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Communion is a 1989 drama/thriller film based on the book of the same name by Whitley Strieber.
Starring Christopher Walken and Frances Sternhagen, it tells a story of a family that experiences an extraterrestrial phenomenon while on vacation at a remote home in the wilderness during which the father is abducted and all of their lives change. According to Strieber, the story is a real-life account of his own encounter with "visitors", with Walken playing the role of the author.
In 1985, New York based author Whitley Strieber (Walken) lives with his wife and child in Manhattan and seems to be successful. However he is woken at night by paranoid dreams that someone else is in the room.
On a trip to the family cottage in the woods, on the first night the intruder alarm is triggered and Strieber sees a face watching him from the doorway. Bright light fills the cottage windows and wakes his son and two other family friends but his wife remains asleep.
Disturbed by this they all return to New York and life seemingly returns to normal but Strieber finds that his work and personal life are becoming affected by recurring nightmares and visions of strange alien beings including greys, blue doctors and bugs. This upsets his son and puts strain on his marriage.
Father Clemence, a man burned by his faith, has taken in search of retribution. Along the way, he is joined by Maria, a hitch hiking punk, who is fleeing her home in Mexico City. Together, the odd couple embark on a roller coaster of adventure that is at times both harrowing and heart warming.
Keywords: maria
No I don't wanna say goodbye
But I can't walk with you whole you go off to die
No, no I don't want to be alone
But I can't keep playing like nothing's wrong
(Chorus)
But I lied to you to protect myself
To protect my life
I denied my Christ
I lied to you to protect myself
to protect my life
I denied my Christ
What kind of friend would I be
and would you believe that I cared
If I found eternal life
And I refused to share
No more playing along
The truth can't be hid for long
And I'm not gonna hide it anymore
Leave me out of your communion
I want no part of your suicide
Drink up drink up drink all the poison
If you're so sure that you'll survive
If you're so sure!
I can no longer live the way I once lived
and pretend that Jehovah's strength is something I did
If you cast Christ out
May i be cast out too,