O'Dessa (2025)

[bunniefuu]

[person]

O'Dessa!

[groans]

[person]

Wake up!

[grunts]

Ugh.

[person] It's time

to get to work.

[sighs]

[automated voice] Zero

Plaz-Plazma... Plaz-Plazma.

- Zero Plazma.

- sh*t.

Okay.

[clears throat] Here's one

I've been messing around with.

Don't tell Mama.

I wish I was

out on that road

Oh, I wish I was out

there On that road

Oh, I get so lonesome 'Cause

I ain't never left home

Well, I wish that I was

Ramblin' down that road

I know there's something

out there Just for me

Yeah

Well, I know someone is

out there Just for me

My daddy said "O'Dessa,

you've got some great destiny"

Well, I wish that I was

Out there on that road

[Mama] Thank you,

Earth, for this bounty.

Amen.

[coughs]

Check them pumps?

Dry as a bone.

I don't know why we don't

just do something about it.

Move on. Try someplace new.

The land's been sucked dry,

ain't got nothing left to give.

The world has gone

mad out there.

A kinda crazy you can't fathom.

People are desperate.

Ain't safe for a 19-year-old

gal with stars in her eyes.

Stop trying to spook me, Mama.

It don't work no more.

I'm telling you the truth.

We're dirt farmers.

Ain't nothing to be

ashamed about that.

We're survivors.

[coughs, breathes deeply]

Oh, your daddy's people

were something different.

They told themselves

some cosmic story

that their music was

gonna change the world.

Ramblin' ain't reality.

[coughs]

[breathing deeply]

How you feelin', Ma?

Like I could wrestle a bear.

[chuckles]

[Mama] When I die let me fly

Seven miles high on a wing

Not six in the ground With

his cursed six strings

Not six in the ground With

his cursed six strings

A poor young

rambler courted me

He sang me songs As he

strummed his six strings

[O'Dessa, Mama] Well,

I gave him my heart

He placed his silver

ring on my finger

Well, two became one And

our daughter made three

But the rambler would

sing Of his great destiny

He said

Babe, I must wander this world

But I'll be home come winter

And I say aye I

kissed him goodbye

I watched him go on

with A tear in my eye

He walked miles and miles

The song he did sing

He rambled And picked at

them cursed six strings

He rambled And picked

them strings over me

The days grew short And

the nights, they grew cold

My rambler, he died

And all they sent home

For his next of kin Were them

cursed six strings in a casket

Well, I dug a grave

Six feet in the ground

So them buried six strings

Could not make a sound

And my shovel struck oil And our

soil was poisoned with Plazma

And I sing aye, aye

O'Dessa my child

I wish I could fly

Feathers in my spine

I would rise seven

miles Up to heaven above

To be with my rambler

My darling true love

To be with my love

My one and only one

I know you're gonna

ramble like your daddy.

You're gonna do what

you're gonna do.

But please remember

there ain't nothing more

powerful in this life than love.

[breathing deeply]

[breathes shakily]

Mama?

[breathes shakily] Don't go.

[sniffles]

[sighs]

[breathes deeply]

[grunts, sniffles]

[grunts]

The Willa.

[rambler] This be your guitar,

and you best protect

it with your damn life.

You're the last in

a long line, girl.

Seven generations.

The closing of a circle.

Pecker or not, you're

the Seventh Son.

[crying]

You look beautiful, Mama.

[sniffles, sighs]

When the sun done rise In

them purple mountain skies

It's time to find The

life waiting for me

I will comfort the disturbed

And disturb the comfortable

On these six strings

I'll sing my destiny

As I ramble like my father

Just like his

father's father

And I walk this

world and wander

I ramble like my

daddy down this road

Oh, Lord

I'm ramblin' like my

daddy Down this road

Like a Galloway I roam And

the world is now my home

With a song every

stranger is a friend

And the earth becomes my pillow

Just me and my Weepin' Willa

We'll play together

till the very end

As I ramble like my father

Just like his

father's father

And I walk this

world and wander

I'll be ramblin' like

my daddy Down the road

I'll ramble like my

daddy Down this road

[fire igniting, people laughing]

[person] All right.

[person at camp]

Come on. Do it again.

[fire igniting, people

at camp cheering]

[older person at camp]

That never get old, do it?

Uh, excuse me.

Um, pardon the disturbance.

It's, um...

It's awful cold.

[older person at camp]

Well, welcome, friend.

Warm yourself by the

fire, little lamb.

Thank you, mister.

Uh, no. It's Father.

Father Walter.

As you see, I work

for the man upstairs.

Hmm. Pleasure. Name's O'Dessa.

[Father Walter] Give

this little fella

a little bit of that

milk of human kindness.

[Father Walter]

Drink up, drink up.

That Molotov will put a little

bit of heaven in your head

and hellfire in your belly.

- [O'Dessa clears throat]

- [people at camp laughing]

[Father Walter]

Now, wait a minute.

I know that guitar.

I used to bum around

with a crazy fella.

We had some good

rambling adventures.

Vergil?

Yeah, Vergil Galloway.

King of the Ramblers.

[people at camp

chuckle] Yes, he was.

That's my daddy.

Well, I will be damned.

- No, that can't be.

- Yes, sir.

Tha-That would make us

practically related.

[people at camp chuckling]

Ramblin' is a dying

breed in a dying world.

[person at camp] Mm-hmm.

You know, in the a.m., we're hopping a

freight all the way to Satylite City.

Satylite City, where all

of the pipelines end.

[chuckles] It is a

depraved and sinful place.

But God's work, it never ends.

But right now,

raise your glasses.

- Everybody on your feet...

- [person at camp] Ooh, come on, Walter!

...as we celebrate your first and

our last run of the ramblin' life.

And may Vergil smile down on you

as we pass you the

troubadour's torch!

[person at camp] May the

road rise with you, O'Dessa!

Well, there ain't

no turnin' back

Hop that boxcar

down the track

'Cause he's the

engineer of my destiny

Oh, yeah For I've

lived a life of sin

A life of sin

Drowned in women,

song and gin

Sweet gin

But I know when I see him

[O'Dessa, person at

camp] When I see him

He'll forgive me

When I see him, he'll

forgive me Oh, yeah

- So let's ride that glory train

- That glory train

- Oh, ride that glory train

- That glory train

- It's time to go

- It's time to go

- When that whistle blows

- Choo choo

[Father Walter]

I'll be redeemed

- Oh, I'm gonna be redeemed

- Oh, yeah

Oh, yeah

Choo choo!

Whoo!

Yeah!

Whoo!

[Vergil] Life will carve

that song into your soul

like ol' Galloway carved this

guitar from that Willa Tree.

The heavens have spoken.

From this tree's burning body,

you will carve a guitar...

[Vergil] And so the Earth

Spirit told ol' Galloway,

"Only the song of the Seventh

Son on this here guitar

will have a chance to

save this dying world."

And O'Dessa, you got

that song inside you.

It's your destiny.

[groans, exhales deeply]

[sighs]

[grunts] Willa?

[train horn blares]

sh*t!

sh*t! No, no, no.

[panting] No, no,

no, no, no, no, no.

sh*t!

[panting]

[train horn blares]

No.

Hey! Hey!

Where the hell are you going?

- That's mine! Get back here!

- [laughing]

Our ramblin' rube has

roused from her slumber!

[O'Dessa] Stupid b*tch!

- Elijah, run!

- It's ours now.

[grunting]

[Elijah] Get off me, runt!

[grunts, shrieks]

[laughing and exclaiming]

Hey! No! No, no!

Please, no!

I'm the Seventh So...

You are gonna go to

the Satylite City.

You are gonna get the Willa back,

and you're gonna keep moving on.

Jackass.

[sighs]

[Plutonovich] Call to worship.

- Stay with me. Look at me. Lock eyes.

- Um.

- Focus, my friends.

- Pardon me, sir.

- You need to focus.

- Have you, um...

- Do not be distracted by them...

- Have you seen a priest and, um,

some train rats with a

guitar passing through here?

...by what they wanna

shove down your throat.

They swindled me, so...

[Plutonovich] They want to tell

you what to do, what to feel,

- what to think, breathe, eat.

- Sir, excuse me.

They wanna treat you like you're

some pathetic, helpless toddler.

- In this life...

- Um, excuse me, sir.

...you are born free

to do what you please.

You are free to spend your

time doing what feels good!

Since when did pleasure

become a dirty word?

Am I right?

[sirens blaring]

[people clamoring]

[boss] Brothers and

sisters of Satylite City!

Let me hear you sing!

[boss, crowd] In the land of

television, the third-eyed man is king.

Praise be Plutonovich on high,

and his Plazma-powered eye in

the sky glowing above his stage.

Plazma to plastic.

Dust to dust.

In Plutonovich,

the man we trust.

Now, all of you tune

into tonight's broadcast

and see this scum dance

before our Lord Plutonovich.

Here's Rael the traitor!

[crowd booing] Traitor!

And let this be a lesson to anyone

of you who challenge Plutonovich.

I scream. You scream.

We all scream for ice cream!

sh*t.

[Plutonovich] Since

when did pleasure...

- Hey, you lost, baby?

- ...become a dirty word? Am I right?

b*tch.

[Plutonovich, advertisers

speaking indistinctly]

Need a fix, Roach. Come

on, man. G-give me a bag.

Just give me a bag.

I need Dust. Need it, you know?

[Plutonovich] My Plazmatics.

True Plazma, you, my friends,

are powering my eye in the sky,

glowing high above my stage

and fueling Onederworld,

my megachurch of entertainment.

[vagrant] Hey, hey. Hey, you.

Come here. Come here.

- [guard] Eeny, meeny, miny, mo.

- [rebel sobs] Please don't.

[rebel screams]

Excuse me, ma'am.

I'm looking for, uh, a-a

bearded preacher with a guitar.

[speaking indistinctly]

Plutonovich.

Plutonovich. Plutonovich.

[Plutonovich] Be with me.

Seeing is being and

being is seeing.

Praise Plutonovich,

virgin sister.

Take the habit of the One Nun.

Save yourself for him.

He is your salvation.

[Plutonovich] One of

a kind? One to watch?

Are you the Chosen One?

If you answered yes,

then "onederful!"

You are the one I've been looking

for for my new competition, The One.

I will grant them one wish.

- [Plutonovich blows]

- [gasps]

Excuse me, ma'am.

[clears throat]

Can you hear me?

Hi. Um... So that's...

that's my guitar right there

just, um, hanging yonder.

No. See, it was, um... It

was... It was took from me by...

Ma'am, please, it's priceless.

Get a job.

No money, no honey.

Hey!

Lady, I don't think

you're understanding me.

That is 200 years of...

of blood in there.

- That is my rightful...

- Nestor!

- [Nestor grunts] Get out.

- That guitar... [grunts] No!

[panting]

Hey, little baby girl,

you got any money?

[barker] Oh, cometh ye seamen!

Into the open fins

of the Mermaid.

A carnival of carnal delights! To

whet every Sailor Johnny's Appetite!

Tonight, it's an amateur

hour. Big cash prizes.

Come on and watch...

Excuse me, sir.

You can get money for playing?

Winner takes the

till, little lady.

[barker] They're gonna

love your a*s, Huckleberry.

Appreciate that.

Excuse me.

Excuse me.

Pardon me.

[shouting]

[Dion] Before I bring out

the raw meat amateurs,

I have a little treat

for you mindless animals.

Shut up, or give me the pleasure

of carving out your throat!

Without further ado, performing

The Veiled Dance of the Damned,

the erotic, exotic,

hypnotic, whirling Euri...

Euri Dervish!

Looking for that diamond

in the dust Cussed

Just dumb lust

Strutting through Your

gutters every night

The neon cuts the

static and the rust

Puppets strung

out Dressed up

Like blessings in disguise

For Johnny Fame

Yeah, Johnny Fame

Yeah Shallow be thy name

Whoo

Johnny Fame

Yeah, Johnny Fame

Yeah Shallow be thy name

Well, well, well

Oh, Johnny Fame

Hide your eyes behind

a veil of smoke

Oh I see you choke

I disappear through

The crack in the mirror

For Johnny Fame

Yeah, Johnny Fame

Yeah Shallow be thy name

[vocalizing]

Well, well,

well Johnny Fame

Yeah, Johnny Fame Yeah

Shallow be thy name

Whoo Well, well, well

Oh, Johnny Fame

- Whoo! Whoo!

- [Dion] Euri Dervish!

Come and see yours truly to arrange

a very private dance of your own.

[barker] Next performer

is "Opossum Gallows."

Oh.

Uh, that's, um...

- It's O'Dessa Galloway.

- [microphone feedback]

Um, so, I-I've

been doing some...

some hard traveling and, um,

rambling and, um, roving.

And, um, this song is...

Shut up and play, hayseed.

[clears throat]

Well, I lost my farm

And I lost my way

But I gambled and lost

In this Strangerland

- [audience member] Wow, you suck!

- [booing and clamoring]

[Plutonovich]

Remember, I see you.

I know your wildest wishes, your

deepest desires, your hidden fears.

[O'Dessa] You were right, Mama.

[sobs] This world's gone mad.

And I'ma get that

Willa back, Daddy.

[Plutonovich] Right here,

right now, looking at me.

- I promise. [sobs, sniffles]

- I see all of you, and I love you.

Without you there is no me.

Press your third

eye to the screen.

Spread your mind open wide

and let me come inside.

Baptize you in Plazma and

bring sight to the blind.

I will penetrate

your consciousness

and impregnate the barren womb

of your wounded, weary soul.

You who are

suffering. I feel you.

[bar patron] You had me

waiting all night, lover boy.

Herve.

- I am ready to go steady.

- I know. I know.

- [Euri] Back up, big boy. All right?

- [Herve] I like the way you dance.

[Euri] Herve, step off.

[grunts] Too close.

- [Euri] Hey. Hey. Too close, Herve.

- [Herve] I like the way you move.

[Euri] Herve. Get off me.

- Herve. Herve.

- Come on.

- Yo, be cool.

- [whistles]

Ah. Sorry, Herve.

I'm already on a date

so, uh, rain check?

[grunting]

What's your name?

O... O'Dessa.

O'Dessa, I haven't been able to

get you off my mind all night!

sl*t. [grunts]

I owe you one.

[sighs] I gotta lay down.

Oh.

Chivalry.

[sighs, chuckles]

These heels are gonna

be the death of me.

[sniffles, sighs]

This place is as strange as

a checkered dog, ain't it?

[Euri] It's hell on earth.

Everyone knows you

can't sleep under here.

Those dusters will pick

your bones clean for a fix.

Yeah, I know. I'm just, um...

Just passing through actually.

So I won't be here long.

I'm a rambler.

The hell is a rambler?

Well, it's someone who kind

of roams from town to town

and sings for, um,

you know, people.

Kinda lifting their

spirits through song.

My daddy used to say

a rambler's reason for being

is to comfort the disturbed

and disturb the comfortable.

Catchy.

To be honest, I'm

new to it and, um...

my guitar got stolen.

What's eating at you?

You know, you get on that stage to

sing something new and for what?

For what? [chuckles]

They wouldn't know good music

if it bit them in the a*s.

- Well, folks really seem to like you.

- [Euri] Yeah?

Like Herve the perv?

All right. Well, why don't

you play me a tune, rambler?

Oh, um...

[stammers] It ain't

much for the mood.

I am disturbed.

Okay. All right. Fair enough.

Um...

Okay. Um, [sniffles]

this one's about, um...

Well, my... my mama used to sing

it to me a mess of moons ago.

Cool.

Awake in a dream

Floating over the trees

Cicada songs surround you

The sweetest sounds

Have found you lost

Under the stars

Drowned in the fields

of Mother Nature's beard

Flows in clouds around you

Her mysteries abound

You're lost under the stars

No one knows really why

There's another

side of the sky

Like a million mirrors

Reflected in your eyes

Eyes, eyes

Tides are in tune With

the song of the moon

It's alive around you

The sweetest sights

Have found you lost

Under the stars

Under the stars

Holy sh*t.

sh*t.

Um... All right.

Come on, rambler.

Show's over.

[Dion] Keep walking.

This is what you get,

you sack of garbage.

[O'Dessa] Where are

they taking him?

[Euri] Onederworld.

Take him.

A place you don't want to go

'cause you don't come back.

[Dion] ...dirty

disgusting face again.

Bon voyage, you dipshit.

It ain't safe here. You

got any place else to go?

[Plutonovich] ...he doesn't trust

just any old stranger on the street.

You understand me. We

understand each other.

You know what I'm talking about.

You can feel it in the air. You

can smell it in the streets.

That unbearable sense

that we're supposed to...

[Euri] Evening, Roach.

Meet O'Dessa.

She's gonna take the penthouse

until she splits town.

Follow me.

[Plutonovich] What use is it

to stay sane, huh? To the...

My boudoir.

The honeymoon suite.

[sighs] Excuse the mess. I didn't

think I'd be entertaining tonight.

Uh, make yourself at home.

Yeah, right.

sh*t. Sorry.

[Euri] You all right there?

[O'Dessa sighs]

[Euri sniffing]

When was the last

time you bathed?

[crowd cheers

through television]

[announcer] From Onederworld in

front of a live studio audience,

put your hands together

for Plutonovich!

[Plutonovich] It is judgment night,

so I demand, let there be lights!

Who's this, um... this

Plutonovich fella?

You're kidding, right?

Where do I even begin?

After it all collapsed,

he sucked the Plazma

out of everyone's land

and now he uses it to

power his broadcast.

He's got everyone's attention

and anyone who speaks

out against him

just gets shipped

off to Onederworld

where he tortures them in

the name of entertainment.

And if you step out of line,

or make one false move,

you have to answer to Dion.

He's got everyone obsessed with

his every little corny move.

They're brainwashed.

[O'Dessa] But why?

[Euri] Because apparently,

he's extremely entertaining.

That's why you are getting

a facejob makeover.

[crowd cheers]

- [electronic voice] Facejob!

- [Plutonovich cackles]

[advert announcer] Facejob.

We replace your face

with a Plazma makeover.

Your soul belongs

to Plutonovich.

So, kiss your mind goodbye.

[laughs]

Later, traitor.

Can't watch this.

You know, you could torch that place

with all the Plazma running through it.

Now, that would be good TV.

The penthouse.

Nobody will bother you up here.

Plus, you get the

best view in town.

Yeah, it does look

kind of pretty.

Mmm.

You don't know how many times I

thought about swan diving off of here.

I hope you know how

lucky you are...

being able to ramble where

you please, when you please.

I can't go anywhere

without the Willa.

That guitar is all

I got in this world.

You can try busking on the

boardwalk for some bread.

It might take you a

couple of years, but...

No. No. I thought, um...

[inhales deeply] I thought life

on the road was gonna lead me

someplace I was

meant to be going...

but it's just been so damn

confusing and cruel and...

Well, I'm glad you're here now.

At least you get a good

song out of it, right?

[chuckles] Maybe we can

duet at the Mermaid.

Why are you being so kind to me?

sh*t. I don't know.

[exhales deeply] I

don't know. Um...

When you sang to

me earlier tonight,

it reminded me of something.

It reminded me of how

beautiful some things are.

[clears throat, clicks

tongue] Okay. Um...

Well, I'm gonna turn in.

So, um, much obliged

for the help and um...

Uh, yeah. Nighty night then.

You're a strange bird

from another world.

Okay, then.

Um, good luck, O'Dessa.

I'll see you around and...

Stay out of trouble, rambler.

[O'Dessa moans]

[Dion] Little piggy,

little piggy, let me in.

- I've got a surprise for you.

- sh*t, sh*t. Go, go, go.

- And why is this door locked?

- Hide. Go in the john. Quick.

Um, one second, D. I'm

just having a bath.

Where's my kimono?

[Dion] I ain't got all night.

Hey.

[pants]

Hmm.

So you really think

that you are...

- ...the One?

- [Euri chuckles]

Reminded me of my

doll-faced little Dervish.

Hmm.

You like it?

Of course, I love it.

Hmm.

I'm just, um... [coughs]

I'm just not feeling

too hot tonight is all.

Hmm. My, my, what a sty.

I pay for your abode, and

this is how you maintain it?

I swore I raised you better.

[groans] My dough-re-mi?

[Euri] Oh, sh*t.

Sorry. I'm spaced.

[groans, sucks teeth] Oh, me dog's

been barking like mad tonight.

[grunts]

[sighs] This better

be all of it.

Get that.

[Dion] Boy, oh, boy,

did we clean up tonight.

That new hoofin' routine k*lled.

[moaning]

Something you've been

meaning to tell me, darling?

- Nah.

- You know I detest secrets.

[scoffs] I don't know what

you're talking about, D.

[Dion] You see the strangest

of things transpired tonight.

That jelly-sack Herve

came in blubbering

that you was sub-boardwalk on a date

with some strange little butchie.

You ain't been freelancing now?

[chuckles] That's bullshit.

You know that, D... [grunts]

You work when I

say, with who I say.

Do I make myself clear?

Got it. Got it. I hear you.

[sighs] Zip me back.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I have

to use the little girl's room.

No. Um...

Uh, no, no, no, no.

- [Euri] The plumbing's a mess in there.

- [Dion] Get out of my way.

[sighs]

[breathes shakily]

[Dion] Since when you

start taking cold baths?

[Dion's employee]

Boss, next contestant.

- [Dion groans]

- [contestant mumbles]

Another day, another

dipshit dissident.

[contestant whimpering] Please.

[Dion] Vulturo gets

'em every time.

Oh, I almost forgot.

[contestant whimpering]

Your little shipment came

in tonight, little piggy.

Don't smoke it all in one go.

- Who loves you?

- [contestant] Please.

You do, of course.

Sweet dreams.

Night, D.

O'Dessa?

O'Dessa?

Are you okay? Are you okay?

Oh, my God.

Yeah? You okay?

- Yeah.

- You strange and beautiful bird.

Do you ever think about

running away from here?

From her?

Just about every

second of every day.

Dion's got eyes

everywhere though.

I'm trapped.

Well, say in a perfect

world, where would you go?

Well, uh, I heard of this

little town called Enid.

It's about a day away.

Supposed to be clean and quiet.

Sounds all right

for starting over.

Enid.

Okay.

My Plazmatics.

It's time for our daily

bread. Our call to worship.

Stay with me. Look at

me. Lock eyes. Focus!

Now I know, and you

know, they are out there.

Maybe they're in your

family. In your home.

[nuns chanting]

[Plutonovich] Even in your bed whispering

to you to betray The Party of One.

I promise you.

I promise you they're gonna

get what's coming to them.

Mark my words.

[electronic voice] Facejob.

Plazma to plastic.

Dust to dust.

In Plutonovich,

the man we trust.

[people outside

Satylite City shouting]

[Plutonovich] Know that

together we are one.

One focus. One mantra. One

channel. One power. One mind.

Let go, my friends.

[O'Dessa] My daddy used to

tell me the story 'bout how

I was gonna get my hands on

that guitar and change things.

[Euri] Change things how?

[O'Dessa] I don't know.

I look around here...

and I think people want

something that moves them...

My Plazmatics.

[O'Dessa] ...and they

just... They don't...

[Plutonovich] It's time

for our daily bread.

[O'Dessa] They

don't know it yet.

[Plutonovich] Stay

with me. Look at me.

Maybe I've got some big

fairy-tale idea stuck in my head

that ain't got nothing to do

with how the world really is.

We all tell ourselves tales to

get through this world, you know?

What's yours?

When I was little,

it was just me and my sister

Jan looking after each other.

We were in the streets,

and it was hard to eat,

so there's this

tr*mp that showed us

how to do, uh, some magic

tricks to hustle the sailors.

- What kind of tricks?

- [chuckles] Open your hand.

[Euri] Three magic words.

"Asa Nisi Masi."

Open your hand.

[O'Dessa] No way.

Jan gave it to me before, uh,

they took her away to Onederworld.

- Oh, geez. I'm sorry.

- Mm-hmm.

[Euri] This world

is cruel, O'Dessa.

[O'Dessa] Maybe

it ain't gotta be.

[Euri sighs]

[Euri] If they could feel half

as good as you got me feeling.

[O'Dessa] It would

be revolutionary.

When I I woke

up this morning

The world was

turned upside down

Well, I walk the

streets of this town

My feet a foot

off the ground

That one hell of a

fella Put a spell on me

And now I'm feeling free

Free, free, free, free

I'm feeling free

Free, free, free, free

I shake like I'm on fire

Whoo!

The sweetest fever dream

Well, I keep him

like a secret

Yeah!

His eyes make

me wanna scream

[screams]

Well, I'm spinning

till I'm dizzy

Isn't this a mystery?

And now I'm feeling free

Free, free, free, free

I'm feeling free

Free, free, free, free

I ain't got no money

[mumbles]

I ain't got no home

But he got something Touch

me deep down in my soul

When, oh, when

I was lonely

I was so lonely, baby

It was then

Oh, it was then

You were my friend

When

Oh, when

You were lonely

I know you were lonely, baby

[both] It was then

Oh, it was then

You were my friend

[O'Dessa] La la la la la

La la la la La la la la la

Feeling free I

said La la la la

La la la la la

Feeling free Free,

free, free, free

I said I'm feelin' free

[crowd cheers]

[Euri] Well, me and my

girl Comfort the disturbed

Yeah, she's a strange

And a beautiful bird

Oh, yeah She got

me feelin' free

Well, she glows in the dark And

she really made a mark on me

Me, me, me, me, me, me

- Well, me and my girl...

- When, oh, when...

Yeah, she's a strange

And a beautiful bird

- [O'Dessa] I was lonely

- She got me feelin' free

I was lonely, baby

Well, she glows in the dark And

she really made a mark on me

Me, me, me, me, me, me

Well, she glows in the dark And

she really made a mark on me

Me, me, me, me, me, me

- [grunts] That was incredible.

- [laughs]

I saw you today out there, and I

didn't know something like that

was even possible.

- It felt so good playing, you know?

- Mmm. Mm-hmm.

It was like a... like a... I finally

found what I'm supposed to be doing.

Yeah.

[Dion] My darling

little Dervish.

It ain't what it seems, D.

Where are your

manners, Euri darling?

Why haven't you introduced

me to your new friend?

- I can explain.

- Yeah?

[Euri] She didn't do

anything. She's innocent.

Mmm.

[Euri] Leave her alone.

Now, what is your

name, baby face?

[grunts]

Leave her alone, D.

Zip your g*dd*mn lips.

If I ever see you near

my piggy bank again,

I will shuck open your guts

and yank the pearl from your

rotten, greasy little oyster.

Now, step off and get the

hell out of here. Now.

- [sighs] You ungrateful little sh*t!

- [grunts]

- Go. Go! Get out of here.

- Euri.

- Go! Now! It's over, O'Dessa!

- No. Euri.

- [screams, grunts]

- You are a nutty little runt, ain't you?

- [O'Dessa] No. No, no, no. Please.

- [Euri] What are you doing?

- No. D! Please don't hurt her!

- Please. [screams]

[Euri] No! No,

stop! No! O'Dessa!

[crowd cheers]

[Plutonovich] Are

you one in a million?

One of a kind? One to watch?

Are you the Chosen One?

If you answered yes,

then "onederful!"

You are the one I've been looking

for. For my new competition, The One.

[announcer 1, distorted] Can you sing?

Can you dance? Tell jokes, juggle?

- [announcer 2] Acrobatics.

- [announcer 1] Entertain the court

of Plutonovich on

The One. We see you.

The stakes are

high. Life or death.

You see hon, the

one who won The One

- will win a prize of a lifetime.

- [crowd cheers]

I will grant them one...

[kisses] ...wish. [blows]

[Plutonovich speaks

indistinctly]

[groans, pants]

Oh, cut the sh*t, Roach. [sighs]

[people chattering]

Don't you have Dust to sell?

[groans]

What, this?

You want it?

Here. Take it. I

don't need it anymore.

Come on.

No. [grunts]

Here.

Now, one finger here

and another there.

There you go. Now strum.

Yeah, there you go.

Your first chord.

You're welcome.

[breathing heavily]

[grunts]

[Plutonovich speaks

indistinctly]

...suck on your soul, and try to squeeze

the joy out from everywhere. [chuckles]

That unbearable sense that we're

supposed to stay miserable.

[sniffles]

[sniffles]

[sniffling, sighs]

[gasps]

[breathes shakily, sniffles]

[Euri] I skimmed enough from

Dion to get this for you.

I so wish I could

hear you play it.

Now go, leave this

sh*thole behind.

- It's hopeless.

- [breathes shakily]

Ramble like you're supposed to.

[sniffles, sighs]

I wish we could've

gotten to Enid,

but the thought of you

there will be enough for me.

[people chattering]

[Euri] You strange

and beautiful bird.

[Plutonovich] Are

you the Chosen One?

- Hey, where are you going?

- You're the one I've been looking for...

- Won't you come play us a song?

- ...for my new competition, The One.

[Euri] Fly away from here

as far as you possibly can.

[Euri] I love you,

O'Dessa. Your Euri.

[Mama] There ain't nothing more

powerful in this life than love.

[people chattering]

[groans]

Damn fog.

I got a shipment coming in.

But I'll be back tonight.

Roger that, boss.

Hmm. Naughty, naughty, Sister.

[Euri] Oh, goodbye, baby

There's no tomorrow

It's only sorrow

[crowd clamors, boos]

Shake some a*s!

Shake some a*s?

Huh? That's what you want?

Shake some a*s!

Yeah!

[booing continues] Shake it!

You think you're

alive, but guess what!

You wouldn't know real if

it ripped your eyes out!

Screw Satylite City!

Screw that plastic-a*s hack,

that pathetic pedo

Plutono-b*tch!

And the whole

g*dd*mn Onederworld.

I wanna see that

eye in the sky burn!

We need a revolution.

[clamoring, booing continues]

Somebody get him off of the stage!

f*ck you! See you in hell!

[microphone feedback]

Enjoy him while

it lasts, Sister.

[gasps] Euri.

I had to see you.

Euri, it's... It's O'Dessa.

Can you hear me?

Can you hear me?

Disturbed.

Look.

I'm in there.

I'm in there.

[groans, pants]

This is gonna stop.

Right now.

Don't move.

I'm gonna make this right.

- [O'Dessa whistles]

- [guitar plays]

Ugh.

The runt.

What does your dusty a*s want?

He ain't your property.

You know I scraped his

pathetic a*s off the street.

Gave him a life.

That boy is a needy little

leech, and he will let you down.

We belong together.

It's destiny.

When I was just a wee thing,

a wild dog attacked me.

Vicious b*tch sank her daggers

deep into my poor innocent leg.

I picked up a stick,

jabbed it straight

into her brain.

And now, every

step is a reminder

of the cruel and perverse

universe that we live in.

"Immoral" of the story.

Bite the b*tch before

the b*tch bites you.

- I'm taking him away from here.

- [gasps]

[grunts]

[Dion] How dare you?

[O'Dessa groaning]

There once was a singer

with ten little fingers.

Oh, she played the

guitar so fine,

but she put her grubby hands

on the wrong b*tch's man.

- And now she's got nine.

- [O'Dessa] No. No, please. Please.

[Dion] Nine.

[no audible dialogue]

[screaming]

This ought to shut your a*s up.

[screaming]

[whimpers, panting]

[people on street chatter]

[O'Dessa grunts]

[breathes heavily, sighs]

She's gone.

[sighs]

We're too young to be hunted

We can hide, we can run

From the first time I

saw you Saw you, saw you

Babe, I knew you're the one

Lay your nightmares

beside me

Watch them fade in the sun

Can you feel how I love you?

Love you, love you

Baby, you are the one

[Euri] Now we ramble

down This world together

The future is a song yet

To be sung

With our hearts intertwined

[Euri] You're my mirror

You are mine

[both] Oh,

relieved we are one

[O'Dessa] Enid?

- Hell yes.

- [chuckles]

[O'Dessa] With this

ring On your finger

Now your blood is my blood

It's bad luck for the bride and the groom

to see each other before the big moment.

All right, all right.

All our dreams,

they will come true

Come true, come true

Okay, go.

[O'Dessa] Baby,

you are the one

Hey, remember,

four o'clock sharp.

I wouldn't miss it

for the world, baby.

Wrap your wild

arms around me

Oh, our life's just begun

It goes on forever

Ever, ever, yeah

[knocks on door]

[O'Dessa] You and

me, we are one

What you forget?

Huh? I told you it's...

- [Vulturo] You ran away.

- [Euri] No! Please. Please!

Don't touch me!

Get your hands off...

[grunts] No! No!

- O'Dessa! O'Dessa!

- [thuds]

[O'Dessa] You and

me, we are one

[Father Walter] I guess we have a

classic case of cold feet. [laughs]

And here, the

prodigal son returns.

- [Father Walter laughs]

- [gasps]

- [gasps]

- [Father Walter] Oh, little rambler,

where are you going?

Little rambler. [laughs]

[O'Dessa] Euri! Euri,

where are you? [pants]

[sniffles]

[Rael] Tonight, the Veiled Villain,

Euri Dervish will dance for his life

on the season finale of The One.

[gasps]

[melody plays through toy]

[whimpers]

Euri!

- [thunder rumbles]

- [whimpers, crying]

[crying, sniffles]

- [person speaking indistinctly]

- [whimpers] Leave me the hell alone!

The heavens have spoken.

I have been waiting for

you for seven generations.

[sniffles]

Your people cut that instrument

from the tree's burning body.

[inhales sharply] What?

You have been chosen.

I need to get to Euri.

[prophet] You have the

power inside you already.

[O'Dessa] Please, tell me how.

[prophet] As the Seventh Son,

you possess the Seventh String.

[inhales sharply]

[O'Dessa] If I sing my

song on that stage...

I can save Euri.

[prophet] You can do

more than save him.

You can bring light

to the darkness.

[echoes] The time has come.

- It is your destiny.

- Destiny.

My one true love

Left at the altar

The Devil took

your soul from me

I row this boat across

These toxic waters

Isle of the damned

beyond the sea

Beyond the sea

Ooh, ooh, ooh

Ooh, ooh, ooh

Ooh, ooh, ooh

Oh, here comes

the Seventh Son

Here comes the Seventh Son

To save my one true love

Here I come, here I

come The Seventh Son

The Seventh Son

[crowd cheers]

[announcer] From Onederworld, in front

of a live studio audience, The One.

[Rael] Plutopian party people!

Put your palms together for

His Highness in high-def.

The Amadeus of Chaos.

The Divine Comedian.

The Showman Shaman.

The man of our

dreams. Plutonovich!

Onederworld

Oh, Onederworld

We run the world

As we beam, beam Beam

to the eye in the sky

Tune in, turn me on...

[bouncer] Stop!

No trespass! Stop!

From on high kingdom

comes Like a Plazma God

Dust till dawn let your dazzling

daddy Take your mind for a ride

I'm your miracle man

Watch me dancing on air

Live on Channel One

So bask in the light of the

eye Bringing sight to the blind

It's just a game, my friends

But there can

only be one winner

In this modern age where

The world is my stage

You will dance for your life

On Onederworld The

second to none-derworld

Come on, all my

boy and girls

Get your dreams, dreams,

dreams From the eye in the sky

Ladies and gentlemen,

welcome to the stage the

teen queen of your screen.

The First Lady of Onederworld.

Priscilla!

Bang, bang

Shake your thang

Man made to entertain

This hot bod God squad

Judgment day is where we play

Hate the player not the game

Replace your face

The price of fame

Manifest your destiny

Can only be one O-N-E on

Onederworld

[both] Oh, Onederworld

We run the world

As we beam, beam, b-b-beam

To the eye in the sky

[Rael] And now it's

time to face the music.

And entertain the judge,

jury, and executioner.

Bringing to the stage the

Veiled Villain Euri Dervish.

Order in the court. Order!

Euri Dervish,

you are on trial for

taking my name in vain.

[Euri] That pathetic... [bleep]

...Plutono... [bleep]

[tuts]

You're gonna now dance

for me and my Priscilla

like your life depends on it.

Because it does. [chuckles]

[audience laughs]

[panting]

- [announcer] Dance for your life.

- [crowd] Dance for your life.

[bouncer] Stop right there!

- Get back here! You can't go in there!

- [pants]

[grunts]

[bouncer] Stop!

[panting]

[bouncer] You gotta stop!

You're doomed for! [shouts]

- Euri Dervish, you are...

- [bouncer exclaims] Stop!

- [O'Dessa] Wait! No, please!

- [Euri] O'Dessa!

- Get back!

- [O'Dessa shrieks]

[Euri] Get out of here!

Get your hands off of her!

- Leave her alone!

- Euri!

- Shut up. Shut your trap!

- [Euri] O'Dessa!

- [O'Dessa] No! Please! Euri!

- [Euri] No!

O'Dessa!

Who do you think you are?

I'm O'Dessa Galloway, sir.

I am... I'm the last

of the Ramblers.

I've come here to perform a song

for you in exchange for Euri's life.

[crowd laughs, jeers]

I believe I'm the One.

Oh, well, why didn't you

say that in the first place?

Priscilla, my darling, our

search is finally over.

This little peach is the One.

You are zero!

You are a hollow surrounded

by a vacuum wrapped in a void.

You are nothing. Nothing from

nothing! Comes from nothing!

[sighs]

[whispers indistinctly]

Are you sure, Prissy?

Okay, buttercup.

Ladies and gentlemen, there has been an

11th hour change of plans here tonight,

on request of my better half.

[crowd murmurs]

This guitar-playing gate-crasher

- will be our final contestant!

- [crowd cheers]

But there is one stipulation.

We are taking it to the extreme.

Sudden death round!

[crowd cheers]

If Ginger here does not

entertain the court,

I will hit my buzzer

and she will be

incinerated on-site.

[crowd laughs]

So, still wanna

play, little lady?

[laughter continues]

- Yep.

- [crowd jeers]

- [Plutonovich] Why...

- [gasps]

- ...don't we...

- [crowd gasps]

- ...up...

- [string cuts]

...the stakes?

[gasps, whimpers]

[crowd cheering]

[chuckles]

If you really are the One, as

you say with such confidence,

then you'll only need one

string to sing your song.

[crowd laughs]

- But first, a word from our sponsors.

- [upbeat music plays]

[crowd cheers]

All right. Strike

the stage. Move it!

[stage crew chatters]

- [crew member 1] Coming through.

- [crew member 2] Moving on.

[announcer] We'll be right

back with more of The One.

[automated voice] The eye in

the sky, fueled by your Plazma,

the eye in the sky, the

power center of Onederworld,

the eye in the sky,

- the light of your life.

- [groans]

Praise Plutonovich.

Praise Plutonovich.

[Plutonovich] Hey, kid.

[breathes deeply]

[sighs]

Good job out there.

[sniffs]

Hit all your marks right on cue.

Felt real.

[automated voice] On air in one

minute. On air in one minute.

[sighs] God, they're insatiable.

What are you talking about?

[Plutonovich] The audience.

More, more, more.

You gotta feed the beast.

There's no end to it.

[sighs]

Ah, this isn't for

me, it's for them.

[groans, sighs]

What you mean?

[Plutonovich] The world is

a smoldering ruin, O'Dessa.

And I'm offering these poor

b*stards a small comfort

as they take their final breath.

So, remember, don't bore

us, get to the chorus.

Or... [imitates choking]

[laughs, coughs]

[crowd cheers]

[announcer] Ladies and gentlemen,

broadcasting live from the heart

- of Studio One in Onederworld.

- [Plutonovich] Come here.

Put your hands

together for the man

- of the hour, Plutonovich!

- Get out.

[crowd cheers]

[grunts, breathes heavily]

[Plutonovich speaks

indistinctly]

[breathes heavily]

[O'Dessa pants]

[breathes deeply]

[announcer] Ladies and gentlemen,

it's sudden death time.

Will Plutonovich be moved?

Give it up for

the 11th hour song

of O'Dessa Galloway!

[microphone feedback]

[sighs]

So I'm small and

I know I'm young

But life's a song

that must be sung

Destiny, she beats her drum

All for love, all for love

As a child my dad told me

Of a song made from a tree

Now I found her melody

Is in my blood,

it's in my blood

And ooh, and she sings on

The love it is all

Oh, yeah, oh, yeah

All is love

Love it is all

Oh, yeah, oh, yeah

All is love

Heart's been

broken down to dust

Hope's been hunted

down and crushed

But there's a

string connecting us

All as one, all as one

Out the darkness

of the dream

There's a spark

that can be seen

The fire burns in you and me

And it's called love

Oh, it's love

And ooh

And she sings on

Love it is all

Oh, yeah, oh, yeah

All is love

Love it is all

Oh, yeah, oh, yeah

Love is all

[vocalizing]

Love is all

Oh, yeah, oh, yeah

Oh, yeah

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

When all is lost

and can't be won

And the eye of death

stares high above

With the final breath

left in my lungs

I sing all is

love, all is love

[breathes deeply]

[announcer] And now,

the moment of judgment.

Sometimes the most nourishing

part of the apple...

is the worm.

[crowd laughs]

O'Dessa Galloway...

you are...

- the One!

- [crowd cheers]

[crowd cheers, whistles]

[cheers]

[chuckles]

Yeah!

One wish.

[chuckles, groans]

Euri.

- [gasps] No.

- [electronic voice] Facejob.

[stammers, pants]

[laughs]

[Plutonovich laughs]

O'Dessa, you idiot saint.

[O'Dessa] Euri? Baby?

You walked right into this one.

Followed the bait all the way.

There can only be one winner, which

means all the rest are losers.

Sweet destiny.

[O'Dessa sobs]

[laughs]

Really, folks, I mean, is there anything

more hopeless than a hopeless romantic?

- Is there? [laughs]

- [crowd laughs]

[sobbing]

Good.

Now, bow down, doggy.

Bow down to Daddy.

[breathes shakily]

You see, folks, this is how you find out

who really has what it takes to be...

- [grunts, groaning]

- [gasps]

[groaning]

Stop her!

[screams]

[people on street chatter]

[O'Dessa] Out the

darkness Of the dream

There's a spark

that can be seen

The fire burns in you and me

And it's called

love, oh, it's love

And ooh

She sings on

Love it is all Oh

Oh, yeah

Oh, yeah All is love

[O'Dessa] Oh, here comes

The Seventh Son

Here comes the Seventh Son

To save my one true love

Here I come, here I

come The Seventh Son

Here I come, here I

come The Seventh Son

When the sun done rise In

them purple mountain skies

It's time to find the

life Waiting for me

I will comfort the disturbed

And disturb the comfortable

On these six strings

I'll sing my destiny

As I ramble like my father

Just like his

father's father

And I walk this

world and wander

I ramble like my

daddy down this road

Oh, Lord I'm ramblin' Like

my daddy down this road

Like a Galloway I roam And

the world is now my home

With a song every

stranger is a friend

And the earth becomes my pillow

Just me and my Weepin' Willa

We'll play together

till the very end

As I ramble like my father

Just like his

father's father

And I walk this

world and wander

I'll be ramblin' like

my daddy Down the road

Oh, Lord I'll be ramblin'

Like my daddy down the road

[O'Dessa vocalizing]

[Plutonovich] Onederworld

Oh, Onederworld

We run the world

As we beam, beam, beam

To the eye in the sky

Tune in, turn me on From

on high kingdom comes

Like a Plazma God

Dust till dawn let your dazzling

daddy Take your mind for a ride

I'm your miracle man

Watch me dancing on air

Live on Channel One

So bask in the light of the

eye Bringing sight to the blind

It's just a game, my friends

But there can

only be one winner

In this modern age Where

the world is my stage

You will dance for your

life On Onederworld

The second to none-derworld

Come on all my

boys and girls

Get your dreams, dreams,

dreams From the eye in the sky

[Plutonovich] Ladies and

gentlemen, welcome to the stage

the teen queen of your screen.

The First Lady of

Onederworld. Priscilla!

[Priscilla] Bang

bang Shake your thang

Man made to entertain

This hot bod

[both] God squad

[Priscilla] Judgment

day Is where we play

Hate the player not the game

Replace your face

The price of fame

Manifest your destiny

Can only be one O-N-E on

[both] Onederworld

Oh, Onederworld

We run the world

As we beam, beam, b-b-beam

To the eye in the sky