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01x04 - Episode 4

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "This Town". Aired: 31 March – 28 April 2024.*
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Tells the story of an extended family and four young people who are drawn into an expl*sive and iconic music scene in the early 1980s.

01x04 - Episode 4

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I had words come into my head.

I have to go back and stand there

to get the feeling sometimes.

Then I always step back.

Leave him alone.

I will never see him again!

I swear by Almighty God.

My dad took delivery of all the

ingredients needed to make bombs.

I will not be

part of your plans to m*rder people.

You'll be needing this. There's

going to be another wee bang.

Fiona, last night I wrote a poem

that could also be a song.

It's about you.

They call this harmony.

You'll do the tune,

and I'll sort of talk and growl.

And I need to think of a way

of getting Jeannie back.

The acoustics in this

place are amazing!

A recording studio made by God.

Your dad says God can help me.

Then my dad's your man.

He's my man.

Gregory, what are you doing back

here?

It's going to be OK, Dad,

cos I'm a soldier,

and I have a plan.

You're in a lot of trouble, Bardy.

They have your name

for the train station.

I need to give them a big fish

so they let you

and your dad off the hook.

I'm not made for this kind of work!

EAMONN: Kieran Doherty was

just 25 years old.

He died today of starvation.

Consider that.

Think how the body craves.

And how strong the resolve must be.

Kieran Doherty refused

food for 73 days.

Consider that.

73 days

where every voice in your head is

begging your soul to give in.

That is the spirit at large

among our people.

That spirit of defiance

and outrage

and anger

can only be inspired

by the most despotic injustice.

Innocents shot in the back,

shot walking to school.

Houses broken into in the night

by soldiers.

Mothers humiliated, fathers dragged

away to camps for no reason

other than their belief in justice

and freedom.

And now our volunteers locked up

like common criminals.

All that happening to people like us

just a few miles across

a narrow stretch of sea.

Ordinary men and women

made giants and heroes

by the infamy of occupation.

Bardon.

How we respond to our oppression

will be remembered forever in songs

like the songs you sing, Bardy boy.

You speak very well, Eamonn.

I hope that the boy

listens as well as you speak.

Right.

She's ready.

Let's go.

Right proudly high over

Dublin Town

They hung out the flag of w*r

The world did gaze with deep amaze

At those fearless men but true

Who bore the fight

that freedom's light

Might shine through

the foggy dew. ♪

Jesus, I've a question.

I made that promise that

I made in your name for a reason.

Not because I wanted to.

I did it to save a boy.

I imagine you'll know him.

Dante.

You know what he's like -

helpless, like a

Well, he's not really like anything.

Anyway, I made the promise that

I made in your name

to save him from a beating.

Now I need your permission

to break that promise.

How do you feel, Bardon?

I feel OK.

So why did you just forget

to indicate?

The last thing we want is to be

picked up for a traffic offence.

Do you want some music?

You like music.

..hangs up the phone

When you're in love with

a beautiful woman

You go it alone ♪

Tell me, how's your music thing

going?

It's going OK.

You're doing music with Dante.

Yeah.

He is a strange boy.

Yeah. I'm talking for a reason.

To be calm,

you have to think of other things.

It relaxes you.

I don't like this stuff

on the radio.

RADIO OFF

All right.

What do you like?

Our own stuff.

Tell me about the music

you're making.

Ska. Two-tone.

Never heard of it.

It's a mix of things.

Black and white.

Are you telling me no Irish ballads?

A bit of everything

from Birmingham and Coventry.

We're mixing everything up.

What? So, you're going to be

famous, are you, Bardon?

Yeah.

One way or another.

I bought my baby a red radio

He played it all day

a-go-go a-go-go

He liked to dance to it

down in the streets

He said he loved me

but he loved the beat

It's just the same old show

On my radio

On my radio, on my radio,

on my radio ♪

What's happened

to your promise to Jesus?

I had a very open

conversation with him.

He knows ya.

And he likes ya.

He knows me through my dad,

most probably.

Anyway, he said it's OK.

He said I only made the promise to

stay away from ya to save ya.

And to break a bad promise

for a good reason is OK.

So, I can see you again.

What do you think?

Jeannie, I don't want to talk,

because I'm saving my voice.

Now that I am a singer as well

as a poet, I've made a resolution

to only use 700 words a day,

to save my vocal cords.

How many have you used today?

Not counting since I met you.

So, don't talk, listen.

The main reason I needed to see you,

my dad fixes factory roofs.

I go with him sometimes.

He's working on a place in Coventry.

I was there today.

And it's f*cking perfect!

Perfect for what?

For us to record in.

To record my songs,

I need a place that is as much

like Coventry Cathedral as possible.

Dante,

this place is like a cathedral.

And it's empty for six months.

It's in Coventry, so Bardon's got

no excuse for not turning up.

Come on, or we'll miss the bus.

When we get to the street,

we've had a volunteer disable

the lampposts

directly outside the exchange.

Park in the darkness.

k*ll your lights before you park.

Once we park, we get out

and go our separate ways.

There's a phone box on

the Alcester Road.

We checked. It's working.

You know the code word.

Yeah.

After you've made a call, go

to your pub where people know you.

I don't go to any pubs. I'm still

studying, you know? You are?

Still handing in my essays,

like a good boy.

Then, that's good. That's OK.

Keep everything

else in your life normal.

Yeah! Normal! Yeah!

f*ck!

TYRES SCREECH

Steady!

Jesus! You'll blow us all to hell!

Let's just drive through.

There's a f*cking great hole

in the road!

Well, find another way, then.

The exchange is on a dead end.

This is the only way in.

Well, that's real bad luck. Right?

f*cking awful bit of bad luck.

Right?

In this town they dig up the roads

all the time.

I need to call command.

The f*ck making a call!

This timer is set.

30 minutes,

this van gets blown to hell.

Let's just find a police station

and park outside.

I can't just pull a target out of

the f*cking air

without speaking to command!

They want no civilian casualties.

Wait! Who the f*ck is that?

Dad, just tell me where to drive

and I'll drive.

The boy sounds anxious.

No.

We go back and unload.

Terry, disable the timer.

sh*t!

They dug a hole right where

we wanted to go.

Awful, awful bad luck.

Ba!

Baah!

Ba!

Baaaaah! ♪

So what do you think?

You're right.

It's a cathedraaaal!

We can record everything here.

Bo!

Ba! ♪

So, now that we have a place

to record and rehearse

all that we need, to turn my dream

into reality

is somebody who knows

what the f*ck they are doing.

Get up in the morning,

slaving for bread, sir

So that every mouth can be fed

Poor me Israelite

My wife and my kids,

they packed up and leave me

"Darling," she said,

"I was yours to be seen"

Poor me Israelites

Shirt them a-tear up,

trousers are gone

I don't want to end up like

Bonnie and Clyde

Poor me Israelites ♪

The wanderer returns!

Her Majesty finally had the good

sense to get rid of me.

You know, when I hugged you

I felt something touch my heart.

Ah, yes!

Here it is.

You have a use for this,

in our peaceful city?

I've decided I want to make money.

Lots of money.

And in order to make money, I need

to do the things that I'm good at.

Before I left, I was capable.

But now I've been trained

to a higher level,

and I think I can take on

some high-level work.

And you want to work for me?

No.

I've heard you're setting up

a powder room.

I don't want to be part of that.

You heard that from who?

Come on, Robbie, it's me.

I asked you a question.

GREGORY SCOFFS

OK.

So, next, you're going to shout,

"Heard it from f*cking who?"

And pull out your g*n and start

screaming and shouting

until I get scared and say, "Oh,

I heard it from Wire, Mr Carmen!"

And you'll snarl and fire a round

into the ceiling,

as if Wire's a dead man.

But you can spare me the theatre,

because you know that Wire told me

about your plans,

cos he knows he can trust me.

And you know you can trust me,

cos I've seen you sobbing

like a kid and shaking like a leaf.

I know where all your horrors

are buried.

I know what scares you.

Don't treat me like staff.

No smoking.

f*ck off.

I've been gone for three years.

I don't want to work for ya,

but I do need information about

who's out there in the city

I can trust.

And I want to get permission, from

those whose permission I will need,

to do the work I want to do.

You don't need permission

from the Zulus.

There are people in this city more

powerful than them,

and you know who I mean.

Our friends in Sparkhill.

I have no friends in Sparkhill.

Every construction contract that

goes on in this city

goes through the hands of

our Irish friends in Sparkhill.

Including the contractors

doing this place.

I don't dig up roads

I don't sell cement

I don't deal in bricks.

I'm going to rob banks, Mr Carmen.

I'm going to rob airports

and safe deposit boxes.

So I need to know which banks

I should avoid,

which cargo flights I should leave

alone,

and which boxes I should not open.

Before I start breaking the law in

this city, I need to know the rules.

Most important of all, I don't want

to upset anyone in Sparkhill.

I have no friends in Sparkhill

but

I do have a dialogue with

some of them.

I would like to start

a similar dialogue.

And why would they talk to you?

You're an ex-soldier

That was dismissed with

dishonour for being Catholic

and having Irish family.

And there may even be things

that I know about how the British

Army operates in Belfast

that might be of interest to them.

Are you f*cking insane?

No, Robbie. I'm in a rush.

You would involve

yourself in that lethal sh*t?

I owe my former employers nothing.

But thanks to them, I do have

a lot of secrets in my head.

So next time you're speaking to the

people in Sparkhill, tell them that.

Tell them that I'm planning

to start my operation

and I'm interested in doing a deal.

A deal? With the Ra?

They will use you for their own

purposes,

and then they will put you

under the f*cking motorway!

As long as they put me

under the fast lane, it's OK.

Virgil.

If I can't have you

I keep hearing encouraging

stories about your kid brother.

He can give a beating,

and he can take a beating.

My brother has given and taken

all the beatings he ever will.

You and I will do business,

but you will leave the boy

in the hands of the angels

and devils of music.

My brother has decided

he wants to be a rock star.

So much trouble in the world

Bless my eyes this morning

Jah, sun is on the rise once again

The way earthly things are going

Anything can happen

You see men sailing

on their ego trip

Blast off on their spaceship

Million miles from reality

No care for you,

no care for me ♪

I've come for the audition.

The advert said you're

forming a band.

We're waiting for

our lead singer to arrive.

He's just messing about

while we wait.

So much trouble in the world ♪

Did you come far?

Sutton Coldfield.

All you gotta do ♪

What instrument do you play?

Drums. Do you have drums?

No.

One more time, yeah. ♪

Dante! Yeah?

We have a drummer

with no drums here for an audition.

Hello, Dante.

Look, if this is really

embarrassing I'll just leave.

You play drums?

Er

No, not really.

I thought drums might be

easiest to fake.

You just hit 'em with a stick.

That's probably

a really stupid thing to say.

But, Dante, I think you're going

to be successful

and I want to be

a part of it somehow.

Did you like the song I gave you?

Birdsong.

Yeah. I loved it.

That's part of the reason I came.

I think you've got something.

I wrote it for my nan.

Oh. That was just a demo.

We can record it properly

now we have our studio.

But, Fiona, the thing is, when I put

that advert up at college,

I meant we need people who can

really play.

I'm serious about this.

I've decided this is my life.

I want somebody to join us

who knows more than we do,

somebody who will help us

do it properly.

At the beginning, I just wanted to

write a song to give to you.

But now it's not about you

any more.

This is what I want to do

with my whole life,

so I have to take it seriously

and do it right.

And then, when we're good enough,

I want you to be in the audience.

And you can dance.

FIONA SCOFFS

What have you done to your hair?

Dante!

OK.

I understand.

I've written a new song.

You can stay and listen,

if you like.

No, it's OK.

I want to be professional.

Yeah, you said.

I get it!

Dante!

What happened to your word count?

You're much better

when you say nothing.

I'm speaking again.

My dad said my voice sounds better

when it's rough.

Who was that?

And why was she crying?

Crying?

Oh, Dante!

Was she here to audition?

That was the famous girl

from Sutton Coldfield.

The girl you love?

I think Dante has a new love.

Music. OK.

Here is the second song

that I've written,

and it's even better than the first.

I'll show you

but it needs your voice, Bardon.

I wrote it for your mum.

It's called Estella.

And it goes like this

When she smiles,

she screws up her face

Looks like the sun's shining in

her eyes

But when she cries

She floods the place

You have to swim to survive

And when she sings

You hold your heart, you feel like

it will burst out of your chest

BOTH: # But when she drinks

You hold your glass

Cos she won't stop

until there's nothing left

Estella

BOTH: # You're much stronger

Estella

Than anyone I know

Estella

Even though you

Estella

Don't think so ♪

We'll go from the top.

What key are we in? A.

When she smiles

She screws up her face

Looks like the sun's shining in

her eyes

But when she cries

She floods the place

You have to swim to survive

And when she sings

You hold your heart, you feel like

it will burst out of your chest

But when she drinks

You hold your glass

Cos she won't stop

until there's nothing left

Estella

You're much stronger

Estella

Than anyone I know

Estella

Even though you

Estella

Don't think so

Estella

You're much stronger

Estella

Than anyone I know

Estella

Even though you

COINS CLATTER

Estella

Don't think so

Never had a tenner

that she wouldn't give away

Never had a bad word to say

Estella

Never forget that you've got

people on your side

Even when it all starts to slide

And when the weather gets so heavy

That you can't see

Remember

I've never been alone

because of you

And you will never be

because of me

Estella

You're much stronger

Than anyone I know

PHONE RINGS

Estella

Even though you

Don't think so ♪

ANSWERPHONE BEEPS

Estella

I have not heard from you

for a while.

And I was wondering if you are OK.

I hope you're taking

care of yourself.

I am always here if you need me.

ANSWERPHONE CLICKS AND BEEPS

MUSIC CONTINUES DISTORTEDLY

..even when it all starts

to slide

And when the weather gets so heavy

That you can't see

Remember I've never been alone

because of you

And you will never be

because of me ♪

MUSIC DISTORTS

Come on, Dante,

let's get the bus home.

I don't get the bus home.

Please don't tell her,

it's too weird.

What's weird?

It's not weird.

What's not weird?

I'm staying at

Bardon's mum's flat for a bit,

so I can be near the studio.

Dante sleeps on a settee

where he can overlook

the M6 f*cking motorway.

What part of that isn't weird?

I make her breakfast

and water down her vodka.

And listen to her drunken stories.

And listen to her sing.

And then a song comes to me.

You have to sing what you do.

You have to sing your life.

You should write

a song about your life, Bardon.

Something about telling your dad

to leave you alone.

What the f*ck

do you know about my life, Dante?

I know things, Bardon.

I've found something

that I know everything about.

I know if you're going

to sing my songs,

you've got to sing without fear.

Oh, and by the way,

I've decided Estella's

going to sing backing vocals for us.

OK, I'm going.

Dante, please tell me that last part

was a joke.

Dante!

I don't think Dante does jokes.

Not about music. Not any more.

Even Miss Sutton Coldfield

couldn't divert him.

He's giving this everything.

So, what happens to him when nothing

happens for us?

Oh, sh*t! I've missed my last bus.

It's all right.

I've got to go to Birmingham anyway.

We'll hitch a lift.

TRAFFIC RUMBLES

DOGS BARK

MUFFLED ROCK MUSIC POUNDS

ESTELLA SNORES

Sun is shining, the weather

is sweet

Make you want to move

your dancing feet

To the rescue, here I am

Want you to know, y'all,

where I stand ♪

Hey, do you want to come in

for a cup of tea or something?

No. I've got a meeting.

What are you? A businessman?

What meeting?

You really, really don't want

to know.

Is Dante right?

Are you doing something dangerous?

Ooh, come here!

..weather is sweet

Make you want to move

your dancing feet ♪

Right, f*ck off, then.

To the rescue, here I am

Want you to know

just if you can

Where I stand

Know, know, know,

know where I stand

When the morning gathers

the rainbow

Want you to know I'm a rainbow,

too

So, to the rescue here I am

Want you to know just if you can

Where I stand

Know, know, know, know, know

Friday morning,

scoo-be-doop-scoop-scoop

Saturday evening,

scoo-be-doop-scoop-scoop

So to the rescue ♪

OK, first the good news.

I told the others I want you to do

backing vocals for the band,

and they said it was

a brilliant idea.

Oh.

Also, I've made you breakfast.

Oh, God.

The bad news is,

you've been burgled.

They broke in while you were asleep.

You must have been sleeping

very deeply.

What are you talking about?

They made a mess.

I cleared it up. But

things have been taken.

They must have known

it was benefit day.

Your handbag is empty,

your purse has gone.

Nothing else to steal.

You must have been sleeping

very deeply.

Deeply?

I must have been dead.

I could hardly take

those rings off myself.

How did I not feel it?

How do I not feel?

Why don't you eat

the breakfast I made?

Ugh

ESTELLA GROANS SOFTLY

VOMITING

SIGHS

CIGARETTE LIGHTER CLICKS

A day dawns when you know

you can't go on like this.

It's a line from one of my songs.

Estella?

Why don't we make that day today?

That one's yours.

Sit down by it.

You need a good reason

to be sat by the canal

at six o'clock in the morning.

Before you start,

I want to say thanks.

What for?

For getting the road outside

the telephone exchange dug up.

Did they buy it as a coincidence?

The man who sets the detonators

is called Terry.

Terry

OK.

He's suspicious as hell.

Well, that's unfortunate.

But I'll deal with it.

What does that mean?

You mean the boys at the Branch

will have him face down in a canal?

It means I'll deal with it.

Caught a fish, Bardy.

What? Float's gone under.

Reel it in. f*ck's sake!

No, reel it in.

Yeah, yeah. Other way.

f*ck, I have no idea what I'm doing!

Not so hard.

You're going the wrong way.

SPLASHING

Bardy! f*cking hell.

Well, you lost the fish.

I don't give a f*ck.

f*cking

I don't know how to be a fisherman,

and I don't know how to be

an undercover f*cking grass.

Well, to be honest,

the two activities are very similar.

You put bait on a hook and you wait.

Am I the bait or the hook?

You are the bait, I am the hook.

Well, my line's tangled to f*ck.

Well, already, you've given me

the b*mb maker's name as Terry.

That's good.

The Branch will have him

on their directory.

Was he tall, short, fat, thin?

Skinny. Brown hair.

OK. That'll be enough.

Already I'm of use.

Last night another hunger striker

died cos of the cause.

A cause I fundamentally believe

is just and good

Bardy, don't bring good, bad

and justice into this.

We're both just saving our arses.

It's this or 30 years.

If I'm caught, I'm dead.

You won't get caught.

We'll both soon be free

to live our lives.

Just stay calm and do as I say.

Stay close to your dad,

and go to the Gate Hangs Well pub.

Listen out for mention of someone

named Lemongrass. Lemongrass?

If you hear the name,

they've taken the bait.

You can go now, Bardy.

I'll untangle the line for you.

Actually, how's my brother?

Your mad f*cking brother

is blissfully unaware of

the awful truth.

But he does seem to have

the uncanny ability

to hear the truth in my voice.

MUSIC: Hong Kong Garden

by Siouxsie And The Banshees

Harmful elements in the air

Cymbals crashing everywhere

Reap the fields

of rice and reeds ♪

DOOR UNLOCKS

You the girl who was with Dante?

Yeah. He told me you work here.

Did he send you here?

No. No, I sent myself.

Made a fool of myself, didn't I?

When you left,

you had tears in your eyes.

Poor me. Do you sing?

Not much.

Pretty useless all round.

How'd he make you cry?

By telling me the truth.

Yeah, he does that.

Mostly I don't care

what people think.

But I actually got my hair cut.

Looks really good.

Do you dance?

That I can do.

Why?

I'm guessing Dante

wasn't ever your boyfriend,

because he's not really human.

What planet is he from,

do you think?

He can write, though. Yeah.

He recorded a song for me.

You are the girl

from Sutton Coldfield.

Oh, is that who I am?

He kept talking about you.

He said he loved you.

I was just fuel for his poetry.

You say you made a fool of yourself.

Well

you don't look foolish at all.

In fact, the other night when

I saw you on those stairs,

I thought, "Wow."

There.

The image complete.

My breakfast.

You are a dark horse.

It's OK in here?

Police leave us alone.

Premises are owned by a guy

called Carmen.

He owns half the city.

How difficult is it

to learn the drums?

We need a drummer,

drummers are easy to find.

But what we really need is someone

who knows the record business.

Somebody who knows what people like,

what records people are buying.

People who buy records are boring.

I'd rather learn the drums.

We f*ck this up,

I don't think Dante will survive.

So I don't want to f*ck it up.

Dante says you run this shop

on your own.

So you must know

the independent labels.

You do gigs here.

Talent scouts come.

CHUCKLES

Worst people on earth.

But you know them.

Are you saying

you want me to work for you?

No.

I'm saying I want us

to work for you.

Either we're going to fly

or we're going to crash and burn,

but we are going to do it

professionally.

You're f*cking mad, Virgil.

We Zulus have a golden rule.

A f*cking strict policy.

Even Carmen has the same rule.

Don't f*ck with Sparkhill

and don't f*ck with the Ra.

I just need the room for an hour.

I want 'em to see that I have

associates who care for my welfare.

Soon as you come back to town,

every boat in Birmingham

is f*cking rocking.

Just make sure nobody breaks into it

or steals the car.

If it was anybody but you, Virgil,

I would not even think about having

those f*ck in here.

If they even know your name,

you're on a list.

Should I bring you drinks?

IRA don't drink alcohol

until after six.

No rum or whiskey until ten.

Show 'em in for me, will you?

Here we f*cking go.

We got a message you wanted to

meet representatives of

the recreation committee of the

Sparkhill Gaelic Football Club.

I used to play in Belfast.

But the side I played for

dropped me.

Yes, we know.

We know everything about you.

Shoe size? Size nine.

Afraid of spiders.

Three tours of duty,

Belfast, Derry, Drumcree.

Front-foot f*ck.

Discharged on grounds

of psychiatric disorder.

But do you know the real reason

I was discharged?

Just assume we know everything.

Everything.

The message said

you might have something for us.

Well, I'm hoping that going forward,

I can have a favourable

relationship with you.

What do you have for us, Virgil?

It is more a question of knowing how

much they know and how they know it.

How much who knows about what?

Your boys went to the exchange

but the council had dug a hole

in the road.

It wasn't a coincidence.

You have an informant in Coventry.

The Brits have gave him

the code name

Lemongrass.

I know who it is.

But I don't know for sure

who you are.

For all I know, you could be

the informants yourselves.

So I need to meet your boss.

I will offer up the name for free

as a gesture to begin our

relationship in a cordial way.

We'll be in touch.

Don't go far.

Don't be going anywhere.

I will be here, among my friends

who are very kind to me.

You're very fortunate, then.

We're working-class people

who share a common goal.

Hmm. You are my brothers and

I'm happy to be working with you.

You're in this now.

There's no getting out.

DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES DISTANTLY

DOOR OPENS

That was quick.

Is that good or bad?

Either I'll be dead within 24 hours

or I've got their attention.

Is that the little f*ck?

Yeah, that's him.

f*ck off! f*ck off!

No, mate, no!

THEY SHOUT IN PROTES

Hey! No!

PANICKED GROANS

Oh, f*ck!

Dad

You ransack the home of my wife?

You steal the rings

I gave her from her f*cking fingers?

We didn't know

she was connected to the Gate pub.

We didn't know!

Well, now you do.

And now it's too late to save your

only physical means of propulsion.

No! No! No! No! No, Dad, no!

This is not Belfast.

And they did Mum no harm.

No! No! Please!

SCREAMS IN PAIN

OK, OK.

You're done! You're done!

Now we do what we agreed.

You little shits better

leave my mother alone,

or next time it'll be

a b*llet in the f*cking head

courtesy of the Coventry Battalion,

Irish Republican Army.

I'm sorry! I'm sorry!

Tell me where you sold the rings.

KNOCKING

Who's that?

Delivery.

Hello, Mum.

I've got something for you.

How did you get them back?

We found the burglars.

Who's we? Me and Dad.

DANTE PLAYS GUITAR

And what form of persuasion

did you use?

Bardon,

what do you think of my playing?

I asked you a question, Bardon.

I thought you might say thank you.

Bardon, these are the chords for

Good Golly Miss Molly.

Dante, will you shut up?

Did you use a g*n

as a form of persuasion, Bardon?

Did you lay hold of a g*n belonging

to the organisation, Bardon?

I thought you might say thank you.

FRONT DOOR SLAMS

Go with him.

Basically, most songs are A minor,

C, F and G.

Usually in the same order.

Nearly all rock music is just that.

I can do Blue Suede Shoes.

What the f*ck, Dante?

What the f*ck is it all about?

Chords.

Like words,

repeated,

like a map.

Or like stones across a river

where the river is the beat.

Lately, when I close my eyes

I can see music.

I can actually see it.

I see shapes and colours and faces.

It's like my head is

a f*cking circus.

Even my dreams now are pieces

of music with pictures.

And sometimes I'm scared of

what I see.

f*cking scared.

Dante

I think you and me need a drink.

TYRES SQUEAL

Get on the ground!

Armed police! Get on the ground!

Right, you! Right, get up!

Get in the car! Get in!

BREATHES HEAVILY

Oh, heaven

Heaven is mine

Oh, heaven, heaven

Heaven is mine

Heaven, heaven

Heaven is mine

Oh, I wanna go to heaven

Heaven is mine

I wanna go to heaven

Heaven is mine

Yeah, I wanna go to heaven

Heaven is mine ♪

Hello, Jeff, it's Fiona.

Somebody dropped off a tape

I think you should listen to.

Do you wanna go, do you wanna go,

do you wanna go?

Heaven is mine

Because I wanna go,

I wanna go, I wanna go

Heaven is mine

Oh, do you wanna go,

do you wanna go, do you wanna go?

Heaven is mine

Oh, heaven, heaven

Heaven is mine

Oh, heaven, heaven

Heaven is mine

Oh, heaven, heaven

Heaven is mine

Oh, heaven

Heaven is mine

Oh, I wanna go to heaven

Heaven is mine

Do you wanna go to heaven?

Heaven is mine

Do you wanna go to heaven?

Heaven is mine ♪

CRIES OUT IN PAIN

Heaven is mine

SCREAMS

Heaven is mine

Heaven is that high place

Heaven is mine

FADING OUT:

Heaven is that high place

Heaven is mine

Oh, heaven is that high place. ♪

Hallelujah. Hallelujah.

Praise the Lord.

Praise the Lord.

Tonight,

I am going to talk to you

about temptation.

Look.

Yeah, Dante told me what happened.

But I got them back.

But you're not wearing them?

I don't approve of the way

they were retrieved.

And I don't any more like

what they represent.

See, this place look innocent

and sweet but

after dark, this is where

the drugs deals is done.

Good.

Without vodka,

I need a bit of a lift.

How is my son?

In the past, has he tended to become

obsessed by things?

Identifying birds.

He set up a bird table

on a 22nd-floor window ledge

and it fall onto someone's car.

ESTELLA LAUGHS

And then there was space

and spacemen.

That lasted for a while.

But he is an angel.

I want to make sure he's OK.

That's because

you are an angel as well.

And this angel knows that

if she sets off for home tonight,

she will detour to a shop

that sells booze.

And when I wake up tomorrow there'll

be another black hole in my life.

And you know?

You know it when you know it.

And you know that's true.

Then don't go home.

Dante!

I told you before,

it's not what you think.

This is my church.

What the f*ck are you doing?

It used to be

the words would come and

and I would put them

in the right order and that was OK.

It was like having a job

in an office.

But now music comes, but it comes

like pictures that are alive,

and crashing waves, and some of them

I can't look at but I have to look.

It's like having a job in hell.

And tonight they arrested Bardon.

Police with g*ns came.

They won't let him out ever.

I need him.

Without him, I can't get

this stuff out of my head

and onto a tape. Not ever.

Dante, they're not going to keep him

forever. How do you know?

They'll let him go day after

tomorrow for lack of evidence.

Look, I didn't want to

have to tell you any of this.

It was me that set Bardon up

to be lifted.

He was attracting

too much suspicion.

So having him arrested

should remove some of that.

And, yeah, they give him

a bit of a beating

but it's just to make it look real,

and then they'll let him go.

You set it up?

Yeah, I did.

I'm trying to save his life.

He's my f*cking lead singer!

Yeah, and if it wasn't for me,

he'd be your lead singer

mixed into concrete.

And telling you that got you

to get off the edge, didn't it,

you stupid f*cking b*stard?

I wasn't going to jump.

I was just praying.

Go to church, like normal people.

We're not normal people.

Yeah, well, no-one is.

Not round here.

Shall we go get a drink?

Nah

Let's go home.

OK. Come on.

DEUCE AND ESTELLA GIGGLING

DOOR OPENS

You're back early.

You're in bed early.

What you doing here, Dante?

What's Estella's cigarette lighter

doing here?

CIGARETTE LIGHTER CLICKS

You look a bit tired, Dad.

You should probably go back to bed.

I'm going to bed as well.

You staying for good?

I'm back to make a decision.

I'm happy for you, Dad.

I am.

But just make sure that

you lift her up,

and don't let her drag you down.

Hendrix, Holiday, Joplin, Morrison.

Vicious, Williams, Bonham.

Did the words come at you like hail?

Did the music

make the words fail you?

A mountain in your head

with music streams

drowning your day

and flooding your dreams.

Should I rise with it?

Like a car in a tsunami.

Will I go with the tide,

or will I go

barmy?

Gone already, that's for sure.

So in for a penny,

no desire for a cure.

Let it come, let it flow.

Let college go to hell.

Add to the previous list

this Brummie rudeboy, as well.

Heaven or hell.

I don't care.

Let it come.

Blue moon

Now I'm no longer alone

Without this dream in my heart

Without a love

Of my own.