AN: I'm not really big on Twilight but this story was begging to come out.
(Cough Syrup, Glee Cast version is my favorite)
Life's too short to even care at all oh woah oh,
I'm losin' my mind, losin' my mind, losin' control. ( I hold my head with one hand)
These fishes in the sea, they're staring at me waoh oh, (I my head turn away)
Oh oh oh oh,
A wet world aches for a beat of a drum, (I pat my heart) Oh.
If I could find a way to see this straight (I point into the crowd)
I'd run away
To some fortune that I should have found by now (I bring it back to my chest in a fist)
I'm waiting for this cough syrup to come down, come down.
(I dance around on stage shaking my head to the beat)
Life's too short to even care at all oh
I'm coming up now, coming up now, out of the blue oh
These zombies in the park, they're looking for my heart (my hand over my heart in a fist)
Oh oh oh oh
A dark world aches for a splash of the sun oh oh
If I could find a way to see this straight (reaching toward the crowd)
I'd run away
To some fortune that I I should have found by now
And so I run now to the things they said could restore me,
Restore life the way it should be.
I'm waiting for this cough syrup to come down
Life's too short to even care at all oh (I shake my head)
I'm losing my mind, losing my mind, losing control
If I could find a way to see this straight
I'd run away
To some fortune that I should have found by now
So I run now to the things they said could restore me,
Restore life the way it should be.
I'm waiting for this cough syrup to come down
(I sink to the ground on my knees)
One more spoon of cough syrup now oh
One more spoon of cough syrup now oh
I paused for breath in the middle of the stage while the music ended, then went to the side for a drink of water while the music for the next song started.
(Fairytale by Sara Bareilles)
Cinderella's on her bedroom floor
She's got a Crush on the guy at the liquor store
Cause Mr. Charming don't come home anymore
And she forgets why she came here
Sleeping Beauty's in a foul mood for shame
She says None for you dear prince, I'm tired today
I'd rather sleep my whole life away than have you keep me from dreaming
'cause I don't care for your fairytales
You're so worried about the maiden though you know
She's only waiting on the next best thing
Snow White is doing dishes again cause
What else can you do with seven itty-bitty men?
Sends them to bed and calls up a friend
Says will you meet me at midnight?
The tall blonde lets out a cry of despair says
Would have cut it myself if I knew men could climb hair
I'll have to find another tower somewhere and keep away from the windows
'cause I don't care for your fairytales
You're so worried about the maiden though you know
She's only waiting on the next best thing
Once upon a time in a faraway kingdom
Man made up a story said that I should believe him
Go and tell your white knight that he's handsome in hindsight
But I don't want the next best thing
So I sing and hold my head down and I break these walls round me
Can't take no more of your fairytale love
I don't care, I don't care
Worry bout the maiden though you know
She's only waiting spent the whole life being graded on the sanctity of patience and a dumb
Appreciation
But the story needs some mending and a better happy ending
Cause I don't want the next best thing
No no I don't want the next best thing
After the concert I split with the guys and drove back to my hotel and headed up to my room skipping the parties. I chose to drive myself against my manager's recommendation of using a driver and body guard for safety. I felt safe enough with my gun and disguise.
On stage and during interviews I am Clarissa Rose the singer/songwriter with purple hair in a pixie cut and fun costumes. Everywhere else I'm Clarissa Jacobs, college student with long black hair and normal clothes. During tours I use a black wig and dye my hair and switch to my normal black hair and a purple wig when not on tour.
My band mates are friends from boarding school. Jed plays bass, Todd drums, and Rick plays guitar and does male vocals. I had known them all since we started high school together. We became friends when my roommate Jen dated Todd a few months in. We were always in his and Jed's room or they were in ours. I stayed close with them and we started a band our sophomore year after they broke up. We became famous our senior year and started touring a few months after graduation.
Our school was in New York City and every other level of the dorms switched between boys and girls. They didn't care if we were in each other's rooms during the day but punished us harshly If we were after 9pm. I also had at least one of them in each of my classes so I grew close with them.
Now three years since we moved in right after high school the boys and I still share a condo in New York City and we are like a family. We treat each other's families as such, well those we get along with. Todd and I don't have any contact with our families. We alternate holidays between Jed and Ricks families and kept in touch with them all.
Tonight was our third and last concert in Denver Colorado, tomorrow we move on to some smallish town in Montana. After two shows there we take a two week break there. Our manager, Kim, has rented us a house while we are there. We are all looking forward to a break after six months of tours. After that we go back to NYC and real life.
While on tour I take classes online towards a degree in psychology. I also do all of the editing and directing for our music videos. We try to do at least two videos per tour. And I write new songs producing a new album each year. So I keep really busy.
Tonight I decided to go to sleep early and work on editing videos on the eight hour bus ride tomorrow while the boys slept.