Nathaniel Barlam's video: The Lamia Illustrated

Musical Comic for The Lamia, track sixteen off Genesis' album The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (1974). Rael follows the alluring scent through the hallway and into a large chamber that houses a long rose water pool. The walls are adorned with velvet and honeysuckle and there's a light fog in the air. But as he approaches the water he finds he is not alone, as the pool is inhabited by the Lamia, reptilian creatures with the diminutive head and breasts of a beautiful woman. His horror gives way to infatuation as their soft green eyes show their welcome, and soon he follows their siren song into the pool. They knead his flesh until his bones appear to melt, and at a point at which he feels he cannot go beyond, they nibble at his body. Taking in the first drops of his blood, their eyes blacken and their bodies are shaken. Distraught with helpless passion he watches as his lovers die. In a desperate attempt to bring what is left of them into his being, he takes and eats their bodies, and struggles to leave his lovers’ nest. Eventually he encounters a boat, which he pilots out of the chamber as it resets itself in preparation of the next lover to enter its doors. This is part of a long term project to illustrate the entire album. New videos will be uploaded for free upon their completion, as I do this work strictly not for profit. All rights belong to Genesis/whoever owns it (which may restrict access to the video on certain devices, but should still be fine on a regular computer). The artwork is owned by me.