Skyline is a 2010 alien invasion science fiction film directed and produced by the Brothers Strause, directors of Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem. The film was released on November 12, 2010. It stars Eric Balfour, Scottie Thompson, Donald Faison, and David Zayas. The Brothers Strause asserted before the film's release that Skyline would be the first film in a series, which would include at least one other film.
Jarrod and his girlfriend Elaine have flown to Los Angeles for Jarrod's best friend Terry's birthday party. They celebrate with Terry's girlfriend, Candice, and his assistant, Denise. During the party, one of Terry's employees, Ray, welcomes Jarrod to L.A., thinking he has moved there to join Terry's special effects company. During a private argument about whether or not they should move, Elaine reveals she is pregnant.
The next morning, blue lights descend from the sky, mesmerizing anyone who looks at them. The light affect them physically, causing them to become zombie-like. Any immobilized humans are collected by the machines. Ray is taken, but Jarrod is saved when Terry tackles him, and he quickly returns to normal. He and Terry go to the apartment roof investigate the lights. They see alien ships descending through the clouds and vacuuming up thousands of screaming people.
[Intro]
Yeah
Webby
Shit, I've been at the bottom for a while, you know?
I know that, but uh
Shit, we in the skyline now baby, heh
Yeah
[Verse 1]
I've been stuck underground but now it's my time
Time to take flight, right in to the skyline
Off to beautiful women sippin' on fine wine
Up at the stadium where the lights lime, and I'm
Movin' way past sound check
Still lookin' for a life that I ain't found yet
Round trip on a magical school bus
Before we touch down, shit they already knew us
Made it from the bottom to professionally rappin'
While they were tellin' me that it was never gonna happen
Now it's funny to see the haters' reactions
'Cause they ain't saying a word: Charlie Chaplin
I'm back in this b*tch relaxin'
Put in the groundwork now it's time to cash in
Heh, and everybody knows I earned that
Headed to the skyline, feet up, first class
Yeah!
[Hook]
I don't know about you but I know one thing
I ain't gonna wait around here to make it
Anybody with a dream got to feel the same
If it ain't given to me then I'ma take it
So let me just
Fly fly, fly fly
Cuz they tellin' me it's my time
Fly fly, fly fly
And disappear into the skyline
[Verse 2]
Spit the toughest shit, who touchin' this?
Always chillin' with a bird: Snuffaluffagus
And I'm lovin' it
No Mickey D's
Just Colt 45 and some piffy trees, jeez
Got my boarding pass ready
I'm heading to the top, they ain't getting past Webby
Yeah, been on the grind since 8th grade
Went from getting no girls to banging Playmates
Heh, what up Ms. November?
My flight's taking off, got my shit together
Ready for whatever, do it better than before
I'm the reason my competitors are headin' for the door
'Cause I'm deadly and I'm raw
With the mic tonight
Got the cameras all flashin' like a lightning strike
Heh, I'm on another altitude
And they ain't ready for the shit that I'm about to do
[Hook]
I don't know about you but I know one thing
I ain't gonna wait around here to make it
Anybody with a dream got to feel the same
If it ain't given to me then I'ma take it
So let me just
Fly fly, fly fly
Cuz they tellin' me it's my time
Fly fly, fly fly
And disappear into the skyline
[Verse 3]
If you got a dream you should follow it
'Cause not everybody's capable of keeping straight A's for a scholarship
As a kid no one could figure me out
So I would like to thank Hofstra for kicking me out
And look at me now, I'm doing pretty well for my age
Considering two years ago I was making minimum wage
Heh, and now we doing OK
Skyline-flow, up, up and away
Heh, and I ain't looking for a handout
Shit I got the fans now, motherf*ckers stand down
Live my life to a whole new beat
Finally standing on my own two feet
'Cause it got that tough
Been kicked while I was down
But I never gave in, and I got back up
Yup, getting close, well I better be
But all I see is the skyline ahead of me
[Hook]
I don't know about you but I know one thing
I ain't gonna wait around here to make it
Anybody with a dream got to feel the same
If it ain't given to me then I'ma take it
So let me just
Fly fly, fly fly
Cuz they tellin' me it's my time
Fly fly, fly fly
Chotto dake kangae sugichau mitai
Nemurenai heya no naka
Isso mou yoru wo tobidashite mitai
Madobe ni tameiki ga ochiru
Tsuki akari wo nukete tooku made
Habataite mitai no ni
Dou shitara ii no darou?
I want to fly well I want to fly well
Tobikata wo shiranai dake...
I want to fly well I want to fly well
Dare ka oshiete kuretara ii no ni
Kitto mada shiranai koto bakari da yo
Terebi mo uso bakari de
Amayadori no tochuu itsu made mo
Kou shite wa irarenai
Zubunure demo kamawanai
I want to fly well I want to fly well
Tobikata wo shiru tame ni wa...
I want to fly well I want to fly well
Sora ni denakucha ikenai to skyline
Chansu wo machi kirenai
Onaji asa wo kuri kaeshite
Ikutsu kazoeta darou egaite yuku skyline
Tobikata wa shiranai yo toberu ka mo wakaranai yo
I want to fly well I want to fly well
Dakedo yuku yo
I want to fly well I want to fly well
Tobikata wo shiru tame ni wa...
I want to fly well I want to fly well
What am I doin' here
In such a lonely place?
Birds fly below
I'm high up in my cage
Wide awake again
Or am I dreamin'?
Trains passing by
World's spinning 'round my head
Then I heard a sweet voice cry
Telling me, yeah it's gonna be alright
I just look at the skyline
A million lights are lookin' back at me
And when they shine
I see a place I know I'll find some peace
I just look at the skyline
I used to rush around
To keep busy in the day
Then we'd sit up and drink
We might find something new to say
No, I can't live this way...
But then I heard that sweet voice cry
Telling me, yeah it's gonna be alright
I just look at the skyline
A million lights are lookin' back at me
And when they shine
I see a place I know I'll find some peace
I just look at the skyline
I look at the skyline
A million lights are lookin' back at me
And when they shine
I see a place I know I'll find some peace
I just look at the skyline
What am I doin' here
(S. Weber/M. Schumpelt/J.O. Soerup)
maybe, one step away, though my eyes stick to the silhouettes
and I wish I could stay all the while in perfect time
night after night a smart pretty man with a courageous smile
not just making promises
I have a nervous restlessness as I watch them passing by
looking out the window I receive a glowing in the night
down there in the city like an ocean of light and noise
there's a pulse like a beating
like the beating of my heart
will you give me satisfaction
sometimes it might be a cold night
sometimes it might be a gate to hell
will you give me satisfaction
it takes control and slowly tears me apart
listen, I know they will never come back
the days when I move the masses the days when I shook all this hands
the sound of the city and it's shimmering lights
the blazing fire shining in between
will you give me satisfaction
soft and low but I'm not a shy one, pretty girls come in every size
not another moment to waste they're facing me and cry hellay
I'm dancing through the night with sensation, all my fears left so far
behind
We are all a part of this concrete jungle,
Urban life has thought me how to fight.
But it's been a magic cruise,
I didn't have a way to chose.
We are all a part of this concrete jungle.
Hook:
Come on, we were ment to fly
Let us rise to the top of this skyline
Top of this skyline now.
Come on, into the open sky
Let us rise to the top of this skyline
Top of this skyline now.
We're going faster, higher, stronger
We run it.
Everything inside of us is burning.
Faster, higher, stronger
How we running now
Singing oh oh oho oooh oh
Oooh oh oh oh oh wooo oh.
Have you ever seen the world from here?
Far away from the noisest things I've been?
You see the streets and the city lights
Down below are the shinning brights,
Have you ever seen the world from here?
Hook:
Come on, we were ment to fly
Let us rise to the top of this skyline
Top of this skyline now.
Come on, into the open sky
Let us rise to the top of this skyline
Top of this skyline now.
We're going faster, higher, stronger
We run it.
Everything inside of us is burning.
Faster, higher, stronger
How we running now
Singing oh oh oho oooh oh
Oooh oh oh oh oh wooo oh.
(x2)
In the line I stand tall
You see the wide of them all
Until the daylight of tomorrow
Wanderin' aimless...blinded
Starcrossed, love lost, find me
Wheel aligning, back to uptime
Empty eyes - the endless skyline
Countless images calling
Staring, starving...hungry
Travel roads that hold no answers
Back to square one...out of guesses
I know the feeling
I feel like you do
I've been where you've been too
Used up, burned out, wanting
Countless memories haunting me
Wheel aligning, back to uptime
Empty eyes - the endless skyline
I know the feeling
I feel like you do (I feel like you)
I've been where you've been too...yeah
I know the feeling (I feel like you)
I feel like you do (I feel like you)
I've been where you've been too
Wanderin' aimless...blinded
Starcrossed, love lost, find me
Wheel aligning, back to uptime
Empty eyes - the endless skyline
I know the feeling
I feel like you do (I feel like you)
I've been where you've been too...yeah
I know the feeling (I feel like you)
I feel like you do (I feel like you do)
I've been where you've been too
I know the feeling (I feel like you)
I feel like you do (I feel like you)
I've been where you've been too
I know the feeling (I feel like you)
i'm a heroine
invincible
maybe i'm only dreaming
an avalanche
the unthinkable
bury me in pain and sorrow
and tell my friends i'm leaving
skyline
opened up so wide
more than meets the eye
a point we missed
flying fists and bleeding hearts
i wonder why
there's a hole in the skyline
it's come to this
flying fists beating straight through
oblivious
to the master plan
building up to this moment
so i'll runaway
and dream instead
i'd rather not be a witness
so tell my friends i'm leaving
skyline opened up so wide
more than meets the eye
a point we missed
flying fists and bleeding hearts
i wonder why
there's a hole in the skyline
it's come to this
flying fists beating straight through
tell my friends i'm leaving
the skyline is falling fast
i'm hoping it will be the last
it's safe to say i'll remember this
Skyline, fadin' away from me
I can no longer see
Skyline, no I'm goin' away
But I'll be back eventually
You know that I miss you
There's lots of things that I gotta see
I know, there are many things
Waiting for me
I know that these many things
Are waiting there for me
And I gotta see them
There's lots of things that I gotta see
Wait for me, wait for me, wait for me
I'm comin' to you
Wait for me, wait for me, wait for me
I'm comin' to you
Skyline, fadin' away from me
I can no longer see
Skyline, a thousand miles away
I'll be back eventually
You know that I miss you
There's lots of things that I gotta see
Wait for me, wait for me, wait for me
I'm comin' to you
Wait for me, wait for me, wait for me
I'm comin' to you
Comin' to you, skyline
Comin' to you, skyline
I'm comin' to you
yes, if you want be
original ninja
if you wanna be original ninja!
if you wanna be original ninja!
if you wanna be original ninja!
if you wanna be original ninja!
I'm your father, listen me
I'm a real master of your destiny
I shall destroyed all my enemies
Cos i'm a ninja master first quality
Now you must find your fighting style
learn new methods every time
and don't be on da side of crime
be patient and wait for your time
if you wanna be original ninja!
if you wanna be original ninja!
if you wanna be original ninja!
if you wanna be original ninja!
you gotta feel the pulse in your body
you are a ninja-not anybody
from generation to generation
we give each other ninja education
time's passed by i'm grown man
my spirit is stronger than million men
now i have power now i understand
my ninja practise is coming to an end
my fighting style is on top level
i got the skills to change the weather
you wouldn't fight with me
cos now you are dealing with your destiny
my rotate dragon ain't your friend,
my brother this fighting stylehits like no other
i'm telling you, you got no chance
against my style there is no defense
ladies ang gentlemen
this is a time for famous tv star - Chuck Norris!
i'm Chuck Norris, listen me
da real master of commercial TV
i'm bigger that Fatboy Slim
instead of vinyls - total gym!
flexible man, that's my second name
lets jump start this ninja game
if i will it - you will die
check my texas fighting style
if you wanna be original ninja!
if you wanna be original ninja!
if you wanna be original ninja!
if you wanna be original ninja!
It comes again, wow-another great event's here
we gonna enjoy this night on da full gas-it's clear
take a bit of dough, close da door and leave home
then we jump in da car, all the crew you know
listen to da stereo, that music turns us on
roll that blunt, knock back some beer, before we score
get out of da car, then we hit da bar
check it out, this is how it goes everytime
now comes our turn
we step in, you burn
you got something to learn
and bring a breath of fresh air
this is how we go
you check this mode
ride da best you know
and still want more
we bring the fire
burning desire
eyes open wider
lights shining brighter
we bring the power
you still require
make you scream louder
always makes you stronger
these beats are wild
you'd better hold on tight
this relaxition you like
and you can do it all night
look around-so many faces are proud
Intro:
And I feel like other ladies
when they realize they have no time
Don't wanna watch those stupid movies
I try to change those stereotypes
Everyday's the same, I feel so tired
Waking up is fine,
but in the night
it makes me cry,
can't catch my life
everything seems right,
but deep inside
emptiness lies,
naivety dies
And I feel like other ladies
when they guess they have no time
Don't wanna watch those stupid movies
I try to change those stereotypes
And I feel...
And I feel thats no enought time
And I feel like other ladies
when they guess they have no time
Everyday's the same, I feel so tired
From dusk till dawn, it gets me down
I waste my days as years go by in vain
Go out of my mind, leave it behind
And I feel like other ladies
when they guess they have no time
Don't wanna watch those stupid movies
I try to change those stereotypes
And I feel...
And I feel thats no enought time
And I feel like other ladies
when they guess they have no time
inside of me
inside of me
inside of me
it's inside of me
inside of me
inside of me
inside of me
it's inside of me
And I feel like other ladies
when they guess they have no time
Don't wanna watch those stupid movies
I try to change those stereotypes
And I feel...
And I feel thats no enought time
And I feel like other ladies
when they guess they have no time
inside of me
inside of me
inside of me
it's inside of me
inside of me
inside of me
inside of me
You spill your colors over me
You come in silver and gold and green
But you're darker than you seem
I am impatient as a child
I want to see you go crazy wild
But you just sit there and smile
Tell me can you hear me
(Hear me)
Am I speaking clearly?
I am saying I am really on your side
If you don't believe me
(Leave me)
I'll be in the passenger seat
Watching as you drive
I love to watch you drive
'Cause your smile is the Manhattan skyline
Your smile is the Manhattan skyline
Your smile is the Manhattan skyline
And I don't want to cry anymore
I don't want to die anymore
Those angry little business men
Are thronging the dungeon streets of NYC
They glare at you and me
As you drive by stopping to give them the finger again
You rest your head against the wheel
Say "Let's go anywhere but here"
Traffic lights are mistle toe
So I kiss you hard and say "Let's go!"
Your smile is the Manhattan skyline
Your smile is the Manhattan skyline
Your smile is the Manhattan skyline
Your smile is the Manhattan skyline
Oh...
Tell me can you hear me
(Hear me)
Am I speaking clearly?
I am saying I am really on your side
If you don't believe me
(Leave me)
I'll be in the passenger seat
Watching as you drive
It's good to be alive
And I'm alive, I'm alive
You're alive, we're alive
Your smile is the Manhattan skyline
Your smile is the Manhattan skyline
Your smile is the Manhattan skyline
Receding behind us
if you can't fly
in your blue sky
your worries are in motion
nobody's there
to give you a hand
you play with no devotion
live your life
earless and blind
can't read the sign
that breaks the chains to freedom
live your life
life is not easy, sometimes can be cruel
sometimes people forget basic rules
people are lonely and scared too
it's a strange way of living, change must come soon
you'll find great treasure
raise your arms in pleasure
your inner riot goes quiet
live your life
don't hide inside but open to more sensation
pick up the key to joy that lies on your path
ask yourself where lies your happiness ration
the time's come up tu wake up to kindness
I'm flying high like a bird in the sky
I'm flying high like a bird in the sky
from a bird's eye view I'm looking down
at what people are doint right at this time
take care, beware of ignorance
stand upright with your head held high
I've seen the skyline of this tired town,
We look well worn now, we've all been around,
The world is crazy, it's all gone wild.
I'm seeing the starvation of this population,
Their faces speak of no place to go,
I'm seeing the starvation of this population,
Their faces speak of no one to know.
Lost in the alleys, playing the games,
Disguise your feelings, yeah - you'll go insane.
Listen, truth is the season,
Love is the reason,
Faith is the flame we must hold,
Doubt - the deceiver,
Hope - the believer that comes in from the cold,
Yeah, yeah.
I've seen the skyline of another time,
The city's holy, the water's wine.
Oh, but the wheel of time, it keeps on spinning,
Still, all the losers think they're winning, but Jesus died to be forgiving.
Doubt - the deceiver,