Long-Term Karma Lyrics

Seong Hee met the protesters

Despite her mother's deep sighs

She held her sign "soldiers get out!"

With fierce pride in her eyes

You gain or lose your karma

By the choices that you make

To your own self be true

No matter what it takes

Dong Hyun stayed up late to clean his M-16

Next day he marched and did pushups

Looked up at the May sun, he said

"should be an easy mop up"

You gain or lose your karma

By the choices that you make

To your own self be true

No matter what it takes

The crowd amassed at the park

Taegukgi-draped coffins shuffled

Dong Hyun's mean black eyes took aim

As Seong Hee's shouts got muffled

Seong Hee never came back home

Her mother's wails whipped the streets

Dong Hyun got a shiny medal

On an oak desk he kicked up his feet

Reborn in the year 2084

Seong Hee's mind shone like a gem

She rose up through the political ranks

became a chief at the UN

Strolling down the street one day

A rat crept out from the gutter

Seong Hee recognized the mean black eyes

"Pathetic fool" she uttered

You gain or lose your karma

By the choices that you make

To your own self be true

No matter what it takes