Your feet are running
to the beat of your heart ♪

♪ When the lights go out,
it's easy to fear ♪

♪ Every little phobia
that suddenly appears ♪

♪ You thought you had a handle on the
darkness inside ♪ ♪ Do, do-do, do

♪ But now you see that you've got nowhere
to hide ♪Women: Do, do-do, do ♪

♪ Do, do-do, do ♪ 'Cause all the
demons that were scared of the light ♪

♪ Ooh, ahh ♪ Were only hesitatin'
till the moment was right ♪

♪ Ooh, ah
♪ Whoa-oh, oh, oh

♪ Ooh, ah
♪ You're stuck, you're stuck

♪ Ooooh ♪ Inside an endless
loop of morbid possibility ♪

♪ Ooh, ah
♪ Whoa-oh, oh, oh

♪ Ooh, ah
♪ You're stuck, you're stuck

♪ Ooooh
♪ When your mind expands

♪ To fill the space
that you no longer see ♪

♪ Ahh-ahh-ahh-ahh, ooh, ahh ♪
Imagination operates at highest degree ♪

♪ Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh, ah ♪ Which turns you
into what you thought you never could be ♪

♪ Whoa-oh, whoa-oh ♪
Do-do-do-do, do-do-do-do ♪

♪ Whoa-oh, whoa-oh ♪
Do-do-do-do, do-do-do-do ♪

♪ Ooh, ah

- ♪ Whoa-oh
- ♪ Whoa-oh

- ♪ Whoa-oh
- ♪ Whoa-oh

- ♪ Whoa-oh
- ♪ Whoa-oh

♪ Ooh, ahh
♪ Whoa, ohh, ohh

♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪ The dark is
only scary if you're used to the light ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪ But step
outside your body and open your mind ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪ Experience
the freedom of a world you can't see ♪

♪ And maybe then you'll
comprehend the demon is me ♪

♪ Ooh, ah
♪ Whoa-oh, oh, oh

♪ Ooh, ah
♪ You're stuck, you're stuck

♪ Ahh, ahh-ahh,
ahh ♪ You're stuck if you keep trying ♪

♪ To be someone you're not

♪ Ooh, ah
♪ Whoa-oh, oh, oh

♪ Ooh, ah
♪ You're stuck, you're stuck

♪ Ahh, ahh ♪ If you never open
up to all the people you got ♪

♪ Ahh-ahh-ahh-ahh, ooh, ah ♪ So
shake the trance and take a chance ♪

♪ You're starting to grow

♪ Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh, ah
♪ 'Cause when you're brave

♪ You start to crave
the things you don't know ♪

♪ Whoa-oh, whoa-oh ♪
Do-do-do-do, do-do-do-do ♪

♪ Whoa-oh, whoa-oh ♪
Do-do-do-do, do-do-do-do ♪

♪ Ooh, ah

- ♪ Whoa-oh
- ♪ Whoa-oh

- ♪ Whoa-oh
- ♪ Whoa-oh

- ♪ Whoa-oh
- ♪ Whoa-oh

♪ Ooh, ahh
♪ Whoa, ohh, ohh

- ♪ Whoa-agh-agh
- ♪ Whoa-oh

- ♪ Whoa-agh
- ♪ Whoa-oh

- ♪ Whoa-agh
- ♪ Whoa-oh

- ♪ Whoa-oh-oh
- ♪ Ooh, ah

Ladies and gentlemen,
we temporarily lost power there.

Uh, the MTA regrets
this inconvenience

and thanks you
for your patience.

Ugh.

♪ In the city's underground

♪ There is a symphony of sound

♪ A sonic chaos for the lost
before they're found ♪

♪ There's a beauty
in the sorrow ♪

♪ A kind of kinship
that we borrow ♪

♪ You may love it,
you may hate it ♪

♪ But I'll see you
on the morrow ♪

♪ On the subway, subway

♪ Talkin' 'bout the subway,
subway ♪

♪ Yeah, subway, subway

Okay.

Is this
a medical emergency?

Yes.

What's the nature
of the emergency??

I, uh...

Uh, uh, I need
to use the restroom.

Right now.
Like, right this second.

That don't qualify
as an emergency.

Okay, listen, look, if you
don't move this train right now,

I'm gonna see to it
that you lose your job.

You promise?

The MTA regrets
this inconvenience

and thanks you
for your patience.

Hello?!
Shit!

Aaaagh!

I may have the solution
to your problem.

What?

LloyI may have a solutionution
to your problem.

I mean, I'm certain this
is preferential to the floor.

For, uh, all involved.

Can you just stand in front
of me or something?

- Oh, sure.
- Thanks.

Oh, I-I have my jacket.

No one wants to see
your little titi.

Just get it done.

All right, Creepy Time.
Go 'head up there.

And keep your hands
where I can see 'em.

Can somebody talk
or something?

You got anything,
Shakespeare?

Nothing apropos
comes to mind.

Anything!

Keep going!

Thank you, my lady.

What do you think
he's gonna do with that?

You can never
be quite sure.

I can't do that.

You just hold it,
you just use one finger.

Dee, dee-dee, dee.
With a nail.

I'm not a techie.

Are you all right?

Yeah.
I'm okay.

I'm about to ask
that fool over there

for another bottle,
though.

Would you like
a protein bar?

These are the good ones.
They don't taste like dirt.

No, thank you.

Well, I have two.

Why are you trying
to feed me?

I-I just think that you need
some food, you know...

because of the baby.

What?

I look pregnant to you?

Oh, no.
I don't mean... No.

It's just, I can tell.

And how can you tell?

And don't give me that,
"Oh, you have a glow.

I can see it all over your face"
white-woman bullshit, either.

I don't have
another explanation.

Well,
that's kind of creepy.

'Cause my mama
didn't even know.

So you are?

Yeah.

Good.

Yeah.

You're off the hook.

You and your husband
must be so excited!

There ain't no husband.

Here.

I'm good.

♪ I bet you're thinkin'

♪ "I know everything about her,
that ship is sinkin' down" ♪

♪ It's a story
we've heard before ♪

♪ But this one's different

♪ 'Cause it's never gonna be
about me ♪

♪ When you're born like that,
you think you know better ♪

♪ Than to repeat history

♪ That's my mother's mistake

♪ My burden to break

♪ She always said,
"Life's too long ♪

♪ To play the fool
when something's wrong ♪

♪ So make it better"

♪ It's in my hands

♪ To make it better

♪ I'll do better, mm

♪ Ah, ah, ohhh

♪ I never met my father

♪ But I know that he was like

♪ Every other man

♪ That stepped on
a good woman's life ♪

♪ So here I am

♪ Standing
in my mother's shoes ♪

♪ When your back's
against the wall ♪

♪ And you're staring
at forever ♪

♪ You've got
nothing left to lose ♪

♪ And that's
my own damn mistake ♪

♪ My burden to break

♪ Like Mama said,
"Life's too long ♪

♪ To play the fool
when something's wrong ♪

♪ So make it better"

♪ It's in my hands

♪ To make it better, hmm

♪ Gonna make it,
gonna make it better ♪

♪ Oh, mm

♪ Say, I used to think
this was all on me ♪

♪ And now I have the chance
to do it differently ♪

♪ 'Cause I'm stronger
and I'm wiser ♪

♪ I'm not the same girl
that I used to be ♪

♪ God as my witness,
I'mma fix this ♪

♪ Life tried to break me down, but I'm
still here ♪

♪ 'Cause life's too long

♪ To play the fool
when something's wrong ♪

♪ It's my burden to break

♪ Oh, I'm gonna fix it,
I'm gonna fix it ♪

♪ This circle of mistakes
♪ Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

♪ 'Cause Mama said
♪ "Life's too long

♪ To play the fool
when something's wrong ♪

♪ So make it better"

♪ Yeah

♪ It's in my hands
♪ Ooh

♪ To make it better

♪ Gonna make it,
gonna make it better ♪

♪ Yeah,
I gotta make it better ♪

♪ Oh, I'm gonna
make it betterrrrrr ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah, mm

I'm sorry things
didn't work out for you

with your... person.

But I bet you have some family
or some friends

that can help you out
when the baby comes.

There ain't
gonna be no baby.

What do you mean?

Exactly what I said.

Ain't gonna be no baby.

All of that's
gonna be taken care of.

Okay.

Well, of course, you should
do what you need to do.

I know I shouldn't,
but I just see this!

This could be...

This could just be
a gift from God.

I-I don't know,
like an opportunity.

So you're one of those?

One of whom?

Look, lady.

God ain't gonna be the one
elbow-deep in messy diapers,

running from
school to work,

tryin' to deal with
a dumb-ass baby daddy.

I wasn't
criticizing you, I...

Anyone can chalk
their life

up to doing what
God wants them to do,

and not take responsibility
for it themselves.

You tell me
what's worse...

Havin' it when
you ain't ready,

or taking care
of the problem

before it ruins
everyone's lives?

Well, it can be
incredibly challenging

raising a child,
I know.

This ain't a child!

It can't survive
without me!

That's not a human being,
that's a parasite!

And this ain't
none of your business.

I know.
I'm sorry.

I'm just a little...
I, um...

My son, he...

I lost my son.

He was, um...

Well, actually,
somewhat recently.

Was a year ago...

today.

Well, there went
that opportunity from God.

You don't know
anything about me.

About my life,
about my son.

You're right. I don't
know anything about you.

How old was he?

About your age.

What happened?

♪ I used to have a light
behind my eyes ♪

♪ And in my sighs, there
was no discontent or tragedy ♪

♪ I've lost the strength

♪ I've lost the skill
and now the will ♪

♪ And I'm burdened
by the weight of memory ♪

♪ I hear his voice

♪ It echoes inside of me

♪ I feel him right

♪ Beside me

♪ He takes my hand

♪ Spilling laughter
with a smile that never ends ♪

♪ I need you here

♪ I need him here

♪ But he's gone
♪ But he's gone

♪ Gone, gone

♪ Gone

♪ He's gone

♪ Midnights
on the bleakest nights ♪

♪ I walk the halls,
and I swear I can see you ♪

♪ But I know

♪ I burst into your room
as if possessed ♪

♪ Or just obsessed

♪ As the devil mocks me
from below ♪

♪ He took you away

♪ That godless day

♪ Broken and on my knees
without a prayer to pray ♪

♪ Now you're gone

♪ I'm ripped in two

♪ How can I believe in God
when my God abandoned you? ♪

♪ What life have I?

♪ What life have I?

♪ What rules apply?

♪ What rules apply?

♪ Weaponless,
I fight despair ♪

♪ With faith in short supply

♪ Now you're gone

♪ Now you're gone

♪ Now that you're gone

♪ Now that you're gone

♪ How do I go on
when you are gone? ♪

♪ Take my hand
♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah

♪ Spill me laughter with
a smile that never ends ♪

♪ I need you here

♪ I need you

♪ But you're gone

♪ Gone

♪ You're gone

♪ Gone, goooooooone

...oooone.

Yes.
No, I... Sí.

Gracias.

Um, I'm truly, truly sorry
about your son,

but this ain't
the same thing.

I'm alone.
All alone.

I was alone,
just like you.

You were never,
ever just like me.

I'm guessing you believe
every pregnancy is God's will?

No.

I just believe
some women are mothers.

Yeah, well, I'm not.

- I disagree.
- You don't even know me.

It doesn't make
any difference.

You'd make
a fantastic mother.

How could you
be so sure?

Just some
"white-woman bullshit."

Maybe she'd
actually be doing a service

by saving some kid
from a life of misery.

I didn't mean that a kid would be
miserable with you specifically.

I-I just...

I just meant
it's hard, you know,

for... for anyone to feel
connected to anybody else.

It's all pretty pathetic.

I mean
who in this city...

actually, who... who
in the world ever just tries...

Between texting, e-mails,
FaceTime, Skype, whatever,

we have more ways
of communicating now

than we ever have before,
and... and yet we just use them

as new and more convenient
methods of ignoring each other.

Wow.

Deep thoughts from
Creepy Time Subway Stalker.

You know, it's weird
how you think

that you can say anything
you want to anyone you want.

I don't think that.
No?

What about all that smack you
were talking to him earlier?

"Smack"?
I wasn't talking smack.

It was just a debate.

Oh. Right.

So it's totally okay for someone
like you to have a debate,

but you feel fine telling me
when I need to shut up?

- I didn't tell you to shut up.
- Yeah, you did.

Seriously,
what... what is the deal?

Is someone just

handing out entitlement cards
to girls like you

that just give you
the go-ahead to act like a...

Bitch?

I didn't say that,
but, okay, yeah.

Whatever.

What's that like?

What's whatlike?

Being entitled
to pick and choose

the guys allowed to look at you
or speak to you.

I don't get to pick
and choose that stuff,

'cause if I did,

you wouldn't be talking to me
right now.

See?! That's what
I'm talking about.

Th-That's exactly
what I'm saying.

You assume that
you're entitled

to just say
whatever you want

because, well, after all,
you're just so fucking pretty!

It's so twisted
that after stalking me,

you're actually trying
to turn this shit around

and make make it my fault
that you're a freak.

I'm not stalking you.
Two days in a row,

you were sitting outside
the coffee shop,

waiting for me
as I left.

I like
the coffee there.

And today is, what,
a coincidence

that you were sitting outside
the studio,

got on the same subway,
the same car?

Wow.
You know my every move.

Maybe you're
stalking me.

What is it that you thought
was gonna happen, huh?

Did you think we were gonna
go on a date or something?

No.

Do you wanna sneak a few more
shots of me on your cell?

No, no, no. Don't look down.

I mean,
we're stuck here, right?

Let's just
get it over with.

Go ahead.

Look at me!

Look at me.

Look at me,
you freak!

♪ Look

♪ I'm your geisha girl

♪ Sweet like candy putty
in your hands ♪

♪ Look

♪ I am in control

♪ Maybe I'm on top

♪ Giving you commands

♪ Tell me how you want me

♪ What's your fantasy?

♪ Odds are,
it looks really good on me ♪

♪ So, look

♪ Look, look, look,
look, look, look ♪

♪ Look

♪ Look

♪ A Catholic schoolgirl?

♪ Look

♪ How 'bout a naughty nurse?

♪ Look

♪ The third in your threesome

♪ Look

♪ Maybe something
more perverse ♪

♪ You think
I'm here to please you ♪

♪ Be the slave
inside your head ♪

♪ But, look, we live in the real
world instead ♪ Hey, geisha girl.

Where you think
you're goin', baby?

♪ More, more, more, more

♪ Look

♪ Isn't that what
it's all about? ♪

♪ What good is a hot fantasy
if you never play it out? ♪

♪ More

♪ You don't care
about the price ♪

♪ "Just give me what I want

♪ Come on, bitch,
ooh, it'll be nice" ♪

♪ Look

♪ Look, look, look,
look, look, look ♪

- ♪ Look
- Look at me!

♪ Down here,
there's no walking ♪

♪ No darkness, no stalking

♪ Just you and the killer
in your eyes ♪

♪ Killer in your eyes

♪ So look at me,
all the other men do ♪

♪ Take your fill,
leave me broken and used ♪

♪ It's nothing new,
you are them, they are you ♪

♪ I'm not
that kind of person ♪

♪ That isn't
what I meant ♪

♪ I swear to God,
I never had a bad intent ♪

♪ I'm sorry
that I scared you ♪

♪ I'm sorry I was mean

♪ I shouldn't have
followed you ♪

♪ I should have just
come clean ♪

♪ If you'd only
let me try ♪

♪ Then maybe

♪ Maybe I could
tell you why ♪

♪ It's the angles
of your face ♪

♪ How you caught the light
just took my breath away ♪

♪ From the moment
that I saw you ♪

♪ I was captured
by your grace ♪

♪ It's like heaven sighs
with every move you make ♪

♪ From the moment
that I saw you ♪

♪ I knew
I had to draw you ♪

♪ But you keep it
all inside ♪

♪ Some things
you cannot hide ♪

♪ It's not the beauty
that you show ♪

♪ That brings your face
to light ♪

♪ I knew it from afar

♪ If life's a stage,
then you're the star ♪

♪ I see everything
that you are ♪

♪ In the angles
of your face ♪

♪ All you had to do
was look my way ♪

♪ And I'm so glad
that I saw you ♪

♪ I was captured
by your grace ♪

♪ I hear heaven sigh
with every move you make ♪

♪ That's the only way
I saw you ♪

♪ From the moment
that I saw you ♪

♪ So much beauty
without flaw ♪

♪ I just knew
I had to draw ♪

Ladies and gentlemen,
good news.

We'll be moving shortly.

We'll be making all local
stops to the end of the line.

23rd Street.

Stand clear of the closing doors.

Hey!

Thanks.

Give me your phone.

I-I just took the one
for a reference.

I'm sorry.

It's Caleb, right?

Yeah.

Hey.

Have your girl.

No.

No, no, no.

I'm not doing that.

I watched my mother
work herself to the bone

raising me
and my sister.

I'm not wasting my life
like that.

Your mother didn't
waste her life.

Hey!

How do you know
it's a girl?

It's always a girl.

Next stop,
Christopher Street.

Excuse me.

May I?

Oh!

This is really
the best end of the train.

I don't know
who I am anymore.

I don't, either.

You're somebody's son.

Bye.

Stand clear
of the closing doors.

♪ Why do we spend
most of our lives ♪

♪ Finding excuses
not to try ♪

♪ Maybe it's
all about the chance ♪

♪ Maybe life
is just a dance ♪

♪ We teach each other

♪ How to step with one another

♪ How can anybody be okay

♪ Throwing possibilities away?

♪ Maybe we're all
one family ♪

♪ Maybe what
you need is me ♪

♪ We help each other

♪ Father, mother,
sister, brother ♪

Where you been?

I'm sorry.

Almost through here.

Okay.

Paging Doctor... to
oncology.

'Sup, loser?

Hey, sis.

You're late.

I got stuck
on the subway.

Did you show that girl
your drawing,

or did you
wuss out again?

♪ Why

♪ Why does this
feel so hard? ♪

♪ Why do we hide our heart?

♪ Wouldn't it be as easy
to make a brand-new start? ♪

♪ The answer lies within

♪ The best of us begins
to show when ♪

♪ We let defenses go and

♪ Oh,
whoa-oh She put her number in my phone.

Oh, my God. Sue:
♪ Try a little bit of the unexpected ♪

- ♪ Oh, whoa-oh
- No, no, no, no, no, no!

Don't do that.
I'm calling her right now.

♪ Open up your heart
till you feel connected ♪

♪ The truth will
set you free ♪

♪ The truth is you are me

♪ We can change
each other's lives ♪

♪ Give it a try, I
♪ Try

♪ Want you to try, I
♪ Try

♪ Want you to try, I
♪ Try

♪ Want you to

♪ Tryyyyyyy

♪ Why

♪ Why don't we fix
what's wrong? ♪

♪ Why do we take so long

♪ To see what's all around us,
to hear each other's song ♪

♪ Just listen to the sound

♪ Rise up from underground

And go!

♪ Tell someone
that you know to ♪

♪ Oh, whoa-oh ♪ Try a little
bit of the unexpected ♪

- ♪ Oh, whoa-oh
- Whoa! Yeah!

♪ Open up your heart
till you feel connected ♪

♪ The truth will
set you free ♪

♪ The truth is you are me

♪ We can change
each other's lives ♪

♪ Give it a try, I
♪ Try

♪ Want you to try, I
To be, or not to be:

♪ Want you to try That
is the question for you!

♪ Want you to try, I

♪ Want you to try, I

♪ Want you to try, I

♪ Want you to try, I

♪ Want you to try, I

♪ Ohhhh, yeah, yeah

♪ Oh, whoa, ohh

♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah

♪ Everybody is afraid
of the dark ♪

♪ Your feet are running
to the beat of your heart ♪

♪ When the lights go out,
it's easy to fear ♪

♪ Every little phobia
that suddenly appears ♪

♪ You thought you had a handle on the
darkness inside ♪ ♪ Do, do-do, do

♪ Do, do-do, do ♪ But now you see
that you've got nowhere to hide ♪

♪ Do, do-do, do ♪ 'Cause all the
demons that were scared of the light ♪

♪ Ooh, ahh ♪ Were only hesitatin'
till the moment was right ♪

♪ Ooh, ah
♪ Whoa-oh, oh, oh

♪ Ooh, ah
♪ You're stuck, you're stuck

♪ Ooooh ♪ Inside an endless
loop of morbid possibility ♪

♪ Ooh, ah
♪ Whoa-oh, oh, oh

♪ Ooh, ah
♪ You're stuck, you're stuck

♪ Ooooh
♪ When your mind expands

♪ To fill the space
that you no longer see ♪

♪ Ahh-ahh-ahh-ahh, ooh, ahh ♪
Imagination operates at highest degree ♪

♪ Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh, ah ♪ Which turns you
into what you thought you never could be ♪

♪ Whoa-oh, whoa-oh ♪
Do-do-do-do, do-do-do-do ♪

♪ Whoa-oh, whoa-oh ♪
Do-do-do-do, do-do-do-do ♪

♪ Ooh, ah

- ♪ Whoa-oh
- ♪ Whoa-oh

- ♪ Whoa-oh
- ♪ Whoa-oh

- ♪ Whoa-oh
- ♪ Whoa-oh

♪ Ooh, ahh
♪ Whoa, ohh, ohh

♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪ The dark is
only scary if you're used to the light ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪ But step
outside your body and open your mind ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪ Experience
the freedom of a world you can't see ♪

♪ And maybe then you'll
comprehend the demon is me ♪

♪ Ooh, ah
♪ Whoa-oh, oh, oh

♪ Ooh, ah
♪ You're stuck, you're stuck

♪ Ahh, ahh-ahh,
ahh ♪ You're stuck if you keep trying ♪

♪ To be someone you're not

♪ Ooh, ah
♪ Whoa-oh, oh, oh

♪ Ooh, ah
♪ You're stuck, you're stuck

♪ Ahh, ahh ♪ If you never open
up to all the people you got ♪

♪ Ahh-ahh-ahh-ahh, ooh, ah ♪ So
shake the trance and take a chance ♪

♪ You're starting to grow

♪ Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh, ah
♪ 'Cause when you're brave

♪ You start to crave
the things you don't know ♪

♪ Whoa-oh, whoa-oh ♪
Do-do-do-do, do-do-do-do ♪

♪ Whoa-oh, whoa-oh ♪
Do-do-do-do, do-do-do-do ♪

♪ Ooh, ah

- ♪ Whoa-oh
- ♪ Whoa-oh

- ♪ Whoa-oh
- ♪ Whoa-oh

- ♪ Whoa-oh
- ♪ Whoa-oh

♪ Ooh, ahh
♪ Whoa, ohh, ohh

- ♪ Whoa-agh-agh
- ♪ Whoa-oh

- ♪ Whoa-agh
- ♪ Whoa-oh

- ♪ Whoa-agh
- ♪ Whoa-oh

- ♪ Whoa-oh-oh
- ♪ Ooh, ah

♪ When every day
feels the same ♪

♪ When you're stuck
and you can't find your way ♪

♪ Take my hand

♪ Say your name

♪ What's inside,
we're afraid to display ♪

♪ What we feel,
we don't know how to say ♪

♪ Heart to heart

♪ Face to face

♪ Let me in
and I will find you ♪

♪ I would break the ties
that bind you down ♪

♪ If I could see you

♪ Just as you are,
not how you should be ♪

♪ And what we're not
is what we would be allowed ♪

♪ If I could see you
like I see you now ♪

♪ If I could see you

♪ I may not know the pain
you wade through ♪

♪ But what's broken in me
might fix you ♪

♪ Where you hurt

♪ When you do

♪ Mm-hmm-hmm

♪ Let me in
and I will find you ♪

♪ I would break the ties
that bind you down ♪

♪ If I could see you

♪ Just as you are,
not how you should be ♪

♪ And what we're not
is what we would be allowed ♪

♪ If I could see you

♪ See you now

♪ If I could see you

♪ Could see you

♪ If I could see you

♪ See you now

♪ If I could see you

♪ Could see you

♪ If I could see you
like I see you now ♪

♪ Open up and we'll discover

♪ We're not so different
from each other ♪

♪ Let me in
and I will find you ♪

♪ I will break the ties
that bind you down ♪

♪ Down

♪ Because I see you

♪ Just as you are,
not how you should be ♪

♪ All that we are is all that
I need right now ♪

♪ Right now

♪ Because I see you
like I see you now ♪

♪ I see you