Katastrophic Breakdown

We walk in and are welcomed to the smell of beer and cigarette smoke. "This smells inviting." Drake says as he waves smoke away from his nose. I hear Annabeth cough as some guy blows smoke in her face as he walks out the bar. "Old bastard." she mumbles as we walke up to the bar. I tap on the counter to get the bartenders attention. "What do you guys want?" he said as he started pulling out glasses. I held out my hand and shook my head. "We're looking for the owner of this bar." The bartender put the glasses back and ran to the back. He came back out front with a ragged looking old man who stood at the bar while the first bartender walked out from behind it. "You're the band we signed a contract with right?" I nodded and held out my hand "Drew Parsons." He shook my hand and introduced himself as Bud. I introduced the rest of the band "Drew, I want you to know that you probably won't get too many fans here. Most of the people who come here are loners and people who want country music. Not the music you guys play." I smiled as I nodded as everyone else went to go check out the back stage. "I don't expect to get fans, I expect to just play and get paid." Scott walks up to us and sits on a table by us. "Then you have nothing to worry about. You're the only act i have up for tonight." He shook Scott's hand and mine and walked away. "Since when is your last name Parsons?" Scott asked as we walked backstage. "Since I decided to move out." Scott gave me a confused look "You're moving out? When?" I smiled and put on my guitar and walked to the dressing room. "When we get enough money for us to buy an apartment or something where we can live and jam and not worry about parents or people complaing about noise." I smiled as I sat down on the couch in the dressing room and played a couple of random notes that didn't sound good at all but I didn't care. I was happy to be able to have a gig somewhere where we can earn some cash to pay for expenses.

*Time Skip*

I was breathing in and out as Bud walked up on stage and grabbed a microphone. "Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome a local band I just hired to play here..Katastrophic Breakdown!" For not gonna be able to get a whole lot of fans, there was a bunch of friends from school and our families and Jarron was with his band. Dad and his band walked in but there was a 6th person with them. I couldn't make out who it was so I concentrated on everyone else. I cleared my throat and spoke as everyone got ready. "Hey, We're Katastrophic Breakdown. I'm gonna go ahead and introduce everyone as they're getting ready. On Bass is Fever." There was whistles and a bunch of idiots making stupid noises. "On Drums is Monster, On rythm guitar is Cancer, On lead guitar 1 is Poison." I finished and Drake walked up to his mic as he set down his pedal. "And lead vocals and lead guitar is Nightmare." I smiled as I checked to make sure everyone was ready. I walked back to the mic and turned up the volume on my guitar. "This first song is the first song on the demo we made. This is called Scream."
We hit a button on a keyboard we had set up by Annabeth and a women scream came over the entire room and we started playing.
I stepped up to the mic and started singing

Caught up in this madness too blind to see
Woke animal feelings in me
Took over my sense and I lost control
I'll taste your blood tonight

You know I make you wanna scream
You know I make you wanna run from me baby
but know it's too late you've wasted all your time

Relax while you're closing your eyes to me
So warm as I'm setting you free
With your arms by your side there's no struggling
Pleasure's all mine this time

You know I make you wanna scream
You know I make you wanna run from me baby
but know it's too late you've wasted all your time

Cherishing, those feelings pleasuring
Cover me, unwanted clemency
Scream till there's silence
Scream while there's life left, vanishing
Scream from the pleasure unmask your desire
perishing

We've all had a time where we've lost control
We've all had our time to grow
I'm hoping I'm wrong but I know I'm right
I'll hunt again one night

You know I make you wanna scream
You know I make you wanna run from me baby
but know it's too late you've wasted all your time

Cherishing, those feelings pleasuring
Cover me, unwanted clemency
Scream till there's silence
Scream while there's life left, vanishing
Scream from the pleasure unmask your desire
perishing

I finish singing for a bit for the solo. Drake starts picking an amazing solo and when he's done we start doing dual guitars into the pre-verse

Some live repressing their instinctive feelings
Protest the way we're built don't point the blame on me

Scream, Scream, Scream the way you would
if I ravaged your body
Scream, Scream, Scream the way you would if I ravaged

your mind

Cherishing, those feelings pleasuring
Cover me, unwanted clemency
Scream till there's silence
Scream while there's life left, vanishing
Scream from the pleasure unmask your desire
perishing

We finish the song and there's people hollering loudly and clapping. We immediately start the next song.

Oh yeah

I'm always thinking of you and all the things that you do
Self-centered satisfaction, no more will I run from you
Dysfunctioned family values, I'll die but I will not fear
Stop talking words of wisdom, you fool, I'm standing right here

The world is on your shoulders
The weight, it's crushing me
Now we're all getting older
Take it out, (take it out, take it out, take it out )
Take it out on me, take it out on me
(Take it out on me), take it out on me
(Vent your frustration on me)

I feel so much destruction in everything that you do
Anger is creeping in me, watch I don't explode on you
My rage it comes so quickly one spark and I will ignite
Self-harming mutilation cuts deep but the pain feels so right

The world is on your shoulders
The weight it's crushing me
Now we're all getting older
Take it out, (take it out, take it out, take it out)
Take it out on me, take it out on me
(Take it out on me), take it out on me
(Vent your frustration on me)

This fire burns inside
This fire burns inside
There's no where left to hide
This fire burns inside
This fire burns inside
(This rage can't be denied)

The world is on your shoulders
The weight, it's crushing me
Now we're all getting older
Take it out, (take it out, take it out, take it out)
(Take it out on me), take it out on me
(Take it out on me), take it out on me
(Vent your frustration on me)

(Take it out)
There's screams from a couple of girls and whistles and clapping. I smile as I walk up to the mic. "Alright this is our last song until tomorrow."
The roadies bring out a piano and I sit down on a stool the bring out too.

I'm not quite myself these days
Guess we all come undone time to time in different ways
Well, I have myself to blame.
Guess I don't understand, I need help in many ways.

I jump off the stool of the piano and grab my guitar and start playing with Drake and Scott

God's got a plan for me
Well, I'm gonna tell you one thing:
I don't got the patience or the time!
What can I say?
I'm no angel,
I'm not forsaken,
But I can bleed!

Tear me open
I believe
God will send you all to bleed!
And no one can deceive
What it's meant to be
A bloody murder,
We will scream!

Well I guess it's time for me
Tell me what I'm left to believe in?
'Cause I don't know the concept of the pain
I don't want the fate I'm just loosing
I can't prove it,
Watch me bleed!

Tear me open
I believe
God will send you all to bleed!
And no one can deceive
What it's meant to be
A bloody murder, we will scream!
God will send you all to tear me open!

Drake, Reese and me all play different guitar parts until Drake takes over vocals

'Cause I'm (Hey!) not giving up(Hey!)
Your self-control suffocate to the plough
I'm my(Hey!) worst enemy(Hey!)
Who can't be saved.
I'm just his disgrace

After Drakes part, I take back vocals for the chorus

Tear me open
I believe
God will send you all to bleed!
And no one can deceive
What it's meant to be
A bloody murder,
We will scream!
God will send you all to tear me open!

I sit back at the piano and start playing while Reese sings the last part

These days are strange, it's true.
There's not a thing that I would change,
No mistakes that I'd undo.

Everyone is clapping and hollering and screaming for Encore. We walk offstage and after a while everyone quits clapping and the noise quiets down and everyone leaves after a half hour and its back to the old bar where only a couple of people come in to get drunk and forget things.