Synopsis Everytime

spears looking @ blood in hand.

the video begins aerial shot of las vegas, nevada, showing palms casino resort , continues shot of marquee hotel reads britney spears live miami onyx hotel tour las vegas , picture of spears holding leather strap , referencing showtime concert special miami. christian author eva marie everson compared image madonna doing own impersonation of marilyn monroe. spears , boyfriend (played stephen dorff) arriving hotel inside limousine. sit apart each other, staring out separate windows. spears wears birmingham barons cap in these scenes. boyfriend talking on cell phone, , when attempts touch him, pushes away. entrance full of fans , paparazzi taking pictures. when leave car, fans , paparazzi alike act in extreme way , fights break in crowd. while bodyguards try protect her, boyfriend throws magazines @ paparazzi. stephanie zacharek of new york times compared shots of paparazzi jews in 2004 film passion of christ. during scene, gets hit in head camera, , unknowingly gets wound on head, keeps walking.

inside hotel room, spears , boyfriend start screaming @ each other. when tries make amends , close her, brushes off attempts , walks away. boyfriend gets mad , throws vase @ wall while spears goes bathroom, hurling @ mirror. begins fill bathtub , remove clothes. after this, video includes intercut scenes of close-up of spears singing in white shirt in front of bright white light. lies in bathtub, red string, custom associated kabbalah seen in wrist. touches head , looks @ hand, realizing bleeding wound. according jennifer vineyard of mtv, blood in hand stigmata. loses consciousness in bathtub , drowns. shortly after, boyfriend finds , tries resuscitate her. meanwhile, revealed in close-up scenes spears inside hospital hallway. video continues scenes of being carried ambulance , surrounded photographers, scenes of being resuscitated doctors in hospital bed. ghost of spears in white shirt, watches herself in bed , walks next room, baby girl born. spears seen running away camera light. music video ends rising under water, resting head , smiling, suggesting whole scene of death dream or morbid fantasy.