Lost in the City of Angels

Chapter 21: Lost in the City of Angels

Chapter 21

So there we were. Sitting in a car. And I had no idea where we were going.

“Couldn’t you give me a hint?” I asked.

“No”, Jared said and put the radio on.

No matter how many times that you told me you wanted to leave

No matter how many breaths that you took you still couldn't breathe

No matter how many nights did you lie wide awake to the sound of the poison rain

Where did you go?

Where did you go?

Where did you go?

Hurricane was playing on the radio.

“I sang this to you when you woke up. Do you remember?” Jared said and his voice was so quiet.

“I do. Those words and this song mean a lot to me”, I answered.

I felt how Jared took my hand and squeezed it. He shut down the radio.

Tell me would you kill to save a life?

Tell me would you kill to prove you're right?

Crash, crash, burn, let it all burn

This hurricane's chasing us all underground

This time the lyrics didn’t come from the radio. Jared was singing them to me. His voice was perfect. It was rough and sweet at the same time. Then he stopped and said:

“We are here, love”.

He opened the car door for me. He held my hand and guided me. Then he let it go.

“Where are you going? Don’t leave me here”, I said.

“I’m not leaving you. Actually the opposite”, he answered and continued: “You can take the scarf off your eyes now”.

And I did. I was standing middle of the huge hall. Jared was standing on a stage.

“Is this..?” I started my question.

“Yes it is. The place where we met for the first time”, he finished.

“Now please, just listen and enjoy”, Jared said and smiled at me.

Tomo and Shannon were the background playing guitar and drums. I waved my hand for Shannon and he smiled back.

 There was truth.

There was consequence against you -

A weak defense, then there's me

I'm seventeen and looking for a fight.

All my life

I was never there

Just a ghost

Running scared.

Here, our dreams aren't made - they're won.

Lost in the City of Angels

Down in the comfort of strangers, I

Found myself in the fire burned hills,

In the land of a billion lights.

Bought my fate

Straight from hell.

Second sight