SINS OF EVE (Lyrics)

In 1967, a beautiful child

bore a beautiful child.

And the child was on her knees

begging him please, “Take me to the dance.”

but his heart was cold… He was growing 

old before his time, jealous of her light.

She was radiant with grief,

bearing the fruit of his… seed.

Singing gospel music is

an ineffective birth control.

I’ve sacrificed my every intuition to those

who say…they know.

We were taught to believe we

bear the sins of Eve.

I will spend my life on bruised

knees bearing…the sins of Eve.

In 1990 a greying woman

bears a girl child.

She speaks onto the child every blessing

from the text that she can revive.

but the child is so sad, so stubborn, seeking salvation

in the backseat… of his car.

And a man’s affection will become the 

catalyst and the scar.

A woman’s body is her

greatest blessing, greatest curse.

The only redemption to be found is

putting it to verse.

I was taught to believe I bear

the sins of Eve.

I will spend my life on bruised knees,

bearing…the sins of Eve.