Faintly I can hear music, it's calling me. I focus and slowly my vision comes back to me. Oh, how I wish it hadn't.

"You know you love me, I know you care
Just shout whenever, and I'll be there
You are my love, you are my heart
And we will never ever ever be apart"

I glanced around in a panic. A guttural moan of agony erupts from my bloody lips. My hands spasm in shock, the bloody flesh and human bits fling all over the place. I look around in a panic, shoving the brutal scene in front of me into the back of my head. Where was the music coming from? I knew I had to find it, music was the only thing that seemed to give me back my thoughts.

"Are we an item? Girl, quit playing
We're just friends, what are you saying?
Say there's another and look right in my eyes
My first love broke my heart for the first time
And I was like..."

I pounced on the body of a young girl, ignoring the fact that her middle was torn out an her brain scattered all over the road. I frantically searched her, my hands not under my own control. Being dead had to be one of the most frustrating things ever, I could hardly control my own body. My hand hit something small am rectangular in her pocket. I slowly tugged it out. In my brain covered hand, was a shiny pink iPod. I yanked it and the headphones that were attached sprang from the dead girls ears. I shakily focused on my hands. I managed to grasp the headphones weirdly and insert them in my ears.

"Baby, baby, baby oooh
Like baby, baby, baby nooo
Like baby, baby, baby oooh
I thought you'd always be mine (mine)

Baby, baby, baby oooh
Like baby, baby, baby nooo
Like baby, baby, baby oooh
I thought you'd always be mine (mine)"

I vaguely recognized the song, the singer was a Justin something. Then nothing. All I could remember was that I hated the song. I snarled in disgust and angrily tapped the screen of the tiny piece of technology.

"Oh, for you I would have done whatever
And I just can't believe we ain't together
And I wanna play it cool, but I'm losin' you
I'll buy you anything, I'll buy you any ring
And I'm in pieces, baby fix me
And just shake me 'til you wake me from this ba-"

The music cut off and I let out a moan, grateful that the torture was over, not even seconds later, another song started.

"LET'S GO!

It's not easy making a name for yourself
Where do you draw the line?
I never thought I'd be in this far
Let's have some fun and never change not for anyone
Try not to miss me when I'm gone"

I sank into the mud, a sense of peace coming over me. Then I opened my eyes and the horror of what I had done, what I had done multiple times now, dawned on me. I quickly yanked myself to my feet and stumbled away, desperate to get away from the scene of my cannibalism.

"(Whoa uh oh, whoa uh oh)
I sold my soul to the open road
I'll live my life alone!

You won't find me in the same spot
Believe me I could never stop
My life's turned upside down
Meet me out past the train tracks
I'm leaving and not coming back
You're right and I was wrong
This town will be the downfall of us all"

I continued down the high way, stumbling past hundreds of cars that had been abandoned. I cocked my head curiously when I saw a slightly washed off sign that read,'Sophia, stay here, we will come back every day." Sitting on the hood of the car was a pile of supplies, food and drink. A pang of guilt hit my unbeating heart. I had a feeling, a feeling that it was a lost little girl. I stumbled past the car, continuing down the road, leaving that behind. I didn't want to risk her coming back, I didn't know if I could control myself.

"I'm gonna need you to try to follow along.
I did the best that I could to try to write you songs.
Now go tell them we sold out, like we're the ones who changed.
I write what I feel, I say what I mean.
You can't buy sincerity.

(Whoa uh oh, whoa uh oh)
I sold my soul to the open road
I'll live my life alone!"

The music spread a steady warmth through my body, making me feel alive, as ironic as it was. A harsh laugh echoed on the road in front of me, I was dead. I shook my head and continued on my trek, not sure of where I was going. I wondered aimlessly, I passed a small town, it was scattered with a few walkers. They just milled around lifelessly, searching for food. I shook my head at my fellow species. I guess that's what I could call them now. I was one of them after all. A damned murderous corpse.

"You won't find me in the same spot
Believe me I could never stop
My life's turned upside down
Meet me out past the train tracks
I'm leaving and not coming back
You're right and I was wrong
This town will be the downfall of us all

Don't forget yourselves
We made up our minds
And we signed 3! 4! 5! on that dotted line!
Don't forget yourselves
We made up our minds
And we signed 3! 4! 5! on that dotted line!"

I just kept on walking, past the small abandoned town, past several more cars. I stopped when I found a diner. A small diner that looked like something from a 50's movie. I opened the door and I could hear a faint jingle bells hanging on the door. I looked around a grimaced. Bodies. Everywhere. All shot in the head. I shook my head and moved to the bar. I sat down on one of the stools and swung around. I smiled slightly. I looked in the mirror that lines the bar behind the counter. If I could do anything but moan and snarl, I would have let out a blood curdling scream.

"You won't find me in the same spot
Believe me I could never stop
My life's turned upside down
Meet me out past the train tracks
I'm leaving and not coming back
You're right and I was wrong"

I could hardly recognize myself. My corpse looked so different from my lively self. My tan skin had turned into a ghoulish grey, my veins practically glowing under my skin, a sharp black in the contrast to the pale grey. My forest green eyes were now swollen, a bloody red, my pupils clouded over and smoky. My long, shiny wavy black hair was now matted with brain matter, blood, falling out in clumps, and dull. My body had reflectively no other injuries, besides the missing chunk from my shoulder, a few scratches on my face, that was it. Other than that I looked relatively human, well as human as a corpse could be.

"You won't find me in the same spot (You were right and I was wrong)
Believe me I could never stop (You point the blame we'll take the fall)
My life's turned upside down
Meet me out past the train tracks (You were right and I was wrong)
I'm leaving and not coming back (You point the blame we'll take the fall)
You're right and I was wrong
This town will be the downfall of us all
This town will be the downfall of us all"

I hopped down from the stool and stumbled around the diner, flies landing on my skin sending me into a flurry of flying hands. I growled in detest and continued walking around the diner. I found myself in the kitchen, food long since burnt and covered in flies covered the counters. I stumbled into a pantry, I looked around at all the food that had surprisingly been left untouched. I grabbed a can of spam. I sniffed the can of food and stared at my hands, willing them to pull the tab back. Surprisingly, they worked.

"Downfall of us all!
Downfall of us all!
Downfall of us all!
Downfall of us all!"

The song that had seemingly been playing forever stopped and the iPod skipped to some soft jazz. I swayed to the beat for a moment before going back to my original task. I slowly pulled out the thick square of meat and sniffed it. It held no appeal to me, it didn't smell right, I didn't want it. I opened my mouth and forced myself to take a bite out of the repulsive human food. Before too long I had swallowed the entire thing and I shivered in disgust.

A few thoughts calmed me down, this was for the best, maybe if I filled my stomach with human food, I wouldn't fill it with humans. I curled up in a corner of the pantry and closed my eyes, the sound of a soft jazz swing lulling my dead brain to sleep.