1605 Return to nature
late encore.
This is an agreement between Renly and Heather, and it is also a secret between Renly and Don Quixote - a secret that only exists in that "one-man concert", and no one knows it. But no one has forgotten it, it is just buried deep in my heart. Whenever that melody sounds, it is hidden in the musical notes and flows again..
Now, two years later, that belated encore is finally about to come true..
“Hey, does anyone know? If you owe someone an encore, how exactly do you repay it? "The smile on the corner of Renly's mouth rose slightly, like a butterfly spreading its wings to fly towards the sun. Despite the pain of breaking out of its cocoon, it used all its strength to flap its wings to welcome its own hope and new life..
Renly's long fingertips began to trace the strings, just as they had done that evening at Mount Sinai Hospital when the song had been created..
It was an ordinary afternoon. He once again went to Mount Sinai Hospital to accompany the children, singing and playing games. He was exhausted from just thirty minutes of play, which was even more strenuous than an hour of work in the pioneer village; The raging wind and the gorgeous sunset have become blurry in my memory, but I still remember the kite flying higher and higher..
At that time, Heather's condition had not worsened. Accompanied by her father and mother, she left the ward and went to the courtyard, where she flew the kite Renly had given her. It was autumn, the sky was high and the air was clear, and the kite was flying in the strong wind. He opened his arms and embraced the blue sky, so arrogant and so free..
The setting sun was burning all over the sky. Suddenly, the night swallowed up all the light and color. The rich ink color rolled down in large areas. Everything happened so fast that people could not react. Then , the first street lamp was lit, and then thousands of lights supported the night of the entire city, isolating society from nature..
The wind whistling around my ears seemed to be getting noisier, but it seemed to have entered a peaceful world..
The guitar strings flowed out slowly like this, "So we got up and pursued our destiny in the darkness. I saw you scarred late last night. I saw you dancing in the arms of the devil. The night was boundless and I was helpless. Eyes full of fire, never extinguished by silence, creating beauty and a crown.”
For a long, long time, Renly always believed that the inspiration for these words came from Chris Hemsworth. Because of the "Thor" script and Vanity Fair, they were both pursuing themselves in the darkness. Destiny, stumbling and bruised, in order to find a glimmer of light, he would not hesitate to dance with the devil..
But later, Renly finally realized that these musical notes and lyrics belonged to Heather Cross. Because of that long and convoluted disease, her youth, her life, and her dreams were all shrouded in boundlessness. In the endless darkness, I staggered and searched for a glimmer of hope, but in the end my efforts were in vain..
Every word and every melody hits my chest hard.
“So we arrived, a lonely place that I can't go back to. You are the face that makes me go through fire and water. This is the name that the children will inherit. Forge beauty, create a crown; create perfection, fly far away..”
Raising his eyes, Renly seemed to see Heather's figure again, wearing a white lace dress. The smile on the corner of his mouth bloomed like the golden morning sun, cheerful and jumping for joy, and then it matched the strings of the guitar, bitter and yet... Sing loudly and sweetly, the pain is quietly healing——
Because after all, she never missed her dream, because she finally achieved perfection and flew away, because she finally arrived at the lonely place where she could not go back, because she finally found the Don Quixotes walking side by side, because after all, she was still in the dark found peace of mind again.
There are no unnecessary bells and whistles, and no cumbersome accompaniment. Everything is just a guitar and a voice. Renly reinterprets and performs this song in a return-to-nature way, returning step by step to the original intention of creating "The Beast" , simple and pure：
They are just a group of beasts trapped in a lonely land, rushing left and right in the fog and darkness, unable to find the way forward but also losing the way back, so they stay in the same place with scars, belonging to themselves. The colors and edges are slowly and slowly worn away..
Some people take risks for the sake of money; some people trample their dreams to the ground; some people persist in self-destruction; some people firmly seize the opportunity to escape; some people are left in place and gradually Losing their minds and becoming beasts, they started hurting each other.……
Who can break the boat, who can reach the peak, who can realize their dreams, everything is unknown. Only a very small group of people are firmly united and unswervingly guard each other's vows, even through fire and water. , just to be able to catch a ray of hope again when I dream back at midnight.
Just like Don Quixote.
After all, Heather was not able to reach the end. She fell weakly and embarrassedly, and finally stayed here forever; but her dream still did not end..
“So when you are weak, when you drop to your knees, I will do my best for the rest of time to keep your vows alive and true..”
Heather's footsteps stopped, but Renly's footsteps were still moving forward. He carried Heather's dream on his back and continued to move forward..
In a daze, Renly seemed to see Heather's figure, walking onto the stage step by step. Under his gaze, he came to the microphone and sang loudly and wantonly, just like standing on the stage of "American Idol" Just like on the stage, working hard for your dreams.
This belated encore belongs to Heather, and will be sung by Heather herself. Just like the foxtrot, move forward, move right, move backward, move left, return to the starting point, and complete a dance in four beats. A perfect closed loop, a reincarnation.
Faintly, a chorus of humming could be heard in Renly's ears..
“So grass/your dream, how dare you forget our scars.”
Lifting his gaze, Renly saw in the pitch-black night that the glistening tears were making shallow waves under the refraction of the stage lights, and the blurred faces were singing loudly and selflessly. , one after another joined in this belated encore, for themselves and for Heather.
They will eventually join Renly, shoulder Heather's dream, and continue to work hard in this lonely land of no return. Because they are all Don Quixote, the one with daydreams that no one can understand. Don Quixote, even if they transform into beasts, they will still not forget the innocence deep in their hearts..
“I will become a beast for you. If you pay enough money, everything will be nothing. Only a few dreams can be remembered..”
Rooney hesitated a little, because singing was indeed not her strong point, but she could no longer care about it at the moment. There was just an impulse rolling in her mind, and then she gave up suppressing her emotions and sang loudly along with the audience. Rising up, he joined Renly and Heather..
When the song broke through the shackles of her throat, smiles and tears burst out at the same time. Looking at Renly in the spotlight through her tears, Rooney no longer had any restraint or obstacles, she just sang loudly and forgot about herself. The encore, two years late, finally sounded at Madison Square Garden.
They arrived at a lonely place from which they could not return. But they were not alone..
Even Justin, who was standing on the side stage, was a little embarrassed. He heard the tunes humming softly by Ed, Marcus and others, but he was the only one who couldn't open his mouth, because of his pride, and even more because of His own strangeness - he could feel the emotions surging in the melody, and he was hit so hard that he surrendered and was shattered, but he didn't know the song and he couldn't sing it..
Being so out of place and lonely made Justin extremely embarrassed..
For the first time, he realized that he had never really understood Renly, but Renly's melody and heartfelt voice were definitely worth listening to. Those sadness and despair, those perseverance and bitterness, those loneliness and loneliness, are they not Justin? What are your true feelings over the past ten years?？
Justin just hummed softly clumsily and awkwardly, without lyrics, just the melody, catching the musical notes as clear as spring water, humming along step by step, and then his emotions relaxed little by little, passing through his eyes. hazy and hot, quietly watching the figure in the center of the stage.
Then, he heard the guitar strings pause, but the singing of all the audience still did not stop, becoming the master of Madison Square Garden wantonly and arrogantly..
They sang like this：
“So here we are, a lonely place from which there is no return. You are the face that makes me live through fire and water. This is the name that the children will inherit, forging the charm and forging the crown..”
There was no accompaniment or melody, just relying on the power of a cappella singing, but Justin completely surrendered. He didn't understand the story behind the song, and he didn't understand the meaning behind the encore. He just captured it from the melody and singing. Memories and stories that belong to you, and then the dam breaks completely like this.
At this moment, Justin also saw himself huddled in a lonely place with scars. He was also a beast..
Standing in the audience, William raised his chin high and stared at the stage in front of him proudly. Although it was two years late, this encore finally became a reality; although he was reluctant to leave, This graduation ceremony finally came to a perfect end. They are still beasts stuck in a lonely land, they still carry each other's dreams and continue to move forward, and they are still stubborn Don Quixotes..
That's good.
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