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Love The Way You Lie - Tracii/Axl
0 ReviewsJust a songfic set to a pairing i don't think i've seen on here before, set back in 1984 Tracii Guns/Axl Rose, enjoy & plz R&R!!! xxx
JUST GONNA STAND THERE
AND WATCH ME BURN
BUT THAT’S ALRIGHT
BECAUSE I LIKE THE WAY IT HURTS
“Get off me!!” the singer yelled, struggling against the tattooed thick arms that held him captive to wall, the guitarist growled in reply but stepped back, taking in the tears on Axl’s face, loving and hating the pain he causes to red-head.
JUST GONNA STAND THERE
AND HEAR ME CRY
BUT THAT’S ALRIGHT
BECAUSE I LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE
I LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE
I LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE
“I didn’t cheat” Axl whispered once he’d regained use of his voice, Tracii sneered
“Like hell you didn’t! That’s why Hudson was draped all over you!” green eyes darted away from blue, making the owner look guilty. Tracii shook his head disgusted and furious.
I CAN’T TELL YOU WHAT IT REALLY IS
I CAN ONLY TELL YOU WHAT IT FEELS LIKE
AND RIGHT NOW THERE’S A STEEL KNIFE IN MY WINDPIPE
I CAN’T BREATHE
BUT I STILL FIGHT WHILE I CAN FIGHT
“I love you Axl, you feel like the right person for me, but you push me and push me, until I snap” Tracii said, his voice shaky on control as he tried to contain his anger, Axl looked away again, a unbelieving expression in his eyes, Tracii growled, words seeming useless as he grabbed the smaller man by his thin wrist and dragged him forward, a hand fastening to his throat.
AS LONG AS THE WRONG FEELS RIGHT
IT’S LIKE I’M IN FLIGHT
HIGH OF A LOVE
DRUNK FROM THE HATE
IT’S LIKE I’M HUFFING PAINT
AND I LOVE IT THE MORE I SUFFER
I SUFFOCATE
“Look at what you make me do, I don’t wanna have to hurt you, I don’t wanna have to make you see that we’re meant to be together!” the guitarist yelled as Axl nursed his throat as Tracii released him, “You save me from myself… I need you Axl”
AND RIGHT BEFORE I’M ABOUT TO DROWN
HE RESUSCITATES ME
HE FUCKING HATES ME
AND I LOVE IT
The singer looked up from his position at Tracii’s feet, tears in his eyes before standing and heading for the door, unable to take the pain anymore “WAIT WHERE YOU GOING?” Tracii asked, panic rising through his chest
“I’M LEAVING YOU” Axl replied, hand on the latch before the guitarist said quickly, forcibly
“NO YOU AIN’T”
Axl sneered and walked out, Tracii ran after him “COME BACK” he yelled, Axl ignored him and ran out of the flat block and into the street, leaving Tracii to trail back into the flat worried and dejected, left to stew in his thoughts, knowing Axl would come back and the madness would start all over again.
WE’RE RUNNING RIGHT BACK
HERE WE GO AGAIN
IT’S SO INSANE
CAUSE WHEN IT’S GOING GOOD
IT’S GOING GREAT
I’M SUPERMAN WITH THE WIND AT HIS BACK
HE’S LOIS LANE
Tracii sighed, rubbing a rough hand over his face and placed his pen down his lyric sheet, wishing Axl would walk back through his door.
BUT WHEN IT’S BAD
IT’S AWFUL
I FEEL SO ASHAMED
I SNAP
“WHO’S THAT DUDE?”
I DON’T EVEN KNOW HIS NAME
I LAID HANDS ON HIM
The guitarist paused again, memories of the bruises he’d put on his boyfriend came floating back, he swallowed back the bile, trying to forget the images burned into his mind forever of Hudson with his hands over Axl’s body.
I’LL NEVER STOOP SO LOW AGAIN
I GUESS I DON’T KNOW MY OWN STRENGTH
Axl sighed, leaning his head against the cool glass of Izzy’s window, the brunette came out of the kitchen and handed his friend a mug of coffee, “You’re thinking about going back aren’t you?” Axl nodded, hating the fact he was even considering it as the bruises and cuts had barely healed.
JUST GONNA STAND THERE
AND WATCH ME BURN
BUT THAT’S ALRIGHT
BECAUSE I LIKE THE WAY IT HURTS
JUST GONNA STAND THERE
AND HEAR ME CRY
BUT THAT’S ALRIGHT
BECAUSE I LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE
I LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE
I LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE
‘I need you’ the words kept floating through Axl’s mind as he walked back to the flat block, deciding to go and see his boyfriend, see where he stood with him.
“YOU EVER LOVE SOMEBODY SO MUCH, YOU CAN BARELY BREATHE WHEN YOU’RE WITH THEM?” the guitarist asked Rob as he sat down next to his friend, Rob shook his head, Tracii sighed and looked back out at the drizzling grey October day before continuing with his speech “YOU MEET, AND NEITHER ONE FO YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT HIT ‘EM …”
“GOT THAT WARM FUZZY FEELING” Rob interjected quietly, nodding his understanding
“YEH THEM CHILLS, USED GET ‘EM, NOW YOU’RE GETTING FUCKING SICK OF LOOKING AT ‘EM?”
Tracii stopped and glanced back at Rob then out of his window again, eyes searching in vain for a flash of familiar fire red hair “YOU SWORE YOU’D NEVER HIT ‘EM, NEVER DO NOTHING TO HURT ‘EM, THEN YOU’RE IN EACH OTHER’S FACE, SPEWING VENOM IN YOUR WORDS WHEN YOU SPIT ‘EM, YOU PUSH, PULL EACH OTHER’S HAIR” the guitarist shook his head in disgust as he thought of the things he and Axl would do, each as angry as the other “SCRATCH, CLAW, BIT ‘EM, THROW ‘EM DOWN, PIN ‘EM, SO LOST IN THE MOMENTS WHEN YOU’RE IN ‘EM”
“IT’S THE RAGE THAT TOOK OVER, IT CONTROLS YOU BOTH” Rob said quietly, trying to comfort Tracii "[SO THEY SAY] IT’S BEST TO GO YOUR SEPARATE WAYS”
Tracii sighed, remembering the conversation he and the drummer had had earlier that day, as he wrote the next verse for the song. ‘They don’t know me at all’ he thought sadly to himself.
GUESS THEY DON’T KNOW YA
CAUSE TODAY, THAT WAS YESTERDAY
YESTERDAY IS OVER
IT’S A DIFFERENT DAY
SOUNDS LIKE BROKEN RECORDS
PLAYIN’ OVER
BUT YOU PROMISED HIM
NEXT YOU’LL SHOW RESTRAINT
YOU DON’T GET ANOTHER CHANCE
LIFE IS NO NINTENDO GAME
BUT YOU LIED AGAIN
NOW YOU GET TO WATCH HIM LEAVE
OUT THE WINDOW
GUESS THAT’S WHY THEY CALL IT WINDOW PANE
JUST GONNA STAND THERE
AND WATCH ME BURN
BUT THAT’S ALRIGHT
BECAUSE I LIKE THE WAY IT HURTS
JUST GONNA STAND THERE
AND HEAR ME CRY
BUT THAT’S ALRIGHT
BECAUSE I LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE
I LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE
I LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE
Axl bit his lip before knocking on the door, to which a haggard looking Tracii answered, relief lighting his face as he pulled Axl into a hug, words spilling out of his mouth immediately as the singer came back into the flat. “NOW I KNOW WE SAID THINGS, DID THINGS, THAT WE DIDN’T MEAN, AND WE FALL BACK INTO THE SAME PATTERNS, SAME ROUTINES, BUT YOUR TEMPER’S JUST AS BAD AS MINE IS, YOU’RE THE SAME AS ME, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO LOVE YOU’RE JUST AS BLINDED” Axl pursed his lips, not liking the comparisons Tracii drew, knowing the guitarist was right, noting this Tracii changed his tune, sinking to his knees in front of the singer he begged “BABY PLEASE COME BACK, IT WASN’T YOU, BABY IT WAS ME, MAYBE OUR RELATIONSHIP ISN’T AS CRAZY AS IT SEEMS” feeling his heart melt slightly at the desperate look in the guitarist’s eyes, Axl replied softly
“MAYBE THAT’S WHAT HAPPENS, WHEN A TORNADO MEETS A VOLCANO, ALL I KNOW IS I LOVE YOU TOO MUCH TO WALK AWAY”
NOW COME INSIDE
PICK UP YOUR BAGS FROM THE SIDEWALK
“Things have to change Trac, I can’t keep doing this” Axl told him, nestled in Tracii’s arms, a blanket covering the bottom half of their bodies, their clothes spread around the bedroom, Tracii stayed silent for a moment before saying quietly,
“DON’T YOU HEAR SINCERITY IN MY VOICE WHEN I TALK? TOLD YOU THIS IS MY FAULT, [LOOK ME IN THE EYEBALL] NEXT TIME I’M PISSED, I’LL AIM MY FIST AT THE DRY WALL…"
“NEXT TIME?” Axl questioned warily,
“THERE’LL BE NO NEXT TIME” Tracii promised “I APOLOGIZE”
“EVEN THOUGH I KNOW IT’S LIES” Axl murmured, no faith left in his heart to place into this relationship, Tracii acted as thought he hadn’t heard Axl’s remark as he continued
“I’M TIRED OF THE GAMES, I JUST WANT YOU BACK”
“But you’re lying to him by promising it won’t happen again, you know as well as I do that it’ll happen again Trac” Rob said as the guitarist told him that Axl had returned
“I KNOW I’M A LIAR, IF HE EVER TRIES TO FUCKING LEAVE AGAIN, I’MA TIE HIM TO THE BED AND SET THIS HOUSE ON FIRE” Tracii promised, a crazy glint in his blue eyes.
JUST GONNA STAND THERE
AND WATCH ME BURN
BUT THAT’S ALRIGHT
BECAUSE I LIKE THE WAY IT HURTS
JUST GONNA STAND THERE
AND HEAR ME CRY
BUT THAT’S ALRIGHT
BECAUSE I LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE
I LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE
I LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE
Axl read the last line and looked away from the page, tears streaking his face as the lyrics struck deep, forcing him to see the disaster of the relationship he was in, forcing him to admit to himself that Izzy was right and the love he and Tracii shared was doomed.
AND WATCH ME BURN
BUT THAT’S ALRIGHT
BECAUSE I LIKE THE WAY IT HURTS
“Get off me!!” the singer yelled, struggling against the tattooed thick arms that held him captive to wall, the guitarist growled in reply but stepped back, taking in the tears on Axl’s face, loving and hating the pain he causes to red-head.
JUST GONNA STAND THERE
AND HEAR ME CRY
BUT THAT’S ALRIGHT
BECAUSE I LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE
I LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE
I LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE
“I didn’t cheat” Axl whispered once he’d regained use of his voice, Tracii sneered
“Like hell you didn’t! That’s why Hudson was draped all over you!” green eyes darted away from blue, making the owner look guilty. Tracii shook his head disgusted and furious.
I CAN’T TELL YOU WHAT IT REALLY IS
I CAN ONLY TELL YOU WHAT IT FEELS LIKE
AND RIGHT NOW THERE’S A STEEL KNIFE IN MY WINDPIPE
I CAN’T BREATHE
BUT I STILL FIGHT WHILE I CAN FIGHT
“I love you Axl, you feel like the right person for me, but you push me and push me, until I snap” Tracii said, his voice shaky on control as he tried to contain his anger, Axl looked away again, a unbelieving expression in his eyes, Tracii growled, words seeming useless as he grabbed the smaller man by his thin wrist and dragged him forward, a hand fastening to his throat.
AS LONG AS THE WRONG FEELS RIGHT
IT’S LIKE I’M IN FLIGHT
HIGH OF A LOVE
DRUNK FROM THE HATE
IT’S LIKE I’M HUFFING PAINT
AND I LOVE IT THE MORE I SUFFER
I SUFFOCATE
“Look at what you make me do, I don’t wanna have to hurt you, I don’t wanna have to make you see that we’re meant to be together!” the guitarist yelled as Axl nursed his throat as Tracii released him, “You save me from myself… I need you Axl”
AND RIGHT BEFORE I’M ABOUT TO DROWN
HE RESUSCITATES ME
HE FUCKING HATES ME
AND I LOVE IT
The singer looked up from his position at Tracii’s feet, tears in his eyes before standing and heading for the door, unable to take the pain anymore “WAIT WHERE YOU GOING?” Tracii asked, panic rising through his chest
“I’M LEAVING YOU” Axl replied, hand on the latch before the guitarist said quickly, forcibly
“NO YOU AIN’T”
Axl sneered and walked out, Tracii ran after him “COME BACK” he yelled, Axl ignored him and ran out of the flat block and into the street, leaving Tracii to trail back into the flat worried and dejected, left to stew in his thoughts, knowing Axl would come back and the madness would start all over again.
WE’RE RUNNING RIGHT BACK
HERE WE GO AGAIN
IT’S SO INSANE
CAUSE WHEN IT’S GOING GOOD
IT’S GOING GREAT
I’M SUPERMAN WITH THE WIND AT HIS BACK
HE’S LOIS LANE
Tracii sighed, rubbing a rough hand over his face and placed his pen down his lyric sheet, wishing Axl would walk back through his door.
BUT WHEN IT’S BAD
IT’S AWFUL
I FEEL SO ASHAMED
I SNAP
“WHO’S THAT DUDE?”
I DON’T EVEN KNOW HIS NAME
I LAID HANDS ON HIM
The guitarist paused again, memories of the bruises he’d put on his boyfriend came floating back, he swallowed back the bile, trying to forget the images burned into his mind forever of Hudson with his hands over Axl’s body.
I’LL NEVER STOOP SO LOW AGAIN
I GUESS I DON’T KNOW MY OWN STRENGTH
Axl sighed, leaning his head against the cool glass of Izzy’s window, the brunette came out of the kitchen and handed his friend a mug of coffee, “You’re thinking about going back aren’t you?” Axl nodded, hating the fact he was even considering it as the bruises and cuts had barely healed.
JUST GONNA STAND THERE
AND WATCH ME BURN
BUT THAT’S ALRIGHT
BECAUSE I LIKE THE WAY IT HURTS
JUST GONNA STAND THERE
AND HEAR ME CRY
BUT THAT’S ALRIGHT
BECAUSE I LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE
I LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE
I LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE
‘I need you’ the words kept floating through Axl’s mind as he walked back to the flat block, deciding to go and see his boyfriend, see where he stood with him.
“YOU EVER LOVE SOMEBODY SO MUCH, YOU CAN BARELY BREATHE WHEN YOU’RE WITH THEM?” the guitarist asked Rob as he sat down next to his friend, Rob shook his head, Tracii sighed and looked back out at the drizzling grey October day before continuing with his speech “YOU MEET, AND NEITHER ONE FO YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT HIT ‘EM …”
“GOT THAT WARM FUZZY FEELING” Rob interjected quietly, nodding his understanding
“YEH THEM CHILLS, USED GET ‘EM, NOW YOU’RE GETTING FUCKING SICK OF LOOKING AT ‘EM?”
Tracii stopped and glanced back at Rob then out of his window again, eyes searching in vain for a flash of familiar fire red hair “YOU SWORE YOU’D NEVER HIT ‘EM, NEVER DO NOTHING TO HURT ‘EM, THEN YOU’RE IN EACH OTHER’S FACE, SPEWING VENOM IN YOUR WORDS WHEN YOU SPIT ‘EM, YOU PUSH, PULL EACH OTHER’S HAIR” the guitarist shook his head in disgust as he thought of the things he and Axl would do, each as angry as the other “SCRATCH, CLAW, BIT ‘EM, THROW ‘EM DOWN, PIN ‘EM, SO LOST IN THE MOMENTS WHEN YOU’RE IN ‘EM”
“IT’S THE RAGE THAT TOOK OVER, IT CONTROLS YOU BOTH” Rob said quietly, trying to comfort Tracii "[SO THEY SAY] IT’S BEST TO GO YOUR SEPARATE WAYS”
Tracii sighed, remembering the conversation he and the drummer had had earlier that day, as he wrote the next verse for the song. ‘They don’t know me at all’ he thought sadly to himself.
GUESS THEY DON’T KNOW YA
CAUSE TODAY, THAT WAS YESTERDAY
YESTERDAY IS OVER
IT’S A DIFFERENT DAY
SOUNDS LIKE BROKEN RECORDS
PLAYIN’ OVER
BUT YOU PROMISED HIM
NEXT YOU’LL SHOW RESTRAINT
YOU DON’T GET ANOTHER CHANCE
LIFE IS NO NINTENDO GAME
BUT YOU LIED AGAIN
NOW YOU GET TO WATCH HIM LEAVE
OUT THE WINDOW
GUESS THAT’S WHY THEY CALL IT WINDOW PANE
JUST GONNA STAND THERE
AND WATCH ME BURN
BUT THAT’S ALRIGHT
BECAUSE I LIKE THE WAY IT HURTS
JUST GONNA STAND THERE
AND HEAR ME CRY
BUT THAT’S ALRIGHT
BECAUSE I LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE
I LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE
I LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE
Axl bit his lip before knocking on the door, to which a haggard looking Tracii answered, relief lighting his face as he pulled Axl into a hug, words spilling out of his mouth immediately as the singer came back into the flat. “NOW I KNOW WE SAID THINGS, DID THINGS, THAT WE DIDN’T MEAN, AND WE FALL BACK INTO THE SAME PATTERNS, SAME ROUTINES, BUT YOUR TEMPER’S JUST AS BAD AS MINE IS, YOU’RE THE SAME AS ME, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO LOVE YOU’RE JUST AS BLINDED” Axl pursed his lips, not liking the comparisons Tracii drew, knowing the guitarist was right, noting this Tracii changed his tune, sinking to his knees in front of the singer he begged “BABY PLEASE COME BACK, IT WASN’T YOU, BABY IT WAS ME, MAYBE OUR RELATIONSHIP ISN’T AS CRAZY AS IT SEEMS” feeling his heart melt slightly at the desperate look in the guitarist’s eyes, Axl replied softly
“MAYBE THAT’S WHAT HAPPENS, WHEN A TORNADO MEETS A VOLCANO, ALL I KNOW IS I LOVE YOU TOO MUCH TO WALK AWAY”
NOW COME INSIDE
PICK UP YOUR BAGS FROM THE SIDEWALK
“Things have to change Trac, I can’t keep doing this” Axl told him, nestled in Tracii’s arms, a blanket covering the bottom half of their bodies, their clothes spread around the bedroom, Tracii stayed silent for a moment before saying quietly,
“DON’T YOU HEAR SINCERITY IN MY VOICE WHEN I TALK? TOLD YOU THIS IS MY FAULT, [LOOK ME IN THE EYEBALL] NEXT TIME I’M PISSED, I’LL AIM MY FIST AT THE DRY WALL…"
“NEXT TIME?” Axl questioned warily,
“THERE’LL BE NO NEXT TIME” Tracii promised “I APOLOGIZE”
“EVEN THOUGH I KNOW IT’S LIES” Axl murmured, no faith left in his heart to place into this relationship, Tracii acted as thought he hadn’t heard Axl’s remark as he continued
“I’M TIRED OF THE GAMES, I JUST WANT YOU BACK”
“But you’re lying to him by promising it won’t happen again, you know as well as I do that it’ll happen again Trac” Rob said as the guitarist told him that Axl had returned
“I KNOW I’M A LIAR, IF HE EVER TRIES TO FUCKING LEAVE AGAIN, I’MA TIE HIM TO THE BED AND SET THIS HOUSE ON FIRE” Tracii promised, a crazy glint in his blue eyes.
JUST GONNA STAND THERE
AND WATCH ME BURN
BUT THAT’S ALRIGHT
BECAUSE I LIKE THE WAY IT HURTS
JUST GONNA STAND THERE
AND HEAR ME CRY
BUT THAT’S ALRIGHT
BECAUSE I LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE
I LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE
I LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE
Axl read the last line and looked away from the page, tears streaking his face as the lyrics struck deep, forcing him to see the disaster of the relationship he was in, forcing him to admit to himself that Izzy was right and the love he and Tracii shared was doomed.
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