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There's a montage, like a flash of memories across the screen.
A boy with blondish-brown hair, laughing and smiling in photos that line a wall..
Damon standing beside another man, different from the first, arguing with him while the other drinks from a bottle of whiskey. They exchange shoves, Damon looks furious but says nothing and walks off..
Then Damon's laying in his bed, arm thrown over his forehead, eyes on the ceiling. The boy in the photos is curled, asleep, pressed into his side but Damon clearly can't sleep. He looks over at the boy, face struggling between too many emotions. He sits up, removes himself from the bed carefully, grabs his coat and leaves the apartment and the boy sleeping in the bed.
A shot of the band, including Damon, singing and playing - his eyes avoid looking at the camera, which is unusual because in music videos he's quite often breaking the fourth wall. But this is a story, it would seem, and even the oblivious can link two and two together.
The scene flicks to a new memory. These are beginning to add up into an obvious timeline, flicking back and forth along the order, not chronological but one can follow it easily.
If you want LA, then go to LA- Damon grabs the photo frame of himself and the nameless boy he shared his bed, and apparently the apartment, with. He throws it violently across the room where it shatters against the wall, slow-motion falling to the ground. The Krise vocalist runs his hand through his hair, paces in a semi-circle around the room, turns, and drops himself like a lead weight onto the couch. He covers his eyes with his hands and exhales hard, like he's ready to cry. -despite the miles between us, my heart remains the same, cause you're all...that it beats for... when you walk.. back through that door...
A montage of little clips - more arguments between Damon and the nameless second man, though by the look of him it's obviously supposed to be DJ. In one, the tension breaks and shifts into a kiss, passionate - but, as everyone can see, on Damon's end... desperate. His hands hold the sides of "DJ"'s face, and there's a little furrow between his brows that's too tell-tale on how hard this is for him. They start shedding clothes, biting each other, the scene fades out.
It shifts back to the scene of Damon on the couch, holding his head and hiding his face. It's clear he's remembering all of the things from the montage.
When the voice hits its crescendo, the boy from the photos walks through the bedroom door. He's wearing a loose dress shirt, improperly buttoned, the implication being obvious that it's Damon's. His eyes catch sight of the picture frame and he looks lost, but comes over to the couch and wraps his arms around Damon's shoulders anyhow. I'm not saying that I don't believe, I'm exactly where I want to be...
After a moment, Damon leans hard into the embrace. Don't you take that from me...
The scene changes again - a flashback, indicated by the video effects - and Damon's at someone's bedside in a hospital, looking haunted, but it's changed. Now he's doing the singing. The view shifts and it's the second man, the one in the whiskey memory, with blond hair, resting in the bed. He's asleep, hooked up to a variety of monitors and half alive. Damon looks like he hasn't slept in days.
You know I still get lost in your eyes? With your lips, and your kiss, and your hand in mine... You're all that I need Damon laughs, almost bitter, between singing, dragging a hand over his own eyes. He looks so lost that it shows honestly even on the camera. Anyone seeing this would think him a brilliant actor, but this is too real to be conjured up for the screen... the pain in his eyes extends into every verse.
Time fast forwards within the scene and Damon's sleeping beside the bed, he hasn't moved in hours.
And I promise that I'll sleep fine tonight, just knowing you're here by my side... He's not singing anymore. A nurse comes into the room and his eyes flick open - he was only catnapping. It seems like she was about to tell him to leave, but the look on his face makes her reconsider. She simply offers an understanding little lip quirk and disappears back into the corridor.
It changes, yet again, to Damon holding "DJ"'s hand. There are tears in his eyes, but the scene is so quick they're almost easy to miss. ...Unfortunately, the family knows better instantly. They are real. Don't give this up... don't give this up...
A shot of Damon in a music studio, taped up beside him is the tentative cover design for Sehnsucht. Tears are rolling down his cheeks and he's singing his heart out. I'm not saying that I don't believe...
Him walking down the sidewalk at something like 2 in the morning, wearing a hoodie with the hood up and sunglasses on to shield his face... He arrives at the apartment, lets himself in and hangs up his hoodie beside the door. The curtains over all the windows are drawn and he peeks around the corner into the bedroom, where "Hunter" is curled up, asleep.
I'm exactly where I want to be... He turns and walks further into the apartment...
Once again the scene changes, and it seems to be fast forwarding into time. Damon's arms wrapped tight around "Hunter" as the boy cries into his shoulder. They're in the bedroom, a cellphone is on the bed. ..don't you take that from me... Damon's face is set like stone, and he looks hateful at the mobile.
Yet another scene - fast forwarding again. Damon's pacing the corridor of an apartment building, cellphone in hand, but he's shouting and furious. You keep on running, you're running away... The phone call is over, Damon slumps against the door behind him, resting his hands, holding the phone, against his forehead. I'll be here, waiting, wishing you could stay..
Another montage comes, but this time it's bizarre, as the voice sings over it... I'll keep on fighting, fighting for you.. The montage is not a video montage, but a series of photos - legitimate photos - from the most recent tour, from the public appearance at Whitby with Hunter, from the tour bus and hotels and backstage with the band - Hunter is in some of them. Damon's smiling and laughing with the crowd, pulling faces with the fans... Intermingled with the photos of Damon being 'happy' are photos of news clips that PNX and other tabloids were printing. Headlines like DJ CLAYTON IN LAS VEGAS?, GIRL SAYS DJ CLAYTON KNOCKED HER UP! flash across the screen in between photos of Damon dorking around with Hunter and Pete during the few shows Hunter managed to be with them for. I swear that I would give you the sun and the moon...
The last scene is of Damon and the boy who looks like Hunter, together in a hotel room, hands locked together with rings touching, watching news coverage on the television. Neither of them are smiling, both look like ghosts of themselves, and as the music ends and fades out, over the "ohh-ohhh-ohh...", a woman reporter speaks:
Today, guitar idol DJ Clayton was rushed to the hospital but has been reported Dead on Arrival. Our heart goes out to those affected, particularly Clayton's family.
A boy with blondish-brown hair, laughing and smiling in photos that line a wall..
Damon standing beside another man, different from the first, arguing with him while the other drinks from a bottle of whiskey. They exchange shoves, Damon looks furious but says nothing and walks off..
Then Damon's laying in his bed, arm thrown over his forehead, eyes on the ceiling. The boy in the photos is curled, asleep, pressed into his side but Damon clearly can't sleep. He looks over at the boy, face struggling between too many emotions. He sits up, removes himself from the bed carefully, grabs his coat and leaves the apartment and the boy sleeping in the bed.
A shot of the band, including Damon, singing and playing - his eyes avoid looking at the camera, which is unusual because in music videos he's quite often breaking the fourth wall. But this is a story, it would seem, and even the oblivious can link two and two together.
The scene flicks to a new memory. These are beginning to add up into an obvious timeline, flicking back and forth along the order, not chronological but one can follow it easily.
If you want LA, then go to LA- Damon grabs the photo frame of himself and the nameless boy he shared his bed, and apparently the apartment, with. He throws it violently across the room where it shatters against the wall, slow-motion falling to the ground. The Krise vocalist runs his hand through his hair, paces in a semi-circle around the room, turns, and drops himself like a lead weight onto the couch. He covers his eyes with his hands and exhales hard, like he's ready to cry. -despite the miles between us, my heart remains the same, cause you're all...that it beats for... when you walk.. back through that door...
A montage of little clips - more arguments between Damon and the nameless second man, though by the look of him it's obviously supposed to be DJ. In one, the tension breaks and shifts into a kiss, passionate - but, as everyone can see, on Damon's end... desperate. His hands hold the sides of "DJ"'s face, and there's a little furrow between his brows that's too tell-tale on how hard this is for him. They start shedding clothes, biting each other, the scene fades out.
It shifts back to the scene of Damon on the couch, holding his head and hiding his face. It's clear he's remembering all of the things from the montage.
When the voice hits its crescendo, the boy from the photos walks through the bedroom door. He's wearing a loose dress shirt, improperly buttoned, the implication being obvious that it's Damon's. His eyes catch sight of the picture frame and he looks lost, but comes over to the couch and wraps his arms around Damon's shoulders anyhow. I'm not saying that I don't believe, I'm exactly where I want to be...
After a moment, Damon leans hard into the embrace. Don't you take that from me...
The scene changes again - a flashback, indicated by the video effects - and Damon's at someone's bedside in a hospital, looking haunted, but it's changed. Now he's doing the singing. The view shifts and it's the second man, the one in the whiskey memory, with blond hair, resting in the bed. He's asleep, hooked up to a variety of monitors and half alive. Damon looks like he hasn't slept in days.
You know I still get lost in your eyes? With your lips, and your kiss, and your hand in mine... You're all that I need Damon laughs, almost bitter, between singing, dragging a hand over his own eyes. He looks so lost that it shows honestly even on the camera. Anyone seeing this would think him a brilliant actor, but this is too real to be conjured up for the screen... the pain in his eyes extends into every verse.
Time fast forwards within the scene and Damon's sleeping beside the bed, he hasn't moved in hours.
And I promise that I'll sleep fine tonight, just knowing you're here by my side... He's not singing anymore. A nurse comes into the room and his eyes flick open - he was only catnapping. It seems like she was about to tell him to leave, but the look on his face makes her reconsider. She simply offers an understanding little lip quirk and disappears back into the corridor.
It changes, yet again, to Damon holding "DJ"'s hand. There are tears in his eyes, but the scene is so quick they're almost easy to miss. ...Unfortunately, the family knows better instantly. They are real. Don't give this up... don't give this up...
A shot of Damon in a music studio, taped up beside him is the tentative cover design for Sehnsucht. Tears are rolling down his cheeks and he's singing his heart out. I'm not saying that I don't believe...
Him walking down the sidewalk at something like 2 in the morning, wearing a hoodie with the hood up and sunglasses on to shield his face... He arrives at the apartment, lets himself in and hangs up his hoodie beside the door. The curtains over all the windows are drawn and he peeks around the corner into the bedroom, where "Hunter" is curled up, asleep.
I'm exactly where I want to be... He turns and walks further into the apartment...
Once again the scene changes, and it seems to be fast forwarding into time. Damon's arms wrapped tight around "Hunter" as the boy cries into his shoulder. They're in the bedroom, a cellphone is on the bed. ..don't you take that from me... Damon's face is set like stone, and he looks hateful at the mobile.
Yet another scene - fast forwarding again. Damon's pacing the corridor of an apartment building, cellphone in hand, but he's shouting and furious. You keep on running, you're running away... The phone call is over, Damon slumps against the door behind him, resting his hands, holding the phone, against his forehead. I'll be here, waiting, wishing you could stay..
Another montage comes, but this time it's bizarre, as the voice sings over it... I'll keep on fighting, fighting for you.. The montage is not a video montage, but a series of photos - legitimate photos - from the most recent tour, from the public appearance at Whitby with Hunter, from the tour bus and hotels and backstage with the band - Hunter is in some of them. Damon's smiling and laughing with the crowd, pulling faces with the fans... Intermingled with the photos of Damon being 'happy' are photos of news clips that PNX and other tabloids were printing. Headlines like DJ CLAYTON IN LAS VEGAS?, GIRL SAYS DJ CLAYTON KNOCKED HER UP! flash across the screen in between photos of Damon dorking around with Hunter and Pete during the few shows Hunter managed to be with them for. I swear that I would give you the sun and the moon...
The last scene is of Damon and the boy who looks like Hunter, together in a hotel room, hands locked together with rings touching, watching news coverage on the television. Neither of them are smiling, both look like ghosts of themselves, and as the music ends and fades out, over the "ohh-ohhh-ohh...", a woman reporter speaks:
Today, guitar idol DJ Clayton was rushed to the hospital but has been reported Dead on Arrival. Our heart goes out to those affected, particularly Clayton's family.