[spoken] Let them see what kind of person I am
I’m not even going to swat that fly
I hope they’re watching
They will say, why, she wouldn’t even harm a fly

My name is Norman Bates, I’m just a normal guy
My name is Norman Bates
[repeat]

[spoken] Mother! Oh my God!

My name is Norman Bates, I’m just a normal guy
My name is Norman Bates
[repeat]

[spoken]

Did Norman murder the girl at the Bates Motel?
Yes, and no.
To understand the case you have to go back to the time, ten years ago, when the young Norman murdered his mother and her lover.
Matricide, perhaps the most unbearable crime of all.
Norman refused to come to terms with the horror of his deeds. His mother was still alive.
He stole her corpse and preserved it with chemicals.
He kept her alive by wearing her clothes, speaking with her voice, thinking her thoughts.
He became both mother and son: Norman Bates – a normal, healthy young man with regular interests and habits … and Mrs Bates – a clinging possessive woman … and a homicidal maniac.
When Norman Bates encountered the girl at the motel, his sexual instincts were aroused.
He wanted her, he desired her.
This was too much for the other side of Norman’s personality.
In a jealous frenzy, ‘Mother’ murdered the girl.
When two personalities share the same mind, there is always conflict.
Now that conflict is over.
‘Mother’ has taken over Norman’s mind, perhaps for all time.
Norman Bates no longer exists.

© 1981 MCPS / PRS