[Intro — spoken, dry, over one clean guitar note] פָּרָשַׁת בְּרֵאשִׁית — the first week of the world, and the first choice in it. [Verse 1 — quiet, single guitar, close vocal] You made the light before You made the day. You made the ground before You made me. You took the dust up in Your hand and breathed a living soul in me. וַיִּפַּח בְּאַפָּיו נִשְׁמַת חַיִּים — You breathed the breath of life in me. [Pre-Chorus — drums enter, building hard] And You said it to the first man's son, before a single thing was done — not after. Before. [Chorus — everyone together, massive, wide open] וְאַתָּה תִּמְשָׁל־בּוֹ — you can rule over it! וְאַתָּה תִּמְשָׁל־בּוֹ — you can rule over it! Rashi says it in five words: if you want to, you can win. וְאַתָּה תִּמְשָׁל־בּוֹ — you can rule over it! [Verse 2 — quiet again, guitar and bass only] Six days of building, and it was not done. Rashi asks what the world was missing. Rest. It was only missing rest. שַׁבָּת came, and the work was finished. וַיְקַדֵּשׁ אֹתוֹ — and He made that day holy. [Pre-Chorus — drums enter, building hard] And You said it to the first man's son, before a single thing was done — not after. Before. [Chorus — everyone together, massive, wide open] וְאַתָּה תִּמְשָׁל־בּוֹ — you can rule over it! וְאַתָּה תִּמְשָׁל־בּוֹ — you can rule over it! Rashi says it in five words: if you want to, you can win. וְאַתָּה תִּמְשָׁל־בּוֹ — you can rule over it! [Bridge — near silence, one voice and a pad, then it explodes] He called into the trees, אַיֶּכָּה — where are you? He is still asking. And Sforno says the whole world only got the word מְאֹד, very good, when every part of it stood complete. So stand. So stand. [Chorus — everyone together, massive, wide open] וְאַתָּה תִּמְשָׁל־בּוֹ — you can rule over it! וְאַתָּה תִּמְשָׁל־בּוֹ — you can rule over it! Rashi says it in five words: if you want to, you can win. וְאַתָּה תִּמְשָׁל־בּוֹ — you can rule over it! [Outro — full choir, guitars ringing out, slowing to a stop] וְאַתָּה תִּמְשָׁל־בּוֹ — you can rule over it. וְנֹחַ מָצָא חֵן — and Noach found favor. The door is still open.
