#literally all this cuz my brain snagged on that lyric and got throat punched by Charles feels

[mirellapryce]

George mentioned Shrek in one of his cameos, and then "Hallelujah" by Rufus Wainwright came on my music today so here we fuckin' go! You cannot tell me that a boy with as many trophies as Charles has was not forced to learn piano. On top of that I have decided that our little punk rocker probably learned the Leonard Cohen version of "Hallelujah".

Now to incorporate Jayden's vision of Greek Gods. As one of the gods of music, I envision Apollo challenging the boys to play him a song (just to bring this full circle back to Orpheus and Eurydice, please know I'm thinking of Hadestown when Hades tells Orpheus to sing for him). Edwin is panicking 'cause he doesn't know how, and while Charles enjoys music, he's never shown any sign of knowing how to PLAY. Then Charles, cool as you please just steps up to the piano in the room and plays a very basic scale.

Apollo sarcastically remarks that that's hardly impressive and Charles tells him to give him a minute. It's BEEN 30 years. It's not perfect, but "Hallelujah" was the first song he learned for himself. He practiced it at school til the sun went down for months. He had dreams of joining a band and escaping his life, and they all centred around this song. Now it's a faded memory but he remembers enough to stumble through.

But all I ever learned from love, was how to shoot at someone who outdrew you.