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Battle of the Bands
"Man, they're good" Matt and his band were standing backstage listening to the band that as playing. "Well, the music is, their vocalist isn't a speck on what Kari can do" Kari blushed. "I mean it Kari, have you heard their vocalist with high notes? Flat, completely flat" Matt was right, the other band's vocalist was terrible at high notes, this was an advantage for Kari, she didn't have much to beat.
"Come on we're up" Matt turned to his band "Ready? Let's go, just do your best ok?"
Kari took a deep breath and took her position on the stage. The music started and she began to sing.
"Try to tell me what I shouldn't do
You should know by now
I won't listen to you
Walk around with my hands
Up in the air
'Cause I don't care
I'm all right
I'm fine
Just freak out let it go
I'm gonna live my life
I can't ever run and hide
I won't compromise
'Cause I'll never know
I'm gonna close my eyes
I can't watch the time go by
I won't keep it inside
Freak out let it go
Just freak out let it go
You don't always have to
Do everything right
Stand up for yourself
And put up a fight
Walk around with your
Hands up in the air
Like you don't care
I'm alright
I'm fine
Just freak out let it go
I'm gonna live my life
I can't ever run and hide
I won't compromise
'Cause I'll never know
I'm gonna close my eyes
I can't watch the time go by
I won't keep it inside
Freak out let it go
Just freak out let it go"
Let it go
On my own
Let it go
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Just let me live my life
I can't ever run and hide
I won't compromise
'Cause I'll never know
I'm gonna close my eyes
I can't watch the time go by
I won't keep it inside
Freak out let it go
Just freak out let it go"
The crowd cheered and Kari was given a little more confidence with the next song. She nodded to the rest of the band to let them know she was ready and the second song started.
"I cannot find a way to describe it
It's there inside
All I do is hide
I wish that it would just go away
What would you do?
If you knew
What would you do?
All the pain
I thought I knew
All the thoughts lead back to you
Back to what
Was never said
Back and forth
Inside my head
I can't handle this confusion
I'm unable come and take me away
I feel like I'm all alone
All by myself I need to get around this
My words are cold
I don't want them to hurt you
If I show you
I don't think you'd understand
'Cause no one understands
All the pain
I thought I knew
All the thoughts lead back to you
Back to what
Was never said
Back and forth
Inside my head
I can't handle this confusion
I'm unable come and take me away
I'm going nowhere on and on and
I'm getting nowhere on and on and on
I'm going nowhere on and on and off
And on and off and on
All the pain
I thought I knew
All the thoughts lead back to you
Back to what
Was never said
Back and forth
Inside my head
I can't handle this confusion
I'm unable come and take me away
Take me
away
Break me away
Take me away"
Kari looked over at the judges, one seemed very impressed, and another was smiling and scribbling notes on a piece of paper but the other looked bored and unhappy. This scared Kari. Was she that bad at singing that he was bored? Were they really rubbish?
Kari looked at the crowd who were cheering madly. At least some people liked them. She caught sight of T.K and Tai and smiled to herself before the next song.
"I looked away
Then I looked back at you
You tried to say
Things that you can't undo
If I had my way
I'd never get over you
Today's the day
I pray that we make it through
Make it through the fall
Make it through it all
I don't want to fall to pieces
I just want to sit and stare at you
I don't want to talk about it
And I don't want a conversation
I just want to cry in front of you
I don't want to talk about it
Coz I'm in love with you.
You're the only one
I'd be with till the end
When I come undone
You bring me back again
Back under the stars
Back into your arms
I don't want to fall to pieces
I just want to sit and stare at you
I don't want to talk about it
And I don't want a conversation
I just want to cry in front of you
I don't want to talk about it
Coz I'm in love with you.
Want to know who you are
Want to know where to start
I want to know what this means
Want to know how you feel
Want to know what is real
I want to know everything, everything
I don't want to fall to pieces
I just want to sit and stare at you
I don't want to talk about it
And I don't want a conversation
I just want to cry in front of you
I don't want to talk about it
I don't want to fall to pieces
I just want to sit and stare at you
I don't want to talk about it
And I don't want a conversation
I just want to cry in front of you
I don't want to talk about it
Coz I'm in love with you.
I'm in love with you
'Cause I'm in love with you
I'm in love with you
I'm in love with you"
The crowd was cheering louder than before and Kari was determined to make their final song the best.
"Why do you look so familiar?
I could swear that I've seen your face before
I think that I like that you seem sincere
I think I'd like to get to know you
A little bit more
I think there's something more
Life's worth living for
Who knows what could happen
Do what you do
Just keep on laughing
One thing's true
There's always a brand new day
I'm gonna live today like it's my last day"
The crowd was loving it. The judges were looking the same as usual but Kari refused to let anything put her off.
"Who knows what could happen
Do what you do
Just keep on laughing
One thing's true
There's always a brand new day
I'm gonna live today like it's my last day
So you go and make it happen
Do your best
Just keep on laughing
I'm telling you
There's always a brand new day"
Matt smiled as Kari dropped into the nearest chair once backstage again. Matt handed her a bottle of water.
"Great! Absolutely fantastic! You've exceeded my expectations! All of you"
"And you! We wouldn't have such a fantastic vocalist if it weren't for you"
"Well Tai found her not me"
"Well you got all the gigs"
"Actually, the school offered us the first gig and Joe found this one for me"
"We wouldn't have a great band without your encouragement Matt, stop putting yourself down and thinking everyone's better than you. Come on admit YOU are the main man here"
The whole band agreed and forced Matt to congratulate himself too and to take credit for things.
"Look if we don't win this, who cares? We know we're the best, right?"
The judges were huddled together discussing the bands performances. T.K decided to walk passed them to get backstage.
"For heavens sake!" He heard the judge in the middle say
"Just because they weren't as pop as you like doesn't mean you have to stick up for the more pop bands! They were the best just admit it"
"The girl couldn't sing"
"She sang a hundred times better than that fool you liked. That girl was completely flat whereas the girl in Electrolysis"
"I agree entirely. You're out numbered it's two against one"
"If you can find one person to agree then fine"
The judge in the middle caught sight of T.K
"My dear can I ask you something please?"
"Yes"
"Can you tell me which band was your favourite today?"
"Sure! Electrolysis, by miles!"
"Thank you dear" She turned the judge on her left with a victorious look on her face
T.K turned and walked back to where Tai was. He didn't want the judges to see him go backstage in case they thought he was part of the band and then his answer would have been biased.
The judges took to the stage and began to announce the results.
"In third !" A girl with a squashed face walked onto the stage to receive a small trophy.
"In second place..."
"O.K this is it" Matt said as second place was given to three boys each with spiky green hair.
"And first place goes to...ELECTROLYSIS!" Kari threw her arms around Matt in happiness. Matt was surprised but didn't push her away. He was happy too.
"Look at the size of it" Tai stared at the large trophy, "Who's gonna keep it?"
Kari, along with Crash and Keys looked straight at Matt.
"We couldn't have done it without you pushing us harder and cramming in extra practises and making me hand my homework in late cos I couldn't get it done cos of practise, besides we got medals so what do we want with that thing?" Keys grinned.
Kari handed the trophy over to Matt. Matt smiled as he held the trophy.
"I can't believe you won, well actually I can some of those bands were horrible"
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