Pierres Noires (Black Stones) 2 √

Chapter 36: Foundation Day (Part 2)

VILHELM

Singing Radiohead at the top of our lungs
With the boom box blaring as we're falling in love
Got a bottle of whatever, but it's getting us drunk
Singing here's to never growing up

Call up all our friends, go hard this weekend
For no damn reason, I don't think we'll ever change
Meet you at the spot, half past ten o'clock
We don't ever stop, and we're never gonna change

Say, won't you stay forever stay
If you stay forever hey
We can stay forever young

Lahat ay napapakanta at headbang habang tumutugtog ang Black Stones. Bagay nga kay Khaki ang kantang Here's To Never Growing Up dahil parang hindi siya tumatanda. Mukha pa rin siyang estudyante sa ARV-U.

We'll be running down the street, yelling "Kiss my ass!"
I'm like yeah whatever, we're still living like that
When the sun's going down, we'll be raising our cups
Singing, here's to never growing up

Pagkatapos ng kanta ay nagrequest muli ang mga tao.

"You want more? Hope you'll like our next song, Sugar We're Going Down.

Am I more than you bargained for yet
I've been dying to tell you anything you want to hear
Cause that's just who I am this week
Lie in the grass, next to the mausoleum
I'm just a notch in your bedpost
But you're just a line in a song
(A notch in your bedpost, but you're just a line in a song)

Drop a heart, break a name
We're always sleeping in, and sleeping for the wrong team

Walang duda, Black Stones is one of the rockin' bands ever existed. No wonder nabawi nila ang titulo nila bilang Musikrakan Champion. Hindi na sila makakasali this year dahil consistent winner na sila. Ang balita ko, isa sa kanila ang magiging guest judge.

We're going down, down in an earlier round
And Sugar, we're going down swinging
I'll be your number one with a bullet
A loaded God complex, cock it and pull it

Black Stones performed another two songs bago ipasa ni Khaki ang mic kay Danrelle. Interglot's the next performer.

"We're Interglot! It's nice to be back here at ARV-U!" Naghiyawan naman ang mga tao nang magsalita si Danrelle.

"Let's rock and roll! Here's I Like It Like That for all of you!"

Let's get it on, yeah, y'all can come along
Everybody drinks on me, bought out the bar
Just to feel like I'm a star, now I'm thanking the academy
Missed my ride home, lost my iPhone
I wouldn't have it any other way
If you're with me let me hear you say

Sinasbayan sila ng mga tao sa pagkanta at pagheadbang.

I like it like that!
Hey windows down, chillin' with the radio on
I like it like that!
Damn, sun's so hot, make the girls take it all off
I like it like that!
Yeah, one more time, I can never get enough,
Oh, everybody
Sing it right back, I like it like that!
(I like it like that, I like it like that)

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AINSLEY

Nagpunta na kamjng apat nina Vilhelm, Ryder at Yoshiro backstage dahil kami na ang susunod.

"Ainsley! Ainsley! Ainsley!"

"Ang gwapo mo Ryder!"

"Go, go, go Yoshiro!"

"Vilhelm akin ka na lang!"

Natawa na lang kami habang naglalakad papunta sa kanya-kanya naming pwesto sa stage. Gusto ko tuloy mapa-facepalm dahil sa sinabi ni Vilhelm.

"Sorry ladies, taken na ni Ainsley ang puso ko." Humarap pa siya sa'kin sabay kindat. Kaharutan talaga.

Naghiyawan naman ang mga tao. Kinilig pa nga yata ang ilan.

"Pinapakilig lang kayo ni Vilhelm. Let's rock and roll to Monster!"

You were my conscience, so solid, now you're like water
And we started drowning, not like we'd sink any further
But I let my heart go, it's somewhere down at the bottom
But I'll get a new one and come back for the hope that you've stolen

Hindi matatawaran ang energy at suporta ng mga tao habang nagpeperform kami.

I'll stop the whole world, I'll stop the whole world
From turning into a monster eating us alive
Don't you ever wonder how we survive?
Well now that you're gone, the world is ours

Pagkatapos ng first song namin ay si Vilhelm naman ang kakanta.

"Any ONE OK ROCK fans out there? Here's our next song Mighty Long Fall!"

When we met, the pain stood still, it was us
Then suddenly it's where you go
The system blew, I knew

This side of me, I want a little more
But inside it seems, I'm just a little boy
Nothing else!

Marami pala kaming schoolmates na nagmamahal sa ONE OK ROCK.

Don't go! It's a mighty long fall
When you thought love was the top (Whoa)
Oh no, It's a wake up call
When your life went into shock (Whoa whoa)

It seems like gravity keeps pulling us back down
Don't go! It's a mighty long fall
When you know time is up (Whoa whoa)

Nagpatuloy ang program dahil maraming banda pa ang nagperform. All in all, we rocked the ARV-U down!

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"Galing naman talaga ng classmates ko! Kita-kits mamayang gabi sa Rockoustic Night!" Bati sa'min ni Liezl. Nagutom kami sa performance kaya ipinaghanda kami ng Supreme Student Council ng umaapaw na meryenda. Lahat ng nagperform kanina ay magkakasama ngayong kumakain.

"Great performance AVI, VER and ROB. Kasama si bunso siyempre." Puri ni Khaki sa'min. Konti na lang at malulunod na talaga kami sa mga papuring natatanggap namin. To think na kami lang ang hindi banda, I mean nagsama-sama lang kaming apat para magperform at puro established bands na ang nakasama namin kanina.

"Thank you, Khaki. Ang galing nyo rin sa opening kanina. You rock!"

"Sanayan lang 'yan. Basta't mahal mo ang ginagawa mo, you will give all your best shot. I love ARV-U and the people here."

"That's my girl, Cassiopeia." Jager kissed her in the forehead.

"Nang-iinggit na naman kayo, e. Kumain na muna tayo, aba! Masamang tumatanggi sa grasya." Natawa tuloy kaming lahat sa sinabi ni Harold.

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Rockoustic Night on next chapter. Abangan!