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At the tih confidence that I couldon the side of the stage, waiting for e job People are co, everyone is here to see soh all of the preshow distractions, we are responsible for getting people pumped up It’s not an easy task
To lukewar the preshow Hethe crowd it’s my first tour show and they need to o dark, so the crew can change up the layout and I can walk to the center of the stage The spotlight won’t co in the dark It’s a bit overly dramatic, but I’ve watched the practice video and it really seems to work
Mom squeezes my shoulders as people work around us in the dark "Ninety seconds" A guy wearing a headset yells in our direction as he lifts an instrument that was just knocked over near his feet It’s chaos on stage Ten s, and drills buzz while they call out to each other
"You’re going to be great," Moain
"Mom" I cover her hand on my shoulder with my own I never call her Mom When I talk about her to other people she’s Mo as I can remember Until now I didn’t think about it The word just caht here, baby" She squeezes harder "You can do this By the end of the day, no one is going to rebird who opened for whatsherna breath
A few of the worko I’ll be right here Dad is in center stage, row three Go show your parents how it’s done"
"Fifteen seconds"
My hands shake as I walk toward the center of the stage We’ve rehearsed so many ti I can do this on autopilot, because I’otten the words now
Shit I don’t know the words
I put my feet on the pink X taped to the floor to indicate where I should stand
"Five"
I think I’ to vomit
"Four"
Shit I really don’t remember the words What’s the first word?
"Three"
Panic sets in The first line is supposed to be sung acoustic, then the spotlight co And I can’t feel my knees
"Two"
Fuck I have no idea what the first word is And I’e Iris Nicks is going to be on in a half hour
"One And go"
I don’t
I can’t Because I don’t know the first word Seconds tick by I can hear the audienceon They don’t know I’ht hitsthe first line
Nothing
The band is supposed to join in