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Alexander

from Faded by The Cranberry Isles

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Alexander woke on his twelfth birthday with a stomach full of angry nerves. He went barefoot down the wooden stairs as it began to burn. He suffered through breakfast; his mother looked concerned. He stepped outside for some fresh air, still his insides tossed and turned. But June was hot, the sun was high. He went looking for some shade. He turned his back on the cul-de-sac where all the children played. Alexander walked to the foot of a mountain that was great and tall. He started up the path and tied his shoes so that he wouldn't fall. The pain in his stomach reduced him to crawl. "Don't give up my eager son," the mountain seemed to call. The pain was great, the woods were thick. All sight of sky was gone. Curiosity and determination pushed him to go on.
Somewhere in a cave the artist cries. Somewhere far beyond the Starry Nights, the painter dies. And the doctors say his heart just stopped but we know the cause of death - writer's block.
Alexander reached the rocky peak. His face was wet, he wiped the sweat from his forehead as the stinging rose from his stomach to his neck. He lost his lunch way up there got as sick as you can get. But when his mouth opened out came colors like a painter's palette. His eyes wide, he stepped back and admired what he had done. The colors mixed before his feet, looked like a setting sun.
Astonished with his new-found skill, he returned even in the white snow. But he turned eighteen and got a scholarship to a school far from his home. He took one last look at his master piece and, thinking of van Gogh, he shipped himself down Highway 1 to San Francisco.
Times were hard and friends were few, his inspiration gone. He spent his days holed up in his room, everything felt wrong. But then one foggy morning things changed. He woke to find his stomach felt the same like all those older days. Then, he breathed in deep, held it in, and jumped out the window. He floated away above the factory smoke and exploded as the fog finally broke.

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from Faded, released September 24, 2013
Andy, Beacher, Mike, Sean

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