Goddess in the Machine Lyrics


I. Songs of Creation

In the great beginning

Sky and Earth were combined, joined as one

From yin and yang came springing

Pangu the god, from the balance

And so, light shone through the cosmos

As he worked, lifting Sky from Earth

Above the highest mountains

The goddess Nüwa soared

With her hands she molded humans out of clay

She smiled upon the fertile land

Where her children ran and played

And all was good beneath the light of day

II. The War of Water and Fire

The other gods looked upon the world

And mobilized their pawns across the board

As Sky and Sea vied for strength and more

Opposing forces soon descend to war

The God of Water rises

From the ocean, fighting to control

His waves come crashing down upon the people

Drowning out the world

From above the God of Fire

Rising higher, raining down his curse

The towering flames of destruction

Smite the land and devastate the Earth

So let them fight, the ocean and the flame

Their raging war puts the world at stake

With every blow, Nüwa’s children pay

As Pangu’s world falls into decay

Break the beams that yet hold up the sky

Triumph in the end, it shall be mine

The sea is where life forms and dies

No one else may rule over the Earth, no one but I

III. Nüwa Mends the Heavens

Heal the Earth

With five stones, revive

Patch the blue sky

She drew her last breath

And fell into a slumber

Gong the Tyrant sends forth his monsters

As she sleeps, to siphon out her healing blood