The scent grows richer,
B6 Bbm7he knows he must be here,
E/G# Ebm/F#He finds a long passageway lit by
chandelier.
Each step he takes, the perfumes change
B6 Bbm7From familiar fragrance to flavours strange.
E/G# Ebm/F#A magnificent chamber meets his
eye.
B/Eb C#6
Inside, a long rose-water pool
B6 Bbm7is shrouded by fine mist.
Stepping in the moist silence, with a
Fm7/warm breeze he's gently kissed.
B/Eb C#6
Thinking he is quite alone,
B6 Bbm7He enters the room, as if it were his own
But ripples on the sweet pink water
Fm7/Reveal some company unthought of -
Cm G#/C Cm7 G#/C Bb6
Rael stands astonished doubting his sight,
G#7+ Eb Eb/DStruck by beauty, gripped in fright;
Three ver-milion snakes of female face
G#7+ Eb FThe smallest motion, filled with grace.
Gm Dm F7+ C7+ D
Muted melodies fill the echoing hall,
Gm Dm F7+ C7+ F7+ C7+/ DBut there is no sign of warning in the siren's call:
"Rael welcome, we are the Lamia of the pool.
A E A E F#m C#mWe have been waiting for our waters to bring you cool."
( F#m C#/F Eb4/Bb Bb Ebm/Bb Bb7 Bb )
Piano Solo: ( Eb7 C#7+/F Eb7 C#7+/F Eb7 Fm/Bb C#m/F# )
Putting fear beside him,
B6 Bbm7he trusts in beauty blind
E/G# Ebm/F#He slips into the nectar, leaving his
shredded clothes behind.
"With their tongues, they test, taste and judge
B6 Bbm7all that is mine.
E/G# Ebm/F#They move in a series of caresses
That glide up and down my spine.
B/Eb C#6
As they nibble the fruit of my flesh,
B6 Bbm7I feel no pain,
Only a magic that a
Fm7/name would stain.
B/Eb C#6
With the first drop of my blood in their veins
B6 Bbm7Their faces are convulsed in mortal pains.
The fairest cries, 'We all have loved you,
Fm7/Rael'."
Cm G#/C Cm7 G#/C Bb6
Each empty snakelike body floats,
G#7+ Eb Eb/DSilent sorrow in empty boats.
A sickly sourness fills the room,
G#7+ Eb FThe bitter harvest of a dying bloom.
Gm Dm F7+ C7+ D
Looking for motion I know I will not find,
Gm Dm F7+ C7+ F7+ C7+/ DI stroke the curls now turning pale, in which I'd lain entwined.
"Oh Lamia, your flesh that remains I will take as my food."
A E A E F#m C#mIt is the scent of garlic that lingers on my chocolate fingers.
( F#m C#/F Eb4/Bb Bb Ebm/Bb Bb7 Bb )
Piano Solo: ( Eb7 C#7+/F Eb7 C#7+/F Eb7 Fm/Bb C#m/F# )
Looking behind me,
B6 Bbm7the water turns icy blue,
E/G# Ebm/F# Fm7/The lights are dimmed and once again the stage is set for you.
( B/Eb C#6 B6 Bbm7 E/G# Ebm/F# Fm7/ ) Fde
Chords (this is just the way I play them, you can find yours):
B/Eb x6x877
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