"¶¶" "[instrumental music]" "[birds chirping]" "[music continues]" "[crickets chirping]" "[music continues]" " Breakfast is on the table." "[knock on door]" "We'reburningdaylight." "Come on." "Let's go." "Zac." "I 'mcoming." "[bleating]" " We gotta get this done by nightfall." "Go on now." "[humming]" " Mom, look." "[hen clucking]" "Lookwhogotout ." "Come here." "I 'mgonnago around thisside." "[clucking]" "Come on." " Oh!" "I got you girl." "I got you." "Oh, yes." "Okay,watchthis." "Issheasleep?" "How'd you do that?" "It'sasecret." "Ican'ttellyou ." " Come on." "Please." "Tell me." " Okay." "The first step.." "...is catch!" "[laughing] [instrumental music]" " You finish up this last bit." " Yes, sir." "[music continues]" "[crickets chirping]" "[instrumental music]" "Zac?" "Zac?" "[music continues]" "Wheredoyouthink they'regoing?" "Whoknows." " I bet I could make it up there." " No way." "It's dark and too far away." " You dare me?" "I bet I could." " Oh, yeah?" "Even if you did, then what?" " I don't know." "Anything." "Meet other people." "Maybe people like you and me." "Would you go with me?" " Seems like everything I need is already right here." "Why would I wanna go someplace else?" "[gasping] [choking]" "[groaning]" " Oh, God." "[groaning] [choking]" "Breathe." "Elizabeth, breathe." "[gasping]" "[sighs]" "[panting]" "[knock on door]" "Comeon." "I know you two were out last night." "AndI knowyouwereoutthere  doingwhatwe alldecided alongtimeago  wouldbebestleftbehind." "Now you've gone and drudged up everything that comes along with it." "So you can trust me when I tell you" "I catch you two doing that again.." "...there's gonna be a price to pay." "You understand me?" " Yes." " Yes, sir." "Zac." "I'llneedyourhelptending thehorsesthismorning." "Eva, you let your mother sleep." "Come on out when you're done in here." "[instrumental music] [birds chirping]" "Thisthingwehave .." "...weneveraskedfor it.." "...butit'spartofme." "Italwayshasbeen." "Buthedoesn'tsee it thatway." "Whatisthisplace?" "Whyarewe here andnotoutthere?" "It'salmostlikeadream." "Iwantout.." "...butthewall.." "Dadsaysit 'sto keep otherpeopleout." "ButI don'tbelievehim  anymore." "We'retheonlyoneshere ." "Ithinkit 'sjustmeant tokeepus in ." "[thunder rumbling]" " Let's pray." "[thunder rumbling]" " Dad?" "Dad?" "Mom?" "Mom?" " Zac, help.." "Grab her.." "Eva, pull the chair." "That'sit." "Holdherlegs." "Getreadyto.." "Easy." "Easy." "That'sit." "That'sit." "[indistinct]" "Niceanddeep." "Alltheway." "Yougotit ." "Yougotit ." "That'sit." "That'sit." "That'sit." "Alright." "Alright." "You're in our home." "You had a fit, okay?" "Itwasn'tabig one ." "[footsteps approaching]" "Time for bed." " Is she okay?" "She'llbe fine." "Rightnow, she'sgettin'readyfor bed ." "Whichiswhereyou two  shouldbe." "Comeon." "I had hoped we'd made it past all that." " So did I." "Itwasrightbefore youwereborn." "One of those summers where.." "...cicadas were screaming all day long." "Tons of 'em everywhere." "I used to like to catch 'em, keep 'em in jars." "One day, I had a whole jar full." "I went inside the kitchen to show mom and.." "...she was just layin' there.." "...shaking like that." "I dropped the jar, cicadas were flying everywhere." "I kneeled down to help her.." "...I put my hand on her belly.." "...and everything just stood still." "I could hear her heart pounding in my head." "Everything stopped." "And just like that, boom, everything went black." "And I woke up outside in the front yard." "[rattling]" "[buzzing]" " You waiting' to see if I have another?" " No." "Sorry." " It's alright." "You're right to worry." "I don't know when it's coming either." "But you know none of this is your fault." "Right?" "Hey." "Why don't you go out and run around, go for a swim?" "I can handle dinner, okay?" " Really?" " Yes, really." " Are you sure?" " Eva, go." "Get!" "[instrumental music]" "[music continues]" "[music continues]" "[shallow breathing]" "I don'tunderstand." "Whatserviceis shetoyou inthisstate?" "WhatdoIhavetodo  tostopthis?" "Therewasatime whenI thought theymightbe .." "...giftedbyyou insomeway withsomedivinepurpose." "[thudding]" "ButI 'mscared." "Theytogethermightbe somethin' againstyourdesire.." "...somethin'worse." " Come on, keep goin'." "Now!" "[laughing]" "AndIamasking foryourhelp." "I'maskingforclarity." "[instrumental music]" "[creaking]" "Zac, you go ahead, wait in your room." "What were you two doin' out there?" " We were just playing." "[sighs]" " How did you get out?" "Well, you're done with this." "Turn around." "Face the wall." " Why?" " Move." "Let's go." " Come on." " Dad.." " Come on." " Dad." "[sobbing]" " You hold still." "Don'tyoudaremove." "[door opens] [sobbing]" "Standup!" "I put my trust in you.." "...and you let me down." "Getupagainstthe wall." "Get!" " I'm sorry.." " Be still now." " I'm gonna talk to Eva, we're not gonna.." "Goddamnyou." "[hammering]" "[Zac grunting]" " Dad, I'm sorry." "Dad!" "Stupid." "Stupid." "Stupid!" "Stupid!" "Eva,we'renot doingthisanymore!" "[sobbing]" "[heavy breathing]" "[groaning]" "Eva?" "Zac?" "[door opens]" "[groans]" "Are you okay?" " I hate him." " I know." " I hate him so much." " I know." "He's just scared." "I have to go help Eva." "[groans]" "This won't happen again." " I'm so sorry." " No, you didn't do anything wrong." "I'm sorry." "[sniffles] [rattling]" "What is wrong with you?" "[sighs]" "What are you trying to teach them?" "Answer me." "They're children, Daniel." "They're our children." " They're more than that." " Yes, they are." "But that doesn't mean you can treat them like that." "No one deserves this." " What am I supposed to do?" "They don't listen." "And it's starting to take its toll on all of us." " I know you're scared." "I'm scared too." "I'm horrified." "I might be leaving you all sooner than I ever imagined." " Don't you talk like that." "Please!" "Do not talk like that." " It's the truth!" "And it has absolutely nothing to do with them!" " I will let them down when I am good and ready." " I already did." " Elizabeth." "Elizabeth!" "[grunting]" " Are you okay?" " We can't, Eva." " What do you mean?" " It's not worth it." "We have to do what he says." " You'll get over it." "Come on." " Eva, I'm serious." " Fine." " Come on, get out of here." "Let's go." " Hey." " Hey." " I was thinking about goin' swimming." " That's nice, but I can't." " Zac, come on." " What, Eva?" " You're just gonna live like this?" "Come on." " I got work to do." " Seriously?" "Zac!" " I'm done with this." "I'm not doing that again." " You alright?" "[bird chirping]" "Did you fall out of your nest?" " I really believed we could make something." "I mean.." "...could make a life." "Live the way we wanna live." "Raise the.." "...kids, the way we wanna raise kids." " This is everything I ever feared." "Allthosestoriesweretrue ." "It'shard." "[sniffles]" " Your children aren't trying to make loving them difficult." "All they ever wanted was to be loved." "They're children." "[whispering]" " Zac?" "Zac?" "[mellow music]" "[gasping]" " Shh, shh." "Alright, I'm right here." "Hey." "Okay." "Ineedyoutobreatheforme ." "Breathe for me." "Come on, now." "Come on, now." "You breathe for me." "Come on." "Come on, now." "Don't.." "Elizabeth." "Come on." "Breathe." "Elizabeth." "You got this." "[sobbing] You can do that." "Come on." "[crying]" " What's going on?" " Your mother.." " What happened?" " Where's your sister at?" " I don't know." "She's not in her room?" " Zac, I need you to go ahead and get in the closet." " Why?" " I can't do this right now." "Yougoon ." "Wecantalkaboutitlater ." " Hey, dad." "Hey, dad!" "What's goin' on?" " You go ahead and close the door behind you." "Go on." " What is it?" " She's gone." "Stop." " I wanna be with her." " I should've done this a long time ago." "Don't make this any harder." "Get away from that window." "[grunting]" "Comeon." "Eva!" "Eva!" "Eva!" "Eva!" "[thudding]" "What'sgoingon ?" "Letmeout!" "[instrumental music]" "[music continues]" "[panting]" "[pounding]" "Whatdoyouwantfrom me?" "Whatdoyouwant?" "[Zac screaming] [instrumental music]" "[music continues]" "[inaudible] [music continues]" "I fear foryoursoul,Eva ." "[music continues]" "[footsteps]" "Zac!" "Zac!" "Letgoor yourfingers arecomingwithit." "Nowyougottabethirsty, sodonotspillthis ." "Comeon." "Goodboy." "Oh,it'sgonnabedifferent now,Zac." "It'sgonnabe better." " You're gonna be okay, sweetie." "Everything's gonna be okay." "[instrumental music]" "[machine beeping]" " I'm sorry." " There you are." "Are you alright?" "It's okay." "I'm not gonna hurt you." "Let's see if we can get you back to your room." " Don't touch me." " It's okay." "John..." "I need help here." "[instrumental music]" "[footsteps]" "I hopethatbynow whatyou'refeeling issomethingdifferent thananger." "[door unlocking]" "Youcango aheadand .." "...cleanyourselfup  andcomeon out.." "...wheneveryou'reready." "[breathing heavily]" " Where is Eva?" " She's gone, Zac." "Whereis she?" " I took care of her." "They're both at peace." " What do you mean?" "YouknowwhatImean." " You didn't." " Go see for yourself." "[instrumental music]" "[music continues]" "[sobbing]" " You're awake." "Are you alright?" "We were worried about you." "I'm Jamie." "That's.." "...Frank and Paul over there." "They're good guys." "I promise." "You feeling better?" "Listen, uh.." "...I saw that thing on your wrist." "It's okay." "I'm not trying to pry." "We didn't call nobody." "You looked like you were gonna be alright." "We figured you had your reasons." "So I decided to wait and see if you wanted help or not." " I'm okay." " Alright." "I getcha." "I've been there." "We don't have to call nobody unless you want to." "You just let me know." " Thanks." "I appreciate your help." " You're welcome." "Come on over and sit with us." "Youdon'thavetorunoff." "[guitar music]" "¶ When you finally start dreamin' ¶" "¶ And everyone can tell ¶" "¶ Close your eyes ¶" "¶ Let you drift away ¶" "¶ I'll make sure you feel better ¶" "¶ With the stillness that you know ¶" "¶ From a time when you still had a million days ¶" " He's good, isn't he?" "¶ Be true to yourself through and through.. ¶" "You look just like my daughter does when the TV'd be on." "Starin' there, frozen." "I'd do little dances in front of the set and she'd just lean her little body over till she could see." "¶ Keep love in your heart ¶" "¶ Until the day you die ¶¶¶" "Get up." " What?" " Get up." " What is that?" " It's the cops." "Damn it!" " No." " I was just getting comfortable." " Ah, shit." "Again?" "These assholes." " You think we should book it?" "I sureas hell ain'tgonna cutmyassup climbingoutof here." "Unless this one's done somethin'." " I didn't do anything." "Yousure?" " I promise I did not do anything." "What'sgoin'on downhere,people?" " Y'all are not supposed to be down here." " Just the four of ya?" " Well, yeah." "It's just us." " Alright." "Step outside." "Come on." "What the hell?" "[instrumental music]" "Why?" "Whywouldhe blameus?" "Whatmakeshimsoafraid?" "Whatisit ?" "[music continues]" "Momalwayssawitasagift ." "Sheneverdoubted." "Buthe'sscared.." "...andweak." "Idon'tknowhow hecanlive withhimself." "I wanna make him feel what I feel." "[static]" "[song playing on radio]" " Hey, you got a light?" " A what?" " Figured." "Say,youhavealighter Icanbum?" "So what's your deal?" "You just move here?" "Run away from home?" "What?" " I don't live with my family anymore." " No shit." "Me and this dingus just got yanked out of our parents house again the other day." "Howcome?" " My mom can't stay clean long enough to have some dumbshit walk through our house tell us if it's livable or not." "Which it isn't, but that's not the point." " My dad threw me out." " You got any place to stay?" " No, not really." " Well, you can hang with me tonight." "Then I can see if you can come to the girl's home with me." "They feed you at least." "Just come." " Alright." " Okay, well, let me begin by explaining what I'm here for." "Allthegirlshere,Eva,  have their -- their own stories as how they got here." "And I would guess that yours is similar tomostof them." "NowDannytellsme,  Eva,that.." " It's E-va." "E-va." "Danny tells me that you didn't have a place to stay." "So we're happy to provide that for you for a little while." "You know, this is a safe place." "Everythingthatyou andI talkaboutinhere  it'llstaybetween youandme ." " Okay." "Great." "Whydon'twe  start with where you're from." " W-what about it?" "Well,Dannytellsmethat shemetyouaroundtown ." "Haveyoualwayslivedhere ?" "Didyougrowup somewhereelse?" " Somewhere else." " So how'd you end up here?" " I ran away from home." " That's a very brave thing, Eva." "New places can be very intimidating especially on your own." "Why don't we talk a little bit about the home that you ran away from?" "Who did you live there with?" " Um.." "My brother and my father and...my mother." "[dramatic music]" "Aretheystillthere?" "[music intensifies]" "Eva?" "Aretheyallstillthere?" " Yes." " Gets any colder, we're gonna have to chop up some more wood." "You know, you gonna have to talk to me eventually." "You can't keep talking to that horse everyday." " What is that you want me to say?" " Anything." "Whatever you want, whatever's on your mind." "Might make things better between us." " In the end..." "like, they start, like, spending more and more time together but he starts getting weaker and weaker." "[indistinct chatter]" "So then, he, like, dies.." " She's doing a lot of things now." "Uh, she like to dance or play or she loves singing." "And she's as.." "[indistinct]" " Who the hell does she think she is?" "Nobody even likes her." "Well, just 'cause our families' here doesn't mean anything." "Okay,girls." "Goodbyehug andlet'slineupatthedoor." "Hustleup." "Comeon." " What the hell?" "Get off of me!" " Danny!" "Danny!" " Get off of her." "Stop it!" " Just ignore her." " What the hell do you know?" "Your dad threw you out on your ass." " I'm just tryin' to help." " I don't need your help." "I don't need anybody's fuckin' help!" " Enough!" "[dramatic music]" "[music intensifies]" "[dramatic music]" "[birds chirping]" "[footsteps]" " I know you're upset about everything." "I'm upset, too." "Son, I don't think you got the full picture." "Look, when I was your age.." "...I struggled to understand this place." "Walk along that wall." "Wonder.." "...what it all meant." "Iplaguedmy dad withquestions." "Hetoldme storiesaboutyour  great-grandparents, theirkinandtheirfriends whoclaimedthisland." "Their community had been.." "...fractured, had been destroyed by.." "...unexplained deaths.." "...disappearances, sometimes it's children." "Torefamiliesapart." "Havingtheirs,they--they  cameheretryingtomake  afreshstart." "Andnowwe arethe ones thatremain." "Oh, when I was a kid those stories filled me full of fear." "But as time went on, I grew." "Life was...normal, orderly." "Then your mother and I started talking about having children." "Thosestoriescameback." "Iwasscared." "And your mother.." "...she said they were just stories they were just folklore." "And you were born." "And you were a happy, healthy child." "We were so happy." "Few years went by." "And then along came Eva." "And.." "...things started happening." "Your mother fell ill and.." "And we...been struggling ever since." " It amazes me." "Andaftereverythingyou 've donetothisfamily." "That you can sit in here.." "...and talk, and talk.." " Zac, I'm telling you the truth." "I'm not saying I'm without fault here." "I'm not." "But I need you to understand." " Understand how delusional you are?" " Not to.." "Sit down." "Sit down!" " You want me to understand for you killing Eva!" " Zac, stop!" "I need you to calm down." "Listen to me." "I need you to understand something." "I will never forgive you for killin' Eva." "I need you to understand who I think you are and what you are capable of." " Let go of me." " Zac, Zac, what are you doing?" "Zac, no!" "What are you doing?" "[grunting] [panting]" "[panting]" "I'm sorry, son." "[intense music]" "[music continues]" "[panting] [birds chirping]" "[intense music] [music stops]" "[dramatic music]" "I alwayswonderedwhat itwouldbe likewithouthim." "Part of me thought it would feel kinda good, you know?" "I keep thinking I'm gonna see you wave." "When I wake up.." "...when I turn around.." "You and mom." "Even dad, if you believe that." "But I know that isn't gonna happen." "I'm just gonna have to.." "...learn to live with that." "[dramatic music] [wind whooshing]" "[rumbling]" "[instrumental music]" "Zac!" "Eva?" "[sobbing]" " Goodbye, mom." "Thank you." "Hey." "[instrumental music]" "I've an idea." "¶ I'm the king of my own land ¶" "¶ Facing tempests of dust ¶" "¶ I'll fight until the end ¶" "¶ Creatures of my dreams raise up ¶" "¶ And dance with me ¶" "¶ Now and forever ¶" "¶ I'm your king ¶¶¶" "[music continues]" "[instrumental music]" "[music continues]" "[music continues]"