posted March 28, 2002 10:42 PM            

Okay, so here's how I see it:

A carnival.
Duncan is walking around during the intro, when he starts to sing "There is a swan-white curtain..." he sees a white curtain in the corner. An older woman sits by it, digging in the trashcan. He looks at her, and lifts the curtain edge. He falls into the sky. Flying through the air, able to see the moon when he comes to a big silver mirror. In it you can see distruction on Earth.
Duncan steps into the mirror. He sees all the sad people. They all have little mirrors on their chests.
He follows them and sees a war going on in some of the mirrors on the sides of the road.
Passes a cemetary where there are several burials taking place.
Some people are kneeling by the road mirrors and crying.
A old woman ringing a bell appears. Duncan finds himself in a field of candles. People are lighting them. The fields turn green and alive again. The people have happy images on the mirrors on their chest now.
Duncan sees another white curtain, and walks behind it.

posted March 29, 2002 09:30 PM            

As I see it, the video should be done in black and white. The setting would take place on a snow covered field, with leave-less tress on each side. In the beginning, we would see Duncan, dressed completely in black and without an instrument. Gerry and Jeff would be behind Duncan, on opposite sides of the London Session Orchestra. Gerry, Jeff, and the London Session Orchestra would be playing instruments. Like Duncan, they would be dressed completely in black.

The players begin to play, and Duncan starts to walk through the snow covered field. As he's walking, people will see the air he breathes. The strings will "slide down" and then "slide upwards" (at the point when Duncan sings: "I forgot the taste of fears"), and the wind will move the trees. Duncan will walk past an icy pond, and then back to where he started. At the moment Duncan sings "This is how I want her," the camera should be completely fixated on the front of Duncan's face. It should be a front and center shot of Duncan's face, with the sunlight directly in the background. Consequently, the shot would provide an interesting contrast between the light and the dark. When the song ends, Duncan will return to his original starting point.

So, what do you guys think?