[Verse]
Before the first shadow
That touched our hearts, there was only light
I'm not just talking about the sunlight
That would filter through the canopy
Like liquid gold, warm on my skin
I'm talkin' about life, like air itself tasted sweet
Like honey in rain, everything hummed
The garden wasn't just the place we lived
It breathed with us
There was no fear here, fear hadn't even been invented yet
A lion, a massive creature
Would lеan it's heavy head into my touch
Everything was connеcted
Everything was exactly how it was meant to be
And even, when I look at her
I finally understand what God meant
When he said, "Very good" (Ooh)
And then, there's Him
It's the cool of the day, that's when he comes
You always know when he's near
The air, it changes, expected
Like the atmosphere itself is leaning into [listening?]
We hear the sound first, not heavy footsteps
But the shifting of the atmosphere
A weight of goodness moving through the trees
And we run, we run towards the sound
His voice, it isn't just sound
It's a foundation of everything
When he speaks it's warm, resonant, it vibrates in my chest
They talk about the colors of the water
Where the monkeys chatter so much, but it means to be us
There's no gap between us, no hesitation
No hiding, it's complete
It's a feast, right?
Everywhere you look, tastes the explosion in your mouth
We're completely free
Except in the centre the tree of knowledge of good and evil
It's the only boundary line in the world without walls
God is very clear, don't touch it
The day you eat it, you die
"Die", the word just hangs in the air
It means nothing to us
We trust it, of course we do
But I find myself near it more often
Than I admit, it's stunning
The fruit looks different
Doesn't just look delicious, it looks wise
Eve, one day by the tree, and there's this voice
Smooth like polished stone
It belongs to the serpent, the most clever
The most beautiful of them all
He doesn't show it
He doesn't threaten, he just asks a question
"Did God really say you can't eat from any tree? "
It's a simple question
But it shifts the entire world on it's axis
Suddenly, the God who gave us everything, sounds restrictive
The serpent tells me I will die
Tells me my eyes will be opened, that'll be like God
That's the lure, it's not rebellion, dissension
It's the promise of more
He makes it sound like God is holding out on us
The fruit is heavy on my hand
It's skin is smooth, cool to the touch
The tension is unbearable, imbibed
The taste isn't just sweet or bitter
It tastes like everything at once
The world tilts, she brings it to me, her eyes are wild
My gut screams that, "This is wrong"
My parter, my reflection, she is still standing
I trust her more than I trust the voice of God, I eat
And instantly, the light fractures
It's like a mere, shattering inside my soul
The air turns cold, I look at Eve, and she looks at me
And for the first time, I mean really for the first time
I see we are exposed, vulnerable, naked
This is shame, we scrambled, panicked
We grabbed these big, rough, fig leaves
Stichin' them to gather
They scratched my skin, they covered nothing
And then we hear it, His footsteps
The sound that used to mean love, that used to mean safety
Now means dread, absolute dread
We run, we hide in the thickest, darkest bush
We could find, holding our breath
And then His voice, it's not angry, not shouting
It's worse, it's heartbroken, "Where are you? "
He knows exactly where we are physically
He's asking where we've gone relationally
Where we stand, trembling, covered in itchy leaves
The question comes, gentle, but firm
"What have you done? Did you eat the fruit? "
Is this where the fracture deepens? The break spreads?
I look at the woman I love, and point
"Is this the woman you gave me? I blame her? I blame Him? "
And I point to the serpent, he tricked me
The blame shifts faster and faster
We throw responsibilities anywhere, but ourselves
And the verdict comes down
That the world is broken now, because we broke it
The ground will fight us, Earth will be a battle
Relationships will be complex, painful, and death
That word we didn't understand now
Has a shape, it has our shape
But then the strangest moment
He kneels down, he takes an animal
One of the creatures Adam named
It's the first death we witnessed
And he makes clothes for our skins that are heavy
And they smell of loss, and they cover the shame
The fig leaves was our idea, the covering is his
It's this terrifying tender moment
He's judging us, yes, but he hasn't abandoned us
But we can't stay, we've chosen knowledge over intimacy
He walks us to the edge of the garden
The air gets thinner out here, the ground is hard on my feet
As we take that final step out of Eden, he looked back
And it's overwhelming, a celestial being
An angel blazing with light and fire
Holding a soar than spun
Like it's a whirlwind
The gates slammed shut with a sound
That echoes across the universe
We're outside, it's cold, the sun is setting
We lost a paradise, we lost an unbroken connection
We broke the world
And that's how the silence began, the separation
But as we walked away into the dust
And the thorns we carried
A strange promise with us would whisper
From God about a coming savior
Someone who would crush the serpent's head
The door to the garden was closed
But the Story of God was just beginning