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• Member: Malificus
• Title: Could Song be an Alibi
• Premiered: 2007-09-02
• Categories:
  • Drama
  • Other
  • Parody
  • Fun
• Song:
  • Barenaked Ladies Running Out of Ink
• Anime:
  • Girl Who Leapt Through Time, The (Movie)
• Comments: I'm hooked on this anime, seriously, it's like crack. So of course, I had to make a vid for it. I had the inspiration to start 3 days ago, on thursday. The vid was originally supposed to be a multi anime vid, but due to a combination of I don't do multi anime, and anyway, the anime was working really well for the entire amv.
  
  This vid took about 10 hours max, but not due to a lack of effort, but rather thanks to a lot of inspiration. The vid was really fun to put together, and I feel it ended up with a nicely hap-hazard editing style. It's kind of nice to not have a loyal dependence on hitting all the beats all the time, and I feel that helped to mood of this video.
  
  This is hard to place category-wise for me, because, really, it's primarily a fun video. But it also has significant drama, parody, and comedy aspects to it too. As a little something extra that I can't place.
  
  This is my first vid on my totally sweet new laptop as well. Seriously, I love this thing :D
  
  Lyrics:
  I stopped into a club; I thought I'd see a show
  Everyone was there - least everyone I know
  Their knickers in a knot, their hands upon their heart
  The best they'd ever seen, the greatest work of art
  I wish that it was me
  
  It's bleaker than you think
  I'm running out of ink
  Give a guy a break
  This is what it takes
  To drive a man to drink
  
  A party at a friend's, Toronto's coolest scene
  I thought I'd bring a tape to show them where I've been
  They listened for a while; the lyrics made them smile
  They said that it was fine, although it's not their style
  I said it wasn't me
  
  Once upon a time, they couldn't get enough
  Until I made it big, and that's when it got rough
  Disappointed? No; perhaps a bit surprised
  To look them in the face and see it in their eyes
  They wish it wasn't me
  
  It's bleaker than you think
  I'm running out of ink
  Give a guy a break
  This is what it takes
  To drive a man to drink
  
  I used to hold you close; you used to tell me things
  You'd never told a soul, but then you heard me sing
  The details of your life condensed into a song
  The neighbour and his wife work out and sing along
  And you can't look at me
  
  It's bleaker than you think
  I'm running out of ink
  Give a guy a break
  This is what it takes
  To drive a man to drink
  
  Could song be an alibi?
  A lyric replacement for falling in love?
  But now that the well is dry
  I can't understand what I've been singing of
  Do you know what it is to love? (to love)
  To really love? (to love)
  To really love?
  Really love?
  Do I?
  
  I cycled by your house; I saw you on the lawn
  I see you all the time, and now that you are gone
  I tried to call your name, but something made me stop
  I called you once a day until you called the cops
  And told them it was me
  
  I filled a plastic bag with everything I wrote
  I threw it off a bridge; I thought that it would float
  The water made it sink, the bag was bleeding ink
  I wish that I could swim; I wish that I could drink
  I wish that it was me
  
  It's bleaker than you think
  I'm running out of ink
  Give a guy a break
  This is what it takes
  To drive a man to drink
  I'm running out of ink
  Give a guy a break
  This is what it takes
  To drive a man to drink
  To drive a man to drink
  To drive a man to drink
  
  Programs used:
  Vegas 7.0
  Vdubmod
  
  Special Thanks to:
  Quadir (Beta tester)
  Macha (Beta tester)
  Meis (Dude on the couch sitting about 10 feet away)