Armageddon 2005
Randy Orton sat in his dressing room white as a sheet. His match with Undertaker was coming up next. Randy's father wasn't going to protect him like had been doing in the past few weeks. No one was going to protect him. Not this time.
Catch me as I fall
Say you're here and it's all over now
Speaking to the atmosphere
No one's here and I fall into myself
Randy looked down at his trembling hands. The thought of being enclosed in a Hell in the Cell with the Deadman terrified him. Randy's psychiatrist told him not to go through with it, that it would destroy him mentally. Randy had fooled himself into thinking that if he didn't think about the pain he was about to endure he would be able to block it out and not feel it at all. Now he was too scared to even think.
This truth drives me into madness
I know I can stop the pain if I will it all away
If I will it all away
Don't turn away (Don't give into the pain)
Don't try to hide (Though they're screaming your name)
Don't close your eyes (God knows what lies behind them)
Don't turn out the light (Never sleep never die)
Randy was walking out to the ring minutes later, his eyes on the Cell being lowered around it. His heart was pounding like a drum against his chest, every molecule in his body was screaming at him to run.
But he didn't. His legs barely had enough strength to carry him to the ring; he doubted they would enable him to run. Besides if he did things would only be much worse.
I'm frightened by what I see
But somehow I know that there's much more to come
Immobilized by my fear
And soon to be blinded by tears
I can stop the pain if I will it all away
If I will it all away
Don't turn away (Don't give into the pain)
Don't try to hide (Though they're screaming your name)
Don't close your eyes (God knows what lies behind them)
Don't turn out the light (Never sleep never die)
Randy stared at the ramp with terror in his eyes as the lights went out and the infamous gong sounded. He could feel the presence of so many of the Undertaker's victims that had fallen in this Cell before him.
The dense fog that was slowly filling the arena revealed the dark silhouette of the Deadman. All the mindgames Taker had played on Randy for the past few weeks flashed through his mind like a slideshow.
Randy prayed the match would end quickly.
Fallen angels at my feet
Whispered voices at my ear
Death before my eyes
Lying next to me I fear
She beckons me shall I give in?
Upon my end shall I begin?
Forsaking all I've fallen for I rise to meet the end
Don't turn away (Don't give in to the pain)
Don't try to hide (Though they're screaming your name)
Don't close your eyes (God knows what lies behind them)
Don't turn out the light (Never sleep never die)
The bell rang.
The match began.