Cupid de Locke

by LaDollyVita@Juno.com

The video starts out in a large, white area. The Pumpkins are in
there, wearing white suits. D'arcy is wearing a white gown. She is
playing the harp in the beginning of the song, James is playing the
guitar. Billy is walking around in circles. When the dramatic, quick
harp-playing comes along and the scene fades to white, then fades in at
"Cupid hath pulled back his sweetheart's bow..." with a brownish hue to
the scene, you see a young man, about 14 or 15, in fifty's style
clothing, looking very sad, because everyone around him is getting
Valentines from their loves, and he has none. Cupid comes along, takes
pity on the boy, and shoots a young lady, about the same age in a poodle
skirt, with an arrow. She looks over at the boy, casts a knowing glance,
and they both get up and greet each other. Cut to the couple, full-color,
in a field of daisies. "With turpentine kisses and mistaken blows" the
two hug and kiss, smiling the entire time. Cut to a man in a red
Halloween devil suit, "The devil may do as the devil may care" and he
beckons with his finger at the girl to follow him. "he loves none sweeter
as sweeter the dare"  She, in a trance, follows him under the earth,
while her lover stands by, horrified. Cut to Hell, underground, devil
putting her into a cage as he mumbles sweet words to her. "Her heart the
captive of which he speaks". Cut to boy, very upset, sitting outside in
the rain, then snow, as the seasons change. Just then "so note all ye
lovers in love with the sound" he brightens up and the sun comes out and
he runs to save his lady. He nearly gets hit by a car but he doesn't care
"Your world be shattered with nary a note with one Cupid's arrow under
your coat". He dives into a chasm and gets to the Underworld, where the
devil is apparently drunk and smashed. In the upper left corner of the
screen is Billy's face, "And in the land of the star-crossed lovers, and
barren-hearted wanderers..." while the boy saves his girl and they both
return to Earth. When they get there, they realize that they are safe,
and they are still in love, even though it is not Valentine's Day
anymore. "In faith, in compassion, and in love"