Origin of Love

　　When the earth was still flat, and the clouds made of fire
　　And mountains stretched up to the sky, sometimes higher
　　Folks roamed the earth like big rolling kegs
　　They had two sets of arms, two sets of legs
　　They had two faces peering out of one giant head
　　And they could watch all around them
　　And they talked while they read
　　And they never knew nothing of love
　　It was before the origin of love
　　Origin of love
　　
　　And there were three sexes then
　　One that looked like two men glued back to back
　　Called the children of the sun
　　And similar in shape and girth were the children of the earth
　　They looked like two girls rolled up in one
　　And the children of the moon were like a fork shoved on a spoon
　　They were part sun, part earth, part daughter, part son
　　Origin of love
　　
　　Now the gods grew quite scared of our strength and defiance
　　And Thor said:
　　"I'm gonna kill them all with my hammer
　　Like I killed the giants."
　　And Zeus said:
　　"No, you better let me use my lightning, like scissors
　　Like I cut the legs off whales
　　And dinosaurs into lizards."
　　Then he grabbed up some bolts
　　And he let out a laugh, said:
　　"I'll split them right down to the middle
　　Gonna rip them right in half."
　　And then storm clouds gathered above
　　Into great balls of fire
　　
　　And the fire shot down
　　From the sky in bolts
　　Like shining blades of a knife
　　And it ripped right through the flesh
　　Of the children of the sun
　　And the moon, and the earth
　　And some Indian god
　　Sewed the would up into a hole
　　Pulled it 'round to our belly
　　To remind us of the price we pay
　　And Osiris and the gods of the Nile
　　Gathered up a big storm
　　To blow a hurricane
　　To scatter us away
　　In a flood of wind and rain
　　And a sea of tidal waves
　　To wash us all away
　　And if we dont behave
　　They'll cut us down again
　　And well be hopping round on one foot
　　Looking through one eye
　　
　　Last time I saw you
　　We had just split in two
　　You were looking at me, and I was looking at you
　　You had a way so familiar
　　But I could not recognize
　　'Cause you had blood on your face
　　And I had blood in my eyes
　　But I could swear by your expression
　　That the pain down in your soul
　　Was the same as the pain down in mine
　　That's the pain
　　Cuts a straight line down through the heart
　　We call it love
　　So we wrapped our arms around each other
　　Trying to shove ourselves back together
　　We were making love
　　It was a cold dark evening such a long time ago
　　When by the mighty hand of Jove
　　It was the sad story
　　How we became lonely two-legged creatures
　　It's the story of
　　The origin of love
　　That's the origin of love, origin of love, origin of love
　　
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　　當地球仍然平坦，雲是火焰
　　山峰直達天際，甚至更高
　　人類像滾筒在地面遊蕩
　　他們有兩雙臂膀、兩雙腿
　　巨大的頭上長了兩張臉
　　可以看到四面八方、邊說話邊看書
　　他們從未聽過愛情 那當時還沒出現
　　愛的由來
　　
　　當時有三種性別
　　一種就像兩個男人黏在一起 名為太陽之子
　　外貌相似的是大地之子 就像兩個女孩合而為一
　　月亮之子就像叉子插在湯匙上 融合太陽與大地、女兒與兒子
　　愛的由來
　　
　　諸神開始害怕 我們的力量與反抗
　　索爾說「我要用榔頭殺死他們，就像我殺死巨人」
　　但宙斯說「還是讓我用剪刀般的閃電」
　　「就像我砍斷鯨魚的腳、將恐龍變成蜥蜴」
　　他拿起一些閃電笑了一聲說「我要將他們從中切成兩半」
　　
　　烏雲開始在空中聚集 形成許多大火球
　　火焰從空中一道道打下 就像亮晃晃的刀鋒
　　一刀劈開了 太陽、月亮與大地之子
　　印地安神祇將傷口縫成一個洞
　　放在肚子上提醒我們這個代價
　　
　　奧西里斯與尼羅河諸神
　　將暴風雨匯聚成一個颶風 將我們吹散
　　用狂風驟雨和海嘯 將我們沖走
　　如果不安分，諸神將再降閃電
　　我們就只能用一隻腳跳、用一隻眼看
　　（否認我，你沒有好下場）
　　
　　上次見到你，我們才剛被分開
　　你看著我，我看著你
　　你是如此熟悉 我卻認不出來
　　因為妳的臉上與我的眼中有血
　　但妳的表情透露妳的靈魂深處
　　和我的靈魂深處一樣的痛 那是將心一分為二的痛
　　我們稱之為愛 我們張手擁抱想重新結合 我們做愛
　　那是許久以前的一個寒冷黑夜
　　萬能的神大手一揮
　　我們悲情成為孤獨的兩腿生物
　　這就是愛的由來 愛的由來