Holes is a 2003 adventure comedy-drama film based on the novel of the same title by Louis Sachar (who also wrote the screenplay) with Shia LaBeouf as the lead role of Stanley Yelnats and also starring Sigourney Weaver, Jon Voight, Tim Blake Nelson, Eartha Kitt, Patricia Arquette, Dulé Hill, Rick Fox, and Henry Winkler as Stanley Yelnats III.
The film was produced by Walden Media and released by Walt Disney Pictures.
Stanley Yelnats IV is a kind-hearted teenager born to an unfortunate family that has been cursed for centuries. The luckiest of the Yelnats ancestors, Stanley Yelnats I, lost his fortune when the outlaw Katherine "Kissin' Kate" Barlow stole his chest. The Yelnats blame their ancestor, Elya Yelnats, from Latvia, who was cursed after breaking a promise to Madame Zeroni to carry her up a mountain to a fortifying river in exchange for marrying Myra Menke.
There's three in the hall from those pictures in the closet
Two in the bedroom from that night I lost it
And one deep inside me determined to stay
They don't get any bigger but they don't go away
Holes in and around me I keep falling back into
Holes dig in and surround me
God knows what I'm gonna do
To fill in these holes left by you
Left by you
I pour drink after drink but nothing hit bottom
I've been on my knees, admitted my problems
The love that we made still barely an echo
Well I'll try anything in these vacant hollow
Holes in and around me I keep falling back into
Holes dig in and surround me
God knows what I'm gonna do
To fill in these holes left by you
There's two through my hands and one through my feet
From this cross that I bear to the day that I see
It's guilt and it's blame, it's shame and it's love
Seeking the truth, I dug them myself
Ohh, these holes dig in and surround me
God knows what I'm gonna do
To fill in these holes left by you
Left by you, left by you
Left by you
There are holes in my shoes There are holes in my clothes There's a hole in my heart where you used to go - my heart There's a hole in my lips where you used to kiss me A hole in the hole and nobody fits me now - oh, now
And I could find somebody new There's a lot of fish in the sea but every time I see one next to you I know this hole's where mMy soul wants to be
There's a hole in the wall where my fist found your face There's a hole in the soul of the whole human race - your face Holes in the flesh Holes in the bone Holes in this bed where I now dance alone - our home
And I could find somebody new There's a match for every flame Any time I strike one next to you I know that hole will never be the same
There's a crack in the world where it holds up the sky and it bleeds from the mouth and it foams from the eye There's a hole in this desert my life has become I am rock, I am stone I am blind and deaf and dumb
There are holes in my shoes Holes in my clothes Holes in my heart where you used to go - my heart
time, all the long red lines
that take control
of all the smokelike streams
that flow into your dreams
that big blue open sea
that can't be crossed
that can't be climbed
just born between
oh the two white lines
distant gods and faded signs
of all those blinking lites
you had to pick the one tonite
holes, dug by little moles
angry jealous spies
got telephones for eyes
come to you as friends
all those endless ends
that can't be tied
oh they make me laugh
and always make me cry
'til they drop like flies
and sink like polished stones
of all the stones I throw
how does that old song go
how does that old song go
bands, those funny little plans
You, looking out of holes
Tell me what you see
Just pain and agony
So this is holy war
The people who live free
Are now your enemy
And I want to know
Is it worth it all?
There's so much waiting out there
Open your eyes and you will see
Or you'll just keep on hanging
Like puppets on a string
You are the living dead
Your life's been thrown away
You're counting down the days
So you're answering his call
To live your life this way
As nothing but his slave
And I want to know
Is it worth it all?
There's so much waiting out there
Open your eyes and you will see
Or you'll just keep on hanging
Like puppets on a string
There's so much waiting out there
Open your eyes and you will see
I've been through everything I've seen
Religions and beliefs
But nothings ever really helped
I'll try, drugs until I die
Breaking others lives
Until I really find myself
And all these people think they know
What's missing from my show
Just admit that Jesus died for me
Take your bibles and go home
Cause as I'm walking through this life
I know that things are right
I don't know how to fill the holes, I keep
Falling in along the way
No matter what they say
No one has it figured out
You act like everything is great
There's nothing out of place
I can see right through the words you spin
You're burning up within
You're tired and your thin
Your can't believe that god let you down
And all these people think they know
What's missing from my show
Just admit that Jesus died for me
Take your bibles and go home
Cause as I'm walking through this life
I know that things are right
I don't know how to fill the holes, I keep
Falling in along the way
No matter what they say
No one has it figured out
And as I'm walking through this life
I know that things are right
I don't know how to fill the holes, I keep
Falling in along the way
No matter what they say
What about me
the invisible man
still in your arms
still in your plans
time will not heal me
what about me
history’s clown
still working for them
still living downtown
time will not cool my fire
standing in the shadows
trying to make my move
now I got to go baby
find a love that cuts much deeper
find a life thats mine all mine
filling up the holes...
what about you younger than sin
don’t care about nothing
you just want to win
time will not teach the children
what about you
so alive and so dead
cut off from your feelings
your heart and your head
time will not cool your fire
standing in the spotlight
naked and alone
now you got to go baby
find a love that tastes
much sweeter
find a life that shines all night
filling up the holes
holes
lonely heartbeat
hiding in your heart
holes
lonely dancer
dancing in the dark
holes
so many empty eyes
waiting to be filled
filling up the holes...
what about me
been here before
outside the equation
outside the door
time will not wait for no one
what about me
I’ll never give up
and if you can’t see me
better fill up your cup
time will not hide my spirit standing on the mountain
trying to touch the sky
now I got to go baby
find a love
that touch much sweeter
find a life thats shines all night
filling up the holes...
holes
lonely heartbeat
hiding in your heart
holes
lonely dreamer
dancing in the dark
holes
so many empty eyes
waiting to be filled
Oh, here it is again
Face to face with everything
That keeps bringing us down
So in me, and this place thats full of regret
You'll see that nothing is quite, perfect
Now, All eyes are focused on me
And everything I do is for only you
We didn't want it to be like this
We didn't want it to be like this
Oh believer, Theres things you've never seen
There's things you've never been told
Oh believer, Theres things you've never seen
There's things you've never been told
I pray to God,
That the devil never sees my sorry face [x3]
I pray to God
So be for your safety
In a time when you have nothing, and no self control
Now take the respect you won from your most, meaningful
It's all you have left to show
Now, All eyes are focused on me
And everything I do is for only you
We didn't want it to be like this
We didn't want it to be like this
Oh believer, There's things you've never seen
There's thigns you've never been told
Oh believer, There's things you've never seen
There's thigns you've never been told
I pray to God,
That the devil never sees my sorry face [x3]
I will never see the outside again. From this hole that I fell into back
Then.
So many people with closed minds. Who need to see things from the outside.
At least one time.
I feel alive. But there's something missing always.
Change is something I need to see constantly within myself. My friends and
The world.
We are lifetimes away from this. And I'm just starting to see it.
Searching further into all my dreams. I'm trying to figure out where this
Lifetime can take me.
Pushing myself to always be the person that is living for their dreams.
Not enough time to waste it. Not enough promised days ahead.
Pushing one's self is the hardest thing anybody in this world can find
Themselves doing.
There's a hole in your voice
And you say it's a choice
But I don't understand
There's a tear in the wind
From the prick of a pin
And it's set to expand
And strength is hard to find
There's a gash in your words
But your office prefers
That we don't understand
And as gravity fails, we will hang
With our receipts
For our flags in our hands
Our things rising
Fierce from our lands
Strength is hard to find
But when your post and guard resign
I've got holes in my jeans
But what's worse they're in my head too
I'm so tired with my holes
And I'm sorry I got you involved
I take a walk in the snow
Don't be a wife I'm not here
Do you know this weakened frame.
and these tears, of poison
from broken shame.
I havent changed.
Look how you heal this weakened frame.
and these tears of poison
now have no shame.
Im still the same.
I havent changed.
Im still the same.
I havent changed.
i'll never change.
I havent changed.
I wish your soft brown fur would keep
The cold off of my bones
Your soul tied to my wrist
would keep me from
Keep me from being alone
I wish your teeth would hurt my skin
The yellow of your eyes
It would replace the yellow sun
The holes up in the sky
Did I make you a better person
Did you make me a better guy
Maybe I just got what I wanted
& you told me a better lie
I wish your tongue would feel like pain
& cut my tongue in two
I would not have to speak no more
I'd leave it up to you
& I'd be still like I was born
A cold & bloodless stone
You'd be cold & bloodless too
Loved a girl who was sad wanted me to be her dad and I met her breaking glass damn I left her pretty fast
Lost a girl with the legs she had super dirty ways
Had a girl who could drive and a girl who could fight
Met a girl at the drugstore, one on the second floor
Took her to the east shore but you know that got sore
Girl who? s a waitress, one with a paycheck
Girl who? s a temptress that baby? s all about stress
I love the way you let me pay for all your dreams and burdens I took your history ya
I crushed it and I loved it baby I was of it, ah you fill the holes in me
Chorus:
Where do I go? You got my rhythm I cant move without you baby
Where do I go? You? re all I am girl, hold me in your hand girl
Where do I go?
You know the girl with the scar back from when she crashed her car
Ya she kinda lost her mind I guess we weren? t so alike
There? s a girl wearing black cause she thinks it makes her thin but its really just depressing I bet she? s the type for mining.
There? s a girl whos a doctor looking for her father
Sits around the diamond store acting like she knows more
One who is sick and a girl who is thick, got a friend who? s so thin you can never ever find her
Girl with a guys name but she never plays games lips like a hurricane pull me up in your rain
Held her till I died you know back on Sunday night this girl what i'd give to have you anything to hold you?
Chorus
Oh the girl at the truck stop living on her last luck asking me for my love but my heart was too tough
Girl at the ballet dancing like a lady oh what it did to me starring at that beauty
One who is so fine, living on her dads dime
Girl thats a model, her baby needs a bottle
Met a girl with disease and a couple on their knees
You know praying just to get straight, lovin just to get paid.
You? re the one with the soft touch damn I love you sweetheart you? re like no other ones, oh
Keep you close, a second dose, your pretty pose changes my look on life today.
You? re the one that I? ve trusted to hold all of my fears inside of.
You turned on me thought
I didn't know, oh...
And you seen thought my holes
Stuck on my own, oh...
All that I need, founded and she
Calling me in
Seems like the way, still I'm afraid
Should I let begin? oh...
We fall from a high,
Said the goodbye
Believed it was the time,
Away I go, no...
Long for the day that I can say
"Come home to me."
Seems like the way,
Patch of decay
(inch to inch to inch to inch)
Dreamed of war
Crowned in horns
Drowned out, churned out
Drowned out, churned out
I will not give an inch to gain a
I will not give an inch to gain a
I will not give an inch to gain a
An inch to gain a
Dreamed of war
Crowned in horns
Drowned out, churned out
Drowned out, churned out
I will not give an inch to gain a
I will not give an inch to gain a
I will not give an inch to gain a
An inch to gain a
I will not give an inch to gain
I will not give an inch to gain
I will not give an inch to gain a oh
Dreams of war!
Cherish my days
Cherish my days
Cherish my days
Cherish my days
I scored
Dream, dream, dream
Wipe that smile off your face
Wipe that blood off your face
Dreamed of war
I will not give an inch to gain a
Crowned in thorns
I will not give an inch to gain a
Dreamed of war
I will not give an inch to gain a
Crowned in thorns