[after this]

( My world, your world Angry, happy Downward spiral System breakdown Nauseous, panic Bring on Havoc So reach out with patience And hold me while I hold you I can't solve your problems today, oh no But you can lean on me now )

1. There's nothing but darkness and stars ahead of him. He can feel the air hitting his face, and maybe it should be cold at this time of night, but Tony just doesn't feel it. All he can feel is how light his body feels, how easy it is to move through the sky, and that's enough for him ( Read more... )

Two weeks. For two weeks now Tony has been in New York, even if his usual 'rule' is to be as far away from the East coast as possible this time of the year, but well work has been calling for it. He has been needing to meet with his board of directors face-to-face rather than over a computer screen and the telephone, so he's there. Still.

( Frankly, it's a bit more annoying than he thought it would be. )

The fact that he doesn't remember how he got there should maybe worry him, but it doesn't. Not really, because that's not what he's thinking. Not by a long shot. He's thinking he shouldn't be here, but maybe he should. Maybe he should leave, but maybe he shouldn't ( Read more... )

Tony Stark is eighteen, and he can't ever remember feeling this young as he looks out the window. Obadiah is talking, saying something about how he doesn't have to do this, that he just needs to take it easy, that he'll take care of everything, but Tony is barely listening. If anything, his words and his voice have turned into a sort of background ( Read more... )

December, 1991"You can't just ignore this, Tony. Someone has to take charge here ( Read more... )

"What do you think?"

( 'I think you need to get your head examined.' )

01. Things I've done.
02. Things I haven't done.
03. Dad.
04. Yinsen.
05. The fucking cave.
06. Obadiah.
07. Promises.
08. The people my weapons killed.
09. The destruction my weapons caused.
10. The things I can't control.
11. The things I can't fix.
12. Knowing I'm hurting them.
13. Knowing I can't stop.

( No more gas, in the red, can't even get it started Nothing heard, nothing said, can't even speak about it On my life, on my head, don't wanna think about it Feels like I'm going insane, yeah It's a thief in the night to come and grab you It can creep up inside you and consume you A disease of the mind, it can control you It's too close for comfort Put on your pretty lies, you're in the city of wonder Ain't gon' play nice, watch out you might just go under Better think twice, your train of thought will be altered So if you must falter be wise Your mind's in disturbia, it's like the darkness is light Disturbia, am I scaring you tonight? Disturbia, ain't used to what you like Disturbia, disturbia )

( I'm so tired of being here Suppressed by all my childish fears And if you have to leave I wish that you would just leave 'Cause your presence still lingers here And it won't leave me alone These wounds won't seem to heal This pain is just too real There's just too much that time cannot erase )