Brightest Star Page #6

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IT'S A BINARY SYSTEM --

TWO STARS SO CLOSE TOGETHER

THAT TO THE NAKED EYE,

THEY APPEAR AS ONE.

SO, WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

-UH, I THOUGHT I'D FIND

MY CALLING.

-AS A JANITOR?

-I-I HAD THIS FANTASY

THAT BEING HERE WOULD IGNITE

SOME PART OF MY BRAIN

THAT I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT,

AND SUDDENLY,

WITHOUT ANY MATHEMATICAL

OR SCIENTIFIC SKILL,

UH, SOME ASTRONOMICAL SUPERHERO

WOULD EMERGE,

LIKE IT WAS ALWAYS

MEANT TO BE IF...

IF I WOULD JUST HAVE THE GUTS

TO FINALLY GIVE IT A TRY.

-[ LAUGHS ]

YOU REALLY BELIEVE THAT?

-YEAH.

-THAT'S NOT HOW IT WORKS.

-IT CAN.

IT HAS WITH CHARLOTTE.

-CHARLOTTE?

[ SCOFFS ]

[ SIGHS ]

MINE WAS NICHOLAS.

HE WAS A GRAD STUDENT HERE

WHEN I FIRST ARRIVED.

I COULD NOT CONCENTRATE

WHEN HE WAS AROUND.

IT WAS -- IT WAS LIKE

THE ENTIRE INTELLECTUAL CAPACITY

OF MY BRAIN WENT KAPUT.

-WELL, WHAT HAPPENED?

-OH, NOTHING.

-NOTHING?

-WELL, WHERE WAS IT GONNA LEAD?

I WAS GONNA BE THE NEXT --

-HYPATIA OF ALEXANDRIA?

-GOD WILLING.

I WAS SURE THAT'S

WHAT I WAS MEANT TO DO.

THERE WAS NO TIME

FOR DISTRACTIONS.

-HOW DID YOU FIGURE THAT OUT?

-I KNEW WHERE TO LOOK.

YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES LOOKING

AS FAR AWAY AS WE CAN

IS JUST A WAY OF IGNORING

WHAT'S RIGHT IN FRONT OF US.

-[ SIGHS ]

[ CLEARS THROAT ]

[ KNOCKS AT DOOR ]

-NOW BATTING, NUMBER 44...

-COME WITH ME.

-[ SIGHS ]

UH, WHAT'S, UH --

-YOU'RE FIRED.

YEAH. HERE'S A SEVERANCE CHECK.

AND NO, SEVERANCE FOR

A MAINTENANCE PROFESSIONAL

IS NOT THE NORM.

THERE'S MORE FOR YOU THAN THIS.

BEGONE.

- SLOW AND EXPOSED

LIKE A SNAIL CROSSING ON

A FOOTPATH AFTER THE RAIN

YOU'RE ALL ALONE

WITH SO FAR TO GO

UNTIL YOU REACH GREEN AGAIN

TAKE COVER, TAKE COVER

TAKE COVER IN THE THOUGH THAT YOU

ARE NEEDED ON THE OTHER SIDE

WELL, I'M JUST A FRIEND

AND IT'S HARDLY ENOUGH

BUT I'LL TRY TO CHEER YOU ON

WELL, I KNOW

THAT I'D GIVE BACK

AT LEAST HALF AS MUCH

AS WHAT YOU GIVE

IN YOUR SONGS:

TAKE COVER, TAKE COVER

TAKE OVER IN THE THOUGH THAT YOU

ARE NEEDED ON THE OTHER SIDE

-[ WHISTLING ]

-NOW IT'S TIME

TO ADD THE ONION.

KEEP STIRRING:

AND PUT FOUR CLOVES OF GARLIC

IN THE POT.

BUT YOU REALLY WANT I TO BE ABLE TO SWEA WITHOUT BREAKING DOWN.

IF IT BECAME DISCOLORED,

YOU SHOULD STOP AND START OVER.

THIS WILL TAKE BETWEEN

15 MINUTES AND A HALF-HOUR.

THIS ISN'T A SAUCE

YOU CAN DO IN A HURRY.

YOU WANT TO DO I THE RIGHT WAY.

[ LAPTOP CLOSES ]

-[ SIGHS ]

[ ROCK MUSIC PLAYS ]

- HE MAY COME,

BUT DON'T GET TOO CLOSE

OH, DOWNTOWN,

WAITING FOR THE ONE HE KNOWS

OH, OH

HE'S GOT SOMETHING

YOU CAN'T SEE

OH, OH

HAVE A DRINK,

AND THEN THEY LEAVE

OH, WHOA, WHOA

HE CRASHES IN:

AGAIN AND AGAIN:

HE'S JUST SOME BOY

HE'S ONLY SOME BOY

MAKING HIS MOVE:

THINKS HE CAN'T LOSE

HE'S JUST SOME BOY

HE'S ONLY SOME BOY

HE'S JUST SOME BOY

HE'S ONLY SOME BOY

SOME BOY:

[ LAUGHS ]

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

THANK YOU. [ LAUGHS ]

I'LL BE RIGHT BACK, OKAY?

-YEAH. I'LL SEE YOU LATER.

-OKAY, YEAH, YEAH.

I'LL SEE YOU LATER.

-THIS WOULD BE SO MUCH EASIER

IF YOU WOULD JUST TO YELL AT ME

AND MAKE A HUGE SCENE.

I DESERVE THAT AT LEAST.

-I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU DESERVE.

-I TRIED WITH US.

HEY, I-I WENT AND WORKED

AT THAT, UH, OBSERVATORY.

-DO YOU HAVE SOME SORT OF PLAN?

-I THINK SO.

-I KNOW. YOU NEED YOUR MAGIC.

F***ING METS FANS, MAN.

[ LAUGHS ]

IT WOULD'VE BEEN FUN TO LIVE

WITH YOU IN THE MOUNTAINS.

HEY.

THANKS FOR THE SONG.

READY?

-OKAY, YEAH.

[ SIZZLING ]

-HEY, UH, KEEP YOUR

PINCHED FINGERS IN.

YOU KNOW, WATCH.

DICE THESE:

AND BRING THEM UP TO ME,

AND DON'T BE A PINCHE PUTO.

-[ SPEAKS SPANISH ]

-[ LAUGHS ]

-OKAY, WEY.

NOW WE MAKE THE CAESAR.

DO YOU THINK YOU CAN WHISK?

THERE YOU GO. THERE YOU GO.

THERE, YOU KEEP GOING.

AH, DON'T LET IT BREAK!

YOU NEED MORE PRACTICE, WEY.

[ LAUGHS ]

THERE YOU GO. THERE YOU GO.

[ LAUGHS ]

GOOD JOB.

YOU'RE NOT SUCH A PUTO

FOR BEING A PUTO.

[ SPEAKS SPANISH ]

YOU NEED KNIVES.

-NOW, TOO MUCH WATER, YOU'RE

GONNA DROWN THAT CANDLE, OKAY?

AND THAT'S BAD, BUT NOT ENOUGH,

IT'S GONNA STICK TO THE BOTTOM,

IT'S GONNA GET ALL WAXY,

YOU'RE GONNA SPEND

YOUR WHOLE SETUP TIME SCRAPING,

ALL RIGHT?

I'M GONNA LEAVE YOU

WITH ONE:

AND BE RIGHT BACK

TO SEE HOW YOU'RE DOING.

I THINK YOU'RE GONNA BE GREAT.

I THINK YOU'RE GONNA BE GREAT.

-FANTASTIC.

-SALMON, MEDIUM-RARE.

I'M SURE THAT'S EXACTLY

WHAT HAPPENED.

[ LAUGHTER ]

HOW'S IT GOING, MAN?

YEAH. SEE YOU TOMORROW.

CHARLOTTE.

LET ME JUST EXPLAIN MYSELF,

AND THEN I PROMISE I'LL LEAVE.

-IT TAKE YOU FOUR MONTHS

TO TRACK ME DOWN,

OR FOUR MONTHS:

TO BUILD UP THE GUTS?

-I'M SORRY I LEFT.

IT'S JUST...

THE CORNER OFFICE WITH THE JOB.

[ SIGHS ] IT WASN'T ME.

IT W-WAS SOME SUIT-WEARING

HOTEL-SUITE GUY.

THE ONLY TIME I EVER FELT LIKE

I DIDN'T WANT YOU BACK

WAS WHEN I'D SEEN

THAT YOU'D FALLEN FOR HIM.

[ CHUCKLES ]

IT WAS ALL FOR YOU,

TO GET YOU BACK.

-THAT'S NEVER

WHAT I WANTED FROM YOU.

-YES, IT WAS.

BUT I KNOW IT'S NOT WHO YOU ARE.

THIS IS.

I ALWAYS THOUGHT YOU'D WORK

AT A GALLERY, YOU KNOW?

I NEVER STOPPED BELIEVING

THAT IT'S GOT TO BE YOU.

IT'S JUST --

IT'S GOT TO BE ME, TOO.

THERE'S A CERTAIN ORDER

AND BEAUTY TO THE UNIVERSE,

THE WAY THINGS MOVE.

ORBITS AND PATTERNS

PREDETERMINED FOR EONS --

MORE, EVEN.

200 BILLION STARS IN OUR GALAXY

AND THE BILLIONS MORE BEYOND

STILL HOLD THEIR WONDER FOR ME.

BUT MY TRUE COURSE,

THE ONE I CHART --

IT'S SET IN MOTION.

AND I'M READY --

READY FOR WHATEVER COMES NEXT.

- KICK THE DUST OFF YOUR BACK

AND DON'T LOOK BACK

GIVE ALL THE DOUBTERS YOU KNOW

A FAKE HEART ATTACK

'CAUSE YOU WERE MADE

FOR THIS:

YOU CAN FEEL I INSIDE YOUR BONES

YOU WERE MADE FOR THIS

AND IT'S TIME YOU

LET THE WORLD KNOW

WHO YOU ARE, WHAT YOU KNOW

IT'S HAPPENING, RIGHT NOW SO

RUN, RUN, IT'S A NEW DAY

OH-OH-OH-OH, OH-OH-OH-OH

RUN, RUN,

IT'S TIME TO EMBRACE

OH-OH-OH-OH, OH-OH-OH-OH

BREATHE, BREATHE, IN AND OU AND LOVE, LOVE,

LET IT ALL OUT:

OH-OH-OH-OH, OH-OH-OH-OH

OH-OH-OH-OH, OH-OH-OH-OH

THE SUN IS CREEPING IN

LET IT SINK IN YOUR HEAR EVERYONE IS TAKEN,

SO BE WHO YOU ARE

'CAUSE YOU WERE MADE

FOR THIS:

YOU CAN FEEL I INSIDE YOUR SOUL

YOU WERE MADE FOR THIS

SO WHATCHA,

WHATCHA WAITING FOR?

IT'S HAPPENING

RIGHT NOW, SO...

RUN, RUN, IT'S A NEW DAY

OH-OH-OH-OH, OH-OH-OH-OH

RUN, RUN,

IT'S TIME TO EMBRACE

OH-OH-OH-OH, OH-OH-OH-OH

BREATHE, BREATHE, IN AND OU AND LOVE, LOVE,

LET IT ALL OUT:

OH-OH-OH-OH, OH-OH-OH-OH

OH-OH-OH-OH, OH-OH-OH-OH

LET IT OU OH-OH-OH-OH, OH-OH-OH-OH

OH-OH-OH-OH, OH-OH-OH-OH

LET THE LIGH FADE INTO

ALL THE COLORS:

THAT MAKE YOU:

LET THE LIGH FADE INTO

ALL THE COLORS:

THAT MAKE YO-O-O-O-OU

THAT MAKE YO-O-O-O-OU

THAT MAKE YO-O-O-O-OU

THAT MAKE YO-O-O-O-OU

RUN, RUN, IT'S A NEW DAY

OH-OH-OH-OH, OH-OH-OH-OH

RUN, RUN,

IT'S TIME TO EMBRACE

OH-OH-OH-OH, OH-OH-OH-OH

RUN, RUN, IT'S A NEW DAY

OH-OH-OH-OH, OH-OH-OH-OH

RUN, RUN,

IT'S TIME TO EMBRACE

OH-OH-OH-OH, OH-OH-OH-OH

BREATHE, BREATHE, IN AND OU AND LOVE, LOVE,

LET IT ALL OUT:

OH-OH-OH-OH, OH-OH-OH-OH

OH-OH-OH-OH, OH-OH-OH-OH

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