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The Only Exception
Written By: Josh Farro & Hayley Williams
Artist: Paramore
Released: 2009
“The Only Exception” the third single from Paramore’s brand new eyes was co-written between Hayley Williams and Josh Farro at a time when the band was a quintet, the song is a soft ballad, which provides musical diversity to the album. Hayley Williams explained to Kerrang! in 2009: “I’ve never written lyrics like this before. The first verse is about where I think the fear to be open or vulnerable started. Ever since the first story in Kerrang!, everyone has known about my family issues and domestic whatever, it’s something that’s kinda stayed with me and I’ve learned from. I played this song to my mom and there were tears. It was kind of embarrassing.” Hayley Williams told Alternative Press in 2010: “This is the first love song I’ve ever written. And even if I’ve tried in the past, this is the first one that I’m really proud of. I like that I was able to express the fact that I have always been really afraid of love – and I still am at times – but the excitement and the hope that it exists is still very evident in the lyrics. So it’s not like I’m a total cynic! Love is a good thing, kids.” In terms of its success as a single, it notably reached 24th on the US Billboard’s Top 100 and 31st on the UK’s Single Chart.
[Verse 1]
When I was younger I saw my daddy cry
And curse at the wind
He broke his own heart and I watched
As he tried to reassemble it
And my momma swore that she would
Never let herself forget
And that was the day that I promised
I'd never sing of love if it does not exist
[Chorus]
But darling
You are the only exception
You are the only exception
You are the only exception
You are the only exception
[Verse 2]
Maybe I know somewhere deep in my soul
That love never lasts
And we've got to find other ways to make it alone
Or keep a straight face
And I've always lived like this
Keeping a comfortable distance
And up until now I had sworn to myself that I'm content
With loneliness
Because none of it was ever worth the risk
[Chorus]
Well, you are the only exception
You are the only exception
You are the only exception
You are the only exception
[Bridge]
I've got a tight grip on reality but I can't
Let go of what's in front of me here
I know you're leaving in the morning when you wake up
Leave me with some kind of proof it's not a dream
Whoa-oh-oh
[Chorus]
You are the only exception
You are the only exception
You are the only exception
You are the only exception
You are the only exception
You are the only exception
You are the only exception
You are the only exception
[Outro]
And I'm on my way to believing
Oh, and I'm on my way to believing
So This Is Love
Written By: Paul J. Smith, Al Hoffman, Mack David & Jerry Livingston
Artist: Ilene Woods & Mike Douglas for Cinderella
Released: 1950
"So This Is Love" is a 1948 song composed by Al Hoffman, Mack David, and Jerry Livingston. It was written for Walt Disney's Cinderella, in which it was performed by Ilene Woods and Mike Douglas. It is sung by the characters of Cinderella and Prince Charming as they dance with each other at the ball. Composed in 3/4 time (also known as waltz time), a secondary title, "The Cinderella Waltz", appears in parenthesis next to or beneath the song's main name on many editions of sheet music. Prior to the Hoffman, David, and Livingston trio joining the film, songs for Cinderella were written by Larry Morey and Charles Walcott, with a song entitled "Dancing on a Cloud" intended for the ball scene. However, their songs would be scrapped. The song does not appear in Disney's 2015 live-action adaptation of the film, replaced instead with 19th-century inspired waltzes and polkas written by cinematic composer Patrick Doyle. Ilene Woods also commercially recorded the song with RCA Victor in 1949 to help promote the film's release the next year. It has since been performed by artists such as Vaughn Monroe, Vera Lynn, James Ingram, and Dave Brubeck, amongst others.
[CINDERELLA]
Mmmmmm
Mmmmmm
So this is love
Mmmmmm
So this is love
So this is what makes life divine
I'm all aglow
Mmmmmm
And now I know
[PRINCE]
And now I know
[CINDERELLA & PRINCE]
The key to all heaven is mine
[CINDERELLA]
My heart has wings
Mmmmmm
And I can fly
[CINDERELLA & PRINCE]
I'll touch ev'ry star in the sky
So this is the miracle
That I've been dreaming of
[CINDERELLA]
Mmmmmm
[PRINCE]
Mmmmmm
[CINDERELLA & PRINCE]
So this is love
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Hi my name is Alen Ott, this is my first time posting my writing for the public. there is a link to the google doc of it if that is more your speed but i just wanted to say i hope you anjoy this short scarry story.
<3
The Corn Maze Incident.
By,Alen Ott
Edited By, Sora Snyder And Madison Morey
Characters :
Mary rogers: Main character
Amy: Mary's friend
Sarah: Mary's friend
Joshua: Mary's son
Alice: Mary's daughter
Ghost child
Police officer
Male Voice
ENJOY
“Can you tell us about the night at the corn maze ms.rogers?” the police officer said with great worry and concern.
“No, I can't do this anymore.'' Mary said in a mix of anger and grief as she got up from her chair throwing her bag around her shoulder. A tiger mask and a fox mask suddenly fall from her bag. She stared at the 2 masks in horror and threw her bag to the ground as she backed up now trembling. ”I didn't ... .why….why were they in there?'' Mary proclaimed in a loud whisper.
“Please we just want to get to the bottom of this” the police officer stated with a look of pity on his face.
”...fine.” Mary said as she sat back down not going to pick up her bag or the masks.
“It all started when me and 2 friends from high school decided to go to a pumpkin patch with my kids Joshua and Alice...”
“God, I can't even remember the last time I've been to a pumpkin patch, ” said Amy, a woman with short brown hair and brown eyes.
“I think it was our freshman year field trip,” said Mary, who has dark blond hair and gray eyes .
“Maybe your freshman year field trip, I was still in middle school. You guys got lucky, my freshman field trip was to the history museum." Sarah said with an annoyed tone to her voice.
The 3 women walk and 2 kids run through an archway with big orange letters at the top reading "PUMPKIN PATCH (now featuring our new corn maze!) ”. Upon entering they saw a man at a desk who was yelling ”COME EXPERIENCE OUR NEWEST ATTRACTION THE GREAT CORN MAZE, KIDDOS GET A FREE MASK! ”.
“Can we go, can we go!?” the 2 children said semi in sync.
“Sure i don't see why not'' Mary said while patting their heads. The 2 kids ran over to the desk where there was a wide variety of different animal masks. Alice picked up a fox mask while Joshua picked up a tiger mask. The 2 kids put on their masks and all 5 walked inside the corn maze.
”I hope this doesn't take long.” Amy jokingly said towards sarah. They walk around for what feels like forever.
“How long is this maze?” Sarah said annoyed.
“Mommy my legs hurt.” said Alice, clinging to her mothers leg. they heard what sounded like the giggle of a child. Joshua ran in the direction of the child while Alice was still clinging to her mother.
“JOSUA GET BACK HERE ,PLEASE STAY WHERE I CAN SEE YOU” Mary yelled in a concerned tone, but it was too late when they turned the corner to find Mary's lost son he was gone.
“Ok everyone split up, we have to find him” Mary said with determination in her voice.
”Can I go with Sarah,” Alice said. A young adult clearly younger than the other 2 pulls down her hood to reveal her long black hair and almost teen-like features.
“Of course you can hun,” said Sarah, kneeling down to Alice's level. Alice hugs Sarah and everyone goes their own way. It felt like they had been looking for hours. The sun had even started going down when Mary heard loud fast footsteps in the dry grass behind her,its sarah.
“I DON'T KNOW WHERE SHE WENT I TURNED AROUND FOR 1 SECOND AND POOF SHE'S GONE '' Sarah screams in a panic.
“It's alright don't worry we will find them” Mary says with empathy for the worrying scared Sarah while hiding panic in her voice. They walk around a while longer with no sight of Amy or the 2 kids. until the 2 women turn the corner and there they see it…
“...Mary…you need to see this.” said Sarah with a trembling voice almost in tears. Mary turns around to see the body of a boy with dark brown hair in a tiger mask lying in the dried grass which is now soaked in the boys blood. It was unclear how he died but he was surely dead. The 2 women were frozen in horror.
Mary stepped towards her child lying in the grass and kneels down next to his body, trembling.,“....My baby…..oh my baby..who..did this to you…” the grieving mother said, choking back tears. She kissed her son's head and said ”I love you my baby ... .rest easy now..”
As much as Mary wanted to stay with her child she knew she still had a child alive who needed her protection from whatever did this to her son. She grabbed Sarah's arm and dragged her away with tears filling her eyes. They walked for a while in silence Mary Still holding back her tears.
As Sarah was about to say something the 2 were startled by the sounds of a woman screaming. They both ran to the source of the sound and there they saw it. Amy was collapsed crying on the ground as a young girl with dark blond hair and a fox mask hangs from a tree above.
”No…NO NO NO!” Mary is now in a panic, both of her children had fallen victim to whatever was in that maze with them, Mary grabs her friend's arms and runs searching for an exit, help, something until eventually they get to a 3 way intersection. Mary froze unsure of what to do, tears filling her eyes as she loudly sobs mourning the brutal loss of her children.
Suddenly through the left path appears the vision of a boy in a tiger mask. The 3 girls are shocked. Shortly after from the right path appears a little girl in a fox mask. Mary is frightened at the sight of her dead children standing in front of her. When all of a sudden there is the flickering vision of a young child in a bear mask.
“I couldn't help them,” the child said in a quiet, almost whisper-like voice. “But let me help you.” as the 3rd child flickers in and out of view the 3 women hear the man from the desk again.
“COME EXPERIENCE OUR NEWEST ATTRACTION THE CURSED CORN MAZE, CHILDREN MUST GRAB A MASK” suddenly the 2 girls beside Mary disappear. Everything goes black….
“And then I woke up in the hospital….”
thank you for reading my story i really hope you enjoyed it.
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Could you write a montage of Jess and Ella after they get married?
Or what causes them to get divorced? If they get divorced?
Thanks.
(I don't think they get divorced. Also this got so long, and probably is a little bit of a mess.)
Comingling their lives is a challenge, only because he has thirty boxes of books, and she has a drum kit, five guitars, a mandolin, two basses, an upright piano and a banjo.
"Why?" Jess asks. "Why do you have a banjo?"
"In case I want to play some bluegrass," Ella explains, picking it up and playing a little.
"Why did I marry you?" he jokes.
"Sex," she responds quickly.
"Right."
They figure it out. They get a brownstone in Philly, and she sets up a recording studio in the basement. The office space on the main floor becomes Jess's, but she settles the upright piano amongst his books. He sets up a bookshelf in the studio, filled with musicians biographies and books of "albums to listen to before you die."
He likes that they have space amongst each others' spaces. He likes that she fiddles on the piano while he edits sometimes. That he gets to sit around and read while she writes and records.
It feels like a real life together.
*****
The press folds a couple of years later, and he's frustrated. Frustrated that Matt has seen fit to break up their little team. Leave Truncheon for Penguin Random House.
"Maybe it's an opportunity," Ella suggests at dinner that night as he stirs the pasta sauce. "You and Chris could create something new. Something more of what you want."
"Maybe," he mutters. "I just-I don't know. There's a lot of talk about print being dead, and..."
Ella looks thoughtful as she pours them both some wine. "Can't you do both? Print? Ebooks? You could even do audiobooks, you've got a great sexy voice for it."
"Funny."
"All I'm saying is that there will be other opportunities. And you're you. You're really smart, and you're really sensible about stuff like this. You will make it work."
*****
They run into one of her old dealers at her album release party in New York and she says a polite hello before grabbing a bottle of champagne, taking Jess's hand and finding a quiet corner.
"You okay?"
She nods and takes a swig. "Peachy. Shira is my favorite person to run into."
"You wanna go?" he asks. "I bet the Gaslight is still open. We could sneak in, heckle, drink some coffee."
Ella takes a deep breath and nods slowly. "You know what? That sounds amazing. Fuck this party anyways."
Jess chuckles, and they sneak out.
*****
Lenny's funeral is.
Fuck, it's rough.
Jess grips Ella's hand as they walk with the mass of people towards the gravesite in a sea of umbrellas.
"Bring your umbrellas," Ella's mother had said. And they had.
Midge leads the way, her pink umbrella a beacon to guide everyone else.
It's a nice funeral as far as funerals go. Midge's eulogy is heartbreaking, and good. Ella's mother gives one, too. Jess was asked, but he hates public speaking, and he wouldn't even know where to start.
Ella was asked, and she said she'd try, but she's been mostly blubbering the entire time. She can't get a word out.
Jess holds her in his arms, and looks around. He spots Luke with the Gilmores and Babette and Morey, and gives them a nod.
*****
They wind up in Stars Hollow for a little while after. Midge is settling there for a while, and Jess suddenly feels the urge to hang out with Luke. Help out. Be useful to his family.
Ella's acting strange. Not feeling well, physically as well as emotionally. Puking a bunch.
The at-home pregnancy test makes things pretty clear.
And as much as he's nervous. As much as Jess is deeply aware that somewhere in his DNA is Jimmy Mariano, running from his responsibilities to open up a fucking hot dog stand in Venice Beach...
Jess also...
wants this.
Which is weird.
But good.
But weird.
But good.
He runs into Rory at Doose's as he's grabbing some things to cook for dinner, and he just-
"Ella's pregnant," he tells her abruptly. "We uh- we just found out this afternoon."
Rory just stares. Rory, who's been drifting and a little aimless lately. Freelancing. In New York. Out of New York. In London (where Logan is), dating some guy named Paul no one can seem to remember. "Oh."
"Yeah. I just- we haven't told anyone yet. Well, Luke knows. But..."
"No, that's-wow," Rory says. "Wow."
"That's the word for it."
They stand like that, staring for a long time.
*****
The birth goes weirdly smooth, and suddenly, Jess has a son.
Living, breathing, a little wrinkly like a human meatball. But he's his son.
They go with the Jewish tradition of using dead relative names and the kid winds up with William Leonard, which, all thinks considered, not too bad.
"Will Mariano," Jess tells Luke as he passes the kid over a few hours after he was born.
Luke, for his part, is looking a little misty-eyed. "It's a good name."
*****
He pops his head into the Stars Hollow Gazette and there's Rory, a few days before Luke and Lorelai's wedding, as advertised, sitting there looking despondent.
"I thought maybe a tiny troublemaker might cheer you up," he comments, as he steps inside, maneuvering the stroller in with him.
"Aw," Rory coos, getting up to kiss Jess's cheek and then peer in at the baby. "Look at how cute he is. I've only seen photos, they don't do him justice."
"Good lookin' kid, if I do say so myself."
"Where's Ella?"
"She has this press thing," Jess explains. "For the new album. She'll be here tonight."
"Nice. How is that going?"
"Great, weirdly enough," Jess tells her, sitting down across from her at her desk. "We've been balancing things really well. Ella's a great mom, and it turns out I'm not too bad at this dad stuff."
"I know you were worried about that."
"Turns out if you stick around for more than two hour after the birth, it's pretty cool," Jess shrugs. "Although Ella is determined to get back down to pre-baby weight, which means she's eating like...a celery stick and calling it a meal."
"Ugh. Jeez."
"Not everyone has the Gilmore metabolism," Jess teases.
"Fair."
"So? Living at home. Editor of the Stars Hollow Gazette..."
Rory blows out a breath. "Things are...not so great."
He nods, and listens. Tells her she's still a contender. Feels his phone buzz in his pocket and knows that Ella is checking in. He pulls it out and responds quickly to the text.
"Ella?"
"Yeah, she checks in a bunch. Likes to know how Will is."
"Still hard to believe you're a dad."
"Right? I think Taylor is still a little spooked."
*****
He and Luke take Will for a walk, and spot Dean coming out of Doose's.
"Well, that's fucking weird," Jess mutters.
"Don't start anything, he doesn't even live here anymore," Luke scolds.
"I'm not starting anything. It'd set a bad example for my kid. Will, never fight giant, gaslighting ogres who want to rip your head off."
"Jess."
He shrugs and grins a little. "Ella should be here soon."
"Great."
"You ready for this whole getting married thing, finally?"
"Hey..."
Jess scoffs. "I got married almost ten years before you did, and you're like my dad."
"Yeah, yeah, rub it in."
Jess chuckles and shakes his head, spotting Ella's car rolling through main street. She parks and spots them, beaming as she dashes over.
"Hi!" she cries, leaning in and kissing Jess tender. "Hi, hi, hi, how is everything and everyone?"
"Everything's good," Jess tells her, watching her scoop Will out of the stroller. "Everyone's good."
"Hi, Luke," Ella beams, reaching over to kiss his cheek. "Are you excited about the wedding?"
"Yeah, it's gonna be really nice," Luke tells them. "And I'm really glad you guys are here. If nothing else, you can help distract Liz and TJ from..."
"Being Liz and TJ?" Jess supplies.
"Something like that," Luke chuckles. "I gotta get back to the diner. You guys wanna come grab a bite."
"I would love a milkshake," Ella chirps.
Jess narrows his eyes. "Since when?"
"Since Grandma Midge sat me down and told me that if I kept starving myself I was gonna get really mean," Ella responds sheepishly. "Sorry if that already happened."
Jess grins and kisses her again, before tugging on the stroller. "Let's share the milkshake."
Ella beams.
*****
Jess's phone buzzes as he's settling Will down for the night. The text merely says "Ass out to the gazebo now."
"I'll be back in a while," he promises Ella.
She looks tired. Exhausted from an entire day of interviews and travel, but she smiles as she looks out the window at the veritable wonderland outside. "I'm guess Luke and Lorelai are getting hitched tonight."
Jess nods and kisses her softly. "Text if you need me."
"Break into Doose's and steal me some gum," she requests.
"As you wish," he jokes.
"Hey, Jess?" Ella asks.
He turns to her, curiously.
"Do you ever regret...?"
Jess takes a breath and looks around. He knows what she's asking. That being here in Stars Hollow where Rory is right around the corner, and even right downstairs sometimes, brings up some doubts. But the indie press he started is doing well. Ella is a amazing, as is their son.
"Nope," he says simply. "No I don't."
She grins and kisses his cheek. "Gum."
"Yeah."
*****
He stands by Luke's side as he gets married. Two times, and it's a hell of a Stars Hollow blowout as far as these things go.
Ella gets talked into dragging her guitar from the trunk of her car and playing a few songs. Jess dances with her, and then with Midge, who is mostly more than happy to look after Will.
He dances with Rory, and it's fine until it kind of isn't.
"I'm pregnant," she blurts out. The music is loud enough that no one else hears her. "I...I made some...some choices and now..."
Jess nods and takes a breath. "It's gonna be okay, Rory. It really is."
"You think so?"
"You're you. You'll figure it out."
She nods and cries against his shoulder, and Jess takes a breath, glancing back at Ella, who looks a little worried.
He gives her a concerned look back, showing that he is just as unprepared.
*****
They pack up the next day, getting Will settled in the car, saying their goodbyes.
"Was Rory okay last night?" Ella asks as she settles the diaper bag next to the car seat in the back.
Jess blows out a breath. "She's pregnant by...somebody. She didn't say. She pretty freaked out."
"Yikes," Ella mutters.
"Yeah. I think she just...needed someone to tell her it'd be okay," Jess shrugs. "And hey, Will might have a buddy."
She laughs a little and nudges him, and he grins.
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