It's hard to wake up
When the shades have been pulled shut
This house is haunted, it's so pathetic
It makes no sense at all
Angel couldn't understand Max and Fang sometimes.
It'd be fine for a few days; they'd even blush at each other once in a while. But then, suddenly, they'd start screaming at each other. Sometimes, Fang would say horrible things to her, make Max feel unwanted, and then just leave.
Almost like the time when the Flock was spilt in two. She'd remember Max's thoughts. They weren't clear like they usually were, but they were fragments of anger and pain. She remembered Max being worried Fang wouldn't come back.
But he did come back. That was how it worked. They'd get in a huge fight, but nothing bad had ever happened. Angel had hoped that the thoughts she was getting from Fang would be gone in the morning.
But they weren't.
She had to pick between her mother and father figures. It was the hardest thing, so hear Max crying inside while Fang just said, "Fine" like it meant nothing.
I'm ripe with things to say
The words rot and fall away
If a stupid poem could fix this home,
I'd read it everyday
Angel dreamed of Max and Fang getting together so they would stop fighting. So it would be like she had a mother and father again, and they could work together to keep the Flock safe. They'd love each other, and all the fighting that hurt her ears would go away and never come back.
She tried a few times to push thoughts into their heads. It never worked, because the Flock was, like, immune to her powers. She couldn't control anyone over anything important. She once convinced Nudge to read a different book in Virginia, but she wasn't sure if she just persuaded her or actually used her skill.
She was so confused. She got love from both of them, whenever she saw them looking at one another. The word almost always came up in their heads, even from a glance.
Why did they fight like this?
So here's your holiday
Hope you enjoy it this time, you gave it all away
It was mine, so when you're dead and gone
Will you remember this night?
Twenty years now lost
It's not right.
What if their expiration date showed up? The thought scared Angel. Surly Jeb could find a way to fix it? Maybe with Itex gone, the dates couldn't be activated.
But what if they did? Would Max and Fang say anything to each other? Would they die, not knowing about the feelings the other one had? How pathetic would that be?
Their anger hurts my ears
Been running strong for seven years
Rather than fix the problems, they never solve them.
It makes no sense at all
She would hear them fighting, in their heads and out loud. It was like loud sirens going off, keeping her from sleeping and causing tears to leak through her eyes. She may be a six year old freak, but this wasn't the way people acted.
Yes, she was a freak. She could read minds, for god's sake, she could talk to fish. But despite that, she couldn't stop herself from being a six-year-old girl who had to listen to a teenage fight.
Sometimes, she wondered if the wings did it. Maybe if they hadn't met, none of the fighting would go on.
None of this.
I see them everyday
We get along, so why can't they?
If this is what she wants, and what he wants...
Then why's there so much pain?
Angel hoped it would stop. She would go to Max in the morning if she remembered. She would ask her to stop.
She hoped it would.
So here's your holiday
Hope you enjoy it this time, you gave it all away.
It was mine, so when you're dead and gone
Will you remember this night?
Twenty years now lost
It's not right.