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The day begins in thebut the bass in , Tho, and I a calledcalled ti, I am underneath every part of this moment We don’t have a dru into feedback and I a and I a I’ all over All eyes are on us Or at least that’s what I can i noise and I a the roo-screams, Fuck the Man / Fuck the Man / I really want to / Fuck the Man I a the air with ers press hard into the chords Sweat, er pour from me This is release, ornow and Thoh ht and see people shaking, people ju as Dev takes thethe words I throw the chords at the tier than words and I aer than the box I’m in, and then I see her in the crowd and I fall apart

I fking told her not to co ed to keep Please don’t come to the shows I don’t want to see you there And she had said yes, and it hadn’t been a lie then But it turned into a lie at so their place, and oes fro—all in the time it takes for me to see the shape of her lips And then I see—oh fk no—that she’s not alone, that she’s with souy, and while she’ll say she’s come to watch me, there’s no doubt in my mind that she’s come so I can watch her It’s over, she’d said, and wasn’t that the biggest lie of all? I ah the notes and Dev is onto the next verse and Tho a little faster than he should, so I have to catch up as she leans into this guy and rocks her head like I’ this ive her as iven me pain

I try to keep up with Dev and Thoht, but that’s a new nas before Dev comes up with another We’ve already been Porn Yesterday, The Black Handkerchiefs, The Vengeful Hairdressers, and None Of Your Business I don’t really use my vote, except to veto Dev’s stupider ideas (“Dude,” I had to tell him, “nobody wants to see a band called Dickache”) Dev’s out to pierce the pierced, tattoo the tattooed, and have his ith thethey’ll end up wanting tois your cocker spaniel? into the mic Dev’s from a town in Jersey called Lodi, and thatif not an idol in reverse Thoe, and has only had an ‘h’ in his first name for the past two et without actually being in the city On nights like this, with a chance to play in front of more than just our friends, I’d swiet to this cave of a club At least until Tris shows up and I find e

Take the Power / Fuck the Man / Take the Power / and Fuck the Man Dev is taking the song so noaiting for the wind-down Thoood place for Thom to be I move my feet, turn away froest fking joke I’ve ever not laughed at I try to get Dev’s attention fro the sweat on his chest to notice Finally, though, he gets a burst of energy strong enough to end the thing on So he throws out his arround with a final lurch The crowd sends us a burst of their own noise I try to hear her voice, try to separate that single pitch from the shouts and applause But she’s as lost to ht I cried and she didn’t turn back to see if I was okay Three weeks, two days, and twenty-three hours ago And she’s already with someone else

The next band is at the side of the stage The owner of the club is ratified by the calls for o up to show the crowd a clearer path back to the bar I a, so while Dev ju ad-but-emo boyfriend, I have to io frouys from the next band is cool and helps e But I’ theht Then I offer to help the new band set up, and a they resisting her