Disclaimer: All characters belong to the WWFE; the song 'Running' belongs to
No Doubt and is from the album Rock Steady
Distribution: ask first
Spoilers: Feb. 2002
Notes: This song just kind of struck me...
It’s just story line, I know.
{ Run, running all the time
Running to the future
With you right by my side }
It’s what you tell me every time I ask, every time I think he gets too
close... And you believe it. I know that. It’s all it is to you. Baby, it’s
not you I worry about; it’s not you I don’t trust... It’s him. He’s the
one... They were going to end the angle between the two of you, and he fought
it, wanted to keep it going...
He wanted to keep you.
{ Me, I'm the one you chose
Out of all the people
You wanted me the most }
You don’t really see it, how beautiful you are. You don’t see the way he
looks at you. It’s harder for him to be a face as he stands by your side, and
he knows it. He’s supposed to be the good guy now, I’m supposed to be the
bad. It was perfect, we thought. They could put us together, create one hell of
a team. You would stand by my side as I defended the Undisputed Championship...
But he wouldn’t allow it.
{ And I'm so sorry that I've fallen
Help me up, let's keep on running
Don't let me fall out of love }
He fought and railed against it, arguing that the fans would never accept us
together, saying that no one would believe that the Billion Dollar Princess
would actually side with Y2J, and your father gave in. Your father always gives
into him. He’s the Game, and he knows how to play. He knows how to push the
buttons, how to keep things going his way...
And I don’t know how much more of this I can take.
{ Running, running as fast as we can
Do you think we'll make it?
Do you think we'll make it?
We're running, keep holding my hand
So we don't get separated }
I love you. You know that... And you love me, too. I know that, Stephanie. I
don’t doubt that. I can see it in your eyes, feel it in your touch... But it
hurts. Oh, how it hurts to see him hold you, to see him kiss you. You say he’s
just your friend, that it’s nothing but an angle, and I know that’s all it
is to you...
But it’s so much more to me.
{ Be, be the one I need
Be the one I trust most
Don't stop inspiring me }
Every time he touches you, it’s like he steals a little piece of you, a little
piece that I can’t get back, that I can never have, and it’s killing me.
Last year when they wanted to put together an angle with me and Lita, you had it
squashed, saying you wouldn’t be able to deal with it, putting her with Matt
instead...
I wish I had that power.
{ Sometimes it's hard to keep on running
We work so much to keep it going
Don't make me want to give up }
I want to just throw my hands in the air and say no; I want it to end. Damn it,
there were times when I wasn’t sure what it was that I wanted to end... Your
angle with him, or our relationship. The look of triumph that comes to his face
every time he gets to walk out there by your side, every time he gets to hold
you... He knows what it does to me.
But you don’t.
{ Running, running as fast as we can
I really hope we make it
Do you think we'll make it?
We're running, keep holding my hand
So we don't get separated }
Won’t you listen? Can’t you see? Don’t you realize that it hurts me to
watch you out there with him, playing the role of doting wife? And now, with the
angle you’ve got right now... His hands are all over you constantly, taking
care of you, his pregnant ‘wife.’ Sometimes I wonder...
What will he do when he finds out the truth?
{ Running as fast as we can
I really hope we make it
Do you think we'll make it?
We're running, keep holding my hand
So we don't get separated }
What will he do when he learns that he can’t have his way? What will he do
when he finds out that it isn’t him that you love? You play your role so
well... You play his wife for the shows, but that’s just pretend. I’m the
one you go home with. I’m the one you hold at night, the one who gets to wake
up to your lovely face every morning.
I’m the one whose name you will have.
{ Running, running as fast as we can
Do you think we'll make it?
Do you think we'll make it?
We're running, keep holding my hand
So we don't get separated }
We’ll have to announce it soon, tell them all... Your mother will be happy, I
know. Vince will learn to deal with it, and Shane... Well, your brother has long
since learned to stay out of your love life. But Hunter hasn’t. He’s tried
to push his way in, make story line become reality.
But he failed.
{ Running as fast as we can
I really hope we make it
Do you think we'll make it?
We're running, running, keep holding my hand
So we don't get separated }
He held on so tightly to something that wasn’t real, something he couldn’t
have... He’s been so busy working on pushing us apart that he hasn’t seen
that he’s pushed us closer together, he hasn’t seen what’s right in front
of his face...
He doesn’t know that I’m the one you chose.
The End
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