Angel

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We begin with a long shot of a large, multistory building. Very rectangular. Very dark, but the detail is visible. Think mental hospital, isolated; stuck on some hill somewhere. The sky is dull gray or deep blue. This is what we see as the song begins. We are zooming in steadily as we take this in. As we get closer to the building there is a brief flash of a female. Several flashes, all of which are brief, so we are denied detail but allowed to gain some idea. We continue to zoom in, and as the flashes continue it is implied that this building somehow exists inside the female's chest. We reach the door of the building and the flashes of the female pause as we enter. The camera seems to float, banking around corners as we move deeper inside the maze of corridors that make up the building. The interior has a sterile green tone. Think mental hospital. Think linoleum floors that make a hard clicking sound when they are walked on with firm soled shoes. Think emptiness that allows any sound to echo and be heard from some distance away. The corridors are lined with small rooms, which are just as dark and empty as everything else. Think cells. We continue to travel through corridors and up stairs and through corridors and past rooms until we come to a particular room that is just like all the others. The door is open. Inside, a man sits in the corner, knees up against his chest. He looks calm. He sings.The flashes of the female begin again, and show here to be moving. The man gets up and walks slowly to the door of the room. He looks around. The flashes continue and we now see that the female is reaching out. She touches another males face. The man in the building looks scared. The flashes continue and a male's face enters our field of vision. The flashes continue and the male and female kiss. The man enters the hall and spins around to see some sort of horror racing down the corridor toward him. The man runs. The flashes show more kissing and detail the hands of both male and female moving over their bodies. More horrors are now chasing the man through the corridors. The man is running at full pace. The flashes show clothes being removed. A horde of horrors are now almost on the man, who hides in a small room, which is unlike the others. Think storage room. The horrors beat against the door of this room, which looks as if it will not hold them for long. The man collapses on the floor, head in hands, as the flashes show two naked bodies embrace. The door of the room the man is hiding in begins to break. The man looks up and sees a vent. He climbs through this vent into a cramped space. Think air-conditioning duct. The flashes imply that the male and female are having sex. The man curls up and sobs. After time, the flashes show that the male is asleep and the female is lying next to him. The man stops sobbing and climbs out of the cramped space back into the small room. There is no more banging at the door. Flashes show the female kiss the male's cheek and begin to dress. The man opens to door and looks into the corridor. The horrors are gone. Flashes show the female complete dressing. The man walks back toward the room in which we found him. Flashes show the female leaving the room in which the male sleeps and close the door behind her. The man enters his room and huddles in the corner, as if to sleep. The scene fades.