Nervously walking onto the stage, Duke smiled at the crowd. "This is our last contestant," Nitro murmured to Peanut a second before the music began.
Clearing his throat, Duke started, "I was left to my own devices, many days fell away with nothing to show. And the walls kept tumbling down in the city that we love. Great clouds roll over the hills bringing darkness from above. But if you close your eyes, does it almost feel like nothing changed at all? And if you close your eyes, does it almost feel like you've been here before? How am I gonna be an optimist about this? How am I gonna be an optimist about this?"
Tapping his foot to the beat, Duke sang on, "We were caught up and lost in all of our vices, in your pose as the dust settled around us. And the walls kept tumbling down in the city that we love. Great clouds roll over the hills bringing darkness from above. But if you close your eyes, does it almost feel like nothing changed at all? And if you close your eyes, does it almost feel like you've been here before? How am I gonna be an optimist about this? How am I gonna be an optimist about this?"
The audience danced around as Duke continued, "Oh, where do we begin? The rubble or our sins? Oh, oh, where do we begin? The rubble or our sins? And the walls kept tumbling down in the city that we love. Great clouds roll over the hills bringing darkness from above. But if you close your eyes, does it almost feel like nothing changed at all? And if you close your eyes, does it almost feel like you've been here before? How am I gonna be an optimist about this? How am I gonna be an optimist about this? If you close your eyes, does it almost feel like nothing changed at all?"
Duke waved to the cheering crowd as he exited the stage. "Now it's up to the judges to decide the winner," Nitro commented as Peanut turned the camera towards the three judges...
