Breathing life to the immovable Sun Shaping the ever living waters from the desolate void Radiating grace from the celestial grove In his likeness, man surged from the womb of the earth and throve God made flesh to drink from the cup of immortality Proscribed from the tree of knowledge, axis mundi Unchained by the sin to thread in the paths of the pure Beguiled by the treacherous bread to a fate obscure Betraying the covenant with the timeless lawgiver Lusting for the unknowable Eve to the son Of the abyss betroth Betraying the covenant with the timeless lawgiver Lusting for the unknowable Eve to the son Of the abyss betroth For dust, you are and to dust you shall return Their nakedness unveiled Their innocence forlorn Procreating the transgressions of the unborn Clothed by shame Unshackled and untamed Under the blade of the flaming sword, forever to slave and toil Baited by pride and greed, fathering the demon seed Besieging man for eternity, peccatis nostris Harbingers of the fall, condemned to beg and crawl Defiling purity, banished with indignity Bringing solace to the despondent keeper Soothing his wishes and his stupor The serpent bride arose Bringing solace to the despondent keeper Soothing his wishes and his stupor The serpent bride arose