STRAY KIDS one shots 2

Maze Of Memories (🎶)

SINGER : STRAY KIDS

ALBUM : CLE 1 : MIROH

RELEASED DATE : MARCH 25 2019

Author p.o.v

Time is running
It's like my dreams, day and night
For a moment, burn away my thirst
My memories are thrown out
This is like a script less drama
An unthinkable ending appears
The dust that covered my old mind
Now weighs down my current dreams
Throwback to the black nights that I used to devour
Now I carry the sun's crimson light
The cold dawn on the wall
Shows a lonely moon and covers my face
As if it was coloring me black
The inside of my mind burns and fills up with question marks that blame me
Now I run for an answer that I cannot see
Running on my mind
But the inside of me is even more frustrating

Three boys, in a producing studio, contemplating about things. Sigh could be heard once in awhile from each boys. The atmosphere in the studio get more suffocating as their argument get more heated.

Changbin:*sigh* We can't hyung. We don't have enough time hyung.
Chan:*protest* It sounds so empty Bin.
Changbin: What do you think Sung?

Jisung:*nervous* What Chan hyung says is right so did Changbin hyung.

As the three realize this argument won't take them anywhere, they left. Chan left taking the tools he needed to update the track. Changbin and Jisung facing each other, just by locking their eyes for a sec, they have known that it was useless effort if they try and fight again.

This is my grim struggle for my tomorrow
My current state is as if I saw yesterday's future, yeah
My smile appears at the call of others, a sigh falls out
A maze of memories appears as if today's current me saw the (past) me
Getting slower as I walk, the wind drives me
Turn up with this wandering
Please give me some time to sleep even for a little bit
Show me the wrong answer that's acting like the right answer in my life
Everything looks like a lie to me right now
It's like I'm stuck in time

Felix:*breathless* L-lets ta-take a rest?
Hyunjin:*shake his head* I'll con-continue.

Minho watches as his younger brothers try hard to calm their uneven breath. He himself is also tired but he is worrying about them more. He knows how precious this debut is and with him having a shorter trainee period, make him feel wrong to them.

Hyunjin: Hyung, how should I make this move so that it looks smoother?

He jog to Hyunjin and start delivering his idea with a very nervous heart as he is afraid of rejection. He looks as if he doesn't have any problems, but inside, he contemplates the most.

Under the dark blue sky
Our song burns red hot
The front of our burning hot song is blocked by a whale who rides a rough
Sandy wind and hunts for its prey
But I can’t feed it, that's how I've always been
Here and there is filled with rocks
With a flying sword I'll cut it down and create dust and with the dust I'll create
A mountain
I'Il bring it all back
Boil it up, a teakettle that's filled with anger
Bring it up, the me that's filled with anger
It’d be nice if that anger could turn into a flower
Instead of a sea of fire, I hope it turns into a field of flowers
Demons wander around on the road
My brain floats around in this complicated air
A bird that's flying high ends up snatching my brain
But I'm flying on that bird’s back

Two vocalists, known as VocalRacha, are practicing their lines. They actively giving ideas for each other to help others improve till Jeongin's lost his voice. Jeongin's voice got hoarse caused by the force he put.

Seungmin is worried about Jeongin. He really is, but he gave a hard time showing the younger that as it's been lest than three months since they start talking to each other. He scan Jeongin and realize his nervousness.

Seungmin: I'm going to practice alone.

He left the room in hope that it will calm the younger down yet it end up with the younger thinking he has done something wrong that make Seungmin left the room.

Imma look back
Imma look back to the future in fact
Let me examine the progress
The demons that tried to
Suffocate the road to success
Imma look forward into the sea
Oblivious sea I call "history"
Thunderous waves that rage
Destroying the maze
Of memories, I wanna see
And so, should I give up
But really, can I give up
We live in a time and space
A world full of blinds
It makes me wanna give up
But then again
No I shouldn't give up
I feel it inside, don't wanna give up
We live in a time and space
A world full of blinds
Now I've had enough

Chan, inside his shared room, is stressing over the songs that he is trying hard to fix for the past three hours now. The burden, anxiety, and desperate feelings of being able to debut, stress him more than he have been.

Changbin, inside his hands is a notebook full of scribbles. He thought that if the leader really want to change the songs, than he should support his leader with changing the lyrics yet not even one inspiration come to him.

Jisung, he practiced hard over and over again. He is trust with handling high notes that even the vocalist have difficulty in hitting those notes. He is scared of failing and losing this precious debut chance which done nothing except pressuring him more.

Calling out for help
On this carousel
Life is like a dare or an open fair
I just wanna tell, tell the citadel
Dream
Empire, campfire
Unpile old files, set fire
Rise higher, go wild and chase my
Dream
That's why I

Minho, he accidentally tripped over his own foot, forcing he to rest for at least three days. He can't do anything except practicing his lines over and over. He feels so frustated sometime that he will punch his poor pillow so damn hard.

Hyunjin, he is thought to be picked by Chan only by his looks. Everyone know how gorgeous he is, it's a common fact among them. They give him lots of praises but they also hurt his pride by saying that he is only be able to debut all thanks to his looks and nothing else.

Felix, he gets more and more confuse as he starts to get deeper in the Korean language he is learning. As he got critics from some others about his Korean skill, he feels more burdened to do better but end up failing.

Never give up
Never give up
Listen to my words, I’m a little different
Never give up
Never give up
Never give up
To see tomorrow, I run a little more
Never give up

Seungmin, he got stressed. He has never hated his voice this much. He always thought that his voice is unique and he is proud of it yet he despise it so much as he keeps on getting criticism from his vocal coach.

Jeongin, struggling to balance both school and trainee life, makes him has a hard time to cop up with others. He really try his best but nothing seems like to be right.

Will they be okay? Is what they are repeating in their mind.