Heart, Broken - Joss Whedon

A caveman painted on a cave

It was a bison, was a fave

The other cave-people would rave '

They didn’t ask 'why?

Why paint a bison if it’s dead

When did you choose the color red

What was the process in your head

He told their story

What came before he didn’t show

We’re not supposed to

Homer’s odyssey was swell

A bunch of guys that went through hell

He told the tale but didn’t tell

The audience why

He didn’t say, here’s what it means

And here’s a few deleted scenes

Charybdis tested well with teens

He’s not the story

He’s just a door we open if

Our lives need lifting

But now we pick pick

Pick pick pick it apart

Open it up to find the

Tick tick tick of a heart

A heart, broken

It’s broken by the endless loads

Of making-ofs and mobisodes

The tie-ins, prequels, games and codes

The audience buys

The narrative dies

Stretched and torn

Hey, spoiler warning:

We’re gonna pick pick

Pick pick pick it apart

Open it up to find the

Tick tick tick of a heart

A heart, broken

Joss, why do you rail against the biz

You know that’s just the way it is

You’re making everybody miz

These out-of-date philosophies

Are for the dinner table, please

We have to sell some dvd’s

Jed, maurissa, zack:

Without these things you spit upon

You’d find your fame and fanbase gone

You’d be ignored at comic-con

I sang some things i didn’t mean

Okay, let’s talk about this scene

I think it’s great how ryan green —

Oh this is no good

I thought j-mo would back my play

Now zack and they all say

We’re gonna pick pick

Pick pick pick you apart

Open you up and stop the

Tick tick tick of a heart

A heart?