The Me Inside of Me - Kevin Murphy/Laurence O'Keefe.mp3

[00:00.22]J.D.
[00:00.32]Think. Long and hard. Conjure her up in your mind. What would she say?
[00:05.80]What is her final statement to a cold, uncaring planet?
[00:11.29]VERONICA
[00:11.33](Writing) "Dear world...
[00:12.59]Believe it or not, I knew about fear;
[00:14.93]I knew the way loneliness stung.
[00:17.71]I hid behind smiles and crazy hot clothes;
[00:20.45]I learned to kiss boys with my tongue."
[00:22.69]J.D.
[00:22.79]That's good.
[00:23.44]VERONICA
[00:23.54]"But oh, the world, it held me down;
[00:28.67]it weighed like a concrete prom queen crown."
[00:33.45](Dead Heather Chandler sits up. Only Veronica sees her)
[00:34.00]HEATHER CHANDLER
[00:34.09]No one thinks a pretty girl has feelings.
[00:39.18]No one gets her insecurity.
[00:44.46]I am more than shoulder pads and makeup.
[00:49.78]No one sees the me inside of me.
[00:55.86][Spoken] Jesus, you're making me sound like Air Supply.
[00:59.40]J.D.
[00:59.50]Keep going. This has to be good enough to fool the cops.
[01:02.43](Two Policemen, McCord and Milner, investigate the crime scene)
[01:09.44]MCCORD
[01:09.54]Whoa! Is it murder?
[01:13.02]MILNER
[01:13.12]No, look. Here's a suicide note.
[01:17.46]VERONICA, HEATHER, COPS
[01:17.51]"They couldn't see past my rockstar mystique,
[01:20.00]They wouldn't dare look in my eyes.
[01:22.79]But just underneath was a terrified girl
[01:25.19]who clings to her pillow and cries!
[01:28.37]My looks were just like prison bars;
[01:34.01]they've left me a myriad of scars."
[01:38.64]HEATHER CHANDLER
[01:38.74]"Myriad." Nice.
[01:39.93](The COPS hand the suicide note to Principal Gowan)
[01:40.00]VERONICA, HEATHER, COPS
[01:40.07]"No one thinks a pretty girl has substance. That's the curse of popularity."
[01:49.60](Gowan reads the note aloud)
[01:50.74]PRINCIPAL GOWAN
[01:50.99]"I am more than just a source of handjobs."
[01:55.28]VERONICA, HEATHER, GOWAN, COPS
[01:55.38]"No one sees the me inside of me."
[02:02.46](The COPS exit. GOWAN joins FLEMING, RIPPER and some FACULTY)
[02:05.91]PRINCIPAL GOWAN
[02:06.06][Spoken] Heather Chandler is not your everyday suicide.
[02:08.46]COACH RIPPER
[02:08.66]You should cancel classes.
[02:10.10]PRINCIPAL GOWAN
[02:10.32]No way, Coach.
[02:11.36]I send the kids home before lunch and the switchboard'll light up like a Christmas tree.
[02:15.29]MS. FLEMING
[02:15.44]Out children are dying.
[02:18.18]I suggest we get everyone into the cafeteria and just talk. And feel. Together.
[02:23.86]PRINCIPAL GOWAN
[02:23.91]Thank you, Ms. Fleming. Call me when the shuttle lands.
[02:28.75]MS. FLEMING
[02:28.80]I'm telling you we all misjudged Heather Chandler.
[02:32.33]This is the loveliest suicide not I've ever read.
[02:36.02]MS. FLEMING & HEATHER CHANDLER
[02:36.22]"Box up my clothing for Goodwill,
[02:37.96]and give the poor my Nordic Track.
[02:39.81]Donate my car to crippled kids,
[02:41.96]or to those ghetto moms on crack.
[02:43.95]Give them my hats and my CDs,
[02:46.10]my pumps and my flats, my three TVs!"
[02:50.84]"No one thinks a pretty girl has feelings;
[02:55.47]but I weep for all I failed to be.
[03:00.16]Maybe I can help the world by leaving;
[03:04.64]Maybe that the me inside of me."
[03:12.26]PRINCIPAL GOWAN
[03:12.42]Aw, hell. Long weekend for everybody!
[03:15.12](Teachers cheer, as do arriving students)
[03:17.46]MS. FLEMING
[03:17.68]Not so fast, kids. They're refueling the buses, which gives us a solid half-hour of healing.
[03:24.50]I've mimeographed copies of the suicide note so you can feel Heather's anguish.
[03:30.97]HEATHER MCNAMARA
[03:31.22]I never knew about her pain.
[03:33.77]Go on!
[03:34.00]HIPSTER DORK
[03:34.3]Her life had hit a rocky patch.
[03:36.52]Feel!
[03:37.00]YOUNG REPUBLICANETTE
[03:37.10] She didn't mean to be such a snatch!
[03:39.10]Heal!
[03:39.68]She didn't mean to be such a snatch!
[03:42.22]MS. FLEMING
[03:42.26]Veronica, you're very quiet. What's on your mind.
[03:46.27]VERONICA
[03:46.37]Uh, maybe Heather realized that in order to be happy she had to give up her power.
[03:54.00]And the only way to do that was... death.
[03:58.08]MS. FLEMING
[03:58.18]My God.
[03:59.92]Look what we've done.
[04:00.88]We're breaking through!
[04:01.97]Heather would be so proud of you!
[04:04.01]And you! And you! And you! And you!
[04:07.41]No one thinks a pretty girl can touch you...
[04:11.40]NEW WAVE GIRL
[04:11.51]Heather touching me...
[04:13.05]But she's made us better than we were.
[04:17.33]Heather's dead, but she will live inside me, and I'll be the me inside of her...
[04:25.40]HEATHER CHANDLER
[04:25.51]Holy crap! This is awesome!
[04:29.00]Heather cried, our sins fell on her shoulders!
[04:32.20]HEATHER CHANDLER
[04:32.30]Jesus Christ!
[04:33.75]Heather died, so we could all be free!
[04:36.44]HEATHER CHANDLER
[04:36.54]I'm bigger than John Lennon!
[04:37.59]Heather's gone, but she will live forever!
[04:41.73]She's the dove that sings outside my window!
[04:45.62]She's the twin from whom
[04:46.96]I'm separated!
[04:48.52]She's the horse I never got for Christmas!
[04:51.67]Heather sees the me inside of me!
[04:58.20]Heather is the me inside of me!
[05:04.05]Inside of... me!