Genesis Archive #3 The Fountain Of Salmacis [Very Special Version: Piano/Vocal]

Guddal [P], Matte [P], Gabriel [V]

The Fountain Of Salmacis
Nursery Cryme
(Tony Banks/Phil Collins/Peter Gabriel/Steve Hackett/Mike Rutherford)


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
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 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"

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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[ginises83]

I dont understand when at " where are you my father" the chords is different for me like three side live

[AsukaSorju]

Oh my, this version is amazing!

[SirensCry]

I found this explantion on Can Ultilty:

The multitrack isn't available, but 5.1 surround-sound mixes are. In 2007, all their albums except the very first one were released as two-disk packages: a 5.1 mix and a new stereo mix. Typically the center channel of the 5.1 contains only the vocals. An ingenious fan has pulled Peter's vocal from the center channel of this release, and added it to the instrumental version on the CD "Genesis for Two Grand Pianos" by Yngve Guddal and Roger Matte.

[TheNorthBerliner]

Please, who can help me??

In Archive#3 are TWO pianos. The first one is TONY, clearly! But who is the second?? Peter?

Where can I find more information about this "piano-archive"#3? ITS GREAT!!!

Please answers if you are able.

GRETTINGS TO ALL FANS from a BERLINER

[playguitarlars]

NC DTS mono files ripped, plus the Two pianos version. Very nice idea and editing job... Wish I'd thought of it...

[spazcamp]

Very nice ... I really like it!

[pinkfloydinspace]

One of my favorite Genesis songs from Nursery Cryme which was the album that got me into Progressive Rock in the first place. This piano version is almost equally good. I like the piano over the synths but the overall band arragements are better in the album released version.

[rickfan1964]

wowwwwwww!!!! this gave me goosebumps!!! ;) really catches the mood!

[TheExeter]

I have never heard or heard of these ever being made. I love this version. I absolutely love it! When did they do this version?

[pinamar13]

wanderfull job!!!!