Raven didn't turn a hair, why should she be suprised that he knew exactly what she was there for, she stopped being suprised by anything.<br/>She walked over to the Dj and mumbled to him, after a brief conversation she stood and waited for the Daemon to end the final chorus and took her place.<br/><br/>She took her place on the stage and waited, taking a deep breath as a single accustic guitar began it's slow intro, so recognisable as Johny Cash's fingering.<br/>(Song "Hurt" Johny Cash version)<br/><br/><em><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Verdana;">I hurt myself today, to see if I still feel<br/>I focus on the pain, the only thing that's real </span> </em><br/><br/>She was a little shaky at first, having to change key halfway through the second line, but soon got it right.<br/><br/><em><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Verdana;">the needle tears a hole, the old familiar sting<br/>try to kill it all away, but I remember everything<br/><br/>what have I become?, my sweetest friend<br/>everyone I know, goes away in the end<br/>you could have it all, my empire of dirt<br/>I will let you down, I will make you hurt<br/><br/>I wear this crown of thorns, upon my liar's chair<br/>full of broken thoughts, I cannot repair<br/>beneath the stains of time, the feeling disappear<br/>you are someone else, I am still right here<br/><br/>what have I become?, my sweetest friend<br/>everyone I know, goes away in the end<br/><br/>you could have it all, my empire of dirt<br/>I will let you down, I will make you hurt<br/>if I could start again, a million miles away<br/>I would keep myself, I would find a way</span></em><br/><br/>Halfway through the second chorus and Raven had tears in her eyes, by the time she had got to the last,  the words had bitten holes into her voice and they were barely audible.<br/>She stepped down off the stage walking back towards Lorne her head down, wiping the tears away with the back of her hand.<br/>She sniffed and looked up at him.<br/>"Well?"<br/>