Rebekah, Faith and Piper
Rebekah hovered nervously around as the sound checks finished and everyone started to come into the club. Faith spotted her, grinned and walked over.
"Hey, relax, you've done this before, yeah?" she asked.
"Oui, still nervous though," Rebekah said, smiling slightly.
"Faith!" Devon ran in and wrapped his arms around Faith. "Gig!"
"You didn't get high, did you?" she asked suspiciously.
"No, didn't let him. Hi Faith," Oz said quietly.
"Hey. Well you guys aren't playing till about... 9? So go, drink, relax!" Faith grinned and ruffled Devon's hair playfully, then went behind the bar to start serving drinks. "Bek, you're on."
Rebekah nodded as Piper went onstage. "Hey guys! Exciting night tonight, we have a new line up, a new singer, a new band and one band we've only had the pleasure of having here once before. So without further ado, I give you,a ll the way from New York, Rebekah LaVauney!" Piper clapped and stepped off the stage as Rebekah walked on.
"How are you guys doing tonight?" Rebekah asked, smiling as her stage presence took over. She sat on the stool and lowered the mike, then lifted her guitar and started to play, with one of the regular muscians playing the keyboard for her.
"Baby boys, just know
Mama loves you so
She sings this song for you
And hopes she'll be home soon
It could all be so simple
But you'd rather make it hard
Loving you is like a battle
And we both end up with scars
Tell me, who I have to be
To get some reciprocity
No one loves you more than me
And no one ever will
Is this just a silly game
That forces you to act this way
Forces you to scream my name
Then pretend that you can't stay
Tell me, who I have to be
To get some reciprocity
No one loves you more than me
And no one ever will
No matter how I think we grow
You always seem to let me know
It ain't workin'
It ain't workin'
And when I try to walk away
You'd hurt yourself to make me stay
This is crazy
This is crazy
I keep letting you back in
How can I explain myself
As painful as this thing has been
I just can't be with no one else
See I know what we got to do
You let go and I'll let go too
'Cause no one's hurt me more than you
And no one ever will
Care for me, care for me
I know you care for me
There for me, there for me
Said you'd be there for me
Cry for me, cry for me
You said you'd die for me
Give to me, give to me
Why won't you live for me
Where were you... when I needed you..."
The crowd cheered and she smiled again, then started to play a new song, tears shining in her eyes.
"You mixed me up for someone
Who'd fall apart without you
Yeah you broke my heart for the first time
But I'll get over that too
It's hard to find the reasons
Who can see the rhyme?
I guess that we where seasons out of time
I guess you didn't know me
If you think love is blind
That I wouldn't see the flaws between the lines
Surprised that I caught you out
On every single time that you lied
Did you think that every time I see you I would cry
No not me, not I, not I, no not me, not I
The story goes on without you
And there's got to be another ending
But yeah you broke my heart it won't be the last time
But I'll get over them too
As a new door opens we close the ones behind
And if you search your soul I know you'll find
You never really knew me
If you think love is blind
That I wouldn't see the flaws between the lines
Surprised that I caught you out
On every single time that you lied
Did you think that every time I see you I would cry
No not me, not I, not I, not I, not I
All you said to me
All you promised me
All the mystery never did believe
No I never cry no I never not me not I
If you think love is blind
That I wouldn't see the flaws between the lines
Surprised that I caught you out
On every single time that you lied
Did you think that every time I see you I would cry
No not I, I won't cry
No not me, not I, not I..."
Rebekah finished with tears in her eyes, then she started to play her last song.
"I'll always remember
It was late afternoon
It lasted forever
And ended so soon
You were all by yourself
Staring up at a dark gray sky
I was changed
In places no one would find
All your feelings so deep inside
Was there that I realized
That forever was in your eyes
The moment I saw you cry
The moment that I saw you cry
It was late in september
And I've seen you before
You were always the cold one
But i was never that sure
You were all by yourself
Staring at a dark gray sky
I was changed
In places no one would find
All your feelings so deep inside
Was then that I realized
That forever was in your eyes
The moment I saw you cry
Cause I wanted to hold you
I wanted to make it go away
And I wanted to know you
I wanted to make your everything, all right...
I'll always remember...
It was late afternoon...
In places no one would find...
In places no one would find
All your feelings so deep inside
Was then that I realized
That forever was in your eyes
The moment I saw you cry..."
Rebekah bowed as the crowd cheered and headed off to sit at the bar with Devon and Oz. Piper grinned and hopped back onstage. "That was Rebekah! Now, a band, all the way from, what a coincidence, New York, again! Ladies and gentlemen, I give you... 'The Displaced'!" Piper clapped and stepped off the stage.
OOC: Songs were:
"Ex-Factor" - Lauren Hill
"Not Me, Not I" - Delta Goodrem
"Cry" - Mandy Moore
Displaced
They stepped onto the stage, lights gleaming off Sergei's black metallic skin and Jonothon's bandages.
"Ok, as the lady said, we are The Displaced."
Sergei grinned.
"We're glad to be here tonight. This is one of our own songs, Displaced."
Angelo hit out the beat and Jonothon strummed rapidly. Sergei joined him, then opened his mouth to sing.
"Never know my way back home
Since I been displaced
Something's missing
Something's gone
You know, you really never can go back home
It's the way you look in other people's eyes
It's the excellent way that we disguise
What we think and what we feel
What would you care anyway?
We're only the displaced.
Never know my way back home
Since I been displaced
Something's missing
Something's gone
You know, you really never can go back home
My family's dead and buried to me
I don't see my old friends anymore
It's the confusion settling over me
I wonder where in hell do I belong?
The answer is nowhere,
Cos we are the displaced.
Never know my way back home
Since I been displaced
Something's missing
Something's gone
You know, you really never can go back home
I've watched my life drip away
The knife set in my hand
My parents don't want to know me
Since I became someone new
And I wonder why I became
One of the displaced.
And I wonder why I became,
One of the displaced
Never know my way back home
Since I been displaced
Something's missing
Something's gone
You know, you really never can go back home.
You know we're just the same as you
Somewhere in our darkness
But we're lost and can't be found
It shows our displacement
Home is something we'll never know
Because we're too different now
We scare you, we know it
We're displaced and we show it
We flaunt our difference to the world
Because we have no settled home
Where we want to be is not where we are
All we want now is your respect
And we know we ain't gonna get it
Cos we are the displaced
Sing with me now
We are the displaced
We are the displaced
We are the displaced
Distanced from the human race..."
"Ok, next song...California Dreaming, but we kinda twist it a little."
""All the leaves are brown
And the sky is grey
I've been for a walk
On a winter's day
I'd be safe and warm
If I was in L.A.
California dreaming
On such a winter's day
Stopped into a church
I passed along the way
Well, I got down on my knees
And I pretend to pray
You know the preacher like the cold
He knows I'm gonna stay
All the leaves are brown
And the sky is grey
I've been for a walk
On a winter's day
If I didn't tell her
I could leave today..."
"Students and Teachers, one written by us, again."
"It's the thing I always wonder
When the teachers were young like me
Did they do the things I do?
Did they,
Get drunk on the weekend
Wake up in someone's bed,
Oh, I'm sorry baby,
But what's your name again?
Did they,
Find out that their car
Was totalled on the weekend
Was burned out and dumped and
They had no memory of the weekend?
I know I do shit like that
I bet they did too.
I know,
My teachers get drunk on the weekend
And wake up in the bed of
Their best friend's wife.
I know,
My teacher's car was totalled,
Burnt out and dumped,
And ya wanna know why?
That's what I did on the weekend
Damn but it's funny to watch a grown man cry..."
Sergei flexed his hands and then spoke into the mike again.
"Next song, it's called Are you Gonna be my Girl? by a band called Jet."
"So 1,2,3, take my hand and come with me
because you look so fine
and i really wanna make you mine.
I say you look so fine
that I really wanna make you mine.
Oh, 4,5,6 c'mon and get your kicks
now you dont need that money
when you look like that, do ya honey.
Big black boots,
long brown hair,
she's so sweet
with her get back stare.
Well I could see,
you home with me,
that you were with another man, yea!
I know we,
ain't got much to say,
before I let you get away, yea!
I said, are you gonna be my girl?
Well, so 1,2,3, take my hand and come with me
because you look so fine
and i really wanna make you mine.
I say you look so fine
that I really wanna make you mine.
Oh, 4,5,6 c'mon and get your kicks
now you dont need that money
with a face like that, do ya.
Big black boots,
long brown hair,
she's so sweet
with her get back stare.
Well I could see,
you home with me,
that you were with another man, yea!
I know we,
ain't got much to say,
before I let you get away, yea!
I said, are you gonna be my girl?
Oh yea. Oh yea. C'mon!
I could see,
you home with me,
that you were with another man, yea!
I know we,
ain't got much to say,
before I let you get away, yea!
Uh, be my girl.
Be my girl.
Are you gonna be my girl?! Yea..."
"And our last song for the set, Just Another Day. One of ours."
""It's another day
I wake up and go out the door
Because it's just another day.
There's blood on the shower floor
And shattered glass near the door
But it's just another day.
Spilled whisky stains the carpet
And I know you didn't mean it
I hide the bruises
Hide the pain
When the people ask, I say
Fell into the door again.
Smile, shrug, and keep on walking,
Because,
It's just another day.
When the coppers come
It's always too late
And I shrug,
Cos damn, it's just another day
Kid crying in his bed upstairs
And I'm sorry, I'm sorry
Oh god, god, I'm sorry
Please..." Sergei whispered into the mike.
"But hey
It's just another day!
So up I get
Out the door I walk
But I always come back, I always do
Because this is what life is
This is what love is
He loves me, I know
Cos he tells me so
As the blood runs down my lip
And the bones break and the bruises form
And it's just another day..."
"Thank you for being such a great audience," Sergei said, and then they got off the stage to the sound of applause and whistles.
Well, that went well. Jonothon remarked.
"For a first ever gig, that was f*cking fantastic," Angelo said.
Faith, Piper and Oz
"Here guys," Faith said, handing them some drinks as Devon and Oz and the rest of Dingoes got ready to play.
"And now, here's a band you're all familiar with... 'Dingoes Ate My Baby'!" Piper grinned and hopped off the stage.
"Feeling I've been lost for years
You can never understand me
Unless you've seen those tears
But you never get to sleep when I'm away
I don't mind the deeper that you lay
Out of time
Pain
I can't sleep
Pain
I can't sleep
Running, running from those days
There's another one inside me
Guess I've gone insane
But you always run away
When I come around
I don't mind the day
I'll track you down
Run you down
Pain
I can't sleep
Pain
I can't sleep
Don't stop
Don't talk
Do not f*ck with me
Don't stop
Don't talk
Do not f*ck with me
Loaded, loaded up this gun
There's a killer in me
Hoping, hope that you're the one
But you always run away
When I come around
I don't mind the day
I'll track you down
And terrify
Pain
I can't sleep
Pain
I can't sleep
Pain
I can't sleep..."
Faith turned to Displaced and Bek. "You guys, we better start going now, you have all your stuff?"
Displaced
"Da." Sergei nodded, and downed the last of his drink.
Yeah, let's get going.
"Sure, Faith." Angelo shrugged slightly.
"And wasn't this just smashing fun?" Octavian grinned.
Yeah, just great.
Faith and Paige
Faith grabbed her jacket as Paige came padding over.
"Alright, we going?" she asked.
"Yep." Faith nodded. "Everyone hold hands."
They all did and Paige orbed them all back to New York, into the rec room.
"See ya and good luck." Paige waved and orbed out again.
Sergei and Jono
Better put our stuff away. See ya Faith. And thanks.
"Da." Sergei nodded and Displaced started to leave to put away their instruments and so forth.
Faith and Rebekah
"See ya."
Faith sighed and went to her room to get changed.
Rebekah smiled and then went to have a quick shower before the meeting.