Original Version LP Rerelease Version 1. Opium (radio edit) 2:51 1. Opium (radio edit) 2:51 2. Raven claws 3:17 2. Raven claws 3:17 3. Ruin & misery 3:50 3. Ruin & misery 3:50 4. Opium (album version) 2:50 4. Opium (album version) 2:50 total time 12:48 total time 12:48
Opium Opium, desire or will? Inspiration bound from an elegant seed Subversion, through smoke I foresee Erotic motions of lesser gods in ectasy Opium, bring me forth another dream Spawn worlds of flesh and red, little jewels of atrocity Opium, I sleep in debauchery And burn with you when you burn in Me Opium, we fantasize as we fuse with your root You are a strange flower, we are your strangest fruit Opium, it burns in me and you Opium, it burns for me and for you "Por isso eu tomo ópio. É um remédio. Sou um convalescente do Momento. Moro no rés do chão do Pensamento E ver passar a vida faz-me tédio." Raven Claws I remember her as a child Raven...on and on with her raven claws Carving...on and on with her raven claws How she lusts when she remembers The night of her first blow She always wanted to know How far could she really go Inflamed, a dead-end room Seduce to consume Nightsilence...Vampire...Empire Statues with open wounds The flavour of poison and moon Still maturing on her blood She is not your occasional affair, no! But eternal love, drop by drop... Raven...on and on with her raven claws Carving...on and on with her raven claws How daylight hurts when moonlight bites She juggles with her invisible knife A black bird senses danger and flies Gives peace to a tall figure in the dark Little silhouette snakes find a warm nest behind the door And whip-tongues and skins of sisters now gone. Bodyprints cover the velvet floor Which grows red and red They know she will hunt and hurt tonight And they crown her Queen of the Dead. Raven...on and on with her raven claws Raping...on and on with her raven claws Will she weep for them or whip them once again? Ruin & Misery In each of your failures I saw my victory And each time you fall A knife tattoos a smile On my lips You are now empty of life And we are drunk with death Raw models Ruin & Misery I can offer you a hand To help you hold the dagger A perfect jewel for Our perfect end And as we lay, we kissed Fingers wet with poison Thinking to each one There is beauty in death Raw models Ruin & Misery Allow me to doubt We were lovers who could really share The only love between us Was hate Without hope we could not fear And silently we disappeared Hand in hand, we took our lives And together stopped being Raw models on a novel of Ruin & Misery Lyrics in plain text format	Line up Ares - bass Mike - drums Ricardo Amorim - guitars Pedro Paixao - synths and samplers Fernando Ribeiro - vocals Artwork Info Recorded at Woodhouse Studios March 25th - May 11th Produced and mixed by Waldemar Sorychta Engineered by Siggi Bemm All music by Moonspell All lyrics by Fernando Ribeiro Review I guess this is Moonspell's attempt at commercial succes, releasing a single from their latest album Irreligious. Also the radio edit that starts this minicd is a version of the song without the growls. It's still a great song but it does sound a bit boring without the growls, kind of makes it lose it's sharp edge. The song on this cd are still great but other than the soft version of Opium there's nothing on here that isn't also on the Irreligious album so you'd better buy the full album instead. Rating: 8 out of 10