It had been a month since Charlie's death. We hadn't done any concerts during that time, we had made no appearances for CD signings or anything else. But after thinking about it, we all decided that it was time for us to move on from our singing career, all of us, not just Edward and I. The whole Cullen family thought so too. But we decided to do a farewell concert, and we would do all of our songs that we had ever written. We had already made the arrangements and the concert was scheduled for this evening. We didn't know when it would end, we were going out with a bang, and it would all be for Charlie. It started at seven, which was when the sun set in Forks at the time, and that's where we were having it. In our home town, a dedication to my father.
The concert was completely sold out, and there were people that would be watching from outside of the place we were playing; they wouldn't be able to see or hear us very well, but at least they could say that they were there the day "The Lion and The Lamb" had their farewell concert. The concert would be filmed, so there would be millions watching us on the TV across the world. I still couldn't believe that we had made so many fans across the world in the short time that we had been in the music business.
After we had gotten through most of our songs and were down to the last thirteen, we made an announcement.
"This concert was dedicated to my father, Charlie Swan. He was the cheif of police here, in Forks, Washington. He died a little over a month ago from a heart attack, and these next four songs are for him. We love you Charlie!" I yelled the last part.
I sang "You Can Let Go" and "Daddy's Hands", then Renesme sang "When You're Broken" and "I Miss You." When I looked at the crowd, I could see, through many of them didnt' even know who Charlie was, they were all in tears. I felt something in me, I couldn't believe that so many people cared so much about us. I felt connected to all of them at that moment.
"This will be our last concert. My father's death had a great impact on all of us, and we know how much he loved that we were doing this, but we just can't bear to do this anymore. It's too painful for all of us. We're grateful for all of you, you have made such a difference in our lives. We love you all. And we hope you enjoy these next songs." I said.
Edward started singing a song called "My Little Girl", then one called "I Loved Her First." I sang one called "Strawberry Wine" and then "In My Daughters Eyes." Renesme sang "Crazier" and "The Climb." Then Edward and I sang "I Need You" We then started singing a song called, "Before the Storm."
"Yeah." Edward.
"Whoa." Me.
Me;
"I know this isn't what I wanted
I never thought it'd come this far
Just thinking back to where we started
And how we lost all that we are
Edward;
"We were young and times were easy
But I could see it's not the same
I'm standing here but you don't see me
I'd give it all for that to change
"And I don't want to lose her
Don't wanna let her go
Me:
"I'm standing out in the rain
I need to know if it's over
Cause I will leave you alone
Edward:
"Flooded with all this pain
Knowing that I'll never hold her
Both:
"Like I did before the storm (yeah)
Before the storm
Edward:
"With every strike of lightning
Me:
"Comes a memory that lasts
Both:
"And not a word is left unspoken
As the thunder starts to crash
Me:
"Maybe I should give up
Me:
"I'm standing out in the rain
I need to know if it's over
Cause I will leave you alone
Edward:
"Flooded with all this pain
Knowing that I'll never hold her
Like I did before the storm
Me:
"Trying to keep the lights from going out
Both:
"And the clouds from ripping out my broken heart
We always say
A heart is not a whole
Without the one who gets you through the storm
"Standing out in the rain
Knowing that's it really over
Please don't leave me alone
I'm flooded with all this pain, knowing that I'll never hold you
Like I did before the storm
"Yeah
Like I did before
The storm..."
"Okay, everybody. This is that finale. This is for all of you guys. Thank you so much for being here for us! We love you!"
We all sang this one, the whole band, even Renesme.
"A Salvation Army band played
And the children drank lemonade
And the morning lasted all day,
All day
And through an open window came
Like Sinatra in a younger day,
Pushing the town away
away
(Chant)
"Ah hey ma ma ma
Into the night
Ah hey ma ma ma hey ah
Life in a northern town.
Ah hey ma ma ma
"They sat on the stony ground
And he took a cigarette out
And everyone else came down
To listen.
He said "In winter 1963
It felt like the world would freeze
With John F. Kennedy
And the Beatles."
(Chant)
"Ah hey ma ma ma
Into the night
Ah hey ma ma ma hey ah
Life in a northern town.
Ah hey ma ma ma
Ah hey ma ma ma
Into the night
Ah hey ma ma ma hey ah
They shut the factory down.
Ah hey ma ma ma
"The evening had turned to rain
Watch the water roll down the drain,
As we followed him down
To the station
And though he never would wave goodbye,
You could see it written in his eyes
As the train rolled out of sight
Bye-bye.
(Chant)
"Ah hey ma ma ma
Into the night
Ah ma ma ma hey ah
Life in a northern town.
Ah hey ma ma ma
Take it easy on your self
Ah hey ma ma ma
Into the night
Ah hey ma ma ma hey ah
Life in a northern town.
Ah hey ma ma ma
Into the night
Ah hey ma ma ma hey ah
Life in a northern town
Ah hey ma ma ma
Into the Night
Ah hey ma ma ma hey ah
Life in a Northern Town
Ah hey ma ma ma"
"Goodnight everyone. We love you! I guess this is goodbye. But we're gonna stay here and party all night long with you. We'll be signing Cd's, pictures, everything!"
And that's exactly what we did. We stayed there all night and most of the next day, signing everything that every fan wanted. Every fan got something signed.
It was sad when everyone was gone, after all the picture taking was over, the signing. After everyone went home and we packed up our things, it was just sad that everything was just...over.
We had Renee tape the concert on DVD so we would have it with us forever, and we could watch it everyday.
We went home, just like everyone else, and that's how we are now, except we're not in the same place, we've moved, of course. But we're all together. Renesme is all grown up now, she will not get any older, physically. But she's always getting older in vampire years. In human eyes though, she's the same age as Edward and I.
We were all one big happy family, and because of Jacob imprinting on Renesme, he was with us also, and he would stay the same age too, because he was a werewolf, and was pretty much immortal.
Everything was perfect. And that's how it will stay. Forever.
THE END
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