RP: Inspiration
Date: 20th April 2006 (evening) Characters: Kevin Entwhistle, mentions of others Location: The 3 Brooms Private/Public: Private Rating: PG Warnings: semi-emo!Kevin? Summary: After everything that's happened the past few days, Kevin is inspired to write and perform. OOC Note: The song that Kevin 'wrote' is actually "Zzyzx Rd." by Stone Sour, but it fits Kevin's mood here so well. It was too good to pass up.
Kevin had been through an exhausting couple of days. First with the battle yesterday, then his chat with Luna earlier today. In both cases he'd come out unhurt... and feeling very lucky.
Before going to work, everything that had happened washed through his mind, inspiring him to write music... something that hadn't happened in a couple of years. He played and scribbled furiously for over an hour, pleased as the song he was writing took shape.
He haded back to the 3Brooms, nor surprised that it was more full than usual for a Sunday. Obviously, people were feeling better, and others needed to drown their sorrows after the battle.
After a few songs to warm up, he told the crown he was going to play something a little 'quirky'. He was joined by a friend as he played a Muggle song called "Nine Cats":
The butterfly sailed on the breeze Past a field of barbed wire trees Where golden dragons chased around Pampered poppies on the ground
Two silver trout sat way on high And watched a royal samurai Plant two black orchids in a box And strap it to a laughing fox
A minstrel bought a crooked spoon He gave it to a blue baboon Who filled it full of virgin snow And watched it in the afterglow
Fat toad stood in his ballet shoes Teaching sixteen kangaroos How to skip across a lake They found it hard to stay awake
A pharaoh played a merry tune And watched nine cats dance on the moon I didn't know what all this meant I didn't know why I'd been sent
I threw 5 clocks down on my bed The chimes danced out on golden threads And turned to footprints on my wall
He received a nice applause for that song and took a break. A few people he'd performed with in the past had come out, and he asked if they were up to trying a new song. They agreed and he went through the nuances of the song. They all took to the stage a few minutes later, playing though some well-known songs. Then, he announced he had a new song to try and waved at one of his friends to start:
I don't know how else to put this It's taken me so long to do this I'm falling asleep and I can't see straight My muscles feel like a melee My body's curled in a U-shape I put on my best but I'm still afraid
Propped up by lies and promises Saving my place as life forgets Maybe its time I saw the world
I'm only here for a while But patience is not my style And I'm so tired that I gotta go
What am I supposed to hide now? What am I suppose to do? Did you really think I wouldn't see this through
Tell me I should stick around for you Tell me I could have it all I'm still too tired to care and I gotta go
I get to go home in one week But I leaving home in three weeks They throw me a bone just to pick me dry
I'm following suit and directions I crawl up inside for protection I'm told what to do and I don't know why
I'm over existing in limbo I'm over the myths and placebos I don't really mind if I just fade away
I'm ready to live with my family I'm ready to die in obscurity 'Cause I'm so tired that I gotta go
Where am I supposed to hide now? What am I suppose to do? You still don't think I'm going see this through
Tell me I'm a part of history Tell me I can have it all I'm still too tired to care and I gotta go
When they finished, Kevin smiled as the crowd applauded and shouted for more. He looked to the front table, seeing the smile from his loves. That was all the motivation he needed as he and his friends kept playing for the rest of the night