Of one man’s disobedience deceived to eat that fruit That brought death into the world alone his sole repute Whereby the serpent’s artful tongue misled did do that deed And lost as he the blissful seat and rank of choses seed But far unlike that spiteful fiend he fell when justly tried Before the judge down to his knees with pleas for mercy cried Yet when with mercy pardoned by the judge refused to cope And let the loss of innocence be thought the vault of hope; That which is dead within my heart revive and urge me play A song that’s sure unto all man to justify your ways Thru me tell the story, war on evanescence wage: Goddess sing the rage
Of one man’s firm obedience both tried and tested true Whose triumph, like the morning mist, gave unto each its due When meekly giving up the ghost he boldly thus denies A grave of such esteem for which a king would gladly die; Whose kinsmen at the gavel’s rap like vipers drunk with wrath Scourged heaven’s own begotten sent to speak on their behalf And laid to waste that greater man then dared to go so far As to blame all fault upon the silence of the stars; That which is dead within my heart revive and urge me play A song that’s sure unto all man to justify your ways Thru me tell the story, war on evanescence wage: Goddess sing the rage
Hail Holy Light! Offspring of Heaven’s word firstborn Command the formless infinite at once take on thy form And with thy vital lamp, dare I beseech thee to inspire, Set fire unto darkness dead alight upon thy pyre And from beneath thy sovereign seat where lies thy fountain’s spring Oblige the maids of memory descend and sweep my string; That which is dark illuminate, what’s low support and raise That I in mine may for all time thru death still sing thy praise; That which is dead within my heart revive and urge me play A song that’s sure unto all man to justify your ways Thru me tell the story, war on evanescence wage: Goddess sing the rage