Musical drabbles are fun. I write for pleasure so naturally there had to be more. This time I stuck to the rules and there's only ten. The rules are on the previous chapter if you want to participate.
Artist that came up the most this time seems to be Arctic Monkeys. Yay.
Also, if any of you read /Bucket List/, I'm writing another part. If anyone would be open to reading more of that particular work, just give PM me or review idk I don't mind. And, if you have any song recommendations I would love to hear them, I really need to broaden my musical taste.
WARNINGS: character death, some angst, but not as much fluff as before.
1) Kiss Of Life - Friendly Fires
I watched as they pulled him from the ocean. The waves had been crushing, overwhelming and effortlessly strong, all consuming with endless energy.
They had dragged him away from me, down, down, deeper, further from my grip. I had been screaming, howling, wailing and they had come, wading through the shallows, then swimming when the waves got deeper, swift strokes parting the water that suddenly seemed so icy.
One of them had pulled me back onto the beach, restraining me from running back to save him.
But then they'd been swimming back, dragging his limp body along with them and it had hit me.
It was like a kick to the gut and I curled over, clutching the wound that was never really physically there and I felt burning tears spill over along my cheeks but really I felt nothing. Nothing at all.
I was just consumed by the pain, it was all too much. The lifeguard told me what I already knew.
It was too late.
2) Crying Lightning - Arctic Monkeys
It was a small, 24 hour cafe, with unpleasant wait staff, with bored expressions and tapping fake nails.
It was right next to the train station, an ideal location, one would say, but not if your city was as much of a shit tip as this one.
I had lived here all my life, enduring hoardes of chavs, graffitied walls and council estates. Tracksuits and Nike trainers. Hoodies and gangs that were nothing more than wannabe's. Petty muggings and real, scary knife crimes. Homophobia, racism. Discrimination. The city thrived off it.
And yet you caught my eyes from across the table, sliding a bag of pick n' mix in my direction.
And from inside the little rundown cafe we watched as an ice cream van pulled up on the curb and crowds of kids pestered the vendor. Little shits.
Your brown eyes reassured me, though.
We'd be escaping this hole of poverty soon.
3) Vow - Garbage
You're using me.
I'm not an idiot, Dan. I know that there's others. I don't know how many, I don't care.
I'm angry, Dan, so angry.
It's okay, I'm going to get you back.
I'm going to knock you down, shatter those realities because if you believe that you could do that to me you'd be wrong.
Oh poor, innocent, little Phil, got himself cheated on.
It's not okay Dan. You know nothing about me, you don't know me at all.
And when I think about it don't know you either.
But I'm glad, if you think that it's acceptable to do that to me then I think I'd rather avoid you.
But I still love you, I'll never stop.
I can't stop when it comes to you.
4) From The Ritz To The Rubble - Arctic Monkeys
The clubbing scene in Sheffield was certainly alive.
They'd been visiting friends and decided to go out, in the intention of having a good night.
So many people had tried to rough them up, raising fists and shouting threatening words. Typical Yorkshire.
Even the bouncers were cunts.
And the girls, they were awful, sick creatures with the only intention of getting out of their dresses.
It was still a competition; who could pull first?
And Dan was about to make his move. He wandered casually over to the bar, tapping the raven haired figure on the shoulder.
And then turned and he was assaulted by blue eyes. Phil's blue eyes. And he pressed his lips against Phil's and smiled as he felt Phil kiss back.
Then he pulled away.
"I win."
And then they laughed, because indeed he had.
5) Glorious - Muse
I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
I'm holding your face in my hands, caressing your cheeks, pale ivory but so perfect. I didn't mean it, I didn't mean to say that, to do that.
Please, I believe in you, do you believe in me?
I'm like a stranger, a person neither of us really know anymore.
What have I done?
But I love you and I know you love me or you would have pulled away by now. Phil I love you, I'm sorry.
Please stay.
6) Times Like These - Foo Fighters
She left me. I thought I loved her. I thought she was the one.
But then she broke my heart, she left me, shattered me.
But you were always there, Phil. And only now I'm realising that I'm falling again.
I told myself I would never love again, that it is a painful and dangerous experience that I should be wary of and avoid.
But your kindness, your support, your love is my everything.
Phil, I'll love you properly one day.
I'm learning, Phil, I'm learning to love again.
7) Big Freeze - Muse
You were shocked. That was to be expected, of course. Your best friend loving you is something that no one is prepared for.
Undoubtedly, you left for a bit, cleared your head.
But then you came back.
But why are you here? Do you really feel the same? Do you really love me back? Or are you just here to prove a point?
Don't let this ruin us. We were perfect, beautiful. Don't let this ruin your heart, don't let this ruin us.
Let's just stay the same? Maybe we can carry on, forget how I feel. Move on and forget?
But then you place a tender kiss on my lips and I forget what I was ever thinking.
The kiss, it means so much more than anything you could ever say, it's magic. Out own little bit of magic.
And the sunshine is ours forever, if we promise to keep it in our hearts.
8) On Your Own - Blur
Dan,
Do you remember that time when we went the sea together? And we sat on the pier together and we drank lemonade and it we were happy?
The sun was shining, arcade games spinning, children squealing, but we were in our own perfect, serene little bubble, our happy place.
Don't you remember?
Isn't that time reason enough to see that I'm not bad, I was never that bad. Let's go back there.
Don't leave me alone, Dan. I just want to stay with you. I really love you and I want to stay with you, no matter what.
Love always seems too end that way, right? Let's be the exception.
What do you say, take me back?
Love, Phil.
9) Plug In Baby - Muse
Muse was blasting from the tv, power guitar riffs, hypnotizing bass lines and rousing drum beats.
On screen, Matt Bellamy was jumping and spinning, knee sliding and fist pumping, strumming with an intensity only he could manage.
In the safety of his own home, so was Dan Howell.
And, just hidden from his view behind the door frame, there was Phil, secretly videoing him with his camera, shoulders shaking in silent laughter. He watched as Dan's lanky body flailed around and stifled another giggle as he watched his boyfriend stumble over his own feet.
That night, the internet was treated to a hilariously awkward clip of Dan's dance.
The caption of the video?
Thanks for the flour in my hair-dryer, I loved it. You're so funny. Great prank. Is this payback? I think so. Love Phil xoxo
10) Mine Eraser - The Black Keys
Don't let it be over.
When you get rejected, you always come to me. That always makes me feel better, because it makes me feel wanted. Not wanted in the way that I want you to be, but anything is worth it now.
I used to think that maybe one day you'd fall for me too, that maybe we could fall together and it would work out.
But I'm just your mind eraser.
I just help when she gives you trouble.
But there doesn't seem like any trouble anymore, you're moving out, you're moving in with her.
But I need you. I love you.
Don't let it be over.
