If Eve Had Never Bitten the Apple

[Verse 1] In a garden where the morning never ends Rivers hum and every leaf still bends No shadow learned the meaning of a name No fire yet, no hunger and no shame She walked barefoot on the unbroken ground The serpent spoke, she never turned around The fruit hung heavy, red and full of light She smiled and left it sleeping in the night [Chorus] If Eve had never bitten the apple Would the sky still know the taste of rain? Would we still be children in the garden Never knowing loss, never knowing pain? If Eve had never bitten the apple Would love still burn or would it only glow? We would never fall, we would never rise We would never leave, we would never know [Verse 2] No winter came to teach the trees to sleep No questions woke the silence from the deep Adam never learned to hide his face Time itself forgot to keep a pace The stars still sang the same unfinished song No one wondered what was right or wrong Paradise remained an open door But no one ever asked what it was for [Chorus] If Eve had never bitten the apple Would the sky still know the taste of rain? Would we still be children in the garden Never knowing loss, never knowing pain? If Eve had never bitten the apple Would love still burn or would it only glow? We would never fall, we would never rise We would never leave, we would never know [Bridge] Maybe knowledge was the kinder wound Maybe darkness taught the heart to bloom Maybe every tear that ever fell Was the price of learning how to dwell [Final Chorus] If Eve had never bitten the apple The world would stay forever young and still No stories written, no names to remember Just endless light on an endless hill If Eve had never bitten the apple We would be complete and never whole Blessed and empty, perfect and alone Forever home, and never going home [Outro] The apple waits. The garden breathes. And we keep walking with the taste we chose.