Author’s note: ‘Rise and Fall’ was stripped from MM. Somebody made another scene about something. This was the end of the road for MM for me but I needed some kind of closure to the former chapters. This was it. Not the best but it suited the circumstances.
The Prince surveys the destruction sadly, walks to the edge of the crater and peers down. There were hundreds of broken bodies and many broken souls laying scattered around a piece of twisted metal that had once been a van. His nostrils flare as he recognizes the odor of vegetable soup that had been stirred by too many hands and his eyes burn. He grips the exquisite neck of Schecter’s white cloud tightly for a moment, thinking about the dead moose, the dead squirrel. He knew that this was not an ending Y would have written. Gone. His fingers moved gracefully over the strings.
I never meant to cause you any sorrow
I never meant to cause you any pain
I only wanted one time to see you laughing
I only want to see you laughing in the purple rain
purple rain, purple rain
purple rain, purple rain
purple rain, purple rain-
I only want to see you bathing in the purple rain
I never wanted to be your weekend lover
I only wanted to be some kind of friend
baby I could never steal you from another
it’s such a shame our friendship had to end
purple rain, purple rain, purple rain, purple rain, purple rain, purple rain -
I only want to see you underneath the purple rain
honey, I know, I know, I know times are changing
it’s time we all reach out for something new, that means you too
you say you want a leader,
but you can’t seem to make up your mind
I think you better close it
and let me guide you into the purple rain
purple rain, purple rain, purple rain, purple rain, purple rain, purple rain -
I only want to see you, only want to see you
in the purple rain……*
“See you, Y, see you in Cheetober,” he whispered.
*lyrics – Prince – Purple Rain. Used totally without permission.
