When the earth was
still flat and the clouds
made of fire
and the 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
Well there were
three sexes then
one that looked like
two men glued on
back to back
they were the
children of the sun
And similar in shape
girth were the children
of the earth
they looked like two
girls rolled up in one
And the children of
the moon was like a
fork shoved on a spoon
They were part sun
part earth part
daughter part son
oh the origin of love
Well 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
but zeus said no
You'd better let me
use my lightning
like scissors
like I cut the legs
off the whales
dinosaurs into lizards
Then he grabbed up
some bolts, 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 to a hole
turned it 'round to
our bellies to remind us
the price we payed
And Osiris, and the
gods of the Nile
gathered up a big storm
to blow a hurricane
To scatter us away
a flood of wind and rain,
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
Looking through
one eye
The last time I saw
you we had just
split in two
You was looking at me,
I was looking at you
You had a way so
familiar I could not
recognize
cause you had blood
on your face
and I had blood
in my eyes
But I swear by
your expression
that the pain down in
your soul was the same
as the one down in mine
That's the pain
that cuts a straight
line down through
the heart
we call it love
We wrapped our arms
around each other
tried 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 a sad story how
we became lonely
two-legged creatures
the story, the origin
of love
That's the origin of love
oh yeah, the origin
of love
The origin of love
The origin of love