band camp ⚣ ⌜joshler⌟

❥six

when tyler walked on stage, everyone began whispering. because everyone knew him from his two incidents in the dining hall. with josh

josh held his hand over his mouth and tried not to laugh. he couldn't believe tyler was actually going to sing, he imagined it being extremely girly and cheesy. he was so ready.

around all the quiet laughing and gossip, marina and lizzie help up reassuring smiles and thumbs up. tyler smiled at them as he cleared his throat, making the place go quiet. they all stared at him. he stared at the end of the microphone as he began to strum faintly, then hit hard with sudden words.

there's an infestation in my minds imagination
i hope that they choke on smoke cause i'm
smoking them out the basement
this is not rap, this is not hip-hop
just another attempt to make the voices stop
rapping to prove nothing
just writing to say something
cause i wasn't the only one who wasn't
rushing to sayin nothing
this doesn't mean i lost my dream
it's just right now i got a really crazy mind to clean!

gangsters don't cry
therefore, therefore i'm
me.misty-eyed, therefore i'm

can you save?
can you save my?
can you save my heavydirtysoul?
can you save?
can you save my?
can you save my heavydirtysoul?
for me, for me, uh
can you save my heavydirtysoul?
for me, for me, uh
can you save my heavydirtysoul?

nah, i didn't understand a thing you said,
if i didn't know better i'd guess you're all already dead
mindless zombies walking around
with a limp and a hunch
saying stuff like
"you only live once"
you've got one time to figure it out
one time to twist and one time to shout
one time to think so i say we start now
sing it with me if you know what i'm talking about

gangsters don't cry
therefore, therefore i'm
mr.misty-eyed, therefore i'm

can you save?
can you save my?
can you save my heavydirtysoul?
can you save?
can you save my?
can you save my heavydirtysoul?
for me, for me, uh
can you save my heavydirtysoul?
for me, for me, uh
can you save my heavydirtysoul?

he strung the guitar hard, taking a step back and changing his stare from the microphone to the sky. he didn't look at the crowd once, he didn't want to.

death inspires me like a dog, inspires a rabbit
death inspires me like a dog, inspires a rabbit

can you save?
can you save my?
can you save my heavydirtysoul?

this time as he sang, looking back down at the microphone. he heard people singing along. marina, mel, and lizzie were all screaming along with him which caused other people to join.

can you save?
can you save my?
can you save my heavydirtysoul?
for me, for me, uh
can you save my heavydirtysoul?
for me, for me, uh
can you save my heavydirtysoul?

again, going intense with the guitar. he wished he could get more into it but nothing sounds really intense with an acoustic guitar. but the emotion and the aura he gave off on stage was enough for everyone to be affected in the way he'd want them to be.

can you save?
can you save my?
can you save my heavydirtysoul?
can you save?
can you save my-save my?
can you save my heavydirtysoul?

he finished, breathing heavily as he screamed the last part. he looked down at the ground as he slowly got out of character.

he looked at the crowd for the first time, they all looked at him as if they were waiting for anything else before cheering like crazy. people even standing it. he heard one guy scream "you rock!" from the audience.

tyler felt shy again as his cheeks turned pink and he scratched the back of his neck. the crowd continued to scream until he had to walk off stage. mrs. vandertramp sat to the side of the stage. "wow.." she said. "that was truly something unique."

tyler was the last one of the first performance night. he made his way towards the back to see his friends.

marina squeezed him as hard as she could as mel jumped up and down. "you looked so cool up there." lizzie said. "you perform so well!!!" marina said. "we did it!!" melanie high fived him numerous times.

tyler smiled, feeling light on his feet in happiness. he pulled off his beanie? wiping the sweat from his forehead as everyone was talking. as they stood there, a few people would walk by and hit tyler in the shoulder, telling him how cool he was or how good he did.

his eyes caught a familiar red. josh, further back by a tree. they both looked at each other. tyler glared at him, scrunching his nose. josh smiled at him, making his eyes squint before turning back to his cabin.

tyler felt different when he smiled. why did he smile at me? he asked himself. "tyler!" melanie yelled, snapping him out of his thoughts. "hm?" he looked at her. "the ice cream things at the dining hall tonight, your coming right?" she asked.

tyler nodded. "yeah of course." mel smiled. "okay good!" she fixed her velvet choker. the four made their way back to the cabin. being stopped every once in a while being complimented for the two's performances.