Torn Apart At The Seams And My Dreams Turn To Tears

"Matt! Get your arse up and in here!" I hear Moose yell from the living area of the bus. "Coming!" I yell back, lowering myself down from my bunk. As I open the door separating the rooms I see my three best friends stood in front of me, rather excitedly. "'Sup?" I ask, rather confused. "Download" Padge says, grinning. "Seriously?!" I ask in shock. "Yeah! Download Fest, Donington, with fucking Metallica headlining!" Moose is practically dancing around the room as he tells me. Metallica has always been, and always will be, my favourite metal band, and one of the main influences on our band. "Okay I'm actually screaming inside" I admit. Moose chuckles as I let my inner 'fanboy' show. "I literally can't wait until next year now!" "Neither can we!" They all say in unison.

[8th June the next year, first day of Download]

"This song is called All These Things I Hate!" The crowd goes wild as I introduce the last song of our setlist.

"Once more I'll say goodbye to you, things happen but we don't really know why, if it's supposed to be like this, why do most of us ignore the chance to miss, oh yeah." The audience falls silent as I sing the words and strum away on my guitar. It's as if they're mesmerised by my music, or my voice, or both. "Torn apart at the seams and my dreams turn to tears, I'm not feeling this situation, run away try to find that safe place you can hide, it's the best place to be when you're feeling like..." I unintendedly make eye contact with a girl on the front row, and to be honest she's pretty hot. She smirks at me with her blood red lips. "Me! Yeah! All these things I hate revolve around me! Yeah! Just back off before I snap" I don't take my eyes off her for the whole chorus. She sings along, but I'm not sure she even knows that I'm basically singing it to her. "Once more you tell those lies to me, why can't you just be straight up with honesty? When you say those things in my ear, why do you always tell me what you wanna hear? Oh yeah" Not taking my eyes of her for a second, my heart starts pounding. What the hell is wrong with me? "Wear your heart on your sleeve make this hard to believe, I'm not feeling this situation, run away try to find that safe place you can hide, it's the best place to be when you're feeling like..." The pounding gets quicker and harder. "Me! Yeah! All these things I hate revolve around me! Yeah! Just back off before I snap and you'll see! Me! All these things I hate revolve around me, yeah, just back off before I snap" I'm struggling to breathe after I finish the chorus, and I begin to wonder how I'm going to finish the rest of the song. I pull myself together and continue to sing, focusing just on the performance. "Torn apart at the seams and my dreams turn to tears, I'm not feeling this situation, run away try to find that safe place you can hide, it's the best place to be when you're feeling like me... Me! Yeah! All these things I hate revolve around me! Yeah! Just back off before I snap and you'll see! Me! All these things I hate revolve around me, yeah, just back off before I snap"

"Thank you Download!" I say through the microphone as the other guys start to exit the stage. I throw my arm in the air, making the 'devil horns' sign with my fingers before turning around and following my band mates backstage.