He was a child and saved his mother Showing his courage to the others He was so jealous of your rival Zeus' son was a devil to him Watching his training from the shadows He emerged from darkeness He was invited to train together This is an insult forever Train and get to my feet He said to provoke him With an arrow in the chest He was no longer the best He saw her and fell in love And began a mad chase When the arrow find his chest He felt lost, no longer himself Running from her stalker's eyes The nymph let out pleading cries Her beauty would be shed She wants peace and rest She was never yours And never will be He will never kiss her She was free How to live without my nymph? And the gods hearding the prayer The young girl was turning Into a beautiful green tree A Laurel now, she was finally free She never said She never wanted to stay The world went gray And there was her place On the land With the roots Bound to the earth