Rocket

by mark@texas.net

Before the music starts, the scene is a school auditorium of sorts and all
the seats are filled with proud parents and family. On stage is an old bald
man, supposively the principal, who is handing a big trophy to a boy, about
the age of 18. The camera fans into the audience and to the proud parents of
the boy,  who are grinning, clapping, taking pictures, etc. But then it
shows a younger boy, a boy who kind of resembles Billy when he was 13,
sitting on his chair with his arms crossed and a frown on his face.

The Music Begins-
The same young boy is riding his bike down a street and he has a big smile
on his face. He also has a backpack on his back. He's racing home to
announce some really big and good news to his family. But when he gets
there, his dad is watching football and his mom is making dinner and neither
of them take the time to listen to what he has to say. When the boy sadly
walks away, he trips on the carpet and lands on his face as his dad cracks
up at him. Subtitles at the bottom of the screen say, "Well, Margaret (the
mom), at least our oldest son learned how to walk." The mom laughs too and
the boy walks away sad and embarrased.

"Bleed in your own light.."
The boy is in his room playing is guitar and singing (maybe Rocket, maybe
something else) and his dad comes in and the subtitles say, "Your brother
never played guitar" and the boy says, "I'm not my brother" and the dad
says, "Quit making so much noise and come do your chores." And he leaves and
the boy goes and does his chores, all the time having to listen to his
parents babble about the scholarship his brother has earned.

"I torched my soul..."
Shows Billy singing and riding the boy's bike slowly in a circle in the
street in front of the boy's house. James and D'Arcy are inside the
invisible circle, playing jacks or marbles with 3 other little kids. The
kids are smiling and looking up at D'Arcy and James in an admiring fashion.

"A crown of horns..."
The boy is at school and sees an adveritisment on a bullietin board that
says some organization is hunting for new talent and to audition the next
Friday. The boy is excited and the scene cuts to him sitting on his bed
playing his guitar some more. Then his mother comes in and the subtitles
say, "Your making to much noise and your brother is trying to take a nap."
"But I'm practicing for the talent show" the boy says. "There's no way you
could be in a talent show, you haven't got any talent" his mom says and
walks out the door. This makes the boy even more determined. Through his
window, you can see the sun and moon rise and drop quite fast, as if to show
him practicing at all hours of the day. Then it shows some more of the Pumpkins.

"So soon, I'll find myself alone..."
This part shows the boy at the talent show. The judges are Billy, James, and
D'Arcy and they all vote him the best. When he goes to recieve his award the
subtitles have the principal saying, "Where are your parents?" and the boy
says, "They didn't want to come" and the principal frowns but gives him the
prize anyway. The boy sadly walks down the isle with his prize but no one to
congradulate him for it. Just when he's about to leave, though, the doors
open and his brother comes in. "Sorry I'm late, but congradulations anyway"
his brother says, smiling and hugging him.
The last shot is the pumpkins playing in the empty auditorium with the two
brothers in the last row, talking and laughing together. The end.