[00:00.288]Alvin
[00:00.459]This is it, tom.
[00:01.119]This is it.
[00:02.003]Thomas
[00:02.159]The morning before the big trip.
[00:03.332]Alvin
[00:03.487]Twenty-four hours and i will be there.
[00:04.852]Thomas
[00:05.026]All i could think was... Boy this day came fast.
[00:08.864]Alvin
[00:09.023]To ruffle your feathers and get in your hair.
[00:11.130]Thomas
[00:11.309]All i could think was... I have things to take care of.
[00:13.974]Alvin
[00:14.153]The whole town can perish, i don’t even care.
[00:18.003]Thomas
[00:18.211]But all i could say was... See you tomorrow.
[00:21.776]Alvin
[00:21.936]This is it, tom.
[00:23.565]This is it.
[00:26.290]
[00:27.216]I never thought this day would actually come.
[00:30.362]
[00:30.609]This morning i finally believed it.
[00:33.319]I woke up and felt it begin.
[00:36.166]"i’m shaking the dust of this
[00:37.865]Crummy old town off my feet."
[00:39.816]Take that, george bailey!
[00:41.627]
[00:42.327]I'll make up a sign for the bookstore
[00:44.903]And hang it where people come in
[00:47.450]Saying ‘closing for christmas.
[00:49.528]The owner is hitting the street.’
[00:52.690]
[00:52.995]Look, i’ll never be a world traveler.
[00:56.341]I just wasn’t built that way.
[00:59.111]Still, this could be my independence day.
[01:04.160]
[01:04.448]Thomas
[01:04.606]Aren't you blowing this a little out of proportion’
[01:06.911]
[01:08.354]Alvin
[01:08.667]I think of the times throughout history
[01:10.880]A day unremarkably dawned
[01:13.515]Then one man was seized
[01:15.049]By the restless desire to explore.
[01:18.175]
[01:19.630]He looked up and scanned the horizon
[01:22.428]And wondered what might lie beyond.
[01:25.123]Then hoisted his anchor
[01:26.522]And sailed for some uncharted shore.
[01:30.238]
[01:30.938]Well now my destiny’s calling,
[01:33.863]And i can hear it say
[01:36.614]This could be my independence day.
[01:41.272]Thomas
[01:41.527]It's just a trip to the city, al.
[01:43.584]Alvin
[01:43.780]Of course you wouldn’t understand.
[01:46.024]This is a feeling you must feel every day
[01:49.864]As publishing’s latest man-of-the-hour.
[01:53.611]Four bestsellers and counting, tom.
[01:56.090]I really can’t compete with your resume.
[02:01.078]But something deep is stirring
[02:02.893]And shifting inside.
[02:05.005]The boundaries are blurring
[02:07.276]And opening wide.
[02:09.250]It's suddenly occurring
[02:11.323]That finally i deserve
[02:14.705]To stray and reach and yearn
[02:17.987]And dare to say
[02:19.992]It might just be my turn.
[02:25.455]
[02:29.646]It’s rare that you notice a moment
[02:32.706]The moment it’s hurrying by
[02:35.313]And instantly frame it
[02:36.722]And say that’s when everything changed.
[02:41.716]But now, there’s a moment approaching.
[02:44.158]I’m staring it straight in the eye.
[02:46.989]Prepared for a future
[02:48.427]Of moments that aren’t prearranged.
[02:53.018]Old george bailey was cheated
[02:55.708]He never left his town.
[02:58.877]Beaten down and defeated
[03:01.565]He even tried to drown.
[03:04.624]But look at me, i’ve been treated
[03:07.264]To life turned upside-down.
[03:11.851]Welcome to my independence day.
[03:21.128]
[03:21.361]This is it, tom.
[03:21.877]This is it.
[03:22.895]Thomas
[03:23.090]All i could think was... I never told ann he was coming.
[03:25.402]Alvin
[03:25.571]Christmas, the two of us, just like before.
[03:27.268]Thomas
[03:27.471]All i could think was... I never told alvin i'm engaged.
[03:29.761]Alvin
[03:29.921]Like back in my living room over the store.
[03:32.048]Thomas
[03:32.194]All i could think was... Things here have gotten complicated.
[03:34.255]Alvin
[03:34.426]Who says the holidays have to be more’
[03:38.332]Thomas
[03:38.506]But all i could say was...
[03:39.774]Alvin
[03:39.945]This is it, tom.
[03:40.580]This is...
[03:42.093]Thomas
[03:42.261]Al. Don't come.
[03:44.386](silence.)
[03:44.638]Alvin
[03:45.110]Why not’
[03:47.970]Thomas
[03:48.221]It's not a good time. Al’ What do you think, al’
[03:59.386]
[04:01.153]Alvin
[04:01.332]This is it, tom
[04:02.722]Me and you.
[04:04.375]Thomas
[04:04.531]The next time that we said goodbye
[04:06.564]Alvin
[04:06.724]If you commit, tom
[04:08.606]You see it through.
[04:10.410]Thomas
[04:10.576]Why is it always goodbye’
[04:17.447]Goodbye, al.
[04:20.021]
[04:22.944]Alvin
[04:23.106]Goodbye, tom.
[04:25.758]Thomas
[04:25.958]Relationships thrive or dissolve
[04:28.012]Without our knowing why.
[04:31.646]And somehow goodbye became easy.
[04:35.679]Wait! Let me explain. It really wasn't a good time. I...