Once, so long ago,
We were clothed in time
Life began with death
A swollen fruit between us as a bind
A snake slithered through the brush
In undulating waves
Your skin shivered in the hush
The choice before us one already made
Created from the dust of stars
Eternity was nearly ours
We loved, and for a time,
The whole world was alive
Is alive
The whole world is alive
Is alive
One divides in two
And suffering begins
What’s lost can’t be reduced
And freedom gained is worth the price of truth
Now we both should know
The folly in the fall
And fools surrender most
Emerging from the love that binds us all
Created from the dust of stars
Eternity was nearly ours
We loved, and for a time,
The whole world was alive
Is alive
The whole world is alive
Is alive