Shot
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Lyrics
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Action
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Storyboard
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notes |
[] = approximation of a musical moment
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2 verses + chorus = A A B A A B |
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1010 |
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1020 |
[dum da dum] |
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1030 |
[dum da dum] |
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1040 |
Please hurry home |
star field drifts down to home |
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1050 |
Y'know I can't help but worry about you |
zoom in through house window, a house full of Marine memorabilia |
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1060 |
And I know that life goes on |
a soldier's wife is writing a letter |
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1070 |
But I don't know how I can without you |
wife breaks down, the letter has a heart |
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1080 |
And I know why |
zoom into the heart |
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1090 |
You're Semper Fi |
zoom out from letter as male soldier reads the letter on the battle field |
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1100 |
'til the end... |
male solder bows, clutches letter to heart (saddness, longing) |
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1110 |
[dum da dum] |
zoom into his head/eyes and crossfade to flash back |
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1120 |
[dum da dum] |
wide shot zooming in, people hugging by buses with SUV |
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1130 |
I didn't want you to go |
zoom in to couple, male soldier wearing battle gear hugging his wife |
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1140 |
But I knew that you would anyway |
male soldier turns away from wife, cross over hand hold, zoom into Marine crest on his hat |
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1150 |
And I'm so proud of you |
Marine crest, cross over of hands parting and exiting screen |
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1160 |
I mean it every time that I say it |
pull out from Marine bumper sticker on an SUV, pan up following an ascending airplane from sunset to starfield |
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1170 |
And I know why |
starfield pull back to window of airplane, camera rotates 90 degrees to marines riding in cargo plane |
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1180 |
You're Semper Fi |
cross fade same perspective of airplane interior to... |
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1190 |
'til the end... |
marine caskets |
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1200 |
[dum da dum + build] |
crossfade to star field and drift down to home |
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1210 |
And if there's a time |
male soldier in battle gear walks toward house exterior, slow zoom in |
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1220 |
For everything under the sun, |
soldier's wife is at table distraught, zoom out |
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1230 |
Then let these wars we're waging |
male soldier steps into kitchen, wife looks up |
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1240 |
Be the last ones ever to be won |
wife jumps up, knocks over chair, leaps and hugs him, zoom into his head/eyes and crossfade to flash back |
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1250 |
By Anyone. |
male soldier thinks of fallen comrad |
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1260 |
[dum da dum] |
pan up to star field |
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1270 |
[dum da dum] |
pull back from star field |
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1280 |
Well I know that you're guarded |
pull back from female soldier officer saluting to... |
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1290 |
By your brothers and sisters in arms |
a platoon saluting her |
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1300 |
And they'll always take care of you |
platoon left face and platoon marches |
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1310 |
Doing their best to keep you from harm |
officer left face and marches |
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1320 |
And I know why |
continue pulling back revealing rows of troops |
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1330 |
You're Semper Fi |
troops march into several planes and pan up to... |
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1340 |
'til the end... |
from sunset to starfield with 3 airplanes ascending |
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1350 |
[dum da dum] |
starfield + planes becomes framed by white border while camera pulls back revealing... |
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1360 |
[dum da dum] |
it is a photo in a photo album with many other photos, camera moves onto one of the photos |
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1370 |
And I don't want you to die |
- a photo of two young children on a lawn by a swing set, one standing with a beach ball, one sitting
- the female child fades out
- camera moves onto another photo |
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1380 |
But I know that you would in a minute |
- a photo of two kids unwrapping Christmas presents (special star)
- the female fades out, brother who was looking down at sister, now looks forlorn
- camera moves onto another photo |
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1390 |
Without even asking why |
- a posed photo of female, parents and brother at her graduation
- the female fades out, family seems lopsided
- camera moves onto another photo |
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1400 |
Doing your duty to the limit |
- a photo of female Marine of low rank in action
- the female fades out
- camera moves onto another photo |
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1410 |
And I know why |
- a wedding portrait
- the female fades out
- camera moves onto another photo |
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1420 |
You're Semper Fi |
- a Marine portrait of officers of mid rank
- the female fades out
- camera moves onto another photo |
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1430 |
'til the end... |
- a family portrait with parents and 2.6 children
- family portrait female soldier fade out |
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1440 |
[dum da dum + build] |
- family portrait female soldier fades back in
- camera moves onto another photo |
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1450 |
And if there's a time |
- photo of family welcoming home female soldier of original high rank while others reunite in background |
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1460 |
For everything under the sun, |
- photo becomes movie and female soldier picks up daughter and spins around |
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1470 |
Then let these wars we're waging |
- movie returns to still photo and camera pulls back as the photo album closes |
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1480 |
Be the last ones ever to be won |
the camera begins to push forward over the photo album that is in front of many other photo albums closing |
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1490 |
By Anyone. |
the photo albums turn to rows of tombstones |
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1500 |
[dum da dum] |
camera flys over countless rows of tombstones revealed by fog pulling back |
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1510 |
[dum da dum] |
camera continues towards Tomb Of The Unkown Soldier building |
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1520 |
And I know why |
a guard marches slowly infront of the Tomb Of The Unkown Soldier wearing a trenchcoat reflected in the wet cement |
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1530 |
You're Semper Fi |
guard marches slowly as sun slowly sets |
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1540 |
until the end... |
guard marches slowly as sun slowly sets |
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1550 |
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camera pans up to starfield |
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1560 |
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stars blink out to music |
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1570 |
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credits |
credits |
1580 |
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1590 |
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dedication |
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1600 |
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