Rock Star (Don't break)

Rock Star

"Ok, let's take it from the top"
The words came from the audio engineer as he looked from behind the glass of the studio booth.

This was the 5th attempt to get the song from the words he had written down and into something they could use.

He looked back towards the window at the engineer as he adjusted the strap of his guitar, the weight of it feeling oppressive as it hung down against his body, his motivation lacking since the last night.

He lifted a hand and gave a half-hearted thumbs up in the direction of the engineer and he saw the man give a thumbs up in return as he turned his head away to look down at the various controls in front of him.

Thoughts of last night came back to him once more, what had the argument even been about now? He was an idiot and she was so damn strong-willed and independent at times, they were light fire and gasoline when they got into it.

The sound of the song's playback filled the studio and he reached up to adjust his headphones and let his hands drop to the guitar around his neck, the music playing around him and he counted silently into the song.

His hands now touched the strings and he began to play the notes he had written, his ear still tuned into the playback as his own guitar mixed into the music and added to the song he had composed.

" Like the breaking storm, you crashed into my life
A force so beautiful and true, I wanted nothing more than you
Like the way the sun rises and Falls, we do not always get it to go our way"

The words being sung with heartfelt emotion as he recalled the way she had stormed out, so angry at him and his pigheadedness just made him let her walk away and now all he had were the words he was struggling with now.

" Come to me, don't ever let me go
Don't walk away from me, don't ever go
My arms are open and my heart calls to you"

His head lowered now as he tried to focus on the strings as his hands danced over the neck and body of the guitar, the efforts becoming more of a struggle as the sadness seemed to gnaw at his very soul.

" Give me another chance, let me prove myself to you
I am not perfect but know that you are perfect to me
A force in my life, so powerful, if you give me a chance I am never letting you go"

His voice broke slightly as he sang the next verse, but he managed to compose himself enough that the engineer did not call for them to stop once more, he wanted to try and get through this and then, well he did not know what was going to come next.

" Don't break, stand against the storm
Don't break, be with me and never take that beauty away
Don't break, I want you with me first thing in the morning and all night long"

His eyes now started to well up with the tears he was trying to fight back, the sadness making him lower his head a little lower to not be seen, just had to fight through this.

" Come to me, don't ever let me go
Don't walk away from me, don't ever go
My arms are open heart calls to you"

His head came up now even as he felt a tear begin to fall, at least he could try and look away and push onto the end of the piece, maybe then he could break free of here and try to undo what he had done.

His hands now working the neck of his guitar as he looked up and at the glass of the booth beyond, he half expected to see the engineer's disapproving scowl or look of concern that he had somehow missed a note or messed up a guitar chord.

But no, his hands continued to move with the grace of precision of a man possessed and then he saw her standing beyond the glass in the studio and looking back at him.