Re: The Devil and the Cutie
Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2023 5:31 am
Sky took a little breath, feeling nervous about this, but after spending all this time with Orime, she wanted to show her something more personal. On the karaoke machine's touch screen, she pulled up a song that she loved, and had always resonated with her: Sweet Hibiscus Tea, by Penelope Scott.
"Here is the thing, I can't, do anything, right. Try as I absolutely totally, might..." She started to sing, followed by slow piano music."The bones are melting, the skeleton is ash, the clavicle detaches and falls with, a defeaning, crash."
"And I am not, your protagonist, I'm not even my own, I don't know anything, I don't even know what I don't know. And if you look outside you'll see, disintegrating trees. The artificial way the sunlight bounces off the waxy leaves. My heart catches on every thorn, you're already halfway out the door. And I've never looked so old, and I have never been so cold, and it is 85 degress, I don't know what I need..."
There was a pause in the lyrics as beautiful piano music played, Sky taking another breath. This song was so far removed from any of the other upbeat and cute songs the two had sang tonight. It was a ballad of self loathing and confusion, and Skylar sang it beautifully.
"There's lukewarm herbal mango, sweet hibiscus tea, on the hot garbage pile, in which I fucking sleep. The walls are empty, it's so ugly, I could burn the whole place down. It wouldn't catch, cause all the posters are on their way to my home town."
Again, the chorus came, Sky's voice cracking up as she continued. "My wet heart catches on every thorn... you're already half way out the door... And I'm so tiny and so old, and god it's never been so cold. And it is 85 degrees... I don't know what I neeeed..."
The song closed off with another piano solo, as Sky would huff a little, tearing up...
"Here is the thing, I can't, do anything, right. Try as I absolutely totally, might..." She started to sing, followed by slow piano music."The bones are melting, the skeleton is ash, the clavicle detaches and falls with, a defeaning, crash."
"And I am not, your protagonist, I'm not even my own, I don't know anything, I don't even know what I don't know. And if you look outside you'll see, disintegrating trees. The artificial way the sunlight bounces off the waxy leaves. My heart catches on every thorn, you're already halfway out the door. And I've never looked so old, and I have never been so cold, and it is 85 degress, I don't know what I need..."
There was a pause in the lyrics as beautiful piano music played, Sky taking another breath. This song was so far removed from any of the other upbeat and cute songs the two had sang tonight. It was a ballad of self loathing and confusion, and Skylar sang it beautifully.
"There's lukewarm herbal mango, sweet hibiscus tea, on the hot garbage pile, in which I fucking sleep. The walls are empty, it's so ugly, I could burn the whole place down. It wouldn't catch, cause all the posters are on their way to my home town."
Again, the chorus came, Sky's voice cracking up as she continued. "My wet heart catches on every thorn... you're already half way out the door... And I'm so tiny and so old, and god it's never been so cold. And it is 85 degrees... I don't know what I neeeed..."
The song closed off with another piano solo, as Sky would huff a little, tearing up...