Valentine's Day musical interlude

[i_am_your_host]

Emcee, with lips as red as the rose tucked behind his right ear, sits down at the piano and begins to play a song for the love-me's and love-me-not's that wend their way though Milliways.

"When you're young,
Feeling oh so strong
What can prove you wrong?
Love, and love alone."

It very much has a cabaret feel -- lilting, sensuous, yet droll. Emcee could never keep the slight twist to his mouth away, his subtle smirk coloring his voice just as subtly.

"When the sun,
Seems forever bright
What can dim its light?
Love, and love alone.

"So beware young love, lost in a kiss
There's a truth young love, simple as this:
Every fond hello, ends in goodbye.
What seems certain to live, will die.

"So enjoy all the time there is
.
If you're his, be his,
Make each day your own.

"When tomorrow's come
And your heart is stone
What has made it numb?
Love and love alone.

Love and love alone."


With the last note, he doesn't wait for applause or acknowledgement, but takes his glass of wine and disappears as quietly as he came.


[OOC: Not for tagging, just reactions if you feel so inclined. Link leads to YouTube video of Chita Rivera's performance of "Love and Love Alone."]

Comments

[iprotectyou]

Baze has never understood love songs. Some or all of the participants seem desperate to prove their love, most of the time. This one is different. It's sad. Baze still doesn't understand it, but he listens while engraving designs into the stock of his lightbow.

When Emcee finishes, Baze applauds, but the man is already gone. Before Baze retires for the evening, Baze has a quiet conversation with Bar, and has a glass of the wine Emcee was drinking sent up to his room anonymously.

[thewidewideworld]

Sinric listens with a soft melancholy smile. He watches Emcee leave and doesn't follow. He knows his friend's moods well enough to know this isn't a cry for fellowship or company but a stone that can only lifted by being flung off.