Come Home (2023)

[bunniefuu]

Well you're back home now

I don't know what to say

Could try to recount

All the long lonely days

But we've got hours,

and plans on our plates

Wait, so how long

have you been coming up here?

Ike, you know the answer

to this question.

I just can't see you up here,

it's hilarious.

I guess it's just hilarious then.

Yeah.

I don't know. Twenty years.

Wow.

Don't you give it a word

I can't believe

we're actually moving here.

And it's all behind us

Yeah it's all the same

Cause my home is back home

My home is back home

My home is back home

And here to stay

Oh-Oh-Oh-Aaaaaaah

Lonesome and light less

How my days did go by

Now I'm blinded by brightness

Because days follow nights

Darkness is over

My heart remains

Cause my home is back home

[inaudible] Yeah, it's great.

Come on baby, drop that in.

- It's just a feeling.

- Nice and easy.

Why are you trying to hit my foot, dude?

Was it just a feeling?

Oh, wow.

Okay, that's one point.

Yes, one more than you got.

Let's go, let's go.

I got the belt ready for you, bro.

Put your belt away.

Three!

Yes.

Okay. Show them what it is.

All right, we get it.

We get it. We get it, all right?

The round isn't over.

- There we go.

- Let's go.

- You literally got one shot.

- Let's go.

That's zero. It's zero right now.

It's now a superstitious thing.

I'm going to root into the earth.

- You're drunk.

- No, I'm not. I'm sober.

Oh, wow.

- See?

- Fancy shmancy.

Voila.

- I'm impressed.

- Your fire.

Speaking French again?

I'm surprisingly really impressed, babe.

I didn't know you're a fireman.

Yeah, since when?

Why are you blowing on it?

Can you talk us through

your method here?

Supposedly, this is a true story.

Okay, here we go.

- Finally.

- They say...

What do they say?

There is a lady who haunts this lake.

Wait, this lake?

- Wait, like this lake?

- Yes, this lake.

You're really going to give us

this lady in the water story?

- It's underrated.

- I'm just saying.

I've heard this story before, probably.

Okay, you tell us your story then.

What's your story?

Tell us your story.

- I apologize.

- It's coming up.

They say a woman haunts this lake.

And if you listen really close,

you can hear her call.

Come home.

Many years ago,

an outsider came to this town.

A local woman fell in love with him.

They began to build a life together.

She called him her beautiful bird.

They were happy until

One night, the outsider was chased

into the woods by shadows.

The woman waited for him to return.

Months went by and no one emerged.

Then one day, on her porch

was a beautiful bird.

Dead.

Something in her broke.

She walked to the lake

and never came back.

They say her spirit still roams this land.

Ever since that day,

folks disappear in these woods.

People go mad.

Lovers call out for one another.

Come home.

Come home.

Come home.

- Okay.

- Whatever.

- Come home.

- Whatever.

Where did you hear that story?

Sometimes it's better to forget.

Thank you for your honesty.

[crosstalk]

I have another story.

- Babe.

- What?

We should do this.

What?

This mountain life.

Clean air, crisp water, the trees.

I could wear flannel

all day and chop wood.

Isn't this f*cking heaven?

Yeah, you wouldn't last a week.

You rely on food delivery.

- Okay, that's not fair.

- It's true, though.

I don't know, I just feel really relaxed.

You can work on your research.

Quiet.

It's getting windy out there.

Yeah, it's a lovely thought.

Okay, three words.

Thoreau, Emerson, Bon Iver.

I'm serious. I mean, I don't know.

Maybe it's an out there idea,

but we wouldn't be alone.

We got Mel and Ike nearby.

We can make some friends,

put down some roots.

Are you serious?

Yeah, I am.

Babe, that's a terrible idea.

I'm not trying to be mean.

I'm so glad

that you're having a good time,

but this has nothing

to do with my life,

our life.

Why don't we just

sleep on it and think about it?

Like, seriously.

And if you want to talk

about it more, we can.

Babe.

What?

- Hi.

- Hi.

- I love you.

- Love you.

- This woman, right?

- Yeah.

She's grieving the death of her husband,

but keep in mind,

she basically k*lled her husband

because she pushed him off her balcony.

The f*ck, bro, that's not horror,

that's just straight-up m*rder.

- Okay.

- Still, though, she plays the part, right?

She wears the black gown.

It was morning, but eventually,

this drives her a little nuts.

Okay, so she's wandering around

trying to find a distraction for herself,

and eventually she finds a thing.

A snake.

A beautiful snake.

It's a black, and brown, and green thing.

Just a sweet little snake.

This isn't like a weird sex story?

No, this is a true story.

Shut the f*ck up. Just listen, okay?

- So there's a snake, right?

- Hello.

This snake,

she brings into her home, right?

And she starts to treat it

more like a child, less like a pet, okay?

She even gives it a name.

Tommy.

Sweet Tommy.

Sweet Tommy.

She starts letting Tommy

slither into bed with her.

He sleeps in her bed,

on the same side of her bed

as her husband did, right?

And he just grows, and he's growing.

Wait, listen to the story

that you're telling.

I mean, he sounds a bit like-

No, that's not what's happening.

That's not what's happening. f*ck you.

So annoying.

Hi.

Gorgeous day.

Yeah.

Wow.

- Holy sh*t.

- Yeah.

Worth it.

I'm fairly certain

it's a true story, okay?

Where is it from?

I don't know.

I heard it somewhere,

but it feels true to me.

Snakes probably measure out

their prey before they eat them.

Wait, just stop.

You really think that in the wild,

a snake makes a rabbit

freeze, lays down, gets rigid,

measures out from heads?

I mean, what the hell

are you talking about?

I think maybe yeah,

it's a rough estimate, perhaps.

Did you take biology?

Any science at all?

I worry about you, bro.

Can't believe you guys decide

if you want to do it or not.

I mean, if I want to do it,

it would be with Taylor.

It's just like, I don't know,

just feel like different

pages a lot of the time.

She wants X and I want Y.

- Are you guys talking about it?

- I mean, this is f*cking beautiful,

like my brain is exploding.

Yeah, I mean, we're talking about it,

but I just want to run away to the woods.

I have to worry about all these things.

Clear your head.

Take me home.

Take me home.

Let's try that.

Bro.

- Bro.

- Let me check.

- f*ck.

- Bro.

f*ck, shut up. Let me see.

- Oh, my god.

- Let me see.

Oh, wait.

I have to open the thing from the inside.

- Oh, hey.

- Need to jump?

Yes, thank you.

- That's amazing.

- No worries.

- Open the...

- Oh, sh*t. Just-

Just wanted a beer.

Got it.

- You got to do a secondary.

- Can you not pull on the thing?

I'm not doing anything.

I'm going to help.

Got it. There we go.

There you go.

Thanks.

- Got it?

- Yeah.

I think I just go color red to red.

- You just ground it to the...

- No, you don't have to ground it.

- You're supposed to ground it.

- It's like an old car.

- No, you ground it.

- No, these ones are just like this.

Where are you all from?

Yeah, I'm visiting from the city.

We're both original.

We're in the city, but he just...

- I just moved here.

- Oh, wow. Welcome.

- Thank you, appreciate it.

- Yeah.

Whereabouts?

I will be on the other side

of the lake.

- Cool.

- Yeah.

- I'm going to give it a go.

- Great, thank you.

Okay, rescued.

Rescued.

Can you imagine?

What would we do?

What would we do?

What would you have done?

- Would we have what?

- We start walking.

- Just give it a second.

- Thank you.

Yeah.

How far off the lake are you?

I mean, just on the lake

at the end of the Narrows.

My wife's family's been there for,

I guess, generations.

Oh, the Campbell house?

- Yes.

- Yeah.

The house with all them birds.

Cool.

It's funny, I used to...

Yeah, I haven't been over there

since I was a kid really.

To the lake?

- Yeah.

- You're from there?

- Yeah, I grew up here.

- Oh, cool.

- It's wild.

- I mean, why don't you go to the lake?

Well, it's all private property.

Well, now you have a connect.

Oh, yeah, absolutely.

Come through.

- You should.

- Grab a beer, we got a fire pit, chill.

- Nice.

- Yeah, that'd be awesome.

Thanks.

She seems skeptical,

but it's really good.

I'm sure it is.

You want to run it? Try it?

Yeah, sure.

Okay, fingers crossed.

She's got places to go.

Thank you.

- All right.

- Thank you so much.

- Thank you so much.

- All good. No worries.

Appreciate it.

- I might pick you guys up on that offer.

- Yeah, please do.

Please, he needs friends.

- He got it.

- He needs friends.

- Oh, I'm Ikenna.

- Okay, cool.

- Arjun.

- Sam.

- Nice to meet you.

- Sam, nice to meet you.

- Thank you.

- See you guys in the future.

Yeah, maybe.

You should come have that beer.

- She got the invitation.

- I'm just saying.

- She got the invitation.

- I feel very gratful right now.

- Thanks, guys.

- Thank you.

Yeah.

It is pretty, though.

I just

I'm so impressed that

you guys are even doing this.

I would feel so far away from people.

Yeah, it's a big change.

To say the least.

It's the natural progression

of things, right?

You get a job, you get married,

you have kids, you pay taxes.

-You just keep on-

-You die.

Right. Yeah.

Do you need help in there?

Oh, no, I'm good.

Thanks.

This is probably really unhealthy,

but I just don't know how people

can survive with so much quiet.

Arjun loves it and it doesn't make sense

because he's the loudest person

that I've ever met, but maybe

that's balancing it out somehow.

Yeah. It takes getting used to.

What the f*ck was that?

Probably a bird.

Nature is pretty loud.

What does that mean?

Have you walked through the woods?

Yeah, a little bit.

Yeah, it's pretty loud.

Yo, I got that diaper.

They call me Viper.

When I get that sn*per

Fingers on the keypad

because I'm a typer, yeah

Hickory dickory dock.

-The dock went up the clock

-Come on.

The clock struck 1:00.

The clock struck down.

Hickory dickory dock.

Let's go, let's go, let's go.

Hip pop, hip pop, real hip pop yo!

Do it like that.

I do it like that.

Yo, Ike.

Yeah, sorry.

Thought I saw someone.

Jesus.

You good?

Yeah, I don't know.

Keep moving.

I don't know nothing about these houses.

Oh, my god.

Stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid.

Arjun.

Hello.

Arjun.

Arjun!

Hey.

Hey.

How is the fishing?

Yeah, it's good, I guess.

See you at the house.

What the hell?

Hello.

Hello.

Arjun.

Arjun, help me.

Come

Come home.

Come home.

Do you think we'll be lonely out here?

We discussed it, right?

It's not permanent.

Yeah, but we don't have to live here.

We could sell this place,

find a place of our own.

My family owns this cabin.

I don't know why we wouldn't

take advantage of it, right?

I know, but we're

in the middle of nowhere.

There are people here.

There are people who live here.

Are there?

Yeah.

Dude, there's that lady.

- Wait, which lady?

- Hey, have you guys seen Arjun?

I haven't seen him.

He's probably hiking,

freestyling, whatever.

He could have

at least left a f*cking note.

So you grew up here your whole life?

My mom moved us up here

when I was 5 or 6.

She bought the motel in town.

Your mom still runs the motel?

She did.

She passed away a couple of years ago.

Sorry.

It's okay.

But I do now.

That's rad.

And it feels like home?

Here?

Mm-hmm.

Yeah.

I love this place.

It does not always love me back,

but I do love it.

You met your neighbors yet?

No.

And I don't think I will.

Some of them got

weird sh*t on their lawns,

strange things in the windows.

A lot of BB g*n action.

Well, you be careful.

Folks can get a little hostile.

Just bear that in mind.

Yeah.

You have a g*n?

No. Do you?

Yeah.

Yeah. You live around here,

you have a g*n.

For hunting?

For whatever you need a g*n for.

Arjun.

Arjun?

Arjun?

Arjun?

Arjun?

Where's Arjun?

- I don't think he's back yet.

- He's in the woods.

I'm going to join him tonight.

I'm going to go make dinner.

Okay.

Hey there.

You staying here?

It's my home.

Been in my wife's family for years.

We never seen you here before

or your wife.

Hey.

Oh, hi there.

Do you need something?

No.

We thought you should know

that there were bears in those woods

this morning.

Thanks.

You might want to be careful.

Appreciate it.

I think I'm going to buy a g*n.

I'm not going to use it.

But if guys like that

can just show up here,

I just feel a lot safer.

Okay.

Yeah, I hear that.

I want you to feel safe.

I want us to feel safe.

Do you think they're all right?

Yeah, they're fine.

Where are they?

They're camping.

How do you know?

Taylor told us.

Right there by the fire.

I didn't see her.

What?

You know what,

I think I'm going to go find them.

- Right now?

- Yes.

Okay.

Let's take a deep breath.

We can wait until morning,

and if they're not back,

we'll go together, okay?

It doesn't make any sense to go right now,

it's going to be dark soon,

and if they come back,

we won't even be here.

Fine.

We'll go in the morning.

Let's just go inside.

Arjun.

-What do you-

-No one would find him.

She thought

If he didn't want to be found

Maybe he would return when it was safer.

They say he drowned in the water

But then one day

He returned.

A shadow of himself.

But she never left.

She waited for him.

Dude, what the hell are you talking about?

Crazy f*cking story, right?

Are you good?

Where the f*ck you've been?

Don't wait.

Just go.

What?

Arjun.

This isn't lake water, is it?

Yeah, right.

Still, there's line after the song.

Hey, Ike.

Yeah?

I'll always be there for you.

- Okay?

- Yeah.

We got to protect each other.

Times like these

you have to protect yourself.

Okay, from what?

What the f*ck?

- Where the f*ck are you going, man?

- Don't go.

Just stay.

Don't look up here, go back.

Help!

Taylor?

Taylor!

Arjun.

Taylor!

Arjun.

Arjun.

Taylor!

Arjun.

Arjun.

Arjun.

Arjun.

Arjun!

Arjun!

Arjun!

Hey.

Hi.

Do you want to come in?

- Sure, yeah.

- Okay.

Thanks.

Is Ikenna around?

He's not, actually.

Okay.

Will he be back soon?

I could hang out if that's cool with you.

You're welcome to hang out.

I don't know when he's going to be back.

I'm sorry.

Okay.

He all right?

He left a few nights ago

without leaving a note

and I just haven't heard from him since,

so I'm not exactly sure where he is.

Okay.

Is that normal for him

to just take off or?

No, not really.

He's not. Nope.

I think

Our friend Arjun, who I think you met,

he's been camping in the woods

on the other side of the property,

and I think Ikenna

probably just went to go see him.

That's all.

Okay. I'm sorry.

So you haven't heard

from either of them in a couple of days?

Have you gone out to look for him?

Yeah, I mean no.

I don't know those woods back there.

I would just be blindly

walking through them.

Okay.

You've been coming here

your whole life, is that right?

Yeah.

Okay.

So then you've heard stories

about what goes on in those woods?

Yeah, but I mean those are just

Those are stories.

For you.

But for Ikenna, for me,

those are warnings and they're history.

And I know you know

who you're surrounded by out here.

You need to go look for him.

I mean, what do you want me to do?

Just like randomly walk into the woods.

I need you to try.

Okay.

Now.

Yeah. I'm going. I'm going.

I'm going.

Ikenna.

Come home.

Come home.

Ikenna!

Ikenna!

Ikenna!

Ikenna.

Come home.

Ikenna.

Ikenna!

Ikenna!

I didn't think I'd see you again.

My door almost blew up

the hinges last night.

Did you see the sky turn white?

And I thought of you.

I thought the worst of things.

Water can be rebirth, right?

Light after the storm, peace, escape.

That's what I thought.

Don't.

Sometimes it's better to forget

for your own sake.

Where is she?

Waiting.

Ikenna!

Ikenna!

I saw her every night

go out on the water

hoping you'd be there when she got back.

Every night.

I knew it was only a matter of time.

She'd go out

and talk to the lady of the lake.

Sometimes it's better

to talk to someone who just gets it.

You know what I mean?

You know.

Of course, you do.

And then one night,

she went out and she didn't come back.

And I thought that would be it.

That would be enough.

But it's not.

And she's gone and I'm still stuck here.

Don't look at me that way.

It's your own fault.

She knew exactly

what she was getting herself into.

She brought it on herself.

She knew the story too

just like I did when it happened to me.

And why

does she get to be happy and I don't?

I said don't look at me that way.

Well you're back home now

I don't know what to say

Could try to recount

All the long lonely days

But we've got hours,

and plans on our plates

So all I can say is

My home is back home

My home is back home

And here to stay

Don't you give it a reason

Don't you give it a word

There isn't a teacher

Here to see what we've learned

And it's all behind us

Yeah it's all the same

Cause my home is back home

My home is back home

My home is back home

And here to stay

Oh-Oh-Oh-Aaaaaaah

Waiting.