Fountain Of Salmacis Lyrics - Genesis Revisited (reis) - Steve Hackett

From a dense forest of tall dark pinewood 

Mount Ida rises like an island. 

Within a hidden cave, nymphs had kept a child: 

Hermaphroditus, son of gods, so afraid of their love. 

As the dawn creeps up the sky, 

The hunter caught sight of a doe. 

In desire for conquest, 

He found himself within a glade he'd not beheld before. 

Hermaphroditus: / Narrator: 

"Where are you, my father? / "Then he could go no further 

Give wisdom to your son" / Now lost, the boy was guided by the sun" 

And as his strength began to fail, 

He saw a shimmering lake. 

a shadow in the dark green depths 

Disturbed the strange tranquility. 

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Salmacis: / Narrator: 

"The waters are disturbed / "The waters are disturbed 

Some creature has been stirred" / Naiad queen Salmacis has been stirred" 

As he rushed to quench his thirst, 

A fountain spring appeared before him. 

And as his heated breath brushed through the cool mist 

A liquid voice called, "Son of gods, drink from my spring." 

The water tasted strangely sweet. 

Behind him the voice called again. 

He turned and saw her, in a cloak of mist alone, 

And as he gazed, her eyes were filled with the darkness of the lake. 

Salmacis: / Narrator: 

'We shall be one / 'She wanted them as one 

We shall be joined as one' / Yet he had no desire to be one' 

Hermaphroditus: 

"Away from me, cold-blooded woman. 

Your thirst is not mine." 

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Salmacis: 

"Nothing will cause us to part. 

Hear me, O Gods!" 

Unearthly calm ascended from the sky 

And then their flesh and bones were strangely merged. 

Forever to be joined as one. 

The creature crawled into the lake. 

A fading voice was heard: 

"And I beg, yes I beg, that all who touch this spring 

May share my fate." 

Salmacis: / Narrator: 

"We are the one / "The two are now made one, 

We are the one" / Demi-god and nymph are now made one" 

Both had given everything they had. 

A lover's dream had been fulfilled at last. 

Forever still beneath the lake.