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Donnie Darko Song

Donnie Darko Song lyrics by Tim Minchin. So there's this kid called Donnie Darko, he's a schizophrenic teen And this aeroplane engine falls through his roof...

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Donnie Darko Song

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So there's this kid called Donnie Darko, he's a schizophrenic teen

And this aeroplane engine falls through his roof and lands where he's just been

But it's cool cos he's out sleepwalking - as is his habit

Engaged in apocalyptic discourse with this freaky six-foot rabbit

You see our Donnie on reality doesn't have a firm hold

The rabbit teaches him about time travel and wormholes

He burns down Patrick Swayze's house cos the rabbit tells him to

He shags a chick called Gretchen and the rabbit shows him what to do

They throw a wicked Halloween party, with 80's tunes and beer

Then they hop on their bikes and ride through the night and that's when things get weird

The rabbit's drunk behind the wheel, and Gretchen cops a car-full

So Donnie takes out his gun and shoots the rabbit through the eyeball

Then he carries his girlfriend's body up the hill above his town

And watches as the parallel universe he's been living in tumbles down

Then using telekinesis he rips an engine off this plane

And is sucked back through the wormhole and he's back at the beginning again

So when the jet comes through the ceiling, he's tucked up in his bed

And life is back to normal, except that Donnie Darko's dead

This film's an examination of time and space and psychosis

And a very good example of why they developed myxomatosis

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