A/N: Started out (as in- the first word!) as a Phantom fic, but got a
little... Margaret Atwood-ized? Hey, don't blame me! I was going around
today yelling "Blessed be the fruit!" at everybody and NOBODY answered the
right way! *glares* We need more Margaret Atwood fans around!!! (BTW, this
isn't Erik and Christine. My theory is that there's a whole line of
Phantoms, and this is one of the earlier ones...)
Disclaimer: Um... How do I disclaim this? Well, it has one bad word... *GASP* and... and... well, it's pretty much normal. It has a weird "plot" line... Emphasis of sarcasm on "plot"...
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SING.
1 I used to be-
SING. JUST SING, BITCH.
Angel... Angel...
LISTEN TO ME.
donthurtme
please
before. before i used to be-
WEAK. WEAK. YOU'RE STILL WEAK. DON'T DECIEVE YOURSELF. YOU'RE ONLY WHAT YOU ALWAYS HAVE BEEN.
if i ever was anything at all
IF YOU EVER WERE ANYTHING AT ALL.
if i ever was. was i, angel?
IF YOU EVER WERE ANYTHING AT ALL.
you're leaving it at that, aren't you.
IF YOU EVER WERE ANYTHING AT ALL.
don't. i can't stand it. you know i can't.
WEAK. I TOLD YOU.
they're watching for me, you know they are-
I'M TAKING YOUR WORD FOR IT. SO FAR.
why would i lie?
WHY WOULD YOU?
i see. why wouldn't i?
BECAUSE YOU'LL ALWAYS COME BACK.
i will. you're right. i'll always come back.
LOOK AT ME.
look at you. okay, i'm looking at you. you look the same as you ever did before.
AS I ALWAYS WILL.
don't laugh at me like that.
IT SCARES YOU.
scares me? yes, i suppose it does.
AS IT SHOULD.
as it should... as it should...
PLAYING FRAGILE AGAIN.
didn't you say i was weak?
AS IF THEY'RE THE SAME THING.
aren't they?
AREN'T THEY? YOU HAVE A MIND, DO YOU NOT?
sometimes i doubt it.
A MIND. YOU KNOW YOU HAVE.
even if it's yours.
EVEN IF IT'S MINE.
even if it's mine... angel?
ANGEL?
why do you never sing for me?
THAT'S YOUR JOB, ISN'T IT?
is it? is that why you keep me?
IS IT? I SAID IT'S YOUR JOB.
is that why you keep me?
DO YOU SEE ME KEEPING YOU? YOU COME ON YOUR OWN.
as if you don't realize. something's holding me here.
SOMEBODY'S HOLDING YOU HERE.
so you admit.
DO I?
do you? you never do.
HOW ASTUTE OF YOU. I NEVER ADIMT.
and you never answer me.
AND I NEVER ANSWER YOU. OR YOU NEVER HEAR THE ANSWERS.
you know i'll never hear them. that's just the same as staying silent.
YOU SAY.
i say.
SING.
Disclaimer: Um... How do I disclaim this? Well, it has one bad word... *GASP* and... and... well, it's pretty much normal. It has a weird "plot" line... Emphasis of sarcasm on "plot"...
* * *
SING.
1 I used to be-
SING. JUST SING, BITCH.
Angel... Angel...
LISTEN TO ME.
donthurtme
please
before. before i used to be-
WEAK. WEAK. YOU'RE STILL WEAK. DON'T DECIEVE YOURSELF. YOU'RE ONLY WHAT YOU ALWAYS HAVE BEEN.
if i ever was anything at all
IF YOU EVER WERE ANYTHING AT ALL.
if i ever was. was i, angel?
IF YOU EVER WERE ANYTHING AT ALL.
you're leaving it at that, aren't you.
IF YOU EVER WERE ANYTHING AT ALL.
don't. i can't stand it. you know i can't.
WEAK. I TOLD YOU.
they're watching for me, you know they are-
I'M TAKING YOUR WORD FOR IT. SO FAR.
why would i lie?
WHY WOULD YOU?
i see. why wouldn't i?
BECAUSE YOU'LL ALWAYS COME BACK.
i will. you're right. i'll always come back.
LOOK AT ME.
look at you. okay, i'm looking at you. you look the same as you ever did before.
AS I ALWAYS WILL.
don't laugh at me like that.
IT SCARES YOU.
scares me? yes, i suppose it does.
AS IT SHOULD.
as it should... as it should...
PLAYING FRAGILE AGAIN.
didn't you say i was weak?
AS IF THEY'RE THE SAME THING.
aren't they?
AREN'T THEY? YOU HAVE A MIND, DO YOU NOT?
sometimes i doubt it.
A MIND. YOU KNOW YOU HAVE.
even if it's yours.
EVEN IF IT'S MINE.
even if it's mine... angel?
ANGEL?
why do you never sing for me?
THAT'S YOUR JOB, ISN'T IT?
is it? is that why you keep me?
IS IT? I SAID IT'S YOUR JOB.
is that why you keep me?
DO YOU SEE ME KEEPING YOU? YOU COME ON YOUR OWN.
as if you don't realize. something's holding me here.
SOMEBODY'S HOLDING YOU HERE.
so you admit.
DO I?
do you? you never do.
HOW ASTUTE OF YOU. I NEVER ADIMT.
and you never answer me.
AND I NEVER ANSWER YOU. OR YOU NEVER HEAR THE ANSWERS.
you know i'll never hear them. that's just the same as staying silent.
YOU SAY.
i say.
SING.
