1. 2econd skin 4:54 2. Erotic alkemy (per-version) 5:56 3. Sacred (Depeche Mode cover) 5:14 4. Second skin (video edit) 3:59 --- Disk two --- 1. Opium (live) 3:58 2. Awake (live) 3:13 3. Herr spiegelmann (live) 4:55 4. Of dream and drama (live) 3:59 5. Ruin & misery (live) 4:16 6. Mephisto (live) 4:49 7. Alma mater (live) 7:25 total time 52:38
1. 2econd Skin Crawl me into your second skin and teach me everything Second skin Through your eyes a voyeur Through your veils of a visionaire talk to me about those things no other soul would care. Outcast all the colours that I still have Camouflage me so I can fall and stand somewhere between an underrated angel and all those citizens marked with an X-Sex. Second skin Tissue apart and right to the heart teach me the wonders of your moral blade so I can stand still while you have to kill all that was yours before and now has to fade away Draw me the fine line between religion and crime You are one more son of God you can never be wrong but aren't we all? As we sit and wait for the serpent to bite our very own tail. As I sit and wait for the serpent to bite my very own tail. Second skin 2. An Erotic Alchemy (Per-Version) Queen of all my sleepless nights For whose beauty I, Faun, have played my pipes with heart Queen in white silk, skin like milk Horns of Faun, lips of dawn You are now honoured you with me presence As I'm honoured by your sigh I crown your perfection The predator in you breast, I devour "Tempted is now my light body" From where it burns, spirals of exotic scents Rose, sandal, jasmine, all kinds of incense Aged fragrances only dreamed of once Dragons do dream far beyond the sense We make love in the dusty throne of a Modern Sodoma "Come to Me, step further into my nakedness, Caress me in your breasts of Fire" "Breed my flame, have no fear of weakness I welcome you in my hole of desire" "Have me now Prince, have me there" You beg still whispers in my ear Daylight has broken into a strange nostalgia Night tired candles seem like two lovers Melt in an embrace of conspiracy Between us there is this strange chemistry but would you die for me? would you die for what I've longed to be? "Imperious, choleric, irascible, extreme in everything, with a dissolute imagination of the like which has never been seen atheistic to the point of fanaticism, there you have me in a nutshell and kill me again or take me as I am for I shall not charge". De Sade "Breed of a nameless force, origin of our Sin We are as large as Gods, we are their tragedy We are the four arms of the solar Cross Lighting in incredulous faces the flames of Uthopy" Would you die for this? 3. Sacred [Originally performed by Depeche Mode] Sacred Holy To put it in words To write it down That is walking on hallowed ground I'm a missionary So here is my confession It's an obsession I'm a firm believer And a warm receiver And I've made my decision This is religion There's no doubt I'm one of the devout Trying to sell the story Of love's eternal glory Sacred Holy To put it in words To write it down That is walking on hallowed ground I'm a missionary Spreading the news around the world Taking the word to boys and girls I'm a firm believer And a warm receiver And I will go down on my knees When I'll see beauty There's no doubt I'm one of the devout Trying to sell the story Of love's eternal glory Sacred Holy To say it in words To write it down That is walking on hallowed ground I'm a missionary 4. 2econd Skin (Edit) 5. Alma Mater Mother Tongue speaks to Me In the strangest way I've ever seen I know that she sees in Me Her proudest child, her purest breed She speaks to Me in colour That I can't really understand I only know that they are ours And to those I'll proudly bend For I am your only child And you my desert mystery From an ancient throne I defy the world To kneel before the Power within For I am your only child And you my desert mystery World can't you see it? Am I alone in my belief? Virando costas ao Mundo Orgulhosamente sos Gloria Antiga, volta a nos! ALMA MATER! Breaking waves announce my bride It is the only way the Sea could sing Legends of Lusitanian pride He sings the words I can not spring At the Moon Mountain six wolves cry Your lost glory we'll regain or die For I am your only child And you my desert mystery Pagan Gods in conspiracy For the sword of Tyranny Mother Tongue speaks to Me In the strangest way I've ever seen World can't you see? Am I alone in my belief? ALMA MATER! Virando costas ao Mundo Orgulhosamente sos Gloria Antiga, volta a nos! ALMA MATER! 6. ...Of Dream And Drama (Midnight Ride) You've no mother to feed you or to lick your so deep wounds nor Earth where to lay your father and even the Moon lies to you When she shines The seduction of an altar Is a weakness in her movements of Death It is a mere vanity of Woman to delay her midnight ride Suicide... Midnight ride... Beautiful dagger you may now leave your case Wild red tears at the lady's hand Kissed were her breasts with your sharpened face Given is now what Love had taken Death and Love, they together danced Yes, the flames did smile to her Invited her to their fiery peace To a funebre dance around a bonfire Where all Women are naked and alone Immolating their pride May they forever ride. Far, in a midnight crime Midnight ride, Suicide, Midnight ride... 7. Awake! Awake... for all is dying, even the dead We are our Past failing to come back All of us visionaires with a rope around our neck 8. Opium Opium, desire or will? Inspiration bound from an elegant seed Subversion, through smoke I foresee Erotic motions of lesser gods in ecstasy 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 fantasise 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 tomooacute pioteacute um remeacute dio. Sou um convalescente do Momento. Moro no reacutes do chatildeo do Pensamento Ever passar a vida faz-me teacute dio." 9. (Herr) Spiegelman Look Me in the eyes and drown... "Everyone considered the man in the blue jacket as the most beautiful human being they have ever seen: nuns saw on him the Messiah in flesh; Satan's adorers the lustrous Prince of Darkness; philosophers the Supreme Being; young females an enchanted prince; Men an ideal reflection of themselves". Patrick Suumloskind: The Perfume ("Story Of An Assassin") Look Me in the eyes and drown... I am your vulture, your immoral sculpture Mirrorman, who understands I am you, I know you Your fantasy and reality I wait for you to welcome you in my dreamworld My water-eyes Look Me in the eyes Touch me in the eyes and dream... 10. 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 11. Mephisto As madmen, some hung head down From a long dead tree Some discuss, all at once For no one to hear Variations on emptiness Great themes on vain glory And as some go feral in strange performances Dressing customs that are metaphors Of your disease Hungry eyes are looking for Me... Mephisto Laughing, I feed you With meaningless games, tricks and philosophies Whose answers you would die for In your hunger to believe How it does amuse Me And makes Me wonder For how long that it was Mine Because now it does really inflame Me As if ignorance was my secret desire... Mephisto I am an angel who dresses in red Riding above you, etching fire rings I have learned to fly Don't you remember? While you still have not come down From your long-dead tree I can teach you wonders if you give me your soul Marvels and wild dreams can be yours I can teach you how iron turns to gold And how life can grow so old But I am a demon who dresses in red And I do not hope you will understand... Mephisto Lyrics in plain text format	Line up Fernando Ribeiro - vocals Mike Gaspar - drums Ricardo Amorim - guitars Pedro Paixao - synths and samplers Sergio Crestana - bass Artwork Info 2ECOND SKIN was brought to life at the WOODHOUSE STUDIOS (21st july / 19th september) Under the attention of Mr. Waldemar Sorychta and the group known as MOONSPELL Mixed with the precious help of Mr. Siggi Bemm. All stuff was recorded in the studio sessions for the forthcoming album SIN [PECADO] (January 1998) Miss Miriam Carmo stars on the cover of this EP. Photographed by Mr. Rolf Brenner. Layout and artistic design by Mr. Carsten Drescher from Media Logistics and MOONSPELL. 2ECOND SKIN is dedicated to the memory of William S. Burroughs (1914/1997) "Crawl me into your second skin and teach me everything." Wolfficial Internet Page: www.rum.pt/moonspell All music by Moonspell, all lyrics by Fernando except "Sacred" by Martin L. Gore (Depeche Mode) (c) published by Grabbing Hands / Sonet. Livecd: Captured live during the Perverse almost religious tour year 1997 Mixed by Pit Bender and Moonspell at Minga Studios (Summer 1997) Live crew 1996/1997: Pit Bender (front of house), Paul "Asti" Bond, Kevin Papsworth (guitar techs), Markus Freiwald (drum tech), Chris Hogdekinson, Sabina Woyda (lights), Jens "Bobo" Bornhöft (tour manager), Mari Waagemans (Foh Sep.1996). Live pictures by João Nogueira 1997. Alma mater announcement courtesy of Kevin Papsworth at the Metalmania / Poland 1996. [Bass overdubbed by Sergio - Alma Mater] Review This cd is a bit of a weird edition. Two minicds together in a fold-out digipack. Looks nice but I have no idea why they didn't just put the two minicds on one cd. Ah well, first minicd is the single for Second Skin, one of the best songs from their forthcoming album Sin / Pecado. It also includes a remix of the Wolfheart song "An erotic alchemy", but it's much softer and nowhere as good as the original, a cover of the Depeche Mode song "Sacred" which is also okay but a bit too soft for my taste and a video edit of the Second Skin song which is just a bit shorter version of the original. The second minicd is a decent live album with lots of songs from the Irreligious album and two from Wolfheart. All in all an okay package but just weird that they didn't either put all songs on one cd or else make the live album a bit longer than 30 minutes. Rating: 7 out of 10