Before The Guilt,We Were Free

Intro

Before the guilt, before the shame,

The body wore no other name.

The moon was high, the earth was wide,

And Artemis was on our side.

Verse 1

We danced in the groves, we bathed in the spring,

No one told us what desire could bring.

The sacred was not hidden in a book,

It was in the gaze, the touch, the look.

The statues stood with open thighs,

And no one taught us how to lie.

Pre-Chorus

They came with words like "sin" and "fall,"

But we were here before them all.

We were free.

Chorus

Before the guilt, before the fall,

The body answered nature's call.

Before the guilt, before the shame,

We knew the fire, we knew the flame.

No god of fear, no book of lies,

Could close the truth of open eyes.

Verse 2

The woman was not made to kneel,

The man was not a tyrant's seal.

The body was a temple, not a test,

And Artemis knew what was best.

She wore the bow, she wore the moon,

And she would not be silenced soon.

Pre-Chorus

They came with words like "sin" and "fall,"

But we were here before them all.

We were free.

Chorus

Before the guilt, before the fall,

The body answered nature's call.

Before the guilt, before the shame,

We knew the fire, we knew the flame.

No god of fear, no book of lies,

Could close the truth of open eyes.

Bridge

The dance was never meant to end,

The lover was never meant to bend.

We were the first.

We were the last.

We were the truth before the past.

Chorus Final

Before the guilt, before the fall,

The body answered nature's call.

Before the guilt, before the shame,

We knew the fire, we knew the flame.

No god of fear, no book of lies,

Could close the truth of open eyes.

**Outro** [Lyre and a single note, fading]*

*[female Spoken, a whisper]*

Before the guilt...

...we were free

End