Disclaimer: Again, I don't own Gundam Wing, or it's characters, or the
song, which is by Sade. (unfortunately)
Warnings: None.
Category: Short Songfic, slightly fluffy.
Pairing: slight 1*R
Part Two: Have a Little Faith in Man
"~Man stands in all his glory~ ~sitting at the crossroads of the same old story~ ~Man got his make-up - wears it like a mask~ ~hides inside a child - lives inside a glass~ ~Man breathes his own deceit~ ~Man worships his own defeat~"
I closed the door to my apartment, and walked the streets, thinking about you. I didn't have a specific destination in mind, which was unusual for me. I always seem to know exactly where I'm going- I always have a reason, a direction to take. But not this time. I need to think.
"~I'm a man~ ~I know what it feels like~ ~I'm a man working on the living part of life~ ~You see through me~ ~I understand~ ~don't loose hope~ ~If you can~ ~Have a little faith in man~"
I wasn't aware of it when it began to rain. I just noted that it was there as if it weren't me that was getting wet. As if it were just a dream. How had you known that I couldn't stay around you? You must have understood, 'cause you didn't try to stop me. Why?
"~Shakespeare's men got all the lines~ ~Modern man lives back in time~ ~Man got bravado in his big steel hand~ ~Runs with the wolf - sleeps with the lamb~ ~Man falls- cuts- and bleeds~ ~Man stumbles on his own belief~"
I slipped on the wet pavement, and somehow I'd suddenly fallen. I saw a small trickle of blood sliding from my torn hands, only to be washed away by the rain. I don't feel it. It does not affect me. I don't really care about you. How could I, when I have no emotions? I believe that... How can I not, when I've never cared about anything, really?
"~I'm a man~ ~I know what it feels like~ ~I'm a man working on the living part of life~ ~You see through me~ ~I understand~ ~don't loose hope~ ~If you can~ ~Have a little faith in man~"
I've been living in the past, and you've always seemed to understand that I didn't want to talk about it. You never forced my to talk, or to explain- you never seemed to need it- you already understood. I blinked, realizing that I was heading for your garden. I've watched you cry there so often, that now - when I'm confused - that is where I go...
"~He's the hoax~ ~behind the thrill~ ~the poison arrow~ ~the bitter pill~ ~hard to swallow~ ~hard to kill~ ~hard to understand~ ~he's the light~ ~behind the hill~ ~the broken promise~ ~the iron will~ ~hard to kill~ ~hard to understand~"
I never wanted to kill all those people. I always thought it was my nature to kill - but now, I wonder... Why didn't I kill you? That's been bothering me a lot lately, because I've always had an answer before. Why do I now go back to you? To keep my promise - that I would protect you? I'm not sure. I stood behind you now- you were crying. Blood stained a single rose - yours? - like I stain you... Am I why you cry? I search your gaze for the answers to my silent questions. Do I love you?
"~Oh I'm a man~ ~I know what it feels like~ ~I'm a man working on the living part of life~ ~You see through me~ ~I understand~ ~don't loose hope~ ~If you can~ ~Have a little faith in man~ ~I know what it feels like~ ~I'm a man working on the living part of life~ ~You see through me~ ~I understand~ ~don't loose hope~ ~If you can~ ~Have a little faith in man~"
"Yes," I whisper, thinking, Yes, I do love you...
"~Have a little faith in man~"
You asked me a question, but I didn't hear you. You're smiling, and I wonder why... I guess it doesn't really matter, as long as you're happy now... I never thought I'd see the day when I'd live up to the faith you had in me... and I never thought I'd admit this- even if it's only to myself.
Part Two: Have a Little Faith in Man
"~Man stands in all his glory~ ~sitting at the crossroads of the same old story~ ~Man got his make-up - wears it like a mask~ ~hides inside a child - lives inside a glass~ ~Man breathes his own deceit~ ~Man worships his own defeat~"
I closed the door to my apartment, and walked the streets, thinking about you. I didn't have a specific destination in mind, which was unusual for me. I always seem to know exactly where I'm going- I always have a reason, a direction to take. But not this time. I need to think.
"~I'm a man~ ~I know what it feels like~ ~I'm a man working on the living part of life~ ~You see through me~ ~I understand~ ~don't loose hope~ ~If you can~ ~Have a little faith in man~"
I wasn't aware of it when it began to rain. I just noted that it was there as if it weren't me that was getting wet. As if it were just a dream. How had you known that I couldn't stay around you? You must have understood, 'cause you didn't try to stop me. Why?
"~Shakespeare's men got all the lines~ ~Modern man lives back in time~ ~Man got bravado in his big steel hand~ ~Runs with the wolf - sleeps with the lamb~ ~Man falls- cuts- and bleeds~ ~Man stumbles on his own belief~"
I slipped on the wet pavement, and somehow I'd suddenly fallen. I saw a small trickle of blood sliding from my torn hands, only to be washed away by the rain. I don't feel it. It does not affect me. I don't really care about you. How could I, when I have no emotions? I believe that... How can I not, when I've never cared about anything, really?
"~I'm a man~ ~I know what it feels like~ ~I'm a man working on the living part of life~ ~You see through me~ ~I understand~ ~don't loose hope~ ~If you can~ ~Have a little faith in man~"
I've been living in the past, and you've always seemed to understand that I didn't want to talk about it. You never forced my to talk, or to explain- you never seemed to need it- you already understood. I blinked, realizing that I was heading for your garden. I've watched you cry there so often, that now - when I'm confused - that is where I go...
"~He's the hoax~ ~behind the thrill~ ~the poison arrow~ ~the bitter pill~ ~hard to swallow~ ~hard to kill~ ~hard to understand~ ~he's the light~ ~behind the hill~ ~the broken promise~ ~the iron will~ ~hard to kill~ ~hard to understand~"
I never wanted to kill all those people. I always thought it was my nature to kill - but now, I wonder... Why didn't I kill you? That's been bothering me a lot lately, because I've always had an answer before. Why do I now go back to you? To keep my promise - that I would protect you? I'm not sure. I stood behind you now- you were crying. Blood stained a single rose - yours? - like I stain you... Am I why you cry? I search your gaze for the answers to my silent questions. Do I love you?
"~Oh I'm a man~ ~I know what it feels like~ ~I'm a man working on the living part of life~ ~You see through me~ ~I understand~ ~don't loose hope~ ~If you can~ ~Have a little faith in man~ ~I know what it feels like~ ~I'm a man working on the living part of life~ ~You see through me~ ~I understand~ ~don't loose hope~ ~If you can~ ~Have a little faith in man~"
"Yes," I whisper, thinking, Yes, I do love you...
"~Have a little faith in man~"
You asked me a question, but I didn't hear you. You're smiling, and I wonder why... I guess it doesn't really matter, as long as you're happy now... I never thought I'd see the day when I'd live up to the faith you had in me... and I never thought I'd admit this- even if it's only to myself.