Post by Falcon on Sept 7, 2009 3:54:44 GMT -6
"I've been alive for a little over thirty one years. That's over eleven thousand days. I've been through a lot during those days. I've laughed, and cried. I've loved, and I've lost. I've experienced mind numbing euphoria, and heart wrenching depression. I've learned lessons, only to sometimes forget them and get burned a second time. But through all of that I've come to the realization that the entire purpose of the human race is to just..
Keep living.
That's it. There's no huge secret. No giant mystery stuck at the end of the universe waiting for the day we'll finally find a way to reveal it. We are simply here, on this planet, to be alive. Call it whatever... God's Divine Plan.. Evolution.. Random Chance.. a Scientific improbability. We're here, and that's it. So, this is all I can seemingly do. Keep breathing. Keep going to sleep and waking up the next day.
Keep pushing forward.
People.. Obstacles.. Events.. they can all slow me down, but as long as I'm alive, I'll keep moving. It doesn't take a great leap of imagination, or a degree in rocket science to come to this conclusion. It just takes life. Sounds unreal, I know, but sometimes things are just that simple."
(Falcon sat on the bench, checking his raw and bleeding knuckles. It hurt, God knows it hurt, but he focused on turning that pain into the fuel. The fuel he would need to dethrone the King of nCw. A King who sat on the top of the mountain, deservedly so. A King who looked down with disdain, a right that he earned. And now everyone was looking to Falcon to save them. Save them from the iron fist that had held everyone down. Save them from the laughing tyrant who took all their labor for his own goals. To save them, because they could not save themselves.)
Falcon: To be honest I'm not surprised. Adam is a smart man, he would know exactly what I was expecting to hear, and say something else, something else entirely, just to try and throw me off. And he did, for a little bit. I almost believed him. But, you see, unlike Kristoff I know Adam, personally. I've known him for years. We were comrades in the Social Enemies, in another place at another time. Then that ended, and we parted company. Each growing in a different way. And then, we found ourselves here. Again, comrades in bringing about the Age you wanted to create Adam. In all that time, I discovered that you had two faces. The face that everyone saw, and the face that you hid from everyone for so long. A face that recently came to the surface. I believe that once you truly wanted to save nCw, but when you realized they weren't going to step up and save themselves..
You betrayed us all.
I suppose I should be mad at that. Or try to make you feel guilty about it. But it really doesn't matter. You earned everything you wanted, and you've kept it, maybe not always with the purest of means, but kept it nonetheless. A thousand men have done it before you, and a million men will do it after both you and I have long since become dust. It's just the way things go. I'm not standing here today to try and fill some long awaiting desire for vengeance for betraying me. I'm not here to dethrone you because guys like AJ couldn't. Because guys like Ortega broke under the pressure. And because guys like Bates haven't hit their peak yet.
I'm here for me.
Laugh it up Adam. Come on and tell me I'm not good enough. Tell me I've never been more than just Angel Lite. That the PWW Cruiserweight title is the closest thing I've ever had to being respected. Make a joke or two, call my mom names, dress in drag and do the hoola. Show the people the Adam Knite they want to see. Then in six days you can show the world that you are the only one worth talking about in New Championship Wrestling. Do all of that..
Because it's the right thing to do.
No, Adam, I don't wish it was that easy. I don't want to take that title from you because you're the 'King' and you need to be dethroned. I want to take that title from you, simply because you tell me I can't. I want to take that title and rub it in the face of everyone that's ever said Falcon would never get anywhere being who he is. All of the people who said I'm better than you. All of the people who said go back to Hot Topic and buy some more My Chemical Romance CDs. Talk is cheap, but action costs. And at Battlegrounds, you're going to find out just how high the price tag is. Win or lose, I'm going to keep living. But winning...
Makes living a bit sweeter.
Many a time I'd sit here and ask myself if I really am good enough to defeat you. And I've come to the realization that what I think doesn't matter. The only thing that matters is the fight. That's what this all comes down to in the end. Who walks out of Battlegrounds with the World Title. Simple, isn't it? Sometimes things just are. I don't have to believe in myself to fight you. I don't have to know that people are relying on me to fight you. I just have to be me. Can you handle me? Don't answer that.
We'll see.
(Falcon looks like he's about to continue, when feminine hands reach into frame and take his hands, holding them out to examine. The camera pans over a little to see Serenity, unpacking a first aid kit. She takes antiseptic ointment and sprays it on his bleeding knuckles.)
Serenity: You really need to know when to stop.
Falcon: I can't. This isn't just any battle. Adam isn't going to stop until I go down, if I have any chance, it's by making sure he blinks first.
(Theres a long pause as she makes sure his hands are disinfected.)
Serenity: I believe in you.
Falcon: I know you do.
Serenity: The World believes in you.
Falcon: No, the world is relying on me.
Serenity: And you don't care.
Falcon: No..
(She looks up, their eyes meet. She says finally..)
Serenity: Good.
(They stared at one another a long minute. Adam's words ringing clear in Falcons head as it he was hearing them for the first time.)
"I’ve got everything I’ve ever truly wanted."
As do I..
(Fade.)
Keep living.
That's it. There's no huge secret. No giant mystery stuck at the end of the universe waiting for the day we'll finally find a way to reveal it. We are simply here, on this planet, to be alive. Call it whatever... God's Divine Plan.. Evolution.. Random Chance.. a Scientific improbability. We're here, and that's it. So, this is all I can seemingly do. Keep breathing. Keep going to sleep and waking up the next day.
Keep pushing forward.
People.. Obstacles.. Events.. they can all slow me down, but as long as I'm alive, I'll keep moving. It doesn't take a great leap of imagination, or a degree in rocket science to come to this conclusion. It just takes life. Sounds unreal, I know, but sometimes things are just that simple."
If I ever
If I never
Make me stand up for whatever
Make me sing
Make me bleed
Make me understand you're there for me.
If I never
Make me stand up for whatever
Make me sing
Make me bleed
Make me understand you're there for me.
(Falcon sat on the bench, checking his raw and bleeding knuckles. It hurt, God knows it hurt, but he focused on turning that pain into the fuel. The fuel he would need to dethrone the King of nCw. A King who sat on the top of the mountain, deservedly so. A King who looked down with disdain, a right that he earned. And now everyone was looking to Falcon to save them. Save them from the iron fist that had held everyone down. Save them from the laughing tyrant who took all their labor for his own goals. To save them, because they could not save themselves.)
Falcon: To be honest I'm not surprised. Adam is a smart man, he would know exactly what I was expecting to hear, and say something else, something else entirely, just to try and throw me off. And he did, for a little bit. I almost believed him. But, you see, unlike Kristoff I know Adam, personally. I've known him for years. We were comrades in the Social Enemies, in another place at another time. Then that ended, and we parted company. Each growing in a different way. And then, we found ourselves here. Again, comrades in bringing about the Age you wanted to create Adam. In all that time, I discovered that you had two faces. The face that everyone saw, and the face that you hid from everyone for so long. A face that recently came to the surface. I believe that once you truly wanted to save nCw, but when you realized they weren't going to step up and save themselves..
You betrayed us all.
I suppose I should be mad at that. Or try to make you feel guilty about it. But it really doesn't matter. You earned everything you wanted, and you've kept it, maybe not always with the purest of means, but kept it nonetheless. A thousand men have done it before you, and a million men will do it after both you and I have long since become dust. It's just the way things go. I'm not standing here today to try and fill some long awaiting desire for vengeance for betraying me. I'm not here to dethrone you because guys like AJ couldn't. Because guys like Ortega broke under the pressure. And because guys like Bates haven't hit their peak yet.
I'm here for me.
Laugh it up Adam. Come on and tell me I'm not good enough. Tell me I've never been more than just Angel Lite. That the PWW Cruiserweight title is the closest thing I've ever had to being respected. Make a joke or two, call my mom names, dress in drag and do the hoola. Show the people the Adam Knite they want to see. Then in six days you can show the world that you are the only one worth talking about in New Championship Wrestling. Do all of that..
Because it's the right thing to do.
No, Adam, I don't wish it was that easy. I don't want to take that title from you because you're the 'King' and you need to be dethroned. I want to take that title from you, simply because you tell me I can't. I want to take that title and rub it in the face of everyone that's ever said Falcon would never get anywhere being who he is. All of the people who said I'm better than you. All of the people who said go back to Hot Topic and buy some more My Chemical Romance CDs. Talk is cheap, but action costs. And at Battlegrounds, you're going to find out just how high the price tag is. Win or lose, I'm going to keep living. But winning...
Makes living a bit sweeter.
Many a time I'd sit here and ask myself if I really am good enough to defeat you. And I've come to the realization that what I think doesn't matter. The only thing that matters is the fight. That's what this all comes down to in the end. Who walks out of Battlegrounds with the World Title. Simple, isn't it? Sometimes things just are. I don't have to believe in myself to fight you. I don't have to know that people are relying on me to fight you. I just have to be me. Can you handle me? Don't answer that.
We'll see.
(Falcon looks like he's about to continue, when feminine hands reach into frame and take his hands, holding them out to examine. The camera pans over a little to see Serenity, unpacking a first aid kit. She takes antiseptic ointment and sprays it on his bleeding knuckles.)
Serenity: You really need to know when to stop.
Falcon: I can't. This isn't just any battle. Adam isn't going to stop until I go down, if I have any chance, it's by making sure he blinks first.
(Theres a long pause as she makes sure his hands are disinfected.)
Serenity: I believe in you.
Falcon: I know you do.
Serenity: The World believes in you.
Falcon: No, the world is relying on me.
Serenity: And you don't care.
Falcon: No..
(She looks up, their eyes meet. She says finally..)
Serenity: Good.
(They stared at one another a long minute. Adam's words ringing clear in Falcons head as it he was hearing them for the first time.)
"I’ve got everything I’ve ever truly wanted."
As do I..
(Fade.)
Take this life
I'm right here
Stay a while and breathe me in.
Take this life
I'm right here
Stay a while and breathe me in
These thoughts
Burn a hole in my heart
These thoughts
Will keep me breathing
These thoughts
Burn a hole in my heart
These thoughts
Will keep me feeding
I'm right here
Stay a while and breathe me in.
Take this life
I'm right here
Stay a while and breathe me in
These thoughts
Burn a hole in my heart
These thoughts
Will keep me breathing
These thoughts
Burn a hole in my heart
These thoughts
Will keep me feeding