[John Cameron Mitchell'in “aşkın kökeni ayrılıktır” diyen süper şarkısı, Hedwig and the Angry Inch'i izlediğimden beri kulaklarımda...]
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./ They had two sets of legs./ They had two faces peering/ Out of one giant head/ So they could watch all around them/ As they talked; while they read./ And they never knew nothing of love./ It was before the origin of love.
The origin of love
And there were three sexes then,/ One that looked like two men/ Glued up 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.
The 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 lightening, like scissors,/ Like I cut the legs off the whales/ And dinosaurs into lizards."/ Then he grabbed up some bolts/ And he let out a laugh,/ Said, "I'll split them right down the middle./ Gonna cut them right up in half."/ And then storm clouds gathered above/ Into great balls of fire
And then 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 wound 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 don't behave/ They'll cut us down again/ And we'll be hopping round on one foot/ And looking through one eye.
Last time I saw you/ We had just split in two./ You were looking at me./ I was looking at you./ You had a way so familiar,/ But I could not recognize,/ Cause you had blood on your face;/ 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 one down in mine./ That's the pain,/ Cuts a straight line/ Down through the heart;/ We called it love./ So we wrapped our arms around each other,/ Trying to shove ourselves back together./ We were making love,/ 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.