SCOURING THE NIGHTS AS A ZOMBIE,
WHILST WATCHING THE LIVING WITH ENVY.

Do you know what it's like for me,
to drive in the wake of night
and to see all of the normal people
who still have their blood and life.

Do you know what it's like for me,
of just how jealous it is I get
when I see them walking around their streets
without decaying, rotting flesh.

Those people with their pretty skin
and perfect hair and teeth,
those people whom you'd like to be with-
whom I wish I could be.

For here I walk and here I crawl
with hair tattered and skin falling
forever cursed and forever blessed
with immortality as a zombie.

But oh how I do envy them,
just look at them go by.
I wish I could be like them again
to love you until I die.

But no, I sold my soul away,
3 years and 2 days ago
to the Devil in an abominable pact
to live forever an' do good the world.

But now I'm here
and here I see you
and most surely I'm in love,
I regret my pact and stead I wish
that I had a face that you could love.

But no, you know, it's not the end-
I only rot by ties to the Devil,
so if I clean up my act and if I break my pact
I'll be free (save my soul in peril).

Then if I repent and express regret
our God will take me in,
and rip to shreds the demonic pact
and wash away my sins.

But it's not enough for me,
for with Him as well I still could not have you,
and I know I can't with the Devil's deal
so I'll have to turn him down, too.

See this is not a matter where I have need to think-
the decision here's quite simple;
I love you over life, immortality, and death,
so I'll have to becross both God and Devil.

And for you I'll run
from both Heaven and Hell
until I reach the edge of the Earth,
and there with you I'll hide and not give a damn
'cause I don't care, so long as I have you.
Copyright ©2003 Ashi Shadow, 6/21/03 on Katie

Zombie from Hair & Skin predicaments are from the bags under my eyes and the horrible state of my hair due to overworking myself.

The "deal with the Devil" to do good in the world is how I study so much and analyze morality so much, and while I get worse skin and hair for it, I get to help the environment and people of the world with the knowledge I gain. But I'm selling my soul because I'm losing myself to this.

At the same time, if I gave up these practices and stopped being so harsh or academic, then the skin and hair would return to normal and I'd be something you could want, but I'd lose my ability to do so much good in the world...

Also this is about honesty and being open with you... because being open with you is doing what God would want but if I did there are things about me that would hurt you in my honesty, and working in the lab or for some noble cause instead of being with you is what God would want. Or is it what the Devil would want? It's a deal with the devil spend my life like that, and i guess helping people is what God would want, but neither are with you.