The Devil sat nightly in His own private Hell

And the Devil reigned harshly over all He saw

And the demons there cried for His attention

But the Devil being the Devil wanted more

Even for all the demons He had under His hand

The Devil felt only the emptiness of being alone

And one night a girl came into His Hell

And the Devil saw her and watched

And the Devil coveted her

And the Devil said "She must be Mine."

And the Devil being the Devil set out to have her

And as Devils do He took the girl

But the Devil doesnt always take by force

The Devil sometimes takes by seduction

And the Devil sometimes takes by trickery

So then the Devil whispered to the girl

And the Devil made her sweet promises

And the girl went with the Devil

For she was only a girl and He was the Devil

The Devil took the girl as the Devil does

And she traded Him her soul

And He made her His with the promises

And she gave Him her heart

For she was only a girl and He was the Devil

The Devil gave her all He promised

But the Devil took much more from her

And the Devil's heart was changed somehow

And the Devil loved her more than He could imagine

The Devil spent all His time with the girl

And for a while Hell wasn't quite Hell anymore

But the Devil's old demons whined aloud

And all the other demons cried

Out at their lack of attention

The jealous demonds whispered laughed

And tormented the girl by whispering to her

"You are one of us now."

The girl cried because she couldn't be one of the many

So the girl cried out to Him "Devil release me!"

And the Devil refused and the Devil raged

Then all the walls of Hell shook with His rage

And the girl cried out to Him again "Devil release me!"

And the Devil raged

And being the Devil He attacked what He loved

And the Devil marked her for all time as His

And the girl cried out to Him "Devil release me!"

So the Devil released her and the Devil raged

And the Devil cried and Hell was Hell once more

So the Devil sat alone in Hell again as Devils usually do

And from afar He heard the girl's whisper "Devil I am here."

And Hell wasn't quite as unbearable as before

But the Devil was still alone and Hell was still Hell

And the Devil was still the Devil

Once again the girl whispered to Him "Devil if You love me come get me."

So the Devil left His throne in Hell and went to get the girl

And the Devil again found His heart in her

And the Devil saw that His Hell was only Hell without her

And for a while Hell wasn't Hell anymore

But the Devil is a serpent and, as serpents do

The Devil betrayed her with a demon

And the Devil lied as the Devil will do

And the girl found out and cried "Devil release me!"

And the Devil raged and the Devil cried

And the Devil released her and Hell was Hell once more

And, sometime later He heard the girl's whisper from afar

"Devil I am here." And the Devil left His throne in Hell

And went to her and the Devil fought for her

And the Devil won back her love

And the Devil never betrayed her again

And Hell wasn't Hell anymore

And the girl loved the Devil so much

That one day she cried "Devil I am Yours!"

And the girl whispered to Him "Devil You are my Master."

The girl was alone and afraid

And she found she was ashamed to be that

And the girl cried and whispered "Devil release me."

And though the Devil cried He released her to save her

Hell wasn't Hell anymore and even though He had released her

The Devil never betrayed her again

But there are always more demons and the Demon of Need whispered

And the Demon of Jealousy spoke to the girl

And the girl heard the demons and the girl ran from them

Then the Devil was alone again

And the Devil found Hell to be Hell once more

Now the Devil raged and the Devil cried

For the Devil didn't know how to bring her home

The Devil raged alone and the demons around Him cried out in fear

And in His rage the Devil hunted the girl relentlessly

And the girl whispered from afar "Devil I am here."

But the Devil couldn't touch her heart

And the Devil couldn't bring her home

So the Devil was alone as Devils usually are

And the Devil cried

And Hell was Hell once more