WEBVTT 00:00:00.646 --> 00:00:03.964 My name is Harry Baker. Harry Baker is my name. 00:00:03.964 --> 00:00:08.867 If your name was Harry Baker, then our names would be the same. 00:00:08.867 --> 00:00:10.307 (Laughter) NOTE Paragraph 00:00:10.307 --> 00:00:12.494 It's a short introductory part. NOTE Paragraph 00:00:12.954 --> 00:00:14.486 Yeah, I'm Harry. 00:00:14.486 --> 00:00:17.063 I study math. I write poetry. 00:00:17.063 --> 00:00:21.266 So I thought I'd start with a love poem about prime numbers. 00:00:21.266 --> 00:00:22.915 (Laughter) NOTE Paragraph 00:00:24.055 --> 00:00:26.281 This is called "59." 00:00:26.281 --> 00:00:29.171 I was going to call it "Prime Time Loving." 00:00:29.171 --> 00:00:31.071 That reaction is why I didn't. 00:00:31.071 --> 00:00:32.560 (Laughter) NOTE Paragraph 00:00:32.560 --> 00:00:34.836 So, "59." NOTE Paragraph 00:00:36.736 --> 00:00:39.359 59 wakes up on the wrong side of the bed, NOTE Paragraph 00:00:39.359 --> 00:00:41.910 Realizes all of his hair is on one side of his head, NOTE Paragraph 00:00:41.910 --> 00:00:45.797 Takes – just under a minute – to work out it’s because of the way that he slept, NOTE Paragraph 00:00:45.797 --> 00:00:47.713 He finds some clothes and gets dressed. NOTE Paragraph 00:00:47.713 --> 00:00:50.539 He can’t help but look in the mirror and be subtly impressed NOTE Paragraph 00:00:50.539 --> 00:00:53.372 How he looks rough around the edges and yet casually messed, NOTE Paragraph 00:00:53.372 --> 00:00:56.913 and as he glances out the windows, he sees the sight that he gets blessed NOTE Paragraph 00:00:56.913 --> 00:00:58.495 with a 60 from across the street. NOTE Paragraph 00:00:58.495 --> 00:01:00.288 Now 60 was beautiful, NOTE Paragraph 00:01:00.288 --> 00:01:03.316 With perfectly trimmed cuticles, Dressed in something suitable, NOTE Paragraph 00:01:03.316 --> 00:01:04.753 Never rude or crude at all. NOTE Paragraph 00:01:04.753 --> 00:01:08.036 Unimprovable, right on time as usual, More on cue than a snooker ball 00:01:08.036 --> 00:01:10.183 But liked to play it super cool. NOTE Paragraph 00:01:10.183 --> 00:01:13.520 59 wanted to tell her that he knew her favourite flower, NOTE Paragraph 00:01:13.520 --> 00:01:16.162 He thought of her every second every minute every hour, NOTE Paragraph 00:01:16.162 --> 00:01:18.801 But he knew it wouldn’t work, he’d never get the girl, NOTE Paragraph 00:01:18.801 --> 00:01:20.911 Because although she lived across the street 00:01:20.911 --> 00:01:22.451 they came from different worlds. NOTE Paragraph 00:01:22.451 --> 00:01:24.881 While 59 admired 60’s ‘perfectly round’ figure, 00:01:24.881 --> 00:01:29.597 60 thought 59 was… odd. NOTE Paragraph 00:01:31.957 --> 00:01:35.752 One of his favourite films was 101 Dalmatians, NOTE Paragraph 00:01:35.752 --> 00:01:38.754 She preferred the sequel. NOTE Paragraph 00:01:38.754 --> 00:01:41.870 He romanticised the idea they were star-crossed lovers, NOTE Paragraph 00:01:41.870 --> 00:01:45.043 They could overcome the odds and evens because they had each other, NOTE Paragraph 00:01:45.043 --> 00:01:48.243 While she maintained the strict views imposed on her by her mother NOTE Paragraph 00:01:48.243 --> 00:01:50.040 That separate could not be equal. NOTE Paragraph 00:01:50.040 --> 00:01:52.208 And though at the time he felt stupid and dumb NOTE Paragraph 00:01:52.208 --> 00:01:54.850 For trying to love a girl controlled by her stupid mum, NOTE Paragraph 00:01:54.850 --> 00:01:57.239 He should have been comforted by the simple sum – NOTE Paragraph 00:01:57.239 --> 00:01:59.669 Take 59 away from 60, and you’re left with the one. NOTE Paragraph 00:01:59.669 --> 00:02:02.197 Sure enough it took him 2 months of moping around, NOTE Paragraph 00:02:02.197 --> 00:02:04.649 61 days later, 61 was who he found, NOTE Paragraph 00:02:04.649 --> 00:02:06.871 He had lost his keys and his parents were out. 00:02:06.871 --> 00:02:08.993 So one day after school he went into a house 00:02:08.993 --> 00:02:11.506 As he noticed the slightly wonky numbers on the door, NOTE Paragraph 00:02:11.506 --> 00:02:13.991 He wondered why he’d never introduced himself before, NOTE Paragraph 00:02:13.991 --> 00:02:16.119 As she let him in, his jaw dropped in awe – NOTE Paragraph 00:02:16.119 --> 00:02:19.308 61 was like 60, with a little bit more. (Laughter) NOTE Paragraph 00:02:19.308 --> 00:02:22.710 She had prettier eyes, and an approachable smile, NOTE Paragraph 00:02:22.710 --> 00:02:25.136 And like him, rough around the edges casual style, NOTE Paragraph 00:02:25.136 --> 00:02:27.512 And like him, everything was in disorganized piles, NOTE Paragraph 00:02:27.512 --> 00:02:30.345 And like him, her mum didn’t mind if friends stayed a while. NOTE Paragraph 00:02:30.345 --> 00:02:32.440 Because she was like him, and he liked her. NOTE Paragraph 00:02:32.440 --> 00:02:35.198 He reckoned she would like me if she knew he was like her, NOTE Paragraph 00:02:35.198 --> 00:02:38.076 And it was different this time. I mean, this girl was wicked, NOTE Paragraph 00:02:38.076 --> 00:02:40.636 So he plucked up the courage and asked for her digits. NOTE Paragraph 00:02:40.636 --> 00:02:45.350 She said, "I'm 61." He grinned, said, "I'm 59." NOTE Paragraph 00:02:45.350 --> 00:02:46.983 Today I’ve had a really nice time, NOTE Paragraph 00:02:46.983 --> 00:02:49.556 So tomorrow if you wanted you could come over to mine? NOTE Paragraph 00:02:49.556 --> 00:02:50.419 She said, "Sure." NOTE Paragraph 00:02:50.419 --> 00:02:52.603 She loved talking to someone just as quirky, NOTE Paragraph 00:02:52.603 --> 00:02:54.551 She agreed to this unofficial first date. NOTE Paragraph 00:02:54.551 --> 00:02:56.711 In the end he was only ready one minute early, NOTE Paragraph 00:02:56.711 --> 00:02:59.435 But it didn’t matter because she arrived one minute late. NOTE Paragraph 00:02:59.435 --> 00:03:01.879 And from that moment on there was non-stop chatter, NOTE Paragraph 00:03:01.879 --> 00:03:04.254 How they loved X-Factor, how they had two factors, NOTE Paragraph 00:03:04.254 --> 00:03:08.454 How that did not matter – distinctiveness made them better, NOTE Paragraph 00:03:08.454 --> 00:03:11.239 By the end of the night they knew they were meant together. NOTE Paragraph 00:03:11.239 --> 00:03:14.213 And one day she was talking about ‘stuck up 60’, NOTE Paragraph 00:03:14.213 --> 00:03:16.140 She noticed that 59 looked a bit shifty. NOTE Paragraph 00:03:16.140 --> 00:03:17.837 He blushed – told her of his crush: NOTE Paragraph 00:03:17.837 --> 00:03:20.604 “The best thing that never happened, because it led to us” NOTE Paragraph 00:03:20.604 --> 00:03:23.446 61 was clever see, not prone to jealousy, NOTE Paragraph 00:03:23.446 --> 00:03:26.148 She looked him in the eyes and told him quite tenderly, NOTE Paragraph 00:03:26.148 --> 00:03:31.140 You’re 59 I’m 61 together we combine to become twice what 60 could ever be. 00:03:31.140 --> 00:03:34.483 (Laughter) NOTE Paragraph 00:03:34.483 --> 00:03:36.770 At this point 59 had tears in his eyes, NOTE Paragraph 00:03:36.770 --> 00:03:39.388 Was so glad to have this one-of-a-kind girl in his life. NOTE Paragraph 00:03:39.388 --> 00:03:41.588 He told her the very definition of being prime NOTE Paragraph 00:03:41.588 --> 00:03:44.345 Was that with only one and himself could his heart divide, NOTE Paragraph 00:03:44.345 --> 00:03:46.769 And she was the one he wanted to give his heart to, NOTE Paragraph 00:03:46.769 --> 00:03:50.098 She said she felt the same and now she knew the films were half true. NOTE Paragraph 00:03:50.098 --> 00:03:52.919 Because that wasn't real love, that love was just a sample, NOTE Paragraph 00:03:52.919 --> 00:03:56.193 When it came to real love, they were a prime example. NOTE Paragraph 00:03:56.193 --> 00:03:57.888 Cheers. NOTE Paragraph 00:03:57.888 --> 00:04:02.648 (Applause) NOTE Paragraph 00:04:08.522 --> 00:04:10.334 That was the first poem that I wrote 00:04:10.334 --> 00:04:13.143 and it was for a prime number-themed poetry night. 00:04:13.143 --> 00:04:14.745 -- (Laughter) -- 00:04:14.745 --> 00:04:17.973 which turned out to be a prime number-themed poetry competition. 00:04:17.973 --> 00:04:21.200 And I became a prime number-themed poetry competition winner, 00:04:21.200 --> 00:04:24.709 or as I like to call it, a prime minister. (Laughter) 00:04:24.709 --> 00:04:27.657 And this is how I discovered these things called poetry slams, 00:04:27.657 --> 00:04:29.791 and if you don't know what a poetry slam is, 00:04:29.791 --> 00:04:32.485 it was a format come up with in America 30 years ago 00:04:32.485 --> 00:04:35.457 as a way of tricking people into going to poetry events 00:04:35.457 --> 00:04:38.312 by putting an exciting word like "slam" onto the end. 00:04:38.312 --> 00:04:39.706 (Laughter) NOTE Paragraph 00:04:39.706 --> 00:04:43.088 And each performer got three minutes to perform and then 00:04:43.088 --> 00:04:45.403 random audience members would hold up scorecards, 00:04:45.403 --> 00:04:47.530 and they would end up with a numerical score, 00:04:47.530 --> 00:04:48.738 and what this meant is, 00:04:48.738 --> 00:04:51.943 it kind of broke down the barrier between performer and audience 00:04:51.943 --> 00:04:54.653 and encouraged the kind of connection with the listener. 00:04:54.653 --> 00:04:56.681 And what it also means is you can win. 00:04:56.681 --> 00:05:01.021 And if you win a poetry slam, you can call yourself a slam champion 00:05:01.021 --> 00:05:03.412 and pretend you're a wrestler, 00:05:03.412 --> 00:05:07.476 and if you lose a poetry slam you can say, "Oh, what, poetry's a subjective art form, 00:05:07.476 --> 00:05:09.774 you can't put numbers on such things." 00:05:09.774 --> 00:05:11.467 (Laughter) NOTE Paragraph 00:05:11.467 --> 00:05:13.814 But I loved it, and I got involved in these slams, 00:05:13.814 --> 00:05:16.113 and I became the U.K. slam champion 00:05:16.113 --> 00:05:19.178 and got invited to the Poetry World Cup in Paris, 00:05:19.178 --> 00:05:20.617 which was unbelievable. 00:05:20.617 --> 00:05:24.133 It was people from all around the world speaking in their native languages 00:05:24.133 --> 00:05:26.585 to be judged by five French strangers. 00:05:26.585 --> 00:05:28.744 (Laughter) 00:05:28.744 --> 00:05:32.715 And somehow, I won, which was great, 00:05:32.715 --> 00:05:35.849 and I've been able to travel the world since doing it, 00:05:35.849 --> 00:05:37.892 but it also means that this next piece 00:05:37.892 --> 00:05:41.375 is technically the best poem in the world. 00:05:41.375 --> 00:05:45.369 (Laughter) 00:05:45.369 --> 00:05:46.785 So... 00:05:46.785 --> 00:05:51.638 (Applause) 00:05:51.638 --> 00:05:54.633 According to five French strangers. NOTE Paragraph 00:05:54.633 --> 00:05:58.557 So this is "Paper People." NOTE Paragraph 00:05:58.557 --> 00:06:00.636 I like people. NOTE Paragraph 00:06:00.636 --> 00:06:02.992 I'd like some paper people. NOTE Paragraph 00:06:02.992 --> 00:06:06.173 They’d be purple paper people. Maybe pop up purple paper people. NOTE Paragraph 00:06:06.173 --> 00:06:08.913 Proper pop up purple paper people. NOTE Paragraph 00:06:08.913 --> 00:06:11.839 ‘How do you prop up pop up purple paper people?’ NOTE Paragraph 00:06:11.839 --> 00:06:14.253 I hear you cry. Well I… NOTE Paragraph 00:06:14.253 --> 00:06:17.011 I’d probably prop up proper pop up purple paper people NOTE Paragraph 00:06:17.011 --> 00:06:20.662 with a proper pop up purple people paperclip, NOTE Paragraph 00:06:20.662 --> 00:06:23.399 but I’d pre-prepare appropriate adhesives as alternatives, NOTE Paragraph 00:06:23.399 --> 00:06:26.171 a cheeky pack of blu tack just in case the paper slipped. NOTE Paragraph 00:06:26.171 --> 00:06:28.254 Because I could build a pop up metropolis. NOTE Paragraph 00:06:28.254 --> 00:06:31.135 but I wouldn’t wanna deal with all the paper people politics. NOTE Paragraph 00:06:31.135 --> 00:06:33.496 paper politicians with their paper-thin policies, NOTE Paragraph 00:06:33.496 --> 00:06:35.720 broken promises without appropriate apologies. NOTE Paragraph 00:06:35.720 --> 00:06:39.575 there’d be a little paper me, and a little paper you, NOTE Paragraph 00:06:39.575 --> 00:06:44.406 and we could watch paper TV and it would all be paper view. (Laughter) NOTE Paragraph 00:06:44.406 --> 00:06:47.539 we’d see the poppy paper rappers rap about their paper package NOTE Paragraph 00:06:47.539 --> 00:06:52.879 or watch paper people carriers get stuck in paper traffic on the A4. 00:06:52.879 --> 00:06:55.248 Paper. (Laughter) NOTE Paragraph 00:06:55.248 --> 00:07:00.402 There’d be a paper princess Kate but we’d all stare at paper Pippa, NOTE Paragraph 00:07:00.402 --> 00:07:03.385 and then we’d all live in fear of killer Jack the paper ripper. NOTE Paragraph 00:07:03.385 --> 00:07:06.439 because the paper propaganda propagates the peoples prejudices, NOTE Paragraph 00:07:06.439 --> 00:07:09.095 papers printing pictures of the photogenic terrorists. NOTE Paragraph 00:07:09.095 --> 00:07:11.615 There’d be a little paper me, and a little paper you, NOTE Paragraph 00:07:11.615 --> 00:07:14.288 but in a pop up population people’s problems pop up too. NOTE Paragraph 00:07:14.288 --> 00:07:17.295 there’d be a pompous paper parliament who remained out of touch, NOTE Paragraph 00:07:17.295 --> 00:07:20.282 and who ignored the peoples protests about all the paper cuts, NOTE Paragraph 00:07:20.282 --> 00:07:23.524 and then the peaceful paper protests would get blown to paper pieces, NOTE Paragraph 00:07:23.524 --> 00:07:26.064 by the confetti cannons manned by pre-emptive police. NOTE Paragraph 00:07:26.064 --> 00:07:29.639 and yes there’s still be paper money, so there’d still be paper greed, NOTE Paragraph 00:07:29.639 --> 00:07:32.358 and the paper piggy bankers pocketing more than they need. NOTE Paragraph 00:07:32.358 --> 00:07:35.106 purchasing the potpourri to pepper their paper properties, NOTE Paragraph 00:07:35.106 --> 00:07:37.776 others live in poverty and ain’t acknowledged properly, NOTE Paragraph 00:07:37.776 --> 00:07:40.248 a proper poor economy where so many are proper poor, NOTE Paragraph 00:07:40.248 --> 00:07:43.153 but while their needs are ignored the money goes to big wars, NOTE Paragraph 00:07:43.153 --> 00:07:45.245 origami armies unfold plans for paper planes NOTE Paragraph 00:07:45.245 --> 00:07:47.605 and we remain imprisoned in our own paper chains, NOTE Paragraph 00:07:47.605 --> 00:07:51.264 but the greater shame is that it always seems to stay the same, NOTE Paragraph 00:07:51.264 --> 00:07:54.172 what changes is who’s in power choosing how to lay the blame, NOTE Paragraph 00:07:54.172 --> 00:07:57.611 they’re naming names, forgetting these are names of people, NOTE Paragraph 00:07:57.611 --> 00:08:00.697 cause in the end it all comes down to people. NOTE Paragraph 00:08:00.697 --> 00:08:02.144 I like people. NOTE Paragraph 00:08:02.144 --> 00:08:05.085 cause even when the situation’s dire, it is only ever people NOTE Paragraph 00:08:05.085 --> 00:08:07.314 who are able to inspire, and on paper – NOTE Paragraph 00:08:07.314 --> 00:08:09.459 it’s hard to see how we all cope, NOTE Paragraph 00:08:09.459 --> 00:08:12.120 but in the bottom of pandora’s box there’s still hope, NOTE Paragraph 00:08:12.120 --> 00:08:14.953 and I still hope cause I believe in people. NOTE Paragraph 00:08:14.953 --> 00:08:17.275 People like my Grandparents. NOTE Paragraph 00:08:17.275 --> 00:08:19.780 who every single day since I was born have taken time 00:08:19.780 --> 00:08:22.305 out of their morning to pray for me. NOTE Paragraph 00:08:22.305 --> 00:08:27.582 that’s 7892 days straight of someone checking i’m okay and that’s amazing. NOTE Paragraph 00:08:27.582 --> 00:08:30.417 people like my aunt who puts on plays with prisoners. NOTE Paragraph 00:08:30.417 --> 00:08:32.601 people who are capable of genuine forgiveness. NOTE Paragraph 00:08:32.601 --> 00:08:35.780 people like the persecuted Palestinians people out of their way 00:08:35.780 --> 00:08:38.344 to make your life better and expect nothing in return. NOTE Paragraph 00:08:38.344 --> 00:08:41.043 you see people have potential to be powerful. NOTE Paragraph 00:08:41.043 --> 00:08:44.198 and just because the people in power tend to pretend to be victims NOTE Paragraph 00:08:44.198 --> 00:08:46.250 we don’t need to succumb to the system. NOTE Paragraph 00:08:46.250 --> 00:08:48.595 and a paper population is no different. NOTE Paragraph 00:08:48.595 --> 00:08:52.313 there’s be a little paper me and a little paper you, NOTE Paragraph 00:08:52.313 --> 00:08:54.911 and in a pop up population peoples problems pop up too NOTE Paragraph 00:08:54.911 --> 00:08:58.324 but even if the whole world fell apart then we’d still make it through NOTE Paragraph 00:08:58.324 --> 00:09:00.785 because we’re people. NOTE Paragraph 00:09:00.785 --> 00:09:03.247 Thank you. NOTE Paragraph 00:09:03.247 --> 00:09:07.496 (Applause) NOTE Paragraph 00:09:18.688 --> 00:09:21.543 Thank you very much. I've just got time for one more. NOTE Paragraph 00:09:21.543 --> 00:09:25.148 For me, poetry has been the ultimate way of kind of ideas without frontiers. 00:09:25.148 --> 00:09:28.110 When I first started, the people who inspired me were the ones 00:09:28.110 --> 00:09:32.015 with the amazing stories, and I thought, as an 18-year old with a happy life, 00:09:32.015 --> 00:09:33.281 it was too normal, 00:09:33.281 --> 00:09:37.007 but I could kind of create these worlds where I could talk about my experiences 00:09:37.007 --> 00:09:38.331 and dreams and beliefs. 00:09:38.331 --> 00:09:41.326 So it's amazing to be here in front of you today. 00:09:41.326 --> 00:09:42.742 Thank you for being here. 00:09:42.742 --> 00:09:44.019 If you weren't here, 00:09:44.019 --> 00:09:46.759 it would be pretty much like the soundcheck yesterday. 00:09:46.759 --> 00:09:48.826 (Laughter) 00:09:48.826 --> 00:09:51.403 And this is more fun. NOTE Paragraph 00:09:51.403 --> 00:09:53.563 So this last one is called "The Sunshine Kid." NOTE Paragraph 00:09:53.563 --> 00:09:56.697 Thank you very much for listening. NOTE Paragraph 00:09:56.697 --> 00:10:00.087 Old man sunshine was proud of his sun, NOTE Paragraph 00:10:00.087 --> 00:10:02.553 And it brightened his day to see his little boy run, NOTE Paragraph 00:10:02.553 --> 00:10:05.219 Not because of what he’d done, nor the problems overcome, NOTE Paragraph 00:10:05.219 --> 00:10:08.134 But that despite that his disposition remained a sunny one. NOTE Paragraph 00:10:08.134 --> 00:10:10.730 It hadn’t always been like this. NOTE Paragraph 00:10:10.730 --> 00:10:13.461 There’d been times when he’d tried to hide his brightness, NOTE Paragraph 00:10:13.461 --> 00:10:15.597 You see, every star hits periods of hardship, NOTE Paragraph 00:10:15.597 --> 00:10:18.801 It takes a brighter light to inspire them through the darkness. NOTE Paragraph 00:10:18.801 --> 00:10:21.155 If we go back to when he was born in a nebula, NOTE Paragraph 00:10:21.155 --> 00:10:23.474 We know that he never was thought of as regular, NOTE Paragraph 00:10:23.474 --> 00:10:25.210 Because he had a flair about him, NOTE Paragraph 00:10:25.210 --> 00:10:26.765 To say the Midas touch is wrong NOTE Paragraph 00:10:26.765 --> 00:10:29.203 but all he went near seemed to turn a little bronze, NOTE Paragraph 00:10:29.203 --> 00:10:31.847 Yeah this sun was loved by some more than others, NOTE Paragraph 00:10:31.847 --> 00:10:34.579 It was a case of Joseph and his dreamcoat and his brothers NOTE Paragraph 00:10:34.579 --> 00:10:37.516 Because standing out from the crowd had its pros and its cons, NOTE Paragraph 00:10:37.516 --> 00:10:40.106 And jealousy created enemies in those he outshone NOTE Paragraph 00:10:40.106 --> 00:10:41.417 Such as the Shadow People. NOTE Paragraph 00:10:41.417 --> 00:10:43.818 Now the Shadow People didn’t like the Sunshine Kid, NOTE Paragraph 00:10:43.818 --> 00:10:46.585 Because he showed up the dark things the Shadow People did, NOTE Paragraph 00:10:46.585 --> 00:10:49.735 And when he shone he showed the places where the Shadow People hid, NOTE Paragraph 00:10:49.735 --> 00:10:52.353 So the Shadow People had an evil plan to get rid of him, NOTE Paragraph 00:10:52.353 --> 00:10:54.707 First up – they made fun of his sunspots, NOTE Paragraph 00:10:54.707 --> 00:10:57.525 Shooting his dreams from the sky, their words were gunshots, NOTE Paragraph 00:10:57.525 --> 00:11:00.103 Designed to remind him he wasn’t very cool NOTE Paragraph 00:11:00.103 --> 00:11:02.587 And he didn’t fit in with any popular kids at school. NOTE Paragraph 00:11:02.587 --> 00:11:06.152 They said his head was up in space and they would bring him down to earth, NOTE Paragraph 00:11:06.152 --> 00:11:09.143 Essentially he came from nothing and that is what he was worth, NOTE Paragraph 00:11:09.143 --> 00:11:11.337 He’d never get to go to university to learn, NOTE Paragraph 00:11:11.337 --> 00:11:14.046 Only degrees he’d ever show would be the 1st degree burns NOTE Paragraph 00:11:14.046 --> 00:11:15.754 From those that came too close, 00:11:15.754 --> 00:11:17.342 they told him he was too bright, NOTE Paragraph 00:11:17.342 --> 00:11:19.519 That’s why no-one ever looked him in the eyes, NOTE Paragraph 00:11:19.519 --> 00:11:20.991 His judgement became clouded NOTE Paragraph 00:11:20.991 --> 00:11:22.915 So did the sky, With evaporated tears NOTE Paragraph 00:11:22.915 --> 00:11:24.158 as the sun started to cry. NOTE Paragraph 00:11:24.158 --> 00:11:29.405 Because the sunshine kid was bright, with a warm personality, NOTE Paragraph 00:11:29.405 --> 00:11:31.332 and inside he burned savagely - NOTE Paragraph 00:11:31.332 --> 00:11:33.701 Hurt by the words and curses of the shadowy folk NOTE Paragraph 00:11:33.701 --> 00:11:36.278 who spoke holes in his soul and left cavities, NOTE Paragraph 00:11:36.278 --> 00:11:40.016 and as his heart hardened, his spark darkened, NOTE Paragraph 00:11:40.016 --> 00:11:42.600 Every time they called him names it cooled his flames, NOTE Paragraph 00:11:42.600 --> 00:11:45.277 He thought they might like him if he kept his light dim NOTE Paragraph 00:11:45.277 --> 00:11:48.468 But they were busy telling lightning she had terrible aim, NOTE Paragraph 00:11:48.468 --> 00:11:51.254 He couldn’t quite get to grips with what they said, NOTE Paragraph 00:11:51.254 --> 00:11:54.096 So he let his light be eclipsed by what they said, NOTE Paragraph 00:11:54.096 --> 00:11:56.235 He fell into a Lone Star State like Texas, NOTE Paragraph 00:11:56.235 --> 00:11:58.661 And felt like he’d been punched in his solar plexus. NOTE Paragraph 00:11:58.661 --> 00:12:02.718 But that’s when Little Miss Sunshine came along NOTE Paragraph 00:12:02.718 --> 00:12:05.650 Singing her favourite song about how we’re made to be strong, NOTE Paragraph 00:12:05.650 --> 00:12:09.156 And you don’t have to be wrong to belong, Just be true to who you are, NOTE Paragraph 00:12:09.156 --> 00:12:11.362 because we are all stars at heart. NOTE Paragraph 00:12:11.362 --> 00:12:15.193 Little miss sunshine was hot stuff - NOTE Paragraph 00:12:15.193 --> 00:12:17.458 The kind of girl when you looked at her NOTE Paragraph 00:12:17.458 --> 00:12:19.174 you forgot stuff, NOTE Paragraph 00:12:19.174 --> 00:12:21.164 But for him, there was no forgetting her, NOTE Paragraph 00:12:21.164 --> 00:12:23.645 The minute he saw her her image burned in his retina, NOTE Paragraph 00:12:23.645 --> 00:12:25.957 She was out of this world, and she accepted him, NOTE Paragraph 00:12:25.957 --> 00:12:29.220 Something about this girl meant he knew whenever she was next to him, NOTE Paragraph 00:12:29.220 --> 00:12:32.121 Things weren’t as dark as they seemed, and he dared to dream, NOTE Paragraph 00:12:32.121 --> 00:12:35.055 Shadows were nowhere to be seen; when she was there he beamed, NOTE Paragraph 00:12:35.055 --> 00:12:37.528 His eyes would light up in ways that can’t be faked, NOTE Paragraph 00:12:37.528 --> 00:12:40.667 When she grinned her rays erased the razor-tipped words of hate, NOTE Paragraph 00:12:40.667 --> 00:12:43.865 They gave each other nicknames they were ‘cool star’ and ‘fun sun’, NOTE Paragraph 00:12:43.865 --> 00:12:46.615 And gradually the shadowy damage became undone, NOTE Paragraph 00:12:46.615 --> 00:12:50.552 She was one in a septillion, and she was brilliant, NOTE Paragraph 00:12:50.552 --> 00:12:53.371 Could turn the coldest blooded reptilians vermillion, NOTE Paragraph 00:12:53.371 --> 00:12:56.038 Loved by billions, from Chileans to Brazilians, NOTE Paragraph 00:12:56.038 --> 00:12:58.730 And taught the Sunshine Kid the meaning of resilience. NOTE Paragraph 00:12:58.730 --> 00:13:01.562 She said: “All the darkness in the world NOTE Paragraph 00:13:01.562 --> 00:13:04.836 cannot put out the light from a single candle NOTE Paragraph 00:13:04.836 --> 00:13:06.946 So how the hell can they handle your light? NOTE Paragraph 00:13:06.946 --> 00:13:09.875 Only you can choose to dim it, and the sky is the limit, NOTE Paragraph 00:13:09.875 --> 00:13:11.692 so silence the critics by burning.” NOTE Paragraph 00:13:11.692 --> 00:13:14.861 And if eyes are windows to the soul then she drew back the curtains NOTE Paragraph 00:13:14.861 --> 00:13:16.841 And let the sun shine through the hurting. NOTE Paragraph 00:13:16.841 --> 00:13:19.429 In a universe of adversity these stars stuck together, NOTE Paragraph 00:13:19.429 --> 00:13:22.335 And though days became nights the memories would last forever, NOTE Paragraph 00:13:22.335 --> 00:13:25.031 Whether the weatherman said it or not, it would be fine, NOTE Paragraph 00:13:25.031 --> 00:13:27.628 Cause even behind the clouds the kid could still shine. NOTE Paragraph 00:13:27.628 --> 00:13:30.531 Yes, the Sunshine Kid was bright, with a warm personality, NOTE Paragraph 00:13:30.531 --> 00:13:32.188 And inside he burned savagely, NOTE Paragraph 00:13:32.188 --> 00:13:35.532 Fueled by the fire inspired across galaxies NOTE Paragraph 00:13:35.532 --> 00:13:38.318 By the girl who showed him belief. NOTE Paragraph 00:13:38.318 --> 00:13:41.058 Thank you very much. NOTE Paragraph 00:13:41.058 --> 00:13:47.722 (Applause)