The Fountain Of Salmacis Lyrics - Genesis Revisited: Live At The Royal Albert Hall - Steve Hackett

From a dense forest of tall dark pinewood 

Mount Ida rises like and island 

Within a hidden cave, nymphs have 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 

"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 

"The waters are disturbed ("The waters are disturbed) 

Some creature has been stirred" (The naiad queen Salmacis has been stirred") 

A he rushed to quench his thirst 

A fountain spring appeard 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 strangley 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 

"We shall be one ("She wanted them as one) 

We shall be joined as one" (Yet he had no desire to be one") 

"Away from me cold-blooded woman 

Your thirst is not mine" 

"Nothing will cause us to part 

Hear me O gods" 

Unearthly calm descended 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" 

"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 

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