"I'll Walk" Prequel:
1 Year Wedding Anniversary/ Concert
Part: 3
These chapters are about how Loren and Eddie feel a year into their relationship. Loren is healed from the accident and can walk. This song mostly reflects on the way things have been the past year as Loren struggled to be able to walk again. They are going to actually sing this song!
(Eddie and Loren are sitting at home by the piano when they come up with this song. They are going to sing it at a concert, as one of their new songs.)
Eddie: Jumping at the sound of Jake's voice, "Well, hi there!"
Jake: "Hey man, got that song ready?"
Eddie: "No man but…"
Loren: "You can sit down and listen to this play back of our thoughts from this past year, and watch as we turn it into a song."
Kelly: "Sounds good to me!"
Eddie: "Great now take a seat and listen." I say as I pull up our recording. Clicking play, "Okay babe, you just start telling me what to right and you can control the phone. Pause and play it whenever."
Loren: "Yes babe, I know." I joke and then pick up his phone. The recording begins to play and everyone here is silent. "Okay," I say pausing the recording, "Ummm, write this down. Had our ups and downs..I know I get insecure and that everything isn't always rainbows and butterflies..Good to know somebody cares. That can be the first part."
Eddie: "Uhhh, yeah okay how about this for the first line? It's good to know somebody cares." I ask as I cross out the note that relates to that line. Our system hear is to take notes, then turn them into lyrics, and cross out the note as we go so we don't miss anything or put it in over and over again.
Jake: "Sounds good so far, keep going!"
Loren: Eddie and I glance at each other, we are both already annoyed at Jake and Kelly's presence, but we have to deal with it. I play the recording again and an idea pops in my head as I press pause 3 minutes later. "Alright the next few lines can be, And I always say that: Yeah she's hurt, but I don't feel like talkin'. It might be just too much to bear, to hear somebody say its stops hurting…"
Eddie: "…Or to hear somebody say she ain't worth it. 'Cause you don't know her like I do. You'll never understand. You don't know what we've been through…"
Loren: "Uhhh huh and…That girl's my best friend, and there's no way you're gonna help me. She's the only one who can…"
Eddie: "…No, you don't know how much I've got to lose. You don't know her like I do."
Kelly: "That is great guys! I can't wait for the final product. How about Jake and I head out and come back in 30?"
Eddie & Loren: "Sounds good!"
Jake: "Whoa guys don't be so happy."
Eddie & Loren: "Sorry." We say even though we really aren't. We say bye to Jake and Kelly and then continue working on our new song.
Loren: It's been about 10 minutes and Eddie and I almost have a full song. We've got about 9 parts to our song. I can't believe how easy this is! Pausing the recording for what felt like the millionth time, "Okay, write this down. You got it bad..You stuck around through everything..Phone call would end and would hang up and call right back..Can't miss a whole day without you or my life was off track..You would be gone and I didn't wanna have fun..All I did was think about you..Everything in our past and present didn't matter anymore..Money or care I would give it all back..so fortunate to have you.. want you to know I really adore you and want to make you feel beautiful."
Eddie: Writing down the last of what Loren said, "Got it! Okay here we go, You got, you got it bad. When you're on the phone, hang up and you call right back…"
Loren: "…You got, you got it bad if you miss a day without your friend…"
Eddie: "…Your whole life's off track. You know you got it bad when you're stuck in the house…"
Loren: "…You don't wanna have fun."
Both: "It's all you think about…"
Loren: "…You got it bad when you're out with someone…"
Eddie: Smiling at how we are creating this great song together, "…But you keep on thinkin' bout somebody else. You got it bad…"
Loren: "…When you say that you love 'em and you really know, everything that used to matter, don't matter no more…"
Eddie: "…Like my money, all my cars. You can have it all back. Said I'm fortunate to have you girl. I want you to know I really adore you. I want to make you feel beautiful." I say aloud as I write down everything that has been said. As I'm going back crossing things off Loren is just smiling at me, "What?"
Loren: "Nothing, this is just amazingly beautiful. I had no idea that our thoughts and love for each other could create a song."
Eddie: "Neither did I, but I wouldn't have wanted to figure it out with anyone else."
Loren: "Me either."
Eddie: Another 10 minutes have passed and Loren and I are laughing at how offended I got when she called me a Flattered Fool. She goes to play the recording and all we hear for a good minute before she fast forwards is us making out. I thought it was pretty funny that I didn't pause the recording, she on the other hand did not. At this point in the recording I was on the phone with Jake, she laughed as she could hear the whole conversation between Jake and me. This time I fast forwarded. When I started to play it again, we were talking about how God gave us each other. Pausing the recording a minute later, "Any notes from that piece of conversation?"
Loren: "Ummm, yeah actually. Write down, God gave me you for the times of doubt..On my own, I'm only half of what I could be..We are stitched together..Love had tethered us together. I pray we never undo."
Eddie: "Line numero uno," I say to see Loren's smile reappear and the hard work smirk on her face disappear. "God gave me you for the ups and downs," I got that from previous notes, "God gave me you for the days of doubt. And for when I think I lost my way there are no words here left to say, it's true God gave me you…"
Loren: "…On my own I'm only half of what I could be. I can't do without you. Ummm, that's all I've got the next part is all you. Your words have stumped me!"
Eddie: "I've got this my love…We are stitched together. And what love has tethered I pray we never undo."
Jake: Walking through the door, "It's been 30 minutes! What do you got for me?"
Loren: "Wow you're right on time, but you also came at the perfect time."
Kelly: "Meaning?"
Eddie: "The lyrics are complete. All we need it music!"
Jake: "Perfect! Well, can't you figure out the music while you sing?"
Loren: "It's kind of hard to do in one day, but we will try." I say as Eddie and I both get up to go to the piano. The piano was his from his penthouse. Every time we sit on it I remember the first day we sat on it together. And I remember the time we had a make out session that started at this piano and led to the couch.
Eddie: Laughing at the thoughts that were rolling through my head and I knew were rolling through Loren's, "Sitting here brings back some memories, am I right?"
Loren: Giggling, "Yes babe, you are right."
Eddie: "Man I was good."
Loren: "And I was 17 so shut up!" I say jokingly as Jake and Kelly just stare at us waiting for us to play.
Eddie: It's been a total of 3 days since Loren and I made this song. It's also our 1 year anniversary and we are doing a small concert at MK as a celebration and the beginning of our tour as a Duo. "I can't believe it has been a whole year since we've been married! I also can't believe that after everything we've been through Loren and I are still going strong! This song speaks volumes! I really hope people like it, I know it will be hard for them to relate because no one has a love like ours." I think to myself until I Pops call us on stage. He says, "Alright tonight we have a special treat! We have two amazingly talented kids here to perform; well they are kids to me. They have recently become a Duo. Introducing the new Duo in town, Loren and Eddie, otherwise known as Leddie!" The crowd goes crazy and I take Loren's hand. Walking out on stage I begin to remember all the nights we preformed here. Like the night when Loren sang in my contest, the night when I premiered my new songs, the night when Loren had a concert in my memory. But the one memory that is very vivid is the time when we sang, "If there was no music", Loren was so scared but she did amazing! We had so much fun that night, even if my part of the concert didn't go well. Loren shook my hand a bit to get me out of my thoughts. I turned to her and smiled, "Do you remember…"
Loren: "I remember all the times of being up here babe. I would never forget them."
Eddie: "Did you know I love you?"
Loren: "I could only hope."
Eddie: "Well, if you didn't, I love you!"
Loren: "I love you too." I whisper as I placed the microphone up to my mouth, "Hey guys, how you doing?"
Eddie: Letting the cheers die down and placing the microphone to my mouth, "Well, I hope you guys are doing as well as we are! I can't wait to perform this new song!"
Loren: "Me either! You guys wanna know something?" I ask and the crowd goes wild. "Well, Eddie and I wrote this song in one day, well actually like 1 hour."
Eddie: "It would have taken way longer if our managers didn't push us to make a song," I say jokingly. "Well, this song is all about our love for each other and everything we've been through …"
Loren: "With the accident I was in and everything else we had to go through to get to this point."
Eddie: "Like when I went missing and all that jazz."
Loren: "Getting off of that topic, we give you our new song!" I say and then the band begins to play.
(Loren it Italicized and BOLD. Eddie is regular And Both of them singing together is in BOLD)
It's always good to know somebody cares
And I always say that,
Yeah she's hurt, but I don't feel like talkin'
It might be just too much to bear
To hear somebody say it stops hurting
Or to hear somebody say she ain't worth it
'Cause you don't know her like I do
You'll never understand
You don't know what we've been through
That girl's my best friend
And there's no way you're gonna help me
She's the only one who can
No, you don't know how much I've got to lose
You don't know her like I do
I know I tend to get so insecure
It doesn't matter anymore
It's not always rainbows and butterflies
It's compromise that moves us along
I've been a walking heartache
I've made a mess of me
The person that I've been lately
Ain't who I wanna be
But you stay here right beside me
And watch as the storm blows through
And I need you
Cause God gave me you for the ups and downs
God gave me you for the days of doubt
I've been there, done it, fucked around
After all that, this is what I found
Take what you're given before it's gone
Start holding on,
Keep holding on
Every time you get up
And get back in the race
One more small piece of you
Starts to fall into place
And I can't forget
I'm drowning in these memories
It fills my soul with all the little things
And I can't cope
It's like she stole my way to breathe
So don't try to tell me I'll stop hurting
And don't try to tell me she ain't worth it
And don't try to tell me he ain't worth it
You don't know her like I do
You don't know him like I do
Not like I do
Never understand
That girl's my best friend
That boys my best friend
It's like a storm
That cuts a path
It breaks your will
It feels like that
You think you're lost
But you're not lost on your own
You're not alone
U got, u got it bad
When you're on the phone
Hang up and you call right back
U got, u got it bad
If you miss a day without your friend
Your whole life's off track
You know you got it bad when you're stuck in the house
You don't wanna have fun
It's all you think about
U got it bad when you're out with someone
But you keep on thinkin' bout somebody else
U got it bad
When you say that you love 'em
And you really know
Everything that used to matter, don't matter no more
Like my money, all my cars
(You can have it all back)
Said I'm fortunate to have you girl
I want you to know
I really adore you
I want to make you feel beautiful
And for when I think I lost my way
There are no words here left to say, it's true
God gave me you
Gave me you
There's more here than what we're seeing
A divine conspiracy
That you, an angel lovely
Could somehow fall for me
You'll always be love's great martyr
And I'll be the flattered fool
And I need you
God gave me you for the ups and downs
God gave me you for the days of doubt
And for when I think I lost my way
There are no words here left to say, it's true
God gave me you
On my own I'm only
Half of what I could be
I can't do without you
We are stitched together
And what love has tethered
I pray we never undo
My heart is full
And my door's always open
You can come anytime you want
Know all of the things that make you who you are
I know that goodbye means nothing at all
Comes back and begs me to catch her every time she falls
I will stand by you
I will help you through
When you've done all you can do
If you can't cope
I will dry your eyes
I will fight your fight
I will hold you tight
And I won't let go
It hurts my heart
To see you cry
I know it's dark
This part of life
Oh it finds us all
Finds us all
And we're too small
To stop the rain
Oh but when it rains
I will stand by you
I will help you through
When you've done all you can do
And you can't cope
I will dry your eyes
I will fight your fight
I will hold you tight
And I won't let you fall
Don't be afraid to fall
I'm right here to catch you
I won't let you down
It won't get you down
We're gonna make it
Yeah I know we can make it
You guys are the audience! Please, please let me know how it is! I will post one final thing on here in about two weeks telling you what thew audience thought of the new song. You guys, please review!
I might use this song in my other story I don't know yet. But please review! Sorry if anything is messed up, just let me know.
Songs:
1. You Don't Know Her Like I do- Brantley Gilbert
2. She Will Be Loved- Maroon 5
3. God Gave Me You- Blake Shelton
4. U Got It Bad- Usher
5. I Won't Let Go- Rascal Flatts