Zombie Love

Mouth to mouth was the way I wanted to breathe
I tasted an emotion, it created a need
Visually induced paralysis, a second every time
Often jolted by a touch, electricity sublime
Natural like a flower, artificial like perfume
A scent in between with the power to consume
Not the sun but a body, my warmth, my heat
The world didn't spin on an axis, it walked on two feet

Our love was done, we'd let it go
I'm telling you so
Dead, done, buried, six feet under
The love we had, replaced by thunder
They were everything, our gifts from above
Now they walk the earth, our mystery, our zombie love

I loved for the first time, unafraid
And like every young fool in love, I paid
The wounds of young love, run deeper than them all
Strength from scar tissue, I chose to stand tall
Pain and hurt, yeah, I'd felt them before
This was just another battle, no less no more
Next round of life, prayed for that bell to ring
It rang, I fought on, but love is a strange thing

Two lives lived, one meeting when the time is right
Fuse in love, a balance that sets the world alight
Love is powerful, that's something we all know
But it's based on a balance of people, and we change and grow
Making a timer on love real and sad
Constant change inevitably kills what we have
When our timer hits zero, there're two things we do
We bury who we were, and the person they were too

The zombie, the walking corpse, an abomination
Are lost lovers not zombies of our own creation?
Despite growing, getting stronger, putting it all in the dirt
I found it was now strange to watch that body walk the earth
To others they're funny, beautiful, different, all three
The corpse of the girl who loves me is all I see
I put on a piece of armour over my heart
And the quest, for my immortal woman, I start

Our love was done, we'd let it go
I'm telling you so
Dead, done, buried, six feet under
The love we had, replaced by thunder
They were everything, our gifts from above
Now they walk the earth, our mystery, our zombie love