The Lamia Lyrics

The song The Lamia is performed by Genesis in the album named 1970-1975 in the year 2008 .



The scent grows richer
He knows he must be near
He finds a long pa*sageway
Lit by chandelier

Each step he takes
The perfumes change
From familiar fragrance
To flavors strange
A magnificent chamber
Meets his eye

Inside, a long rose water pool
Is shrouded by fine mist
Stepping in the moist silence
With a warm breeze he's gently kissed

Thinking he is quite alone
He enters the room, as if it were his own
But ripples on the sweet pink water
Reveal some company unthought of

Rael stands astonished
Doubting his sight
Struck by beauty
Gripped in fright

Three vermilion snakes
Of female face
The smallest motion
Filled with grace

Muted melodies
Fill the echoing hall
But there is no sign of warning
In the siren's call

"Rael welcome
We are the Lamia of the pool
We have been waiting
For our waters to bring you cool"

Putting fear beside him
He trusts in beauty blind
He slips into the nectar
Leaving his shredded clothes behind

With their tongues
They test, taste and judge all that is mine
They move in a series of caresses
That glide up and down my spine

As they nibble the fruit of my flesh
I feel no pain
Only a magic
That a name would stain

With the first drop
Of my blood in their veins
Their faces are convulsed
In mortal pains
The fairest cries, "We all
Have loved you Rael'"

Each empty snakelike body floats
Silent sorrow in empty boats
A sickly sourness fills the room
The bitter harvest of a dying bloom

Looking for motion
I know I will not find
I stroke the curls now turning pale
In which I'd lain entwined

O Lamia, your flesh that remains
I will take as my food
It is the scent of garlic that lingers
On my chocolate fingers

Looking behind me
The water turns icy blue
The lights are dimmed
And once again the stage is set for you




Genesis - 1970-1975

Nov 2008

  1. Looking For Someone [New Stereo Mix]
  2. White Mountain [New Stereo Mix]
  3. Visions Of Angels [New Stereo Mix]
  4. Stagnation [New Stereo Mix]
  5. Dusk [New Stereo Mix]
  6. The Knife [New Stereo Mix]
  7. The Musical Box [New Stereo Mix]
  8. For Absent Friends [New Stereo Mix]
  9. The Return Of The Giant Hogweed [New Stereo Mix]
  10. Seven Stones [New Stereo Mix]
  11. Harold The Barrel [New Stereo Mix]
  12. Harlequin [New Stereo Mix]
  13. The Fountain Of Salmacis [New Stereo Mix]
  14. Watcher Of The Skies [New Stereo Mix]
  15. Time Table [New Stereo Mix]
  16. Get 'Em Out By Friday [New Stereo Mix]
  17. Can-Utility And The Coastliners [New Stereo Mix]
  18. Horizons [New Stereo Mix]
  19. Supper's Ready [New Stereo Mix]
  20. Dancing With The Moonlit Knight [New Stereo Mix]
  21. I Know What I Like [In Your Wardrobe] [New Stereo Mix]
  22. Firth Of Fifth [New Stereo Mix]
  23. More Fool Me [New Stereo Mix]
  24. The Battle Of Epping Forest [New Stereo Mix]
  25. After The Ordeal [New Stereo Mix]
  26. The Cinema Show [New Stereo Mix]
  27. Aisle Of Plenty [New Stereo Mix]
  28. The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway [New Stereo Mix]
  29. Fly On A Windshield [New Stereo Mix]
  30. Broadway Melody Of 1974 [New Stereo Mix]
  31. Cuckoo Cocoon [New Stereo Mix]
  32. In The Cage [New Stereo Mix]
  33. The Grand Parade Of Lifeless Packaging [New Stereo Mix]
  34. Back In N.Y.C. [New Stereo Mix]
  35. Hairless Heart [New Stereo Mix]
  36. Counting Out Time [New Stereo Mix]
  37. Carpet Crawlers [New Stereo Mix]
  38. The Chamber Of 32 Doors [New Stereo Mix]
  39. Lilywhite Lilith [New Stereo Mix]
  40. The Waiting Room [New Stereo Mix]
  41. Anyway [New Stereo Mix]
  42. Here Comes The Supernatural Anaesthetist [New Stereo Mix]
  43. The Lamia [New Stereo Mix]
  44. Silent Sorrow In Empty Boats [New Stereo Mix]
  45. The Colony Of Slippermen [The Arrival / A Visit To The Doktor / Raven]
  46. Ravine [New Stereo Mix]
  47. The Light Dies Down On Broadway [New Stereo Mix]
  48. Riding The Scree [New Stereo Mix]
  49. In The Rapids [New Stereo Mix]
  50. It [New Stereo Mix]
  51. Happy The Man
  52. Twilight Alehouse
  53. Going Out To Get You [Demo 1969]
  54. Shepherd [BBC Nightride 1970]
  55. Pacidy [BBC Nightride 1970]
  56. Let Us Now Make Love [BBC Nightride 1970]
  57. Provocation [Genesis Plays Jackson]
  58. Frustration [Genesis Plays Jackson]
  59. Manipulation [Genesis Plays Jackson]
  60. Resignation [Genesis Plays Jackson]


The Lamia