One Thousand Six Hundred and Five Back to Basics

Late Encore.

This is the 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", no one knows, But no one has forgotten it, but it is buried deep in the heart. Whenever the melody sounds, it is hidden in the musical symbols and flows again.

Now, two years later, that late encore is finally coming to fruition.

"Hey, does anyone know? If I owe someone an encore, how exactly should I pay it back?" The smile on Renly's mouth rose slightly, like a butterfly flying toward the sun, despite the pain of breaking its cocoon , but used all his strength to flutter his wings to welcome his own hope and new life.

Renly's slender fingertips began to trace the strings, just as they had done in the evening at Mount Sinai Hospital when the song was being created.

It was an ordinary afternoon. He went to Mount Sinai Hospital again to accompany the children. He sang and played games. He was exhausted after just thirty minutes of play. It was even harder than an hour's work in the pioneer village; those The raging winds and those gorgeous sunsets have become blurred in my memory, but I still remember the flying kite.

At that time, Heather, whose condition had not deteriorated, left the ward and came to the courtyard, accompanied by her father and mother, and flew the kite that Renly had given her. It was autumn, the sky was high and the air was crisp, and the kite opened its arms in the strong wind, hugging the blue sky into its arms, so arrogant and so free.

The setting sun was burning in the sky, and suddenly, the night devoured all the light and color, and the rich ink color rolled down in large swaths, and everything came too quickly, so that people could not react. Then, the first street light was lit, and then the lights of Wanjia supported the night of the entire city, isolating society from nature.

The sound of the wind whistling in his ears seemed to be more and more noisy, but it seemed to enter a peaceful world.

The guitar strings slowly flowed out like this, "So we got up and pursued our destiny in the dark. I saw you were scarred late last night, and I saw you dancing in the arms of the devil. The night is boundless, and I am helpless, Eyes full of flames, never extinguished by silence, forged beauty, forged crowns."

For a long, long time, Renly believed that the inspiration for these words came from Chris Hemsworth, because of the "Thor" script and because of Vanity Fair, they were all searching for themselves in the dark Destiny, stumbled and bruised, even dancing with the devil in order to find a ray of light.

But then, Renly finally realized that the notes and lyrics belonged to Heather Cross. Because of that long and convoluted disease,

Her youth, her life, and her dreams are all shrouded in the boundless darkness, staggering and struggling to find a chance, but in the end, it's just in vain.

Every word and every melody slammed hard on my chest.

"So here we are, a lonely place where we can't go back, you are the face that let me go through fire and water, this is the name that the children will inherit, forged beauty, forged crowns; forged perfection, far away."

Raising his eyes, Renly seemed to see Heather's figure again, wearing a long white lace dress, the smile on the corner of his mouth bloomed like a golden morning light, cheerful and excited, and then it matched the guitar's string sound, bitter and bitter. Singing sweetly, the wound is slowly healing—

Because she never missed her dream after all, because she finally created perfection and flew away, because she finally reached the lonely place that she can't go back to, because she finally found the Don Quixotes who walked side by side, because she was still in the dark after all Find peace of mind again.

There is no extra fancy, no cumbersome accompaniment, everything is just a guitar and a voice, Renly reinterprets and interprets this song in a way of returning to the basics, returning step by step to the original intention of creating "The Beast" , simple and pure:

They are a group of beasts trapped in a lonely place, rushing left and right in the fog and darkness, unable to find the way forward but also lost the way back, so they stayed in the same place with scars, belonging to themselves The colors and edges and corners are slowly, slowly worn away.

Some people take risks for the sake of money; some people slam their dreams on the ground; some people are obsessed with self-destruction; some people firmly seize the opportunity to escape; some people stay where they are and gradually Lost their minds and become beasts and start hurting each other...

Who can break the boat, who can achieve the peak, who can realize the dream, everything is unknown. Only a very small number of people are firmly united, unswervingly guarding each other's oath, going through fire and water, just to be able to capture a ray of hope again in the middle of the night.

Just like Don Quixotes.

Heather was not able to reach the end in the end, she fell weak and embarrassed to the place, and finally stayed here forever; but her dream still did not end.

"So when you're weak, when you get down on your knees, I'll do my best for the rest of the time, guarding your oath, alive and true."

Heather's footsteps stopped, but Renly's footsteps were still moving forward, and he continued to move forward with Heather's dream on his back.

In a trance, Renly seemed to see Heather's figure, and stepped onto the stage step by step. Under his watch, he came to the microphone, and sang loudly and recklessly, as if standing in the "American Idol". On the stage, working hard for his dream.

This late Anko belongs to Heather, and will be sung by Heather himself. Just like a foxtrot, move forward, move right, move backward, move left, return to the origin, and complete one dance step in four beats. A perfect closed loop achieves a reincarnation.

Indistinctly, a chorus of humming came from Renly's ears.

"So grass/your dreams, how dare you forget our scars."

Raising his eyes, Renly saw Yingying's tears under the refraction of the stage lights in the dark night of the audience, and the blurred faces were singing loudly and ecstatically. , one by one joined the belated encore, for themselves and for Heather.

They will eventually join Renly's ranks, carry Heather's dreams on their backs, and continue to work hard in this lonely place where they can't go back. Because they are all Don Quixote, the Don Quixote who embraces daydreams and no one can understand, even if he incarnates into a beast, they will still not forget a piece of innocent heart in their hearts.

"I will turn into a beast for you. If you pay enough money, everything will be counted, and only a few dreams will be remembered."

Rooney was a little hesitant, because singing really wasn't her strong point, but at the moment she couldn't care about it anymore. There was just an impulse rolling in her mind, and then she gave up suppressing her emotions and sang along with the audience. Arise, join Renly's and Heather's.

When the song broke through the restraint of the throat, smiles and tears bloomed at the same time. Looking at Renly in the spotlight through tears, Rooney no longer had any restraint and obstacles, but just sang aloud. The encore, which was two years late, finally sounded in Madison Square Garden.

They arrived at a lonely place where they could not go back. But they are not alone.

Even Justin, who was standing on the side stage, was a little embarrassed. He heard the softly humming tunes of Ed and Marcus, but he was the only one who couldn't open his mouth, because of his pride, and because of his pride. His own strangeness - he could feel the emotions surging in the melody, and he was hit so hard, disarmed and shattered, but he didn't know the song, and he couldn't sing it.

Such an out of place loneliness made Justin extremely embarrassed.

For the first time, he realized that he had never really known Renly, and that Renly's melody and inner voice were definitely worth listening to. Those sadness and disappointment, those perseverance and bitterness, those loneliness and loneliness, isn't that the real feeling of Justin in the past ten years?

Justin hummed in such a clumsy and embarrassed way, with no lyrics, just a melody, capturing the musical notes that were as clear as spring water, and humming along step by step, and then the mood eased little by little, passing through the eyes. He was hazy and hot, quietly staring at the figure in the center of the stage.

Then, he heard the guitar strings stop, but the singing of all the audience still did not stop, wantonly and arrogantly became the master of Madison Square Garden.

So they sang:

"So we've arrived, a lonely place where we can't go back, you're the face that made me go through fire and water, that's the name that the children will inherit, the charm, the crown."

There is no accompaniment or melody, just relying on the power of a cappella, but let Justin completely disarm and surrender. He didn't understand the story behind the song, and he didn't understand the meaning behind the encore. He just captured his own memories and stories from the melody and singing, and then completely burst.

At this moment, Justin also saw himself curled up in a lonely place with scars. He is also a beast.

Standing in the audience, William raised his chin high and stared proudly at the stage in front of him. Although he was two years late, this encore finally evolved into a reality; This graduation ceremony finally drew a perfect ending. They are still beasts stuck in a lonely field, they are still carrying each other's dreams and continue to move forward, they are still stubborn Don Quixote.

That's good.