Some of these chapters will be short, others will be long. It all depends on the song and who's narrating it. I also plan on trying upload more than one chapter at a time, possibly entire acts at a time. And I think it's only fair to let you know that I fail at writing out song lyrics so everything will have a weirdness to it. So yeah, just a heads up. Please enjoy and review.
"So, this is basically an anti-church?" Gloria asked. It was one of those slower days. Angel laid on the floor sharing a joint with Tyler. Jason sat between Annabel and Nicole on the couch looking very satisfied with himself. I sat by the piano playing whatever came to mind on my acoustic. Theo looked up from spraying "ST. JIMMY" in red on a wall.
"What?" He asked.
"Well not really an anti-church. If anything, this is like a church." Gloria continued. She walked around as she talked, it made what she was talking about all the more interesting.
"How so?" Angel asked handing the rest of the joint to Tyler. He looked as happy as Jason when she did.
"We don't have a preacher because we all talk. But we do preach, only we're negative. Because we talk about our lives and they all suck, because the world sucks."
"Amen." I said.
"See!" Gloria said. "I'm basically preaching right now."
"Only we do that through song." Angel pushed. "And I aside from the first day you came here, haven't heard you sing once." Gloria raised and eyebrow.
Angel never really liked Gloria. Probably because I liked Gloria and Angel liked me. She didn't even know that I was a year younger than her because of how tall I always was. When she heard about my crush on Gloria, she was pissed. I never really got it until I saw the girly fights the two of them would have.
"Jason." Gloria said. He looked up. She nodded towards his drum set. "Give me a beat. Something simple." Angel tossed white-blonde hair over her shoulder.
"You want me too?" I asked.
"Yeah." Gloria said. "But not on that. Get your electric." I opened up the piano.
"Tyler. I know you're stoned but jump in if you want." I said walking over. He smiled and grabbed his bass. That kid scared me sometimes. Theo sat where Jason was before and Nicole and Annabel stared at him. Angel stepped back. Gloria nodded to Jason. I could see her counting silently. She pointed to me. It was easy. Improv is my middle name.
"Do you know the enemy?
Do you know your enemy?
Well gotta' know the enemy"
Gloria sang. Angel seemed shocked.
"Do you know the enemy?
Do you know your enemy?
Well gotta' know the enemy
Do you know the enemy?
Do you know your enemy?
Well gotta' know the enemy"
The tune was easy to catch on to and Theo was the first to start singing along. Everyone else did too. Angel mumbled under her breath.
"Violence is an energy
Against the enemy
Well violence is an energy
Bringing on the fury
The choir infantry
Revolt against the honor to obey
Overthrow the effigy
The vast majority
We're burning down the foreman of control
Silence is the enemy
Against your urgency
So rally up the demons of your soul
Do you know the enemy?
Do you know your enemy?
Well gotta' know the enemy
Do you know the enemy?
Do you know your enemy?
Well gotta' know the enemy
The insurgency will rise,
When the blood's been sacrificed
Don't be blinded by the lies in your eyes."
She pointed to me while I played out a solo. Gloria bit her lip smiling and tapping her knee in time with the music. She winked at me and it wasn't cheesy.
"Well, violence is an energy,
From here to Eternity
Well, violence is an energy,
Silence is the enemy
So give me give me revolution!"
Gloria held her hand up to Jason and Tyler and let me play out. She pointed to me. Confused, I sang,
"Do you know the enemy?
Do you know your enemy?
Well gotta know the enemy"
Gloria smiled and Theo started singing with her. Nicole and Annabel did too.
"Do you know the enemy?
Do you know your enemy?
Well gotta' know the enemy
Do you know the enemy?
Do you know your enemy?
Well gotta' know the enemy"
By the time they'd figured out the tune Gloria went on to sing something else while they continued on.
"Overthrow the effigy
The vast majority
We're burning down the foreman of control
Silence is the enemy
Against your urgency
So rally up the demons of your soul"
Gloria brushed hair out of her eyes and looked at Angel.
"I'm sorry, you haven't seen me what?" She was so cocky and smartass about it, that it was kind of sexy.
"Don't be a bitch about it." Angel shot back. Gloria threw her head back and laughed.
"If we weren't being bitches about things, I wouldn't have had to sing." She said smirking.