BROKEN IDENTITY

[VOICE 1]
Hey, what's that noise?
Brother, what the fu—

[GLITCH CUT]

[VOICE 2, COPYING VOICE 1]
Hey...
What's...
That noise?

[LAUGHTER IN VOICE 1'S VOICE]
Ha... ha-ha...
HAHAHAHA!

[VERSE 1: VOICE 2]
WRONG FACE! WRONG PLACE! GET OUT OF MY FRAME!
YOU STOLE MY VOICE, NOW YOU'RE STEALING MY NAME!
YOU GOT MY WALK, YOU GOT MY GRIN!
WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU LET IN?!
YOU THINK YOU'RE SAFE? YOU THINK YOU'RE FREE?
THEN WHY DOES EVERYONE SAY YOU LOOK LIKE ME?!

[VOICE 1]
Stay back! I don't know what you are!
Don't come closer! Just stay where you are!
I saw you standing outside my door!
But I swear I've never seen you before!
Your eyes are mine, your hands are too.
Why do you move like I taught you to?

[VOICE 2]
I WANT MY LIFE! I WANT MY NAME!
GIVE ME MY FACE! GET OUT OF MY WAY!
YOU CAN'T ERASE ME! YOU CAN'T REPLACE ME!
EVERY FUCKING MIRROR IS A PLACE YOU CAN'T ESCAPE ME!
YOU CALL ME A STRANGER, YOU CALL ME A LIE!
SO LOOK AT MY FACE WHEN YOU ASK ME WHY!

[CHORUS: BOTH VOICES]
WHO'S THAT STANDING IN MY SKIN?!
LET ME OUT! LET ME IN!
SAME OLD FACE WITH A DIFFERENT GRIN!
WHERE DO I END AND YOU BEGIN?!

WHO'S THE COPY? WHO'S THE FAKE?
WHICH ONE OF US IS GONNA BREAK?!
SAME TWO EYES, SAME VOICE, SAME LIES!
ONE OF US IS WEARING A DISGUISE!

[VERSE 2: VOICE 2]
I KNOW YOUR SECRETS! I KNOW YOUR LIES!
YOU CAN'T TRUST WHAT YOU SEE WITH YOUR EYES!
I KNOW THE WORDS THAT YOU'RE GONNA SAY!
I'VE BEEN INSIDE YOUR HEAD ALL DAY!
I KNOW THE ROOMS YOU DON'T WALK THROUGH.
I KNOW the thoughts you hide from you.
I know the dreams you never explain.
I know the sound of your voice in pain.
YOU HOLD THAT WEAPON, YOU STARE AT ME!
IF I'M NOT YOU, THEN WHO COULD I BE?!

[VOICE 1]
I don't know what's real or right!
I can't tell the truth from a lie tonight!
You're wearing my face, you're using my voice!
Tell me who you are! Give me a choice!

[VOICE 2]
THEN LOOK AT ME! LOOK AT MY FACE!
I'M NOT A GHOST YOU CAN ERASE!
I'VE ALWAYS BEEN HERE!
I'VE ALWAYS BEEN YOU!
EVERYTHING YOU THINK YOU KNOW
IS SPLITTING IN TWO!

[PRE-CHORUS]
VOICE 1: You're not me!
VOICE 2: Then why do I know?
VOICE 1: Stay away!
VOICE 2: WHERE ELSE CAN I GO?!

[CHORUS: BOTH VOICES]
WHO'S THAT STANDING IN MY SKIN?!
LET ME OUT! LET ME IN!
SAME OLD FACE WITH A DIFFERENT GRIN!
WHERE DO I END AND YOU BEGIN?!

WHO'S THE COPY? WHO'S THE FAKE?
WHICH ONE OF US IS GONNA BREAK?!
SAME TWO EYES, SAME VOICE, SAME LIES!
ONE OF US IS WEARING A DISGUISE!

[BREAKDOWN: MUSIC STOPS]

[VOICE 1, WHISPERING]
If you're me...
Then what am I?

[VOICE 2, WHISPERING]
You tell me.

[VOICE 1]
Stop copying me!

[VOICE 2, SCREAMING]
STOP COPYING ME!

[STATIC PULSES BETWEEN WORDS]

[VOICE 1]

[VOICE 2, LOW AND DISTORTED]
YOU HAD YOUR CHANCE, YOU HAD YOUR TIME!
YOU TOOK MY FACE AND CALLED IT MINE!
YOU GOT THE WORLD, YOU GOT THE NAME!
NOW EVERYONE FORGETS I CAME!

[FINAL VERSE: VOICE 2]
YOU CALL ME A MONSTER, YOU CALL ME A LIE!
BUT YOU'RE THE ONE WHO WON'T LOOK ME IN THE EYE!
YOU SAY I'M A STRANGER, A FACE YOU DON'T KNOW!
THEN WHY DOES YOUR HEART SAY I'M NOT LETTING GO?!

[VOICE 1]
I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE OF US IS REAL!
I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M SUPPOSED TO FEEL!
I WON'T LET YOU TAKE MY LIFE!
I WON'T LET YOU STEAL MY MIND!

[VOICE 2]
YOUR LIFE? YOUR MIND? YOUR NAME? YOUR FACE?
HOW DO YOU KNOW YOU'RE IN THE RIGHT PLACE?!
YOU SAY I'M THE COPY, YOU SAY I'M UNTRUE!
BUT WHAT IF I'M ME...
AND THE COPY IS YOU?!

[FINAL CHORUS: BOTH VOICES]
WHO'S THAT STANDING IN MY SKIN?!
LET ME OUT! LET ME IN!
SAME OLD FACE WITH A DIFFERENT GRIN!
WHERE DO I END AND YOU BEGIN?!

YOU CAN'T ERASE ME! YOU CAN'T REPLACE ME!
EVERY FUCKING MIRROR TRIES TO ERASE ME!
WHO'S THE COPY? WHO'S THE FAKE?!
I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE OF US IS REAL!

[VOICE 1, BREATHLESS]
I shut my eyes, but you're still there!
I turn around and find you staring!
The lights go dead, the walls distort!
Your voice comes through from every port!

[VOICE 2, RAPID, STUTTERING]
LOOK AT THE SCREEN! LOOK AT THE GLASS!
YOU KEEP ON RUNNING, BUT I ALWAYS LAST!
YOUR LITTLE WORLD IS STARTING TO CRACK!
YOU WANT YOUR LIFE? THEN TAKE IT BACK!
YOU SAY MY NAME LIKE IT'S A PRAYER!
BUT I'M THE ONLY ONE WHO'S THERE!
YOU HEAR ME LAUGHING UNDER YOUR SKIN!
YOU CAN'T TELL WHERE I END OR BEGIN!

[VOICE 1]
I never invited you into my head!
I never said you could take my place!
I never asked for a second reflection!
I just want out of this endless maze!

[VOICE 2, WHISPERING THROUGH STATIC]
You made me.
You named me.
You blamed me.
You changed me.
Now face me.
Replace me.
Erase me.
Or become me.

[BUILD: VOICES OVERLAP]
VOICE 1: I AM THE REAL ONE!
VOICE 2: SAY IT AGAIN!
VOICE 1: THIS IS MY BODY!
VOICE 2: THIS IS MY SKIN!
VOICE 1: YOU'RE JUST A NIGHTMARE!
VOICE 2: THEN WHY CAN'T YOU WAKE?
BOTH: WHICH ONE OF US IS THE MISTAKE?!

NO WAY!!!

[BEAT CUTS]

[VOICE 1, WHISPERING]
...Is it gone?

[PAUSE]

[VOICE 2, PERFECT COPY OF VOICE 1]
Hey... what's that noise?

[VOICE 1, SCREAMING]
WHAT THE FU—

[SFX: SINGLE GUNSHOT]

[INSTANT FULL TELEVISION STATIC FOR 5–8 SECONDS]
[NO VOICES, NO MUSIC, NO MOVEMENT]
[ABRUPT END]