Re: PERFORMANCE: Neveah Dean-Ramirez
As the video ended, the camera opened to a shot of Neveah sitting at that same grand piano from the promo, a single blueish light shining down on her. Wearing the same outfit as in the video, she now had her hair and makeup done immaculately, and (finally), a sincerely peaceful look on her face as her fingers began to dance along the keys.
"Now here you go again, you say you want your freedom Well, who am I to keep you down? It's only right that you should play the way you feel it But listen carefully to the sound of your loneliness
It's like a heartbeat drives you mad In the stillness of remembering what you had And what you lost, what you had and what you lost"
Her voice carried the same feeling, the same passion, as Stevie Nicks did when she originally sang the song. As had become customary for her, she poured every bit of herself emotionally into the performance.
"Thunder only happens when it's raining Players only love you when they're playing Say women they will come and they will go When the rain washes you clean, you'll know, you will know
Now here I go again, I see the crystal visions I keep my visions to myself It's only me who wants to wrap around your dreams And have you any dreams you'd like to sell? Dreams of loneliness"
She felt a tinge of bittersweet emotions rolling through her as she performed this song. Before the purge, this was the on song she'd had planned. She wanted to blow Penny's mind with it, just to see the look on her face. Now... she sang it in hopes that maybe whoever she eventually ended up with was watching, and feeling something hearing it.
"It's like a heartbeat drives you mad In the stillness of remembering what you had And what you lost and what you had and what you lost
Thunder only happens when it's raining Players only love you when they're playing Women they will come and they will go When the rain washes you clean, you'll know"
She found herself realizing that while she wanted to win, and wanted to be a star... more than anything she just wanted to feel whole again. She'd let go of her grief... now she needed to heal. And good god, what a great medicine music could be.
"And thunder only happens when it's raining Players only love you when they're playing I say women they will come and they will go When the rain washes you clean, you'll know, you will know You will know, you will know"
Finishing the final notes of the song, Nev took a deep breath, taking in the applause of the audience, before standing, and taking a grateful bow.