Come inside.
Sam
You wrote the song; Turning Teeth for Jesus and the Brides of Dracula? And the codes in music? I found the tunnels and the bomb shelter.
Okay.
Sam
So, what does it all mean?
Come and sit down. Here.
Sam
Is that... Kurt Cobain's Fender Mustang guitar?
Oh. I don't know. Probably. I don't remember. I have so many things.
Sam
Can I pick it up?
Well... I don't always worry what the message is. I just pass it along. I slip it between the notes, hide it away, for people that know it's there.
Sam
You're saying you've done this before, codes?
I wrote the music your dad grew up to, half of what you sang along to as a kid, and I'm still doing it. Theses teenagers are dancing to my music. [Sings] I want it that way, tell me why..."
Sam
You're telling me there's hidden messages in old pop songs?
Movies, television shows, everything you know.
Sam
Why?
That's pop culture isn't it? Floats away like tissue paper. I blow my nose, I find a used kleenex, I recycle it, and there is your wedding song. Here it comes. [Sings] I wanna know what love is, and I want you to show me.
Sam
What are the tunnels for? Is there gonna be a war?
Oh hell, I don't know. I'm just trying to make a living. Earn a few dollars.
Sam
But you have everything.
No.
Sam
You know this girl?
Well, isn't she pretty? [Sings] Earth angel, earth angel...
Sam
She was killed.
[Sings] Won't you be mine?
Sam
Along with Jefferson Sevence, but I think you already knew that, huh?
No, I did not. I don't care what's fashionable or cool. It's all silly and it's all meaningless. I created so many of the things that you care about. The songs that give your life purpose and joy. When you were 15 and rebelling, you were rebelling to my music. [Plays Smells Like Teen Spirit] Uh-oh. There's one you know. And that song was not written on distorted guitar. No, I wrote it on piano somewhere between a blowjob and an omelette. There is no rebellion. There is only me earning a paycheck
Sam
I don't believe you.
Well, good, because the real message was not meant for you. So, it's better if you just smile and you dance and you enjoy the melody, because this ugly old man, me, I am the voice of your generation, your grandparents, your parents, and all the young people that follow you. [Starts playing I Love Rock 'n' Roll and sings] I love rock and roll, So drop another dime in the jukebox, baby. [Talks] Aw, look at you. [Chuckles] Everything that you hopes for, that you dreamed about, being a part of, is a fabrication. Your art, your writing, your culture is the shell of other men's ambitions, ambitions beyond what you will ever understand. [Laughs]
Sam
That's funny to you?
Well, it's a little bit funny, don't you think? [Laughs] because I wrote this. [Plays Ode to Joy] And I wrote this. [Plays Axel F and laughs] And I wrote this. [Plays La Bamba]
Sam
Stop it.
And I wrote this, too! [Plays Pinball Wizard and laughs]
Sam
Stop it! Who's paying you to write these songs?!
Sam
Who's paying you to write these songs?! [Songwriter produces a pistol] Oh shit! [The Songwriter opens fire on Sam]
