The Fountain of Salmacis

[Verse 1]
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

[Verse 2]
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

[Chorus]
"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)

[Verse 3]
And as his strength began to fail
He saw a shimmering lake
A shadow in the dark green depths
Disturbed the strange tranquillity

[Chorus]
"The waters are disturbed"
"Some creature has been stirred"
(The naiad queen Salmacis has been stirred)

[Verse 4]
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"

[Verse 5]
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

[Chorus]
"We shall be one" (She wanted them as one)
"We shall be joined as one" (Yet he had no desire to be one)

[Instrumental Break]

[Bridge]
"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
(Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah)
And then their flesh and bones were strangely merged
Forever to be joined as one
(Ah-ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah)

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 6]
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"

[Chorus]
"We are the one" (The two are now made one)
"We are the one" (Demi-God and nymph are now made one)

[Outro]
Both had given everything they had
(Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah)
A lover's dream had been fulfilled at last
Forever still beneath the lake
(Ah-ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah)
(Ah-ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah)
(Ah-ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah)
(Ah-ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah)
(Ah-ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah)
(Ah-ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah)
(Ah-ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah)