𝑨 𝑷𝑰𝑪𝑻𝑼𝑹𝑬 𝑷𝑬𝑹𝑭𝑬𝑪𝑻 𝑯𝑶𝑳𝑳𝒀𝑾𝑶𝑶𝑫 𝑯𝑬𝑨𝑹𝑻𝑩𝑹𝑬𝑨𝑲.
THIS IS PART TWO. PART ONE IS HERE. feel free to change pronouns or do whatever! these are sentences from zach callison’s concept album “a picture perfect hollywood heartbreak”. tw for violence, mental illness, drugs, gore, etc. feel free to reblog!
06.) interlude ii ( second thoughts ).
“the truth is the kid’s medicine made him sin.”
“we put his record on until he’s bleeding on the needle.”
“cut down on his curtain call.”
“take aim with these hands he once possessed.”
“a dozen roses on the pavement laid the rest.”
“will i feel some remorse?”
“no, pull the trigger.”
“his brain has a sickness, so kill it at the source.”
“springtime, and i still haven’t left you behind.”
“i find that i’m anything but fine.”
“no, i’m okay.”
“please, just look away.”
“please don’t say that i begged you to stay.”
“truth just hurts too much.”
“bourbon to kill my pain.”
“curtains to hold my shame.”
“they can’t look away: cannot contain my rage.”
“limbo has been awaiting my stay.”
“please, dear god: just give me some price to pay.”
“oh please god, just make it all go away.”
“(GUNSHOT)”
“they know a concrete grave cannot contain my rage.”
“so take my hand, hold my shame.”
08.) interlude iv ( showtime ).
“we’re finally free. welcome home.”
“it’s just you and me now, standing alone.”
“the world is ours.”
“get in the car.”
“this isn’t finished.”
“even though the kid’s dead, i’m still seeing red.”
“i’m just a shell of his form, that his innocence shed.”
“he lived a good life and he gave it to you.”
“look at him, showered in blood and flowers.”
“now, look in my eyes. she still holds the power.”
“after years and tears and confronting his fears: he’s dead on his record for the world to hear.”
“they’ll all think it was suicide. but i know it was you inside.”
“i saved him! i held him ‘til the moment he died.”
“you choked him out of his own god damn mind!”
“you promised the world to him, a god damn lie!”
“what do you want from me?”
“look outside yourself.”
“i won’t help you take her down.”
“…fine. i’ll do it by myself.”
“she’s been gone for years, i know you can beat it.”
“look in the mirror, you know we both fear her.”
“we’re one in the same, we’re afraid to be near her.”
“you won’t let me kill him. you’re worse than ____!”
“i told you to end it. it was all for the best.”
“so i have you to blame for this pain in my chest?”
“if you won’t go i will.”
“you’re filling your heart up with hate, all the same as the kid that you left face down on the pavement.”
“it’s time i made a statement.”
“a pity the city has ruined us, we could’ve fooled hollywood: just the two of us.”
“you’re lost.”
“is this what love is really for?
“is this all i get for being yours, the kid in front of me in blood and gore?”
“show’s about to start. don’t be late.”
“that’s alright! that’s okay!”
“a wise man once said ‘time is money’, so how much money did i lose to you, honey?”
“i find it kinda funny, you wanna keep this feud running.”
“i’m glad i’m on your mind, so keep that cannon fire coming.”
“this is juvenile as skate night.”
“you don’t know how to play nice.”
“guns and bombs to keep us torn.”
“leat your napalm will keep me warm.”
“to your new boy, let him be warned: you’re her new toy for blood and gore.”
“what? you didn’t know?”
“so this is war!”
“isn’t that what love is for?”
“blood and gore is all i get for being yours.”
“two heathens ruled by demons.”
“i’ll be damned if i can’t finish what i start.”
“oh, so you wanna go to war now?”
“lusting for my heart and tear out some more now.”
“these guns are loud like thunderclouds.”
“i’m composing more music than you.”
“expression as a weapon, i do choose to abuse it.”
“talk about depression and chemical abuses, and nooses, feeling useless.”
“hey, take this. you could use it.”
“you’d probably break it, cry ‘bout how you’ll never make it.”
“goodness gracious, we’ve been waiting on your album for ages. no traces, and baby they already ran outta patience.”
“___, we’re still waiting.”
“half your songs got thrown away like ballots on voting day.”
“my ballads got more to say, like a bullet to a motorcade.”
“sit down with me and sign this armistice.”
“get your big proboscis out of my shit, miss.”
“welcome to the new me.”
“paint your nails back and unscrew me.”
“but that’s okay! know my business is booming. live vicariously through me.”
“we’re coming for you!”