Van Morrison
In The Garden
The streets are always wet with rain
After a summer shower when I saw you standin‘
In the garden in the garden wet with rain
You wiped the teardrops from your eye in sorrow
As we watched the petals fall down to the ground
And as I sat beside you I felt the
Great sadness that day in the garden
And then one day you came back home
You were a creature all in rapture
You had the key to your soul
And you did open that day you came back to the garden
The olden summer breeze was blowin‘ on your face
The light of God was shinin‘ on your countenance divine
And you were a violet colour as you
Sat beside your father and your mother in the garden
The summer breeze was blowin‘ on your face
Within your violet you treasure your summery words
And as the shiver from my neck down to my spine
Ignited me in daylight and nature in the garden
And you went into a trance
Your childlike vision became so fine
And we heard the bells inside the church
We loved so much
And felt the presence of the youth of
Eternal summers in the garden
And as it touched your cheeks so lightly
Born again you were and blushed and we touched each other lightly
And we felt the presence of the Christ
And I turned to you and I said
No Guru, no method, no teacher
Just you and I and nature
And the father in the garden
No Guru, no method, no teacher
Just you and I and nature
And the Father and the
Son and the Holy Ghost
In the garden wet with rain
No Guru, no method, no teacher
Just you and I and nature and the holy ghost
In the garden, in the garden, wet with rain
No Guru, no method, no teacher
Just you and I and nature
And the Father in the garden
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Genesis
The Fountain Of Salmacis
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.
—
R.E.M.
Everybody Hurts
When the day is long and the night, the night is yours alone,
When you’re sure you’ve had enough of this life, well hang on
Don’t let yourself go, everybody cries and everybody hurts sometimes
Sometimes everything is wrong. now it’s time to sing along
When your day is night alone, (hold on, hold on)
If you feel like letting go, (hold on)
When you think you’ve had too much of this life, well hang on
’cause everybody hurts. take comfort in your friends
Everybody hurts. don’t throw your hand. oh, no. don’t throw your hand
If you feel like you’re alone, no, no, no, you are not alone
If you’re on your own in this life, the days and nights are long,
When you think you’ve had too much of this life to hang on
Well, everybody hurts sometimes,
Everybody cries. and everybody hurts sometimes
And everybody hurts sometimes. so, hold on, hold on
Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on
Everybody hurts. you are not alone
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