True Detective - The Final Scene lyrics

Marty: “Talk to me, Rust.” Rust: “There was a moment, I know, when I was under in the dark, that something… whatever I'd been reduced to, not even consciousness, just a vague awareness in the dark. I could feel my definitions fading. And beneath that darkness there was another kind—it was deeper—warm, like a substance. I could feel man, I knew, I knew my daughter waited for me, there. So clear. I could feel her. I could feel … I could feel the peace of my Pop, too. It was like I was part of everything that I have ever loved, and we were all, the three of us, just fading out. And all I had to do was let go, man. And I did. I said, ‘Darkness, yeah.' and I disappeared. But I could still feel her love there. Even more than before. Nothing. Nothing but that love. And then I woke up.” Rust breaks down, sobbing. Marty: “Didn't you tell me one time, dinner once, maybe, about how you used to ... you used to make up stories about the stars?” Rust: “Yeah, that was in Alaska, under the night skies.” Marty: “Yeah, you used to lay there and look up, at the stars?” Rust: “Yeah, I think you remember how I never watched the TV until I was 17, so there wasn't much to f**ing do up there but walk around, explore, and...” Marty: “And look up at the stars and make up stories. Like what?” Rust: “I tell you Marty I been up in that room looking out those windows every night here just thinking, it's just one story. The oldest.” Marty: “What's that?” Rust: “Light versus dark.” Marty: “Well, I know we ain't in Alaska, but it appears to me that the dark has a lot more territory.” Rust: “Yeah, you're right about that.” Rust insists that Marty help him leave the hospital, and Marty agrees. As they head to the car, Rust makes one final point to his former partner. Rust: “You're looking at it wrong, the sky thing.” Marty: “How's that?” Rust: “Well, once there was only dark. You ask me, the light's winning.” Marty smiles and give a faint laugh. The camera pans up towards the sky. It is pitch black. Slowly bit by bit stars start to be revealed in the dark night sky.