That's the problem, right? Everyone- everyone kept assuming...how Connor felt or...what he might do— even me! Even everyone back home, apparently! But we can't know! We can...never know now.
[ She stands, though her legs wobble from just how much she's put them through. Despite that, she starts to climb the bleachers again, more with each word. ]
There was something so pure How he looked at me. Like our heartache might find some reprieve. All dismissals I heard turned to dust with his words, Now my heart's filled with doubt, But I'll tune it all out and believe...
[ Higher. Higher. Breathing harder. The song echoes through the gym. Like she's daring someone to stop it. ]
I want to believe!
In the dark...! In the dark!! Bound in a blanket of soothing despair!
In the dark with him, In the dark with him!
[ Descending a step at a time. ]
No one and nothing can break through... No one and nothing can break through the darkness! No, there's nothing can breath through—!!
[ It's that point where her shaky legs fail her. Where she misses a step down, and she stumbles. ]
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[ Her voice raises. ]
That's the problem, right? Everyone- everyone kept assuming...how Connor felt or...what he might do— even me! Even everyone back home, apparently! But we can't know! We can...never know now.
[ She stands, though her legs wobble from just how much she's put them through. Despite that, she starts to climb the bleachers again, more with each word. ]
There was something so pure
How he looked at me.
Like our heartache might find some reprieve.
All dismissals I heard turned to dust with his words,
Now my heart's filled with doubt,
But I'll tune it all out and believe...
[ Higher. Higher. Breathing harder. The song echoes through the gym. Like she's daring someone to stop it. ]
I want to believe!
In the dark...!
In the dark!!
Bound in a blanket of soothing despair!
In the dark with him,
In the dark with him!
[ Descending a step at a time. ]
No one and nothing can break through...
No one and nothing can break through the darkness!
No, there's nothing can breath through—!!
[ It's that point where her shaky legs fail her. Where she misses a step down, and she stumbles. ]