Glassland Page #2

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- No, everything's not okay, mini.

- He won't pay his fine.

- How much?

- 40 cents.

- Yeah, per day.

- It said four Euro.

- [beeps]

- Just pay the f***in' fine.

- It's the principle, man.

If you're not gonna pay the four

Euro, you can go take a hike, fuckhead.

So, um, a-are you gonna pay the fine?

[register beeps]

Stupid f***in' question. [laughs]

I'm just gonna download

something illegally, fuckheads.

I'm taking these. Mighty Munch!

John, come on.

Say hello to your ma for me.

[bag crinkling]

Free sh*t tastes better.

[laughs]

"Take a hike, fuckhead."

[both laughing]

Thanks, Ma. Just leave it down

here on the table. That'd be grand.

Ma, you're in the way.

Ma! Move, move, move.

[TV:
video game, man talking]

- What are you doing?

- Gaming. Killing this f***.

- Shane, language.

- Sorry.

Tackle from the side,

will ya, not the back.

Not the... John, not the

back. I was on a f***ing break.

- Shane.

- All right, all right.

- Go away, will ya, woman. Go on.

- [chuckles]

[TV:
video game continues]

How's your mum, John?

She's good. Thanks, Bridie.

Haven't seen her in the

center for a few days now.

- I miss her in the kitchen.

- Mmm.

She has a cold or a flu or something.

She's trying to stay in bed.

- It's going around, all right.

- Yeah.

Okay, I'll leave you to it, lads.

Move over!

[Shane] Thought things would have

been a bit different, you know.

Just felt a bit trapped is

all, the last few months.

Feels like I'm rotten.

All this sh*t with the kid and all.

Which is f***ed up, 'cause I

pay, like, half my labor to her...

and I don't even get to see the kid.

I'd be better off sponsoring

a television child in Ethiopia.

Least I'd see him every day.

I'd see him more than I do now.

[sighs]

[exhales]

I just need to get away for a while is all.

Clear the head. Reassess.

I'm sure I'll see some

part of the world anyway.

Sample me a bit of foreign p*ssy.

Probably get full-blown AIDS.

I could get the AIDS, yeah.

Could get f***ing anything.

You shoulda came, man.

You still can. Internet's all loaded up

there on the laptop. All it is, is a click.

- New start.

- Can't.

Just too much going on.

Want a cup of tea?

Ma!

[switch clicks]

[radio:
dispatcher]

Thanks, man. See you later.

- [cup rattling on sink]

- [water running]

[footsteps descending stairs]

[woman] Hey, John.

Everything okay?

Did my ma come in here this morning?

- No. She hasn't been in for a week or so.

- F***!

- F***!

- J... John.

Yeah, I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

It's all fine. It's all fine.

- I'll see you.

- John.

J... Come here. Just sit down, okay?

Are you hungry?

Come on. There's some

stuff left over from lunch.

Just sit down for a minute.

[John] It's been a long night.

Had a few difficult clients.

Worked a lot of hours.

I can't do this anymore.

[door closes]

[keys rattling in lock]

[bottles clanking]

What's this? [chuckles] A party?

You making fun of me, John?

No, I'm not making fun of you.

I was just thinking, why is it that Mum

has all the fun and I can't have any?

Thought I'd join you.

Okay. I'm open to share the fun.

Okay.

Anything in particular?

I'll, uh... I'll start

with some wine, please.

Okay. Wine it is.

[wine pouring]

[glasses clink, ring]

You know, I don't even like

the way a drink tastes, John.

I only like how it makes me feel.

Huh.

I love the way it tastes.

But I hate the way it makes me feel.

[chuckles]

[clears throat]

Well, we can't have a

party and not have music.

Okay.

We'll have music, so...

[speakers:
electronic pop]

[man] Sometimes I

feel I've got to

Run away

I've got to

Get away

From the pain you drive

into the heart of me

The love we share

Seems to go nowhere

And I've lost my light

For I toss and turn

I can't sleep at night

- Once I ran to you

- I ran

Now I'll run from you

This tainted

love you've given

I give you all a

boy could give you

Take my tears and

that's not nearly all

Tainted love

- Whoa-ohh-ohh-ohh

- Tainted love

Now I know I've got to

Run away

I've got to

Get away

You don't really

want anymore from me

To make things right

You need someone

to hold you tight

And you think

love is to pray

But I'm sorry I

don't pray that way

- Once I ran to you

- I ran

Now I'll run from you

This tainted

love you've given

I give you all a

boy could give you

Take my tears and

that's not nearly all

Tainted love

Whoa-ohh-ohh-ohh

Tainted love

Don't touch me please

I cannot stand

the way you tease

I love you though

you hurt me so

Now I'm gonna pack

my things and go

Tainted love

- Whoa-ohh-ohh-ohh

- Tainted love

- Whoa-ohh-ohh-ohh

- Tainted love

- Whoa-ohh-ohh-ohh

- Tainted love

Whoa-ohh-ohh-ohh

Touch me, baby Tainted love

Touch me, baby Tainted love

Tainted love

- Whoa-ohh-ohh-ohh

- Tainted love

- Whoa-ohh-ohh-ohh

- Tainted love

[fades]

You think I'm a fuckup, don't you?

No.

I think you're sick.

You think I'm what?

- [scoffs]

- You're sick, Ma.

You don't know anything about me, John.

Well, I'd like to know more about you.

Nothin' good to know about me, John.

Okay, then, what do you want to know?

Why do you hate Kit so much?

I don't hate Kit.

I just...

find it hard to love him.

Sometimes a mother just

doesn't bond with her child.

It's unexplainable.

Happens more than you'd like

to think, John. It's life.

When I met your da, it all changed.

I got pregnant with Mark.

Another... great achievement of a son.

You have no idea how

much your life changes...

when you bring another life into the world.

The responsibility.

The joy, the pain.

And life is never the same.

And when you have a

partner who's never around,

it slowly gets to you.

Your dad was never here.

Only when it suited him.

I mean, he spent every night in

that taxi, doing God knows what,

instead of my bed.

Then I had me second child.

You.

Pretty boy.

At least you can thank

your dad for that one.

Strong jaw.

Mmm. Things changed.

You brought light into my

life for the first time.

You gave me a purpose... something

to live for, something to die for.

And for some reason, John, when you came

along, everything was good for a while.

Everything was...

everything I hoped it would be.

We had a happy family.

Just... good.

Your da was here, for once,

less in the taxi and more at home with us.

Dancing.

Oh, we danced.

We loved to go dancing, me and your da.

We'd dance all night long,

just the two of us together.

No one else would matter.

It was just us. Us against the world.

We thought, "This was it."

We didn't think it would become...

us against us.

[sighs] Then I had me third child, Kit.

Well, I call it a child,

but it wasn't really.

I remember when he came out.

When he came out, I remember...

I could see the look

on your da's face, John.

I remember the doctor looking over

at the nurse, shaking his head,

and I knew it.

I knew it. He was gone.

Your da left the hospital that

day and he never came back.

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