Lee

Leto Jones
Portrayed By	Adrien Brody
Gender	Male
Date of Birth	February 12, 1980
Age	29
Zodiac Sign	Aquarius
Aliases	Lee
Place of Birth	New York City, NY, USA
Current Location	New York City, NY, USA
Occupation	Junior High School Civics Teacher
Known Relatives	Billy Jones (father; missing), Mary Jones (mother; missing), Ghanima Jones (twin sister)
Significant Other	None.
Known Abilities	Gyrokinesis, sneering
First Appearance	Like A Daffodil

Lee's real name is Leto, can you blame him for going by a nickname? He's a junior high civics teacher in New York City.

History

Billy and Mary Jones loved comic books and science fiction. They met at a science fiction convention, had a Starfleet wedding, and their family business, a comic book store named "The Secret Lair", was their pride and joy. But what the world didn't see in these two eccentric young folks was an obsession. A dangerous one. Maybe it was an encounter earlier in their lives with the evolved still hidden, or a particular twist in a strand of acid they dropped at a Lord of the Rings-themed party, or a misplaced government document that ended up mimeographed in their hands, but both of them had become convinced that superpowers were real. Their whole lives were dedicated to this obsession, to obtaining such power for themselves - and when that proved unlikely or impossible, gaining them for their children. With the hard-white light of their madness visible like a beacon, they - and their twins Ghanima and Leto, named for twins in Frank Herbert's Dune series, became the catspaws for much more serious and dangerous forces.

The Joneses subjected their children to strange and dangerous experiments - dropped them off buildings into firefighter nets, while the other filmed. Put additives in their food. Exposed them to strange medicines, herbs, supplements. Even simple family games involved tests of psychic ability. By any objective measure, the Joneses were mad beyond belief.

The kids never saw it, though, thinking their parents merely eccentric, when they were old enough to understand. By the time their memory was sequential enough to understand what was normal and what wasn't, their parents had, after years of constantly trying, given up their more extreme methods of awakening super-abilities. Their parents' obsessions were disappointed, crushingly disappointed, though like the obsession itself, they hid it well from their children, and they certainly had sufficient and genuine love for their twins that their upbringing was only a few degrees off from normal. The twins saw their parents foibles about comics and superheroes as a shared interest, at first, then an embarrassing, mortifying mark of social ostracism, then, in their own ways, they eventually made their peace with it. Billy and Mary never gave up on the idea of their children becoming more than human, always trying this or that behind their backs, new treatments and chemicals in their food ("Mom never could cook.") and one day in 2004 the debt from one of their Faustian deals came due and they disappeared without a trace.

Lee was away at college, in UCLA, but he returned to his sisters side to grieve a loss that, unsolved and unresolved, he has never really understood. Ghanima honored her parents memory the way she felt they would have wished, turning her considerable business skills to saving the old, musty shop that had been the center of their parents lives. It is now more successful than when their parents ran the place. Leto, by contrast, wanted nothing to do with the comics that had always driven him crazy, and went back to college to get his Master's, for all the good that it did him.

Lee went as far away as he could for college and majored, as he explained to his mother, in "very thick books where people wear their underwear under their clothes, not over." His superior attitude wouldn't get him much in the job market, though. After his parents' disappearance and his return to the city of his birth, the only work he could find with his Masters' degree was teaching at a junior high school, not even in his field, a job he hates and finds tedious and pointless. His sister is always trying to draw him into geeky pursuits, but he still harbors a good deal of resentment over what he sees as a wasted childhood. (He does, however, play electric violin in what he considers "her" quirky hipster electro band, Mobius Ouroboros.)

Timeline

• February 12, 1980. A bit after midnight, Leto Eomer Jones is born. His sister Ghanima Eowyn follows about an hour later.
• December 18, 2002. Leto graduates from UCLA with a degree in literature and a minor in philosophy.
• March 18, 2004. Returning from class, Ghanima discovers that the family store has either not been opened for the day or has been closed, and neither father nor mother are anywhere to be found. Nothing is missing.
• March 20, 2004. Billy and Mary Jones are declared officially to be missing persons. Investigation by Detective Benito Aceveda of the NYPD over the next few months reveals no leads. Eventually it is classified as a cold case and archived.
• June 18, 2004. His studies aborted before he could receive a doctorate, Leto settles for a Masters of Arts in humanities from UCLA.
• December 2, 2004. Leto is certified as a teacher by the New York Department of Education. He is hired for substitute teaching and internship over the next few months.
• March 2005. Leto is hired at John Philip Sousa Junior High School #142 in the armpit of the Bronx as a civics teacher.

2007. Present day, present time.

February 2007-September 2007

• February 2007. Lee is nearly burned up in a fire. The stress is such that he falls out of bed. And hits the ceiling. He discusses the fire with Cass and is snarled at by Hendrickson.
• March 2007. Lee is over at Cass' when a bunch of friggin' maniacs run in and punch him in the groin. Cass explains partly to him and Nima but he ends up believing a bit less than when he was drugged. He is later almost shot trying to help one of his students and later is set on fire and mistaken for a Koreatown pimp on a first date. Lee hangs around the comic shop and makes smart remarks. He talked to Nima about everything that had happened, and finds out his father is alive and may be up to no good. He hassles a guy who broke in the shop with a gun.
• April 2007. A second date ends in a murder of a hobo. Lee goes on a double date and it's not tragically horrible.

• May 2007. Lee hassles a guy in the shop with a lot of money.

• July 2007. Lee meets his father again, but it isn't exactly the happiest reunion and he feels trapped and blackmailed by people who may or may not mean well. He recruits some assistance and discovers the existence of powers, which he decides is highly infuriating due to being so derivative and cliche. He complains to Cass about it. Then Lee meets Ali and makes smart remarks. He brings Nima to the facility where their father is being kept and they discuss the situation. As a result of Nima and he visiting their father, he has to cover at the store where he meets Kitty. Lee then hassles Mara. He covers at the store again where he meets Rochelle and some other local weirdos.
• August 2007. Nima implores Lee to be nice to Ramon. Lee agrees, then immediately isn't nice. Lee has a rotten day and a worse dream as his father's coma stretches on.
• September 2007. Lee's downfall. Lee gets a new job at Brubaker Secondary School. Initially elated, he soon comes to discover that it's a mountain of shit. He screws up a music workshop with his arrogant attitude. His students continue to torment him, and he has no professional support from fellow teachers or the administration. His friends try to be nice and he's nasty to them. His father wakes up and tells him he's worthless and then disappears again. He gets nasty and then dumped. When you're at bottom, there's nowhere to go but up. He even starts to respond to his horrible job. As a result, he puts some effort into it and gets more involved with his students on a more teacher-like level. He meets some people at a normal bookstore and then is shot for no reason and the part of his memory where he keeps important phone numbers is erased. He hatches a crackpot plan and recommends Italo Calvino to Cam because Italo Calvino is the very best.

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  October 2007. Lee apologizes to Rochelle after she wrecks his office because it sucks. He gets shot with another dart, thinking that it's the setup when it's actually the punchline, and complains to Cass about it. He cleans his parents out of the store. He tells Ramon about the situation with only a little mockery. Lee meets Harry who has a lot more practice complaining about schools - and doing something about it. He went on a semi-unexpected first date with Joule and it was pretty much every romantic scene cliche possible. He almost busts Cam while he's holding but isn't perceptive enough. He works on a music project for school and discovers Joule has powerz. Just fucking perfect. He is then not shot for no reason. He discovers his parents have another, lower-case secret lair. He must grouchily acknowledge that this is just ironic enough to be great instead of terrible. Lee accidentally causes an ending montage.

• November 2007. Lee helps someone who got a beatdown. Lee has to cover at the store again and finally meets Peter, who is not appropriate for the campaign. Why is Lee hitting himself? Stop hitting yourself, Lee. He tells someone how bad it is. He asks someone to make it worse. Lee misses the point and then misses it when it is his point. He then sees things get a bit better... BREAKING! Lee finds out he has powers!! DEVELOPING!! By the way, he hates it. He really hates it. He is in another montage. This one is not his fault.

• December 2007. He hates powers some more but he doesn't hate Joule. On the other hand, he still hates comics because comics are terrible. On the other other hand, he doesn't hate Kory. A student lies but not to him. Lee also hates comic book movies. And he hates comics about the future. Lee hates people that take advantage of the students but…what?? It actually works out?! He doesn't hate Christmas, after all, Dickens liked it! So he and Nima are spending their holidays out of the house and he tries to be modest about it. Then he almost gets shot for no reason. He meets up with Bekah on New Year's Eve, but kinda forgot his current girl. Oops.
• January 2008. He's in a montage to start the year, damn montages! And he hates filk. He missed most of January due to my computer problems. Oops. Anyway, he was working on a project and doesn't hate Kory again. He was suspended for musically revealing he was ordered to teach the test, and while suspended, he was mean, I mean nice, to Joule for no reason.
• February 2008. Lee hates deathtraps, especially when they're not even HIS deathtraps. On escaping from someone else's deathtrap, Lee is knocked out of commission for a while. Then he returns to warn everyone that people who build deathtraps are stupid and crazy. Lee hates being too groggy on painkillers to enjoy makeup sex. and also he hates vigilante justice, but you know what he doesn't hate? New York City.
• March 2008. Lee hates lawyers or at least some of them. When are they going to get done "practicing" law? Basically, having powers is like having diabetes - it's a lifelong condition, but if you're aware of it and take steps to minimize it, you can have a fairly decent life, though of course, there are some things you'll never be able to do… Lee knuckles under to the lawyer because he is a wuss. I mean because he is concerned about his friends. That's it. Plus, he still hates comics. In conclusion, maybe there should be accommodations for people with powers, you know, like the ones for people in wheelchairs or blind people. Anyhow, Lee hates organized crime, and comic books, and time travel. Why not get things right the first time around? Kids are more important than time travel - why doesn't anyone get this? Lee likes show tunes but in an ironic way. He likes artists in a non-ironic way. Lee likes Bartleby the Scrivener. And he and Joule decide to move in together! Nothing bad could possibly come of that, right?
• April 2008. Something bad comes of it. Lee hates parent-teacher conferences. (Also he hates being in the future again around this point.)

• May 2008. Lee hates homeschooling particularly by wackos, but that's probably redundant. He also hates lame excuses for not coming to school and time travel, again. He therefore hates admitting he is wrong even though he NEVER IS.
• June 2008. Lee hates powers less than he loves education, and he also hates that he loves education more, so try to work that one out, smarty pants. He also hates all the moaning when time travelers die. "Weren't we trying to kill or erase him anyway?" But fine, whatever, he doesn't hate Kory so big deal.
• July 2008. Lee hates defenestration. What, throwing someone out a door isn't good enough?! And he hates powers. And being too groggy on defenestration-related painkillers to enjoy sex. You could just ask someone to leave instead of throwing them out a window, for god's sake! "Nice moves, mumbles!"
• August 2008. Lee didn't do much in August 2008 except get ready for school to start again. Already?!?!
• September 2008. Lee discusses things with Sophie and gets the wrong idea about everything, then he is in another montage but his sister is in this one too so it is her fault.
• Then a lot of things happened that will SOMEDAY BE REVEALED IN FLASHBACK. Objection!
• September 2009. Lee is in another montage that his sister is completely responsible for.
• October 2009. Lee hates launching conspiracies. Lee hates the Company, but not Angela. Wait, he probably hates Angela too. Lee hates superpowers but not Charlotte, or Kory either.

Quotes

• "Okay, everybody sit down. Sit down please…we have a lot to get through before Friday's quiz!…Anthony, sit down. Yes. Sit down, please. All right. Neveah, yes. Sit down. Thanks. Now we start with the three branches of government and….sit down, Jan…"

• "Well, don't bring your friggin' dog on the Lindbergh kidnapping next time, for crying out loud!"

• "It's so fucking cliche! It's so…so derivative! The woman I care about has this fucking secret all along? Two comic book shop owners get tangled up with people with superpowers? The bad guy is telling the truth when he's talking crazy? A serial killer murdered his wife and now he's out for blood? What's fucking next? What's next? He meets the serial killer and it's his wife's boyfriend? Or maybe he becomes a serial killer himself? Who'd see THAT coming, excluding of course those who have read the back of a book in a grocery store in the last twenty fucking years?"

• "At least that Pinehearst place burned down, I assume because someone rubbed two thoughts together and figured out that insurance fraud would be a lot more productive than what they were doing."

• To a Company official: "Oh, people are being 'taken'? Shock and horror! I see your point. The competition is catching up to your strategies. What if they kidnap people for no reason more cheaply than you do? What if their secret underground bunkers are more attractive to consumers than yours? Do you think…do you think they'll take smaller bribes than you will?" He shakes his head. "The free market hard at work again."

Trivia

• Rhode Island did not send delegates to the Constitutional Convention.
• Lee was in both Dark Futures, where he was just as irrelevant to everything as usual. In the first he was happier, though!
• Lee has relationships - check 'em out!
• Lee carries a Hipster PDA. Instructions for building your own: 1. Get a bunch of 3x5 index cards. 2. Fasten them together with a binder clip. 3. There is no step 3. Lee recently upgraded it to a hPDA Shuffle
• Lee has an objection. Lee has a new objection a year later.
• Everyone else has a meerkat so Lee does not have a meerkat. He has a Leemur.

Lee's Collectible Card

Lee, the Scott Pilgrim Character

Powers Magical Realism

Other than fourth wall-breaking, Lee actually does indeed have powers, based on the alteration of frames of reference, changing the direction of forces, and so on. He recently found out he has these powers, and of course he sardonically expected to have powers because, of course, their existence annoys the living hell out of him and whenever there's someone who hates the existence of superpowers, they always end up having them. Why couldn't life be like Dickens or Balzac instead of a comic book? He now insists that he doesn't have superpowers, he has magical realism.

Exceptional Balance

Exceptional Balance: Unconsciously applying his power to deflect forces that would imbalance him Lee can walk on tightropes and the edges of high places without any chance of falling. This also has resulted in him being extremely acrobatically gifted even if he doesn't quite know it at this time.

Jagged Brazen Arrows Fall

Jagged Brazen Arrows Fall: Lee can deflect the path of darts, arrows, thrown knives, thrown or falling objects and other relatively slow-moving projectiles by directly focusing on them. He must be able to perceive them with his normal senses - so no speeding bullets. They must be smaller than him - so no speeding cars. They must be moving more or less under their own power - so no melee weapons. And they must be relatively near him.

He is able to sense where the projectile is going and send it somewhere else. They don't go faster or slower - the projectile's inertia and sometimes gravity simply changes direction. This includes going straight up or straight down or back at the throw-er or shoot-er. However the object doesn't change orientation, so an aerodynamic projectile like a dart or arrow is unlikely to actually strike a new target since they'll be flying backwards or sideways.

For tiny, but still perceivable, objects like darts or taser leads he needs to score a Poor. For moderate-sized objects like knives, grenades or baseballs, Lee needs to score a Mediocre. And for semi-large objects like chairs he needs to score an Average.

Deflecting multiple objects - several throwing knives, for example - increases the difficulty by one level. A whole slew of objects - a flechette gun, or debris from an exploding nail bomb or shattering window - increase the difficulty by two levels.

Ah Envious Pow'r! Reverse My Doom

Ah Envious Pow'r! Reverse My Doom

Lee can disrupt the use of powers that involve controlling motion, forces or inertia by redirecting the force exerted. People flying can be changed to zooming sideways or falling. Objects lifted by telekinesis can be shoved back into the ground. Super-speedsters can suddenly be made to reverse course or smack into an obstacle.

This can happen without Lee's conscious effort if he is annoyed, upset or angry at the use of the power. When he becomes aware of the ability he will be able to consciously exert it.

It has no effect on those that are exerting force through normal or even enhanced means - only mental manipulations of force. In other words if someone is superhumanly fast because they have super-strong leg muscles, this ability can't (yet) affect them. Only if a power manipulates inertia, momentum etc. to be super-fast would they be vulnerable.

Lee can't change the force involved - only redirect it. Someone who is flying up will now be flying sideways or down with the same speed and force. The targetted power is still working perfectly even as it goes the wrong way. This will - confusingly - be clear to the user of the targetted power. Lee must be able to perceive the power use in order to affect it.

Lee must score a Poor to affect the use of a power on an object smaller than a person. He must score a Mediocre to affect the use of a power on an object the size of a person or directly on a person. He must score an Average if the power is being used on an object larger than a person. Each of these targets is one level easier if the targetted power is attempting to do something delicate or precise.

Something There Is That Doesn't Love A Wall

Lee can now shift his own frame of reference for gravity. This permits him to walk run or stand on walls and ceilings. Anything he's carrying shifts its frame of reference with him. Lee can "let them go" if he wants. He is never made dizzy or off-balance by this. However to shift gravity quickly he must achieve an Average roll. Otherwise it takes several seconds for him to carefully put one foot - then the other - on the surface that is to be walked on. He essentialy "climbs" onto it. The surface must be able to support his "weight". Otherwise he will plummet through as if he had fallen. This is especially annoying when walking on ceilings - he has to turn off the power quick in order to keep from falling into the sky. Embarassing.

Blinded They Into Folly Run

Lee can use his control over his own gravitational frame of reference to enhance his speed and jumping ability. By shifting gravity to pull him forward instead of down Lee uses his running feet more to "control a fall" than to push him along. Since he's not good enough to shift his inertia yet he needs enough space to slow down at the end and shift gravity to be back under his feet. Although it's theoretically possible for him to get to terminal velocity around 120 mph that would take both time and a LOT of space and would be quite dangerous. As a practical matter he can't go too fast for too long. Either he has to give up some speed and only let gravity pull him forward a bit or he has to go a much shorter distance before gravity pulls him too fast to control. Lee controls his "sideways fall" running with the Athletics skill - but any Power Level outcome helps his speed a little boosting it to very high human levels 20-30 mph with results of Suckage-Terrible and becoming increasingly superhuman above Terrible. This speed also enhances his long-jumping distance accordingly.

Revolutions Material

Lee's Nine Standout Scenes

In chronological order…

1. Anti-Hero Squad Aftermath - This is the first time Lee really established his credentials as a sneering, superior jerk, criticizing the aftermath of the attempted rescue of Peter Petrelli. Produced the Lindbergh kidnapping quote, another super-brief pose that will always live on with me ("Wha?" Lee says, and collapses, vomiting.) the animosity with Jack and in general expressed his disbelief not in the existence of abilities, but in their significance. "How important can these abilities really be if idiots like this are the ones that have them?"
2. Hard Out There For A Pimp - The very best first date log ever produced by anyone anywhere, Bekah and Lee embark upon a disastrous enterprise that barely keeps the two of them out of the hospital. It was fucking awesome in every way.
3. Loony? No, Just Trite - Although he had an idea that supernormal abilities existed, when his nose was rubbed in them, Lee had what I feel was a thoroughly unique and unusual reaction: he was really, really pissed off. I'm quite proud of coming up with that reaction and very happy with how it's played out over time. And even in this log, where he makes nice with Bekah at the end, you can see that he really on some level blames her and resents her for making him unable to deny this world. It (along with some other things) would eventually end their relationship.
4. Trapped in a Cliche - Back to back with Loony? This was more of an explanation for Lee's hostility than anything else, and it went into things more thoroughly. If you want to know why Lee despises and resents the world of superpowers, go here to this log.
5. Play Nice - This excellent emotional scene was aided by Ramon really showing a vulnerable side of his character, and it shows Lee's approach to situations for the first time in detail, including the principles he bases it on. This would later come up in the Dark Future version of Lee.
6. Numbing - This was the turning point for Lee, where all the defenses he had built up after returning to New York were stripped away. It plunged him into a month of devastating blows to every part of his life, ego and self-worth. It made his eventual turn so, so very sweet. Big ups to Cass and Lachlan for facilitating it, and giving some much needed action.
7. What Shakespeare Wrote - It's really hard doing talky scenes with a bunch of NPCs but Portia held up her end wonderfully. This is that above-mentioned turning point. Reading Numbing and then this one shows you what parts of Lee have come through the fire successfully.
8. Trial by Ikea - One of the better "relationship scenes" out there, Joule shows her unstable side while still being true to the character. Maybe not a great choice for Lee, he's very reactive in the scene, but I think it shows just how different she is from him and how different their over-boiling relationship is from Lee's previous.
9. Nightmarish and Ridiculous - A really great action scene emitted by Kory as part of her plot, it showed Lee's reluctance to use his abilities and was a big turning point for him. He had to accept them at least a little if he wanted to live, after all…I think this will be a big reference scene for him going forward.

There were some okay Dark Future scenes too, but these nine describe the arc of Lee's life to now. Hope you liked!

BONUS REVOLUTIONS MATERIAL: THE BEST OPENING POSES FOR LEE!

Like Riding A Bike

"The great thing about my character is…" says the fat guy in the mustard-stained Macross T-shirt, "…he's got this awesome power but he doesn't know he has it. And so he's really miserable and, you know, thinks nobody understands him or anything…" Lee is behind the counter, gripping the bridge of his nose with his fingers as it trying to crush the developing headache. "…and he alienates everyone around him because he thinks he's just so great, and nobody can see it, but the twist is that even he can't see it, get it? Get it? So anyhow, he went up a level after it turned out that the villain…Hey, are you listening?"

Lee ignores the question. "Are you going to buy anything?" he murmurs pained.

The man ignores Lee's question - fair is fair. "Are you even writing all this down to tell Nima?"

Play Nice

Lee comes in with a duffel bag with the handle of an aluminum baseball bat sticking out of it. Clearly he is getting stuff together for the new school year and doesn't want to face the twerps unarmed. He breezes past whoever-is-working-the-counter, tells the two arguers what he tells all nerdy arguers in the shop: "I bet you guys can only learn 1d4 simple tricks." Zing!

Moral Centralia

"We're going to do 'Moral Centralia' by Harvey Danger." Lee announces. "One of those songs that one day you will be appalled to discover your favorite TV show is using for an ending montage. You know. Little clips of your favorite characters doing things." The crowd chuckles.

"Don't deny you watch those shows." Lee teases as the band gets set up and warmed up. The crowd chuckles again, but does not deny it.

Ironic Timing

Lee tries valiantly to write lesson plans on the Federalist Papers #9 while a skinny Asian kid in a Deadlands RPG T-shirt argues with a fat neckbearded guy in a 'Dungeon Masters Don't Kill People, Magic Missiles Do' T-shirt: "I just don't see your point." "You can't have a guy with every single power that everyone else has." "But why not?" "It's a 120 point game for one thing." "But the story, he could be good for the story." "Listen, that is a stupid idea, it's the worst, if one guy can show up and make everyone else superfluous, why are the rest of us even here?"

Lee chips in at this point, without looking up: "Who can say." he says, flatly.

The two glance at him, unsure of what they heard. Lee looks wearily at them: "Are you going to buy something?"

They move away, the argument re-starting with: "But for story purposes, it could be really cool…" Lee heaves a heavy sigh as if the word 'story', spoken in this context, has stabbed him with a needle. Previously dipped in sewage.

Whereupon Peter enters…

Fact, Meet Fiction

Lee has to glumly cover the register and glare nastily at every purchase that is made. "Fifty bucks a month on X-Men but not one penny for dental hygeine." he mutters at one point.

"Uh, excuse me." says the customer snottily, pushing his thick glasses up the bridge of his nose. "Not all of these comics are X-Men. Some are X-Factor."

Lee gives the young man his comics and his change. "I hope you die." he says in such a cheerful tone that the young man doesn't notice exactly what Lee said, already absorbed in his purchases. The joke is on Lee, however, because the natural, not-paying-attention response is, of course, "You too."

Why Did The Chicken Cross The Road?

Lee is arguing with a half-Samoan half-Chinese guy built like a fireplug and wearing a tuxedo with the tie untied. "No, see, coincidences are just the death of drama." Lee says. "By their very nature they jump the tracks of decisions and consequences. If decisions don't produce the consequences, then moral agency is completely lost and without it there's no point to any story at all, because nothing anyone does matters."

"But you like Dickens," the Chinese guy points out. "The guy's famous for coincidences."

"Dramatic necessity isn't the same as coincidence." Lee says. "And you can tell in Dickens when he hits a wrong note. The end of Oliver Twist, right? He turns out to be the lost nephew of the family that rescued him. That one's terrible, because A, one family is not the most important family in the world…" They laugh at the very notion. "…and number two, it breaks the legs of their previously selfless generosity to Oliver. That's what I'm talking about. When you just have characters show up somewhere for a highly contrived situation just so they can have some wholly artificial interaction…"

Themesong

_{Falling, falling. Gonna drop like a stone. I'm falling through the atmosphere on a warm afternoon. If lovers discover that everyone dies….So don't tell me. Please hold me. It's a dangerous life. Daddy dear, let's get out of here. I'm scared. Ten o'clock - night time in New York - it's weird. If you're looking for trouble, well, that's what you will find. Mom and pop. They will fuck you up. For sure. Love so deep. Kills you in your sleep. It's true. Love keeps us together. Love will keep us alive. We are criminals that never broke no laws. And all we needed was a net to break our fall. They're searching for diamonds. They're grabbing at straws. Sex and sin. Sax and violins. It's hell. Wooden heads. Furniture with legs. For sale. Love keeps us together. Love will drive us insane. And we are criminals that never broke no law. All we needed was a net to break our fall. Going home, back where I belong. To stay. Rays of light, they will turn the night to day. Birds travel together. Birds follow the sun. I am watching as the birds go flying home.}