Genesis
Devin Townsend Lyrics

Surrender it all receive this love
Give up everything and open yourself to receiving love

Receive this love
Accept and embrace the love that is being offered

If you're saying in your mind
If you're thinking and believing

"You're better off dead"
"It would be better if you weren't alive"

Well, before the madness comes
Before the insanity and chaos arrives

To claim your name
To take control and change your identity

A million years would go by
Countless eons would pass

(Tell us a story)
(Share with us a tale)

What could I say? What should I say?
What words could I use? How should I express myself?

It took all of my words and my fantasy worlds
I used up all my language and imaginary realms

And at the heart of it all, there was nothing
But deep down, there was emptiness

How they meet their maker is
The way they encounter their creator is

Their right while they're alive
Their privilege while they're still living

It's beautiful (It’s beautiful)
It's profoundly wonderful

Let there be light let there be moon
Let there be illumination and the presence of the moon

Let there be stars and let there be you
Let the stars exist and let there be your existence

Let there be monsters, let there be pain
Allow monsters to exist and let pain be present

Let us begin to live again
Let us initiate the act of truly living once more

From the top to the bottom genesis
From the very beginning to the very end of creation

I, beyond the universe i, beyond the mind
I am transcendent, surpassing both the physical universe and the realm of thought

All the world is in this together
The entire world is interconnected

Feel no fear, we're fearless forever
Don't experience any fear; we will always be fearless

So why can't we just sail away?
So why can't we simply escape?

Because you're so in love with
Because you're deeply infatuated with

This island of the mind
This mental refuge

(So in love with this island of the mind)
(So utterly captivated by this sanctuary of thoughts)

Know this here island is home
Understand that this particular island is your true home

You've got to get on your feet again
You need to regain your strength and stand up

(Genesis) get on your feet again
(Let it be a new beginning) Rise up once more

But without your "self"
However, without your ego or identity

What'll become of you?
What will happen to you?

(Take your leave now, shut up, shut up) you
(Depart from here, be quiet, be quiet) yourself

(Take your leave now, shut up, shut up)
(Leave now, be silent, be silent)

Please don't take me from my youth
Please don't separate me from my youthful experiences

(Take your leave now, shut up, shut up Shut up)
(Leave now, be quiet, be quiet Be silent)

When we're apart, we fall
When we're separated, we decline

Together, we feed the world
But when we're united, we nourish the world

So let there be light let there be moon
So let there be illumination and the presence of the moon

Let there be stars, and let there be you
Let the stars exist, and let your existence be

Let there be monsters, let there be pain
Allow monsters to exist, and let pain be present

Let us begin to feel again
Let us initiate the act of truly experiencing emotions once more

From the top to the bottom genesis
From the very beginning to the very end of creation