Practice (open)

[Dahni Halliwell]

Dahni walked into P3. She had stopped by on the way from her hair appointment. It was now brown, just how it had been a long time ago. "Hmmm... no one's here," she said to herself. She figured she would take this perfect opportunity to practice some of her songs, she had a recording and a concert when she got back to the future. She hopped up onto the stage and turned everything on. She took a breath, and imagined a song blaring in her head.

"By day, I play
The part in every way
Of simple sweet, calm and collected

Pretend, to my friends
I'm a chameleon
Can make a girl feel disconnected

Feel like a star
A super hero
Sometimes it's hard to separate
(Got too much on my plate)

If you could see
The other side of me
I'm just like anybody else, can't you tell
I hold the key (the key)
To both realities
The girl that I want you to know
If only I could show
The other side... the other side
I want you to see
The other side... the other side
The other side of me

Inside, I try
To make the pieces fit right
A jigsaw puzzle everywhere
'Cause I flip the script
So many times I forget
Who's on stage, who's in the mirror

Back in the spotlight
The crowd is calling
The paparazzi and the fame
(It can drive a girl insane)

If you could see
The other side of me
I'm just like anybody else, can't you tell
I hold the key
To both realities
The girl that I want you to know
If only I could show
The other side... the other side
I want you to see
The other side... the other side
The other side of me

Down inside I'm not that different
Like everyone I have a dream
Don't wanna hide just wanna fit in
Sometimes it's harder than it seems

If you could see
The other side of me
I'm just like anybody else, can't you tell
I hold the key
To both realities
The girl that I want you to know

If you could see
The other side of me
I'm just like anybody else, can't you tell
I hold the key (the key)
To both realities
The girl that I want you to know
If only I could show (yeah)

The other side... the other side
I want you to see (yeah!)
The other side... the other side
The other side of me

The other side... the other side
I want you to see
The other side... the other--"

Before she could finish the last few words, Dahni's voice cracked, and her breathing became shallow. 'Great,' she thought while coughing. 'Not again!' It had happened before, and that time she had fainted on stage. She had promised her dad that she would get surgery, but she had left for this time before it could happen.