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

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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 Now lost, the boy was guided
to your son. 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.
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 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, 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.



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Genesis - 1970-1975

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]