Story Behind The Song

Considering the flaws in my self, I began to consider what it was like for Adam, the original human, to observe the unexpected results of his first disobedience to God.

Song Description

Adam accepted deceit and pushed away the truth. The consequences of this were staggering, as he saw the depth of the curse he invited into existence. It impacted all aspects of life. In fact, it caused life to end. This song is Adam's journey through this horrifying and despairing realization.

Lyrics

There are thorns now creeping the vines of my field, as I claw at the dirt to sustain.
Everyday I persist as the earth resists; I wipe the sweat from my brow.
It's in the land.

There's a voice that murmurs and lures me to believe that deceit is not a lie.
It caresses my thoughts till my skin crawls; it won't go away.
It's in my head.

There's a strain that has fallen and dissipated. In the deep and in the shallow.
It seeps through the skin and into the marrow and drains my life to an end.
It's in my blood.

There's an agony in the woman you gave me as she labors to bring forth my son.
The piercing screams of a skull-crushing pain as she digs her heels with the strain.
Now it's in my child.

There's an ache that wakes me and takes my breath; a memory, before we were deceived.
I walked with God next to Eve. Now I can't go back.
It's in my heart.

This reality of what will come, a drifting yearning life.
A debt unpaid like an endless tomb and now I go to die.
It's in everything.