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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 farther
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
Distrubed the strange tranquility.
Salmacis: Narrator:
'The waters are disturbed 'The waters are disturbed
Some creature has been stirred' The 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'
Salmacis: 'Nothing will cause us to part
Hear me O gods'

Unearthly calm descended from ther 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, 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.

THE FOUNTAIN OF SALMACIS

Hermaphrodite: a flower containing both male and female
organs; a person or animal of both sexes.
The child Hermaphroditus was the son of Hermes and
Aphrodite, the result of a secret love affair, for this
reason he was entrusted to the nymphs of the isolated
Mount Ida, who allowed him to grow up as a wild creature
of the woods. After his encounter with the water-nymph
Salmacis, he laid a curse upon the water. According to
fable, all persons who bathed in the water became
hermaphrodites.



All titles composed, arranged and performed by Genesis.
Recorded at Trident Studios, London.


TONY BANKS - Organ, Mellotron, Piano, Electric Piano,
12 string guitar, Voices.
MICHAEL RUTHERFORD - Bass, Bass Pedals, 12 string guitar, Voices.
PETER GABRIEL - Lead Voice, Flute, Bass Drum, Tambourine.
STEVE HACKETT - Electric Guitar, 12 string guitar.
PHIL COLLINS - Drums, Voices, Percussion.


PRODUCED by JOHN ANTHONY
ENGINEERED by DAVID HENTSCHEL
Tape Jockey - Mike Stone
SLEEVE DESIGN - Paul Whitehead Inspired by 'The Musical Box'

(P) & (C) 1971 Charisma Records.



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The Fountain Of Salmacis lyrics

Nursery Cryme album songs

released 1971 via
1. The Musical Box
2. For Absent Friends
3. The Return Of The Giant Hogweed
4. Seven Stones
5. Harold The Barrel
6. Harlequin
7. The Fountain Of Salmacis
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check here the lyrics for The Fountain Of Salmacis, the 7th song of the 7 recorded for the album Nursery Cryme, with a total running time of , by Genesis. It was released on via , and produced by .