It was just another day in paradise The Sun was blazing in the sky so wide The flowers bloomed in colors bright And beasts ran free on every side Man gazed in awe at all creation And wondered how God made it whole With sacred love and admiration Life beat strong in every soul No heart had yet been torn or twisted No rage or hatred could be found Only love had been enlisted And joy and peace were all around But through the eye of evil, sharp and sly A wicked whisper stirred the air The serpent slithered, creeping by Toward the woman standing there Eat, she hissed with voice so sweet Devour this fruit, so rich, divine A sacred gift, a seeded treat From Eden's boldest, brightest vine And that's when the sky forgot the Sun Darkness poured where light had run Deception bloomed in garden soil The heavens cursed, began their toil The Devil's footprints scorched the sand Of deserts vast and burning red Where man was doomed to roam the land In search of water, hope, and bread When shadows swallowed every light And evil rose to claim the day Defying Heaven's holy might And dragging man into decay Eat, she hissed with voice so sweet Devour this fruit, so rich, divine A sacred gift, a seeded treat From Eden's boldest, brightest vine And that's when the sky forgot the Sun Darkness poured where light had run Deception bloomed in garden soil The heavens cursed, began their toil