Lily was about to go to her room when heard a guitar being played. She heard it coming from Isabelle's room and looked in, seeing her friend tuning a guitar and trying out a few notes.
It must have been a stressful week.
She knows that Isabelle sometimes sing and plays guitar when she's stress out, particularly after her "talks" with her mother. Well, it was better than cutting herself.
She was pulled out of her morbid thoughts when Isabelle started a tune and sing.
"You, with your words like knives
And swords and weapons that you use against me
You have knocked me off my feet again
Got me feeling like I'm nothing
You, with your voice like nails on a chalkboard
Calling me out when I'm wounded
You picking on the weaker man"
Lily recognized the song; it was called Mean by Taylor Swift. Considering how Isabelle was feeling, she knows it's appropriate. She leaned back and listened to Isabelle sing.
"You can take me down with just one single blow
But you don't know, what you don't know...
Someday I'll be living in a big ol' city
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
Someday I'll be big enough so you can't hit me
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
Why you gotta be so mean?"
Lily smiled, deciding that she wants to join in. she walked, starting to sing the next lyrics.
"You, with your switching sides
And your wildfire lies and your humiliation
You have pointed out my flaws again
As if I don't already see them
I walk with my head down
Trying to block you out 'cause I'll never impress you
I just wanna feel okay again"
Lily sat next to Isabelle, her foot tapping to the beat. Lily remembers how she grew up alone with her father, who barely paid her any attention, especially after her mother left them. When Isabelle wished her mother to leave her alone, Lily wished her father to notice her. She shook her head as she sang the next lyrics;
"I bet you got pushed around
Somebody made you cold
But the cycle ends right now
'Cause you can't lead me down that road
And you don't know, what you don't know..."
As the girls sang the chorus, Ratigan and Basil looked in the room, looking at each other and then looking at the girls. They smiled and watched as the girls continued to sing.
"And I can see you years from now in a bar
Talking over a football game
With that same big loud opinion
But nobody's listening
Washed up and ranting about the same old bitter things
Drunk and grumbling on about how I can't sing
But all you are is mean
All you are is mean
And a liar, and pathetic, and alone in life
And mean, and mean, and mean, and mean"
Isabelle then went into a faster guitar riff and Lily tapped her foot faster.
"Someday I'll be living in a big ol' city
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
Someday I'll be big enough so you can't hit me
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
Why you gotta be so mean?"
As they finished the song, they suddenly heard clapping and saw Basil and Ratigan clapping.
"Bravo." Ratigan said with a smile while Basil also smiled.
"You're both very good."
The girls looked at each other and grinned, rather amused with their audience.
AN: Here another song chapter, with both girls singing this time. The first time I heard this song, Mean by Taylor Swift, I thought it was perfect for them.
So, we also find out a bit about Lily's past, how her father ignored her, so she pretty much had to take care of herself.
Anyway, enjoy and comments are loved! I don't own GMD or the song, just Isabelle and Lily!