AS I WALKED TO THE CABIN WITH MY BROTHER, I SAW THE ONE PERSON THAT I WOULD HAVE PAID ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS TO BE WITH. I SAW MY MOM IN HER CATERING TRUCK, AND TO THE LEFT, I SAW SHANE GRAY CLIMB FROM HIS LIMO. HE WAS CLEARLY IN A BAD MOOD, I GUESS HE DIDN'T WANT TO BE HERE. I TURNED TO MY BROTHER AND SAID, "HEY BRO. I NEED TO GET MY GUITAR. OKAY?" HE HANDED ME HIS CAR KEYS AND I RAN TO THE CAR. WHEN I GOT MY GUITAR, I FELT A TAP ON MY SHOULDER. I SPUN AROUND AND FOUND MYSELF STARING INTO THE EYES OF SHANE GRAY. "EEP." WAS ALL I SAID. "EEP? SO THAT'S YOUR NAME?" I SHOOK MY HEAD AND SAID, "RAVEN." THEN HE LEFT AND I SAID, "THE LEAST YOU COULD DO IS TRY TO BE POLITE." HE TURNED AND SAID, "SAYS WHO?" I TURNED RED WITH ANGER AND SLAMMED THE CAR DOOR. I RUSHED PAST HIM AND MADE MY WAY TO MY BROTHER.

I GAVE HIM THE CAR KEYS. "WHAT'S WRONG, SIS?" I SAID, "NOTHING. LET'S GO." THEN I TURNED TOWARD OUR CABIN ONCE AGAIN FOUND MYSELF STARING INTO THE EYES OF SHANE GRAY. "GO AWAY, SHANE GRAY. I HAVE MY BROTHER AND I'M NOT IN THE MOOD TO FIGHT." I GROWLED. "SHANE? NO I'M BROWN. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MY NEPHEW." I SHOOK HIS HAND AND WALKED TO MY CABIN. I RAN INTO CAITLIN AND WE WENT TO OUR CABIN. WHEN WE WERE SETTLED, WE WENT TO THE OPENING NIGHT JAM. BROWN AND SHANE WENT UP ON THE STAGE AND SAID, "OUR FIRST PERFORMANCE IS RAVEN." I WENT UP ON THE STAGE AND SAID, "THE SONG I WILL BE SINGING IS CALLED 'THIS IS ME'." I STRUMMED MY GUITAR AND BEGAN.
"DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO FEEL SO IN THE DARK TO DREAM ABOUT A LIFE WHERE YOU'RE THE SHINING STAR EVEN THOUGH IT SEEMS IN LIKE IT'S TOO FAR AWAY I HAVE TO BELIEVE IN MYSELF, IT'S THE ONLY WAY THIS IS REAL, THIS IS ME I'M EXACTLY WHERE I'M SUPPOSED TO BE GONNA LET THE LIGHT SHINE ON ME NOW I'VE FOUND WHO I AM THERE'S NO WAY TO HOLD IT IN NO MORE HIDING WHO I WANNA BE THIS IS ME."