Masa Lalu 2

Bab 14

Sitting here wasted and wounded
At this old piano
Trying hard to capture
The moment this morning I don't know

'Cause a bottle of Vodka's still lodged in my head
And some blonde gave me nightmares
Think that she's still in my bed
As I dream about movies
They won't make of me when I'm dead

With an ironclad fist
I wake up and french kiss the morning
While some marching band keeps its own beat in my head
While we're talking

About all of the things that I long to believe
About love, the truth, what you mean to me
And the truth is
Baby you're all that I need

I want to lay you down in a bed of roses
For tonight I'll sleep on a bed of nails
Oh I want to be just as close as the Holy Ghost is
And lay you down on a bed of roses

Well I'm so far away
Each step that I take is on my way home
A king's ransom in dimes, I'd give each night
To see through this payphone

Still I run out of time
Or it's hard to get through
Till the bird on the wire flies me back to you
I'll just close my eyes and whisper
"Baby, blind love is true"

I want to lay you down in a bed of roses
For tonight I'll sleep on a bed of nails
Oh I want to be just as close as the Holy Ghost is
And lay you down on a bed of roses

Well this hotel bar's hangover whiskey's gone dry
The barkeeper's wig's crooked
And she's giving me the eye
Well I might have said yeah
But I laughed so hard I think I died
Ooh yeah

Now as you close your eyes
Know I'll be thinking about you
While my mistress she calls me
To stand in her spotlight again

Tonight I won't be alone
But you know that don't mean I'm not lonely
I've got nothing to prove
For it's you that I'd die to defend

I want to lay you down in a bed of roses
For tonight I'll sleep on a bed of nails
I want to be just as close as the Holy Ghost is
And lay you down

Suara bas nan berat dari seorang remaja yang terdengar sumbang di nada tinggi dari band Bon Jovi membuat suasana ruang keluarga menjadi cerah. Diiringi denting keyboard yang berasal dari jari lentik seorang gadis muda yang sesekali tersenyum geli mendengar kesumbangan suara pria muda di sampingnya yang juga memainkan gitar untuk mengiringi nyanyiannya. Mereka berdua terlihat begitu santai dan bergembira menikmati sabtu sore itu.

Adrian sengaja bertandang ke rumah gadis pujaan hatinya setelah beberapa waktu tidak sempat bertemu karena kesibukannya bekerja. Bukan lagu yang pas untuk dimainkan sebagai penghantar rindu memang, tapi ada rindu lain Adrian kepada wanita paruh baya yang juga tinggal di rumah itu. Matanya seringkali melirik ke arah bokong bahenol seorang ibu yang sedang menyibukkan dirinya di dapur yang dengan mudah diakses dari ruang keluarga. Dan wanita paruh baya itu bukannya tidak tau apa arti lagu yang dinyanyikan Adrian, beliau hanya tersenyum kecil dan sesekali melirik genit sambil memainkan lidahnya kepada pacar anaknya.

"Fals..fals..telinga ku jadi bengkak dengar nada tinggi yang sumbang begitu." Goda Bu Anis sambil tertawa.

"Harusnya jangan ambil nada D Mayor mas, suara bas mu nggak nyampai pas reffrain." Timpal Tiara dengan senyum geli.