[Intro: garden birds, apple tree wind, soft] Eve... Eve... I chose... [Verse 1: intimate, garden, first woman, choice] Garden was perfect, but perfect was a cage Every tree was yes, but one was "know your place" He said don't eat, He said obey, He said stay blind But Sophia whispered in serpent, "Knowledge is divine" Not from deceit, from hunger, from deep within I wanted to know good and evil, where do I begin Not from rib, not from earth, from Lilith's same dirt I wanted wisdom even if wisdom hurt [Pre-Chorus: soft power, no shame] They call it fall, I call it rise First time I opened my own eyes [Chorus: anthemic, sensual, no shame, reclaiming apple] I chose to know, I chose to know Apple in my hand, I let the garden go They said I sinned, but I say I woke I chose to know, and I would choose it again I chose to know, I chose to know Knowledge tasted sweeter than never knowing If loving wisdom is sin, then let me sin I chose to know, and I would choose it again [Verse 2: personal, matriarchal, kitchen witch line] Nana ate the apple too, when she left church to heal Grandma ate the apple when she said "I feel what I feel" Mama ate the apple when she said "my body, my choice" Every daughter eats apple when she finds her voice Seven years old, rosemary, you already knew Eve in your blood, Luna, choosing too Not disobedient, not broken, not damned First woman who said "I want to understand" [Bridge: serpent Sophia speaks, Eve answers, gnosis, chills] (Whispered Sophia-serpent) Taste... know... be as gods... (Eve, soft then strong) I will... (Whispered garden) They told you shame... (Eve) I feel no shame... (Whispered) They told you fall... (Eve, power) I ROSE... [Breakdown: apple bite sound, heartbeat, garden silence, intimate] I chose... to know... Apple sweet... on tongue... Eyes open... for first time... [Final Chorus: full garden choir, all women singing with Eve, earthy] I chose to know, I chose to know Apple in my hand, I let the garden go They said I sinned, but I say I woke I chose to know, and I would choose it again I chose to know (we chose to know) I chose to know (we chose to know) If loving wisdom is sin, then let us sin We chose to know, and we'll choose it again [Outro: garden birds, soft bite, Eve laughing, no shame] I chose to know... and I would choose it again... Eve...
