The song actually wasn’t supposed to be what it is at all, it was a very last minute change. Chino is very happy with the new version though, “I started it all over from scratch and I’m so glad I did, because I love where it is now to what it was, it’s like night and day.”.
[Verse 1]
I reject
Both sides of what I'm being told
I've seen right through
Now I watch how wild it gets
I finally achieve
Balance, balance, balance, balance
Approaching a delayed
Rebirth, rebirth, rebirth, rebirth
I'm positive
There's no sense to what I'm being sold
Yet here I go
I watch how wild we get
Oh, can you taste your life?
Balanced, balanced, balanced, balanced
How will you spend your time?
Reborn, reborn, reborn, reborn
[Chorus]
Climbing out of the ashes
Turning time inside out
We're miles beyond the sound
[Verse 2]
We'll start again
Taste a lifestyle that never gets old
Yet here we go
Just watch how wild it gets
I finally achieve
Balance, balance, balance, balance
Approaching a delayed
Rebirth, rebirth, rebirth, rebirth
[Chorus]
Climbing out of the ashes
We're turning time inside out
We're floating off in the ether
We're miles beyond the sound
[Bridge]
We're everywhere
No need to return
I'll show you the way
We're everywhere
No need to return
I can show you where
No need to return
I can show you
[Chorus]
Climbing out of the ashes
We're turning time inside out
Floating off in the ether
We're miles beyond the sound
[Outro]
Oh, can you taste your life?
Balanced
How will you spend your time?
Reborn
Genesis was written by Frank Delgado & Sergio Vega (Bassist) & Abe Cunningham & Chino Moreno & Stephen Carpenter.
Genesis was produced by Deftones & Terry Date.
In a special episode of ‘Rock Show With Daniel P. Carter’ on BBC Radio 1 that aired on September 27, 2020, band member Chino Moreno said the the following about the song:
The song “Genesis”, there was a whole other song to that. I wrote lyrics and sang a whole different song to that. The same exact...