Page 1 of Paint the Town, Dove

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Paint The Town, Dove

Marie-France Leger

Set Number 01

“Rise”

“rock stars are good at making noise”

-Bono

Chapter One

Ryden

“Don’t worry, darling. It will all be okay. But why was he always around? Why did he stay?”

Arc & Sheild Records:‘Fight It’

Composition By: Ryden Spectre

“Spectre! Spectre! Spectre!”

This.

Thisis what I lived for.

“Spectre! Spectre! Spectre!”

Take it all in, Ryden. Take it all in.

Bracing my palms against the base of the mic, I wrapped my fingers around the cool metal, suffocating my callouses until they found their heartbeat.

“Spectre! Spectre! Spectre!”

There were thousands.

Thousands of people who cheered for me, welcomed my voice,my soundinto their being.

They were here forme.

They fucking adored me.

“Everyone having fun tonight?”I yelled into the abyss of darkness and fireflies.

I couldn’t hear a damn thing – nothing could measure up to the rumble of their footsteps, banging –banging,bangingagainst the venue floor.

Euphoric, that’s what this was. This praise.

Those first few times, man, coming up on the big stage… it was the goddamn garden of Eden, paradise on earth. That rush of bleeding my lyrics onto the world, the vibration of Harley (my guitar) rattling through my bones.

All of this – this life, it was mine.

Mine to breathe in.

Mine ‘til death’s end.

I strummed in A-minor and fell intoCatalyst, a song I wrote with Derek (my drummer) and Donny (bass) last summer.

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