XYU by starboy@gwi.net --video starts, but not the song-- it starts out on a view of the ocean from the shore. the sky is dark, but not black, a greyish color. the ocean looks empty. you see waves flowing up. then the view fastly zooms in to a spot about 200 yards out into the ocean. --music starts-- it shows a girl (about 13 yrs. old) struggling in the water. it appears she drowning. you can see her screaming but you can't hear it. then the view (fast again) changes to a dark chamber that is all black exept for the head of a man leaning over chained to the wall. "she didn't wanna be" the man looks up. he seems lost and uncomfortable (obviously) then a light shines in and you can see that it is Billy. He joins in with the singing. Then it flashes back to the girl. Then it zooms in on her, and then changes (the screen fades to pure white) to a cloud. heaven. "and i said i wanna fill you up" it changes to Billy for a few seconds he's still singing, but then it fades to white and back to the girl in heaven. She seems happy, yet you can sense she's scared/curiouse. She wanders around the cloud. She sees the outline of several figures in the distance. She begins to run towards them, the it flashes back and forth between Billy and the girl. "my one and only know that she can never hide" The figures turn toward her, and start runnning after her. she begins to run in the opposite direction, screaming in horror at the same time. the come up close. you can see the figures clearly now. dirty people with yellow teeth, and dirt covered hands. The reach for her. She runs. They are within inches of her. just as the grab her, it changes to Billy. "rat-tat-tat, ka boom boom" Then the room becomes filled with light. you see james and D'Arcy on both sides of Billy. they are both leaning over their guitars/bass with their hair covering their faces so you can't see them. they continue to play until... "i know where i can't know, i bleed for me and mine" it then shows the girl back in the ocean. this time she's calm. not struggling. not screaming. she's lying there on her back, floating. her arms corossed over her chest. the expression on her face is nothing. you wouldn't be able to tell if you stared at her for a year if she was happy or sad. she lays there adrift among the water. "ka-boom, rat-tat-tat" it goes back to billy, james, and D'Arcy. they continue to preform in gloom. it shows the girl drowning transparent, yet barely able to be seen in the back, she lying on her back screaming, with her eyes wide open. then you can see the drowning girl better than the band. then it goes completely to the girl. she rises up, higher and higher. levitated above the ocean. open 15 feet high, then stops. she is still lying on her back. then she turns vertical and lowers to the ground slowly. hers eyes are closed now. she goes lower and lower, until her feet touch the surface. then she stops, and walks atop the water. her eyes open suddenly. she continues to walk on the water. "mary had a little lamb" it goes to heaven again. where it is empty. then it shows six figures in the background, it nly shows their outline though. then it zooms in suddenly on the characters, it seems there are two of James, Billy, and D'Arcy. the doubles mix with the actuals. and the stand there. it doesn't even look like they know they're playing, but they are. then it flashes back to the girl walking on water. --pause in music-- the girl screams. "and into the eyes of a jackyl i say ka-boom!!" where the girl on water is it turns black, but she is glowing. heaven turns to hell. everything is black, red, and white. fire rises from the water. a path from behind her is moving on the water quickly. she begins to run. faster, faster.the view goes higher, and higher up into the sky. until the girl is justa little speck. then the fire spreads faster and faster. it catches on the land, then it catches all over the land. then the music pauses. --the stop-- the view changes to the band in hell. "we were meant to serve" slowly it changes back heaven. it changes back to the world it all has stopped then everything goes in reverse the fire disappears, then the girl is back on the shore, running backwards. "bye-bye, baby goodbye" then it stops. she stands there and waves to the camera. she's smiling. the she turns away from the oceans, and it reveals --the ending section where the play around-- she girl runs, and reaches the end of the forest. she's in the city. she turns around and looks back: there is a building there. she looks across the street. it shows a large arena. she sneaks in thru the back. she goes down the hall, looking at the stuff around her. she gets to the end of the hall and goes thru the doors. she looks ahead, and she sees (you guessed it) the pumpkins!! they're playing the end to XYU. flashing black and white. --song ends-- it's black. then a you see the little keys (in the MCIS booklet) flying at the screen, until it gets so close the screen is white. --the video ends--