"As we go along" "They told me maybe she's crazy" "A little like you" "Everyone said you were nothing but trouble" "And all that I know is that I've never been here before" "I don't need to pretend anymore" "Strange, so strange" "You are hilarious." "When it feels better being alone" "You'll accept there is nobody else" "Then set it in stone" "And they told me maybe she's crazy" "A little like you" "Everyone said..." "Will and I were just updating our band's MySpace page." "You know that kid, Will Burton?" "Do some recon." "Find out everything you can about him." "They'll have his records in the office." "Where he's from, where he went to school." "His guidance counsellor report, that'll have all the good stuff." "All right?" "Everything." "And do it today." "Whoa." "Yo, dude, we don't actually work for you." "It's not like you're the Joker and we're your henchmen." "Fine." "I'll do it myself." "All right, best for last." "Sa5m, Will?" "Tell us who you are." "My project is Will Burton." "I'm pointing because it's hard to tell who he is." "I was going to use photographs for this presentation, but then I realized, the real Will Burton can't be captured on film." "Instead, you need this." "Will is a reflective surface." "He mirrors back at you whatever you want to see." "He reflects you back to you." "And it's nice for awhile." "You stop feeling lonely." "But then you realize, he's doing that with everyone." "The only person he can't do it for is Will." "Because he doesn't have a clue who he is." "Okay, well, that was very creative." "And really mean." "Okay, Will, you're up." "If I told you things I did before" "Told you how I used to be" "Would you go along with someone like me?" "If you knew my story word for word" "Had all of my history" "Would you go along with someone like me?" "And we don't care about the young folks" "Talking about the young style" "And we don't care about the old folks" "Talking about the old style too" "And we don't care about our own faults" "Talking about our own style" "All we care about is talking" "Talking only me and you" "And we don't care about the young folks" "Talking about the young style" "And we don't care about the old folks" "Talking about the old style too" "And we don't care about our own faults" "Talking about our own style" "All we care about is talking" "Talking only me and you" "Talking only me and you" "Dear David Bowie, sometimes it seems like things actually work out." "English, Irene." "English." "There is no such thing as conversational Elvish." "Sorry, Dewey." "It's what they call you, isn't it?" "No." "It was at your last school." "Or do you prefer "Junior"?" "Do you know your buddy, his full name is Will Burton, Jr.?" "Did you know that I don't care?" "Well, he told you his dad was famous, right?" "Or infamous, right, Dewey?" "I mean, you still close to the old man?" "You probably don't get to talk to him much anymore, do you?" " I don't know what you're talking about." " Well, I think you do, Dewey." "I think you do, Dewey." "Okay, that was surreal." "Are you okay?" "I don't..." "I got..." "I gotta..." "What are you doing?" "You didn't answer my texts, and you left me alone with the monsters." "Sorry, I'm sick." "My spidey-sense tells me you're lying." "I'm thinking about changing schools." "No way, my little friend." "I'm not facing the Neanderthals without you." "Besides, if you change schools, then you can't gain access to this." " What's that?" " Something private." "Something I would only show the manager of my band." "Or my best friend." "Scooch." "Okay." "You said we needed one song that says who we are." "Well, these say who I am." "Little brothers." "Little brothers again." " For your dad?" " No." "Not for him, exactly." "Inspired by him, I guess." "You know, things he said to me." "But it's not just about my dad anymore." "That'd be, hello, weird." "It's about everything." "Wow, that's articulate." "You know, there's other stuff in here, too." " I'm not saying any of it's good..." " Thanks." "Hey." "By accepting this, it means that there will be no more talk of changing schools." "Agreed?" " Man, I'm good." " Charlotte!" " Charlotte!" "My mom is in the..." " I knew you were ticklish." "You are so ticklish, I knew it." "Somebody wanna tell me what's going on in here?" "Get off his bed." "Wait." "You don't think..." "I saw you kiss him in the car." "Well, that was for educational purposes only." "I wanna die." "Did you hear that?" "He wants to die." "He needs help, Karen." "Then I'll help him." "I'm his mom." "But I am wise in the ways of Will." "I'm actually here, you know." "These covers don't literally make me disappear." "You know what I think?" "I think you're full of it, Charlotte." "And when I think someone's full of it, I don't trust them." "Mom, will you stop interfering?" "Sorry, I'm not your friend, I'm your mother." "That's my job." "No, Mom, you're supposed to give me a little breathing room so I can have a life, instead of just saying that's what you want." " He's got a point, Karen." " And you, I'm not a manager." "I don't take on the biggest band in school and change destiny." "I can't." "Will you both just please leave me alone?" "Get out." " Somebody called me Dewey today." " What?" "How?" " He must've found out about Dad." " I hate them all." " Me too." " You, however, I love." "Yeah, but you married Dad." "We can't really trust your taste." "I was 19." "And he was a drummer." "And overnight it made my mother finally take me seriously, which is really all I wanted." " Mom?" " I..." "What?" "You're doing that thing where you talk to me like I'm Oprah." "I'll tell you this, though." "I'd marry him all over again to get you." "I promise you're going to get everything you deserve out of life." "And a little bit of the next guy's." "I'll never be" "A knight in armor with a sword in hand" "Ora kamikaze fighter" "Don't count on me" "To storm the barricades and take a stand" "Or hold my ground" "You'll never see any scars or wounds" "I don't walk on coals" "I won't walk on water" "I am no prince" "I am no saint" "I am not anyone's wildest dream" "But I will stand behind" "And be someone to fall back on" "That's the song." "Some comedy" "You're bruised and beaten down" "And I am the one who's looking for a favor" "Still, honestly" "You don't believe me But the things I have" "Are the things you need" "You look at me like I don't make sense" "Like a waste of time Like it serves no purpose" "I am no prince I am no saint" "And if that's what you believe you need" "You're wrong You don't need much" "You need someone to fall back on" "And I'll be that I'll take your side" "If I'm the only one" "I'm used to that" "I've been alone" "I'd rather be" "The half of us" "The least of you" "The best of me" "And I will be" "I'll be your prince I'll be your saint" "I will go crashing through fences in your name" "I will, I swear" "I'll be someone to fall back on" "I'll be the one who waits" "And for as long as you let me" "I will be the one you need" "I'll be someone to fall back on" "Someone to fall back on" "One to fall back on" "Dear David Bowie, just when it looked like things might be okay, disaster struck." "What's going on?" "Where is everybody?" " Art class is cancelled today." " Why?" "What happened?" "Charlotte's father passed away." "I assumed you knew." "No." "This was a mistake." "We shouldn't be here." "She didn't return any of my calls." " You going to be okay?" " Yeah." "Okay." "Go, she's your friend." "She needs you." " Boys..." " I got them." "Charlotte?" "I'm sorry." "I called." "I don't know if you got any of my messages." "Yeah, I got them." "Thanks." "I wish you would've called me back." "Why?" ""Why?"" "I don't know." "I mean, you told Ben." "So?" "Is anything wrong?" "Yeah." "Yeah, my dad died." "No, I know." "I wish I could've met him." "I'm sure he was a great man." "He was." "I got to do this." "Charlotte." "Charlotte." " What do you want, Will?" " What do I want?" "I just want you to know that I'm here for you." "Okay, got it." "What else?" "And not to worry about the daycare." "I can handle that until you come back." "That's it." "Listen, I'm sorry, okay." "It's just a lot to deal with right now, and I sort of want to be alone." "Okay." "I get it, yeah." "And look, about the band..." "Don't even worry about the band, okay?" "We'll use Phil's Song for Bandslam." "Or not." "We don't have to use Phil's Song." "We can find another song, or..." "Hey, go ahead." "Knock yourselves out." "I mean, it's a beautiful song, Charlotte." "It would make your dad proud." "It would be like he's there." "Stop!" "Please, just stop!" "There is no us, Will." "I'm not in the band." "What?" "No, no, no." "Okay, we'll find another song..." "It's not about the song." "I quit." "I just quit." " Why?" " I don't do "why"!" "No, you have to." "You just have to!" "Please." "You really want to know why?" "Last summer, when my dad got sick," "I promised God, the universe, anyone who'd listen, that I'd be different." "Better." "Nicer." "My dad hated the way I acted when I was with Ben." "The way I treated kids who weren't popular." "So, I changed." "I started volunteering with the monsters." "I left my friends." "I left my band." "I left everything that set me apart from people like..." "Me." "People like me." "So we were just this experiment to try and make your dad okay?" "No, I know how crazy this must sound..." "Honestly, Charlotte, the thing that never made sense was you being my friend in the first place." "Hey!" "While you're up there on your high horse, ask yourself who are you to judge me about lying?" "Dewey!" "That stands for DWI, right?" "Driving while intoxicated?" "I don't know what's worse." "Losing a father you love so much you change your whole life for him, or having a father you're so ashamed of, you make up a whole life for him." "Can I have some beef jerky?" "Is he kidding?" "You warned me about her." "I didn't listen." "She can't help it." "It's how girls like that are hardwired." "How are we hardwired?" "I mean, sure, right now, I am just a kid." "Whatever." "What's going to change?" "Nothing." "I'm just going to be unhappy," "alone, scared of, like, everything." "You're not alone, Will." "Experiment?" "We were just her experiment?" "I keep thinking..." "What?" "Well, if you were just part of Charlotte's experiment this whole time, then, what is reality?" "What if Charlotte and her experiment are really a part of someone else's larger experiment?" "I mean, what if we're being manipulated by some greater intelligence than our own?" "And if so, is there really such a thing as free will?" "Am I moving my hand, or was it predetermined by a force I'm not even aware of?" "Charlotte times a trillion." "See, this is why you don't have friends!" "All right, this is ridiculous!" "She doesn't get to make our whole lives a lie!" "I mean, it was real for me." "Wasn't it real for you?" "I say we refuse to let Charlotte screw this up for us." "I mean, we've worked too hard." "We're doing Bandslam." " You're crazy." " Why?" "How long have you got?" "It won't work." "What song are we going to do?" "Phil's Song." "She said we could." "Oh, yeah?" "And who's going to sing it?" "You say your patience is longer than my face" "Oh, yeah, but I can see right through your plastic case" "Oh, you're running round like your life is some type of race" "You know I'm trying but I cannot keep your pace" "Oh, so take your blizzard somewhere else, little girl" "Your stormy weather ain't welcome here" "I Can't Go On, I'll Go On." "Can't not buy it, buy it." " Hey." " Hey." "How are the guys holding up?" "Have you been backstage?" "Yeah, they're fine." "Actually, they're great." "Think I'll go and wish them luck." "Okay." "Hey!" "Dennis Ardmore." "What?" "Dennis Ardmore." "Does that name ring a bell?" "No." "Should it?" "I guess not." "I just didn't know how much research you all had done, so..." "But he would've been about your age now." "Except that Will's father got drunk in the middle of the afternoon, like he did every afternoon, and ran him over while he was walking home from school." "I heard." "I'm sorry." "Yeah." "Did you hear that Will insisted that I bring him to the funeral?" "That's what kind of kid he is." "Twelve years old, he walks right up to Dennis Ardmore's parents, and asked their forgiveness." "Everyone hated Will's dad." "Well, who wouldn't?" "I mean..." "And then they put him away, and it's like they just turned it all on his kid." "It was awful." "So just give him a break." "Please?" "Not a lot of people have." "So I don't know what you were planning on saying to him, or doing, but just don't." "Just don't." "Okay?" "Don't make up with him." "Don't be his friend." "Why not?" "Because, I don't think he'll recover if you leave him twice." "I've never met a kid like Will." "My friends have never met a kid like Will." "The monsters have never met a kid like Will." "And I want you to let me apologize to him because I want to keep knowing him." "You know, I like who I am when I'm with Will." "And I will do anything in the world to be that person again." "So, please, don't ask me not to." "Okay." "Thank you." "I said, "Okay." I'm not going to hug you." "Okay." "And by the way, I'm really glad you don't wear those little groupie outfits all the time, Karen." "You'll need this." "All right." "And I'm so sorry about your father." "Tax and total it for me" "I'll pay my bill and run so fast" "Separation is our love now" "Well, we're toast." "I don't know." "They're okay." "I hear the band to watch is I Can't Drive Stick, I'll Drive Stick, or something like that." "Look, let me just speak." "The whole experiment thing, not my finest hour." "I was angry and stupid and really, really confused." "And I'm sorry." "Are you kidding me?" "Okay, quick recap." "Charlotte dumps Ben, turns you guys into a band, finds the genius that is Will, then, does one stupid thing because her father has died, realizes, and comes to apologize." "And you're not going to accept the apology?" "Plus, I really miss you guys." "Is that real?" "Hundred percent." "The only thing that matters is seeing you guys kick some serious butt tonight." "And you're singing Phil's Song." " Is that okay?" " Yeah." "Of course." "And I'll be the girl in front, screaming my head off while you do." "Keep it hot like steam, that's your dream" "Baby, get up off me" "It's so clean, the way I've been Gots me looking glossy" "On the scene with the queen That be acting bossy" "I don't want no drama, little mama So please get up off me" "Yeah, you know how I blow Till you're feeling dizzy" "Lots of soul, that's the goal" "Yeah, go ahead." "Copy that." "Way to be impartial." "Way to be realistic about your chances." "Way to say "way" just because I did." "Yeah." "Standing by." "Follow spots." "And now, from Martin Van Buren High School in Lodi, New Jersey," "Ben Wheatly and the Glory Dogs!" "You're number one!" "Thank you." "Thank you so much." "I'd like to dedicate this next song to someone very special to me." "She taught me a lot, and she wrote this song." "So, Charlotte, this one's for you." "I'll never be" "A knight in armor with a sword in hand" "Whoa, whoa!" "No, no, no!" "Don't count on me" "To storm the barricades and take a stand" "I didn't know." "I swear." "I didn't know." " No, no, no." " What?" "You'll never see" "It's old." "Ben knew it." "He probably thought he was doing something nice for me." "I had no idea, Karen." "You've got to believe me!" "I am no prince" "I am no saint" "I am not anyone's wildest dream" "What are we going to do?" "We can't sing the same song." "I don't know anything else." "Yes, you do." "And it's famous and only has, like, four chords." "Alley." "Now!" "Someone to fall back on" "Someone to fall back on" "Come on!" "We need another minute." "We don't have another minute!" "They just..." "We need another minute!" "Our last band is also from Martin Van Buren High." "I don't know what they're putting in the water in Lodi, but give it up for I Can't Go On, I'll Go On!" "That's us!" "Come on!" "What's going on?" "Get on stage." " Where?" " On stage!" " Why?" "No!" "What am I going to do?" " You're going to stall!" " They hate me." " Go!" "Say something, for God's sake, say something." "Dewey!" "Dewey!" "Oh, my God!" "Dewey!" "Where's the band?" "Dewey!" "Dewey." "Dewey!" "Dewey!" "Dewey!" "Dewey!" "Dewey!" "Dewey." "Dewey." "Dewey." "Dewey." "Come on!" "Dewey." "Dewey." "Dewey." "Dewey." "Dewey..." "Yeah, come on!" "Dewey!" "Dewey!" "Dewey!" "Do we want to rock?" "Wake up, New Jersey!" "I said, do we want to rock?" "Because I have seen the future and their name is," "I Can't Go On, I'll Go On!" "You shelter me from harm" "You kept me warm" "Kept me warm" "You gave my life to me" "Set me free" "Set me free" "The finest years I ever knew" "All the years I had with you" "And I would give everything I own" "One time" "Give up my life, my heart, my home" "Two times" "I would give everything I own" "Just to have you once again" "You taught me how to love" "What it's of" "What it's of" "You never said too much But still you showed the way" "And I knew from watching you" "Nobody else could ever know" "The part of me that can't let go" "And I would give everything I own" "Give up my life, my heart, my home" "I would give everything I own" "Just to have you once again" "Just to have you once again" "Is there someone you know" "You're loving them so" "But taking them all for granted" "You may lose them one day" "Someone takes them away" "And they don't hear the words you long to say" "I would give everything I own" "Give up my life, my heart, my home" "I would give anything I own" "Just to have you" "I gotta have you" "I would give everything I own" "Everything I own" "Give up my life, my heart, my home" "I would give everything I own" "Everything, everything I own" " Just to have you" " Just to have you" "I would give everything I own" "Give up my life, my heart, my home" "I would give everything I own" "Give up my life, my heart, my home" "I would give" "Everything, everything I own Everything, everything I own" "Everything, everything I own Everything, everything I" "Own" "Dude!" "That was sick!" "The whole thing with Ben singing the song, I swear, I didn't know." "I know." "I know." "That..." "They were ridiculously good!" "Who are you?" "You are..." " Mom." " Where do you come from?" "Cute lead singer I hope to make my girlfriend is actually laughing at me." "All right." "Fine." "It's time to leave." "And the winner of this year's Bandslam is..." "From Greenwich High School in Greenwich, Connecticut, The Daze!" "Over here, please." "Can we get a smiley one right here?" " One more." " $10,000." "The part of me that can't let go" "Forget The Daze, these guys rocked harder than anybody." "You should post it." "Hey!" "Kyra17-1, what's up?" "I told you, the dash is silent." "Dear Will Burton, it says on your MySpace page that you manage I Can't Go On, I'll Go On." "Nice name." "I really like your band." "You know, I'm starting an indie label." "Are you signed to anyone?" "Maybe we can sit down and have a chat." "Oh, my God!" "All the best." "David Bowie." " Hey." " Hey." "Smile." " Hey." " Hey." " You look great." " Thanks." "It's my new makeup, "I Can't Wear Blush, I'll Wear Blush."" " Hey, you got room for one more?" " No!" " Shotgun." " No way." "I called shotgun like an hour ago." "Don't it blow your mind?" "Don't it blow your mind like the first time?" "Circle of voices in a crowded room" "Plays in my head so out of time" "Kill me with kindness never enough I find" "Don't it blow your mind?" "Don't it blow your mind again?" "Don't it blow your mind for the third time?" "The dream is never over" "The dream is never over" "Envision a future still in black and white" "Colors of youth run into gold" "Blue is for sorrow, red is for sadder light" "Don't it blow your mind?" "Don't it blow your mind again?" "Don't it blow your mind for the third time?" "The dream is never over" "The dream is never over" "To my favorite teacher" "Told me never give up" "To my fifth grade crush" "Who I thought I really loved" "To the guys I miss and the girls we kissed" "Where are you now?" "To my ex-best friends" "Don't know how we grew apart" "To my favorite band" "And sing-alongs in my car" "To the face I see in my memories" "Where are you now?" "Where are you now?" "'Cause I'm thinking of you" "You showed me how" "How to live like I do" "If it wasn't for you" "I would never be who I am" "To my first girlfriend" "I thought for sure was the one" "To my last girlfriend" "Sorry that I screwed it up" "To the ones I loved" "Didn't show it enough" "Where are you now?" "Where are you now?" "'Cause I'm thinking of you" "You showed me how" "How to live like I do" "If it wasn't for you" "I would never be who I am" "I know we'll never see those days again" "And things will never be that way again" "But that's just how it goes" "People change but I know" "I won't forget you" "To the ones who cared" "And who were there from the start" "To the love that left" "And took a piece of my heart" "To the few who'd swear" "They'd never go anywhere" "Where are you now?" "Where are you now?" "'Cause I'm thinking of you" "You showed me how" "How to live like I do" "If it wasn't for you" "I would never be who I am" "If it wasn't for you" "I would never be who I am" "If it wasn't for you" "I'd be nothing" "Where are you now?"