Bvb - Don't You Ever Forget About Me

(Listen to Don't you Ever Forget About Me - Sleeping With Sirens)

The hardest thing I'd ever do
Is say goodbye and walk slowly away from you
But I'll do it





Andy picked up the silver framed photo resting on the top shelf of Ashley's dresser inside their band trailer. The entire band was standing outside of Andy's parents house, smiling and making goofy faces for the camera. He let out a frustrated breath and unclenched his left hand, which felt close to broken from the pressure. He couldn't believe that this was the end of the road.






And after all this time I shared with you
It seems unfair to leave with nothing more than blank stares
But I'll do it




He couldn't understand how all of them had grown so far apart through the years. How could they have lived together on tour for so long and yet not ever realize that what they all wanted was so entirely different? Jinxx was now engaged and wanted to settle down with Sammi, Ashley had decided to go with another band that was just rising up to fame, Jake and Ella were so in love that he was starting to lose his passion for music, and instead wanted to focus on their love, and Cc told me that he was thinking of becoming a music teacher if the band broke up…




If it's for the best then I wish you well
If it helps to say our life was a living hell
Well then do it





Andy heard a knock at the door, very light as if not to wake him although the door was already open. Ashley raised his hand to say hello and walked in to sit on the bottom bunk that Andy was now setup on. They couldn't seem bring themselves to look at each other at first. But then Ashley spoke up.
"I just can't stay."
Andy conjured up the easiest lie available.
"You're right, this never would have worked anyway." Slowly and steadily his heart sunk at the very words because he knew it would have worked. They we're going to be the biggest band in the word. How could it not work? Ashley could have spotted a lie from Andy from miles away after knowing him for so long.




Then do it
Then do it




CC walked in with Jinxx and Jake following. All of the boys saw their faces, which instantly gave the two away. The trio sat down on the other bunk across from Andy and Ashley. The silence coming from them filled the room with emotion and memories as they each went over the old times in their minds. Their eyes looked back and forth from one another. Andy looked down to the left to avoid being apart of this because it was too painful. Ashley put his hand on Andy's shoulder in comfort.




Don't you ever forget about me
When you toss and turn in your sleep
I hope it's because you can't stop thinking about
The reasons why you close your eyes
I haunt your dreams at night
So you can't stop thinking about me
Don't stop thinking about me




Jinxx read the digital clock on a small, metal side table near by. 5:41 P.m. He would have sworn that in that time it had ceased to move an inch. They all had the uneasy sense that time had been altered somehow by this moment. For just one moment, none of them wanted to go. All of the time they spent together was beginning to catch up with them in their unconscious, and it was becoming harder to think about leaving.




Do you really think you could see this through
Put on a smile and wear it for someone new
Don't you do it





In reality, Andy knew he was the only one there who really needed this to work. All the others had something to fall back on, or a new life to start. But this was Andy's life and all he worked for so how could Ashley just go with another band the minute this one was in critical condition? How could they all just give up and leave him alone? Were they not as close as he had thought and this was only a band for progress in their careers? No. Andy tried to hide a small teardrop that escaped out of his deep blue eyes, and slid smoothly down his left cheek.





'Cause I know I'm not the easiest one to love
But every ounce I had
I invest in you





Jake broke the silence.
"I know this is coming to an end, but we don't all have to stop being friends," He looked at each of them again.
"You guys are like apart of me, I couldn't forget you." Jake looked like he was trying to not to cry, as did the rest of them.
"You're brothers to me, and we've worked so hard together." Ashley added.





But no one said love's not for taking chances

So don't you ever forget about me
When you toss and turn in your sleep
I hope it's because you can't stop thinking about
The reasons why you close your eyes
I haunt your dreams at night
And so you can't stop thinking about me (can't stop thinking about me)





Eventually, they all got up and went off to get ready for the last show. Everyone left the trailer, leaving Andy to himself to get ready. As he put his war paint on and looked in the mirror, it set in that this was it, the final show for the Black Veil Brides. It was over, Andy couldn't rebuild them this time. He could only stand and watch as his life dream crumble away in his hands, becoming nothing but sand to slip through his fingers. He clenched his fists and felt a knot build in his throat.



Will you take me back in the morning
If I promise to never act this way again
Oh Oh



He knew that after he announced the break up after the concert, and saw all the looks of the people who he was trying to save see him give up, he would have to go back home with his parents, and admit that he failed. Failure was his one and only fear, and now he faced it straight on to see it laugh at him. He knew the Army would be just as broken hearted as he was.




'Cause I'm so bad at being lonely
But I don't know how (don't know how)
I don't know how




It was 6:15 already, and the show as starting in fifteen minutes. He stepped outside the trailer and joined the rest of the members behind the stage out of the audiences view.
"No matter what happens to us, we will have each other, even if the band is gone, we're still ourselves." Ashley reassured them all.
"We're still friends." CC added.
Andy nodded as they all went in and hugged each other tightly.





So don't you ever forget about me
Don't you ever forget about me






They were called to stage at last. They parted and strode to the stage together. Stepping out, there was a strange sensation. He had to start the show.
"Alright everybody, how many of you are here to have a good time tonight?!" The crowd shouted back at him.
"Tonight is a very special s-show for you, we have an…"
Andy started to feel light headed all at once, and stuttered forward then fell throwing the mike. The last thing he remembered was hitting his head on the hard stage floor. There was a silence for three seconds, he didn't budge and chaos broke out. Fans were yelling and some even crying. Jinxx, Ashley, CC, and Jake all rushed to his side. Jake checked his eyes; he had a concussion. Through the panic, an ambulance got to the scene in only a few minutes, the other boys stayed with him through it all and even loaded into the ambulance with him regardless of the lack of space. They watched in horror as the paramedics worked on their dear old friend.

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When you toss and turn in your sleep
I hope it's because you can't stop thinking about
The reasons why you close your eyes
I haunt your dreams at night





Andy slowly opened his eyes. He couldn't remember why he was in a Hospital; it took him a few minutes to even recognize where he was at first. A female nurse with long brownish hair walked up to him.
"Your finally awake I see. You're lucky, no major injuries so we should be able to discharge you as soon as you feel you're ready. You've been here over a day already. Do you know how you got here?"
He could remember now.
"I fell." He sounded drowsy.
"Right." She checked over his chart again. "You sure have a lot of friends here. They just went downstairs to the cafeteria but we could page them if you'd like. They've been here since the moment you got here."
"Yeah… sure, thank you, Ma'am …"
She left the room and sure enough in only minutes, four tall boys dressed in black, still wearing their war paint –getting some strange looks from just about everyone- rushed in.
"Still alive I see." CC joked as they went to the side of Andy's bed.
They were unusually quiet after that. Usually if they were with in a 5-mile radius you could hear them loud and clear. Jinxx nodded to Ashley and he began to explain something to me.




It's so you can't stop thinking about me (don't stop thinking about me)




"Andy, while we were waiting for you, we all started talking about what we were planning on doing after the last show, we kind of realized that all of the things that we want to do are things that can wait. We have are entire lives to do those things, but we only have once shot at being the biggest band in the word together." Jinxx added something on too.
"None of us are ready to give up on our dreams, and besides we're a family. Family stays together, right?" He smiled.
CC spoke too.
"You will stay if we all do, right?" He looked worried.
Andy closed his eyes as the peace filled his body. His family wasn't breaking up after all. All the fans wouldn't be let down, the dream was still coming true.
"Of course I will."



Just close your eyes
And fall asleep tonight



The hospital's volume grew as they all started joking around and laughing at themselves. It got so bad that the nurse had to 'remind' them to be quiet four times. None of them cared or paid any real attention, all that mattered was that they were together, and would be for a long, long time.