Moonspell
Moonspell is a Portuguese gothic metal band with elements of black metal. The group, founded in 1989 originally as Morbid God, was renamed Moonspell in 1992. With the release of their first album Wolfheart in 1995, the band quickly gained status and became one of the most recognizable metal bands from Portugal.
The band started out as folk-tinged black metal. In 1992, still under the name Morbid God, they released the promo track "Serpent Angel". Read Full BioMoonspell is a Portuguese gothic metal band with elements of black metal. The group, founded in 1989 originally as Morbid God, was renamed Moonspell in 1992. With the release of their first album Wolfheart in 1995, the band quickly gained status and became one of the most recognizable metal bands from Portugal.
The band started out as folk-tinged black metal. In 1992, still under the name Morbid God, they released the promo track "Serpent Angel". In 1993, vocalist Fernando Ribeiro, drummer Mike Gaspar and bassist João Pedro released the demo Anno Satanæ under the name Moonspell, which caught the attention of French label Adipocere. It was for Adipocere that Moonspell released in 1994 a mini-album titled Under the Moonspell. The record was a considered a landmark in Portuguese metal and sold more than 5000 copies, becoming Adipocere's best-selling record at the time. Shortly after the release, they played with Cradle of Filth in a concert in Lisbon.
Breakthrough (1995-1997)
After the release of mini-album Under the Moonspell, Moonspell signed with Century Media for six CDs. Wolfheart was recorded in Germany with producer Waldemar Sorychta and was released in 1995 and was followed by a European tour. Although the album had little or no recognition at the beginning, it was later recognized as a "milestone" by heavy-metal reviews site Metal-Observer.com. During the tour, guitarist Mantus quit the band and was replaced by Ricardo Amorim.
Irreligious came out in 1996 and was recorded again with producer Waldemar Sorychta. While previous album was considered black metal, this one fell into the genre of gothic metal. The song Opium became the first Moonspell single. It quoted one of Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa's heteronyms, Álvaro de Campos, on his poem "Opiário" and its music video, featured the character of poet writing in a bar with the band playing. Along with the release of the album in a convent, the Convento do Beato, there were factors that helped the band selling 10.000 copies of the album in their homeland.
After conflicts with the band involving lawsuits, bass player Ares left the band and was replaced by Sérgio Crestana.
Experimenting (1998-2000)
Sin/Pecado (Pecado means 'sin' in Portuguese) was released in 1998. It had a bigger experimental nature than its predecessors. The song 2econd Skin was released as a single. At the time they released the one and only Daemonarch album, Hermeticum. Daemonarch was a side project composed by all Moonspell members but drummer Mike Gaspar. The album was seen as a return to their black metal roots and its lyrics were all written by singer Fernando Ribeiro between the age of 14 and 16.
Sin/Pecado was followed in 1999 by The Butterfly Effect, recorded in London and produced by Andy Reilly. This album is considered to be very experimental in nature as well. Featuring "down-tuned guitar riffs, eerie synthesizer passages", the album was mainly composed by guitarist/keyboard player Pedro Paixão and was not very well received by metal critics.
"Darkness and Hope" and "The Antidote" (2001-2005)
Darkness and Hope was released in 2001 and was produced by Hiili Hiilesmaa, producer of Sentenced or HIM. The album reached 79th on German charts and special editions included covers of Madredeus, Ozzy Osbourne's Mr. Crowley and Joy Division's Love Will Tear Us Apart. Nocturna was released as a single and music video.
In 2003, the band released The Antidote, with Niclas Etelävuori from Amorphis playing as a session musician on the bass guitar. The album was released with a book with the same title written by Portuguese writer José Luís Peixoto. Both the CD and book share the same concept and story and each song in the CD is sister to a chapter in the book that enhances the story in the lyrics. "Everything Invaded" was released as a single and music video. The band toured extensively around the world, playing at Rock in Rio Lisbon in 2004, a concert that brought them to more mainstream attention in Portugal. From this album on, the tours feature Aires Pereira on the bass.
In early 2004 the band recorded a cover of the jazz standard "I'll see you in my dreams" for the soundtrack of a Portuguese horror movie of the same name. There is an official music video of this song featuring footage from the film itself.
"Memorial", "Under Satanae" and "Night Eternal" (2006-present)
Memorial was released in 2006. Recorded with the producer of their first three albums Waldemar Sorychta, who also recorded the bass guitar parts, it was the first to be released under their new label SPV Steamhammer. The album topped the Portuguese album chart on its first week and also broke into the German Top 100 at number 68. Memorial achieved gold status in Portugal after selling 10,000 copies, making Moonspell the first Portuguese heavy metal band to achieve that.
Although the album is heavier than the previous, it was very well received and its release was featured in various Portuguese news broadcasts. A new release of the album was released in December 2006 and featured a DVD with live performances and the music videos made for the album. Music videos for "Finisterra" and "Luna" were released.
On November 2, 2006, Moonspell won an MTV Europe Music Award in the category of Best Portuguese Act.
The Great Silver Eye, a best-of album, was released on June 26, 2007.
Recently, Moonspell released Under Satanæ, a re-recording of early songs.
The last album has been called "Night Eternal". It was released on May 16, 2008. Moonspell is slated to tour Danzig's 2008 incarnation of his Blackest of the Black tour.
After a lot of legal troubles, Moonspell released their first Dvd "Lusitanian Metal" on December 8, 2008 in 3 different versions. The most complete one is composed of 2 Dvds, a Cd and a small booklet with photographs and introduction to the footage written by some of the members of the band. The first Dvd contains a show they played in 2004 in Katowice, also recorded on the Cd, a collection of all their videos until "Everything Invaded" and an interwiew shot in a Graveyard. The second dvd presents some live footage took from different tours from 1992 to 2005.
Current members
Fernando Ribeiro - vocals (1989-present )
Mike Gaspar - drums (1992-present )
Ricardo Amorim - lead guitar (1995-present )
Pedro Paixão - keyboards / rhythm guitar (1994-present )
Aires Pereira - bass (2004-present )
Previous members
Baalberith - drums (1989-1992)
João Pedro (Ares / Tetragrammaton) - bass (1989-1997)
Luís Lamelas (Malah / Fenrir) - guitar (1992-1993)
J.M. (Tanngrisnir) - guitar (1993-1995)
Mantus/Duarte - guitar (1990-1995)
Sérgio Crestana - bass (1997-2003)
Discography:
1992 - Serpent Angel (demo)
1993 - Anno Satanae (demo)
1994 - Under the Moonspell
1995 - Wolfheart
1996 - Irreligious
1997 - 2econd Skin (disc 1) (Single w/ bonus live CD)
1997 - 2econd Skin (disc 2) (Single w/ bonus live CD)
1998 - Sin Pecado
1999 - The Butterfly Effect
2001 - Darkness and Hope
2003 - The Antidote
2006 - Memorial
2007 - The Great Silver Eye (Best Of)
2007 - Under Satanae (The first three releases re-recorded)
2008 - Night Eternal
2012 - Alpha Noir / Omega White
2015 - [algum artist=Moonspell]Extinct
Dvds
2008 - Lusitanian Metal
www.moonspell.com
The band started out as folk-tinged black metal. In 1992, still under the name Morbid God, they released the promo track "Serpent Angel". Read Full BioMoonspell is a Portuguese gothic metal band with elements of black metal. The group, founded in 1989 originally as Morbid God, was renamed Moonspell in 1992. With the release of their first album Wolfheart in 1995, the band quickly gained status and became one of the most recognizable metal bands from Portugal.
The band started out as folk-tinged black metal. In 1992, still under the name Morbid God, they released the promo track "Serpent Angel". In 1993, vocalist Fernando Ribeiro, drummer Mike Gaspar and bassist João Pedro released the demo Anno Satanæ under the name Moonspell, which caught the attention of French label Adipocere. It was for Adipocere that Moonspell released in 1994 a mini-album titled Under the Moonspell. The record was a considered a landmark in Portuguese metal and sold more than 5000 copies, becoming Adipocere's best-selling record at the time. Shortly after the release, they played with Cradle of Filth in a concert in Lisbon.
Breakthrough (1995-1997)
After the release of mini-album Under the Moonspell, Moonspell signed with Century Media for six CDs. Wolfheart was recorded in Germany with producer Waldemar Sorychta and was released in 1995 and was followed by a European tour. Although the album had little or no recognition at the beginning, it was later recognized as a "milestone" by heavy-metal reviews site Metal-Observer.com. During the tour, guitarist Mantus quit the band and was replaced by Ricardo Amorim.
Irreligious came out in 1996 and was recorded again with producer Waldemar Sorychta. While previous album was considered black metal, this one fell into the genre of gothic metal. The song Opium became the first Moonspell single. It quoted one of Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa's heteronyms, Álvaro de Campos, on his poem "Opiário" and its music video, featured the character of poet writing in a bar with the band playing. Along with the release of the album in a convent, the Convento do Beato, there were factors that helped the band selling 10.000 copies of the album in their homeland.
After conflicts with the band involving lawsuits, bass player Ares left the band and was replaced by Sérgio Crestana.
Experimenting (1998-2000)
Sin/Pecado (Pecado means 'sin' in Portuguese) was released in 1998. It had a bigger experimental nature than its predecessors. The song 2econd Skin was released as a single. At the time they released the one and only Daemonarch album, Hermeticum. Daemonarch was a side project composed by all Moonspell members but drummer Mike Gaspar. The album was seen as a return to their black metal roots and its lyrics were all written by singer Fernando Ribeiro between the age of 14 and 16.
Sin/Pecado was followed in 1999 by The Butterfly Effect, recorded in London and produced by Andy Reilly. This album is considered to be very experimental in nature as well. Featuring "down-tuned guitar riffs, eerie synthesizer passages", the album was mainly composed by guitarist/keyboard player Pedro Paixão and was not very well received by metal critics.
"Darkness and Hope" and "The Antidote" (2001-2005)
Darkness and Hope was released in 2001 and was produced by Hiili Hiilesmaa, producer of Sentenced or HIM. The album reached 79th on German charts and special editions included covers of Madredeus, Ozzy Osbourne's Mr. Crowley and Joy Division's Love Will Tear Us Apart. Nocturna was released as a single and music video.
In 2003, the band released The Antidote, with Niclas Etelävuori from Amorphis playing as a session musician on the bass guitar. The album was released with a book with the same title written by Portuguese writer José Luís Peixoto. Both the CD and book share the same concept and story and each song in the CD is sister to a chapter in the book that enhances the story in the lyrics. "Everything Invaded" was released as a single and music video. The band toured extensively around the world, playing at Rock in Rio Lisbon in 2004, a concert that brought them to more mainstream attention in Portugal. From this album on, the tours feature Aires Pereira on the bass.
In early 2004 the band recorded a cover of the jazz standard "I'll see you in my dreams" for the soundtrack of a Portuguese horror movie of the same name. There is an official music video of this song featuring footage from the film itself.
"Memorial", "Under Satanae" and "Night Eternal" (2006-present)
Memorial was released in 2006. Recorded with the producer of their first three albums Waldemar Sorychta, who also recorded the bass guitar parts, it was the first to be released under their new label SPV Steamhammer. The album topped the Portuguese album chart on its first week and also broke into the German Top 100 at number 68. Memorial achieved gold status in Portugal after selling 10,000 copies, making Moonspell the first Portuguese heavy metal band to achieve that.
Although the album is heavier than the previous, it was very well received and its release was featured in various Portuguese news broadcasts. A new release of the album was released in December 2006 and featured a DVD with live performances and the music videos made for the album. Music videos for "Finisterra" and "Luna" were released.
On November 2, 2006, Moonspell won an MTV Europe Music Award in the category of Best Portuguese Act.
The Great Silver Eye, a best-of album, was released on June 26, 2007.
Recently, Moonspell released Under Satanæ, a re-recording of early songs.
The last album has been called "Night Eternal". It was released on May 16, 2008. Moonspell is slated to tour Danzig's 2008 incarnation of his Blackest of the Black tour.
After a lot of legal troubles, Moonspell released their first Dvd "Lusitanian Metal" on December 8, 2008 in 3 different versions. The most complete one is composed of 2 Dvds, a Cd and a small booklet with photographs and introduction to the footage written by some of the members of the band. The first Dvd contains a show they played in 2004 in Katowice, also recorded on the Cd, a collection of all their videos until "Everything Invaded" and an interwiew shot in a Graveyard. The second dvd presents some live footage took from different tours from 1992 to 2005.
Current members
Fernando Ribeiro - vocals (1989-present )
Mike Gaspar - drums (1992-present )
Ricardo Amorim - lead guitar (1995-present )
Pedro Paixão - keyboards / rhythm guitar (1994-present )
Aires Pereira - bass (2004-present )
Previous members
Baalberith - drums (1989-1992)
João Pedro (Ares / Tetragrammaton) - bass (1989-1997)
Luís Lamelas (Malah / Fenrir) - guitar (1992-1993)
J.M. (Tanngrisnir) - guitar (1993-1995)
Mantus/Duarte - guitar (1990-1995)
Sérgio Crestana - bass (1997-2003)
Discography:
1992 - Serpent Angel (demo)
1993 - Anno Satanae (demo)
1994 - Under the Moonspell
1995 - Wolfheart
1996 - Irreligious
1997 - 2econd Skin (disc 1) (Single w/ bonus live CD)
1997 - 2econd Skin (disc 2) (Single w/ bonus live CD)
1998 - Sin Pecado
1999 - The Butterfly Effect
2001 - Darkness and Hope
2003 - The Antidote
2006 - Memorial
2007 - The Great Silver Eye (Best Of)
2007 - Under Satanae (The first three releases re-recorded)
2008 - Night Eternal
2012 - Alpha Noir / Omega White
2015 - [algum artist=Moonspell]Extinct
Dvds
2008 - Lusitanian Metal
www.moonspell.com
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Opium
Moonspell Lyrics
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
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GrigioO
Lyrics:
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 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."
*Last verses are taken from poem
Opiãrio - Fernando Pessoa.
Delhi Delirium
´ Therefore I take Opium . It´s a remedy .
I am a convalescent of the moment.
I reside in Thought´s underground floor .
And seeing life passing by causes me tedium . `
Álvaro de Campos ( to Mr Mário de Sá - Carneiro ( another brilliant contemporaneous author / close friend to Pessoa who ended up in Paris where he committed suicide )
* That was a very free and spontaneous translation . In portuguese it has got much more power cause of the language´s intricacies and , specially , how well the words flow - to translate it adequately I would have to put a little more thought into it so the flow wouldn´t be lost in english .
At least I hope it gives those who are curious about the meaning of those last words an idea of what is being said .
Sarau Psicodélico
POEMA EM LINHA RETA
Nunca conheci quem tivesse levado porrada.
Todos os meus conhecidos têm sido campeões em tudo.
E eu, tantas vezes reles, tantas vezes porco, tantas vezes vil,
Eu tantas vezes irrespondivelmente parasita,
Indesculpavelmente sujo,
Eu, que tantas vezes não tenho tido paciência para tomar banho,
Eu, que tantas vezes tenho sido ridículo, absurdo,
Que tenho enrolado os pés publicamente nos tapetes das etiquetas,
Que tenho sido grotesco, mesquinho, submisso e arrogante,
Que tenho sofrido enxovalhos e calado,
Que quando não tenho calado, tenho sido mais ridículo ainda;
Eu, que tenho sido cômico às criadas de hotel,
Eu, que tenho sentido o piscar de olhos dos moços de fretes,
Eu, que tenho feito vergonhas financeiras, pedido emprestado sem pagar,
Eu, que, quando a hora do soco surgiu, me tenho agachado
Para fora da possibilidade do soco;
Eu, que tenho sofrido a angústia das pequenas coisas ridículas,
Eu verifico que não tenho par nisto tudo neste mundo.
Toda a gente que eu conheço e que fala comigo
Nunca teve um ato ridículo, nunca sofreu enxovalho,
Nunca foi senão príncipe - todos eles príncipes - na vida...
Quem me dera ouvir de alguém a voz humana
Que confessasse não um pecado, mas uma infâmia;
Que contasse, não uma violência, mas uma cobardia!
Não, são todos o Ideal, se os oiço e me falam.
Quem há neste largo mundo que me confesse que uma vez foi vil?
Ó príncipes, meus irmãos,
Arre, estou farto de semideuses!
Onde é que há gente no mundo?
Então sou só eu que é vil e errôneo nesta terra?
Poderão as mulheres não os terem amado,
Podem ter sido traídos - mas ridículos nunca!
E eu, que tenho sido ridículo sem ter sido traído,
Como posso eu falar com os meus superiores sem titubear?
Eu, que venho sido vil, literalmente vil,
Vil no sentido mesquinho e infame da vileza.
Fernando Pessoa
Irina Afonso
Opiário
Ao Senhor Mário de Sá-Carneiro
É antes do ópio que a minh'alma é doente.
Sentir a vida convalesce e estiola
E eu vou buscar ao ópio que consola
Um Oriente ao oriente do Oriente.
Esta vida de bordo há-de matar-me.
São dias só de febre na cabeça
E, por mais que procure até que adoeça,
já não encontro a mola pra adaptar-me.
Em paradoxo e incompetência astral
Eu vivo a vincos de ouro a minha vida,
Onda onde o pundonor é uma descida
E os próprios gozos gânglios do meu mal.
É por um mecanismo de desastres,
Uma engrenagem com volantes falsos,
Que passo entre visões de cadafalsos
Num jardim onde há flores no ar, sem hastes.
Vou cambaleando através do lavor
Duma vida-interior de renda e laca.
Tenho a impressão de ter em casa a faca
Com que foi degolado o Precursor.
Ando expiando um crime numa mala,
Que um avô meu cometeu por requinte.
Tenho os nervos na forca, vinte a vinte,
E caí no ópio como numa vala.
Ao toque adormecido da morfina
Perco-me em transparências latejantes
E numa noite cheia de brilhantes,
Ergue-se a lua como a minha Sina.
Eu, que fui sempre um mau estudante, agora
Não faço mais que ver o navio ir
Pelo canal de Suez a conduzir
A minha vida, cânfora na aurora.
Perdi os dias que já aproveitara.
Trabalhei para ter só o cansaço
Que é hoje em mim uma espécie de braço
Que ao meu pescoço me sufoca e ampara.
E fui criança como toda a gente.
Nasci numa província portuguesa
E tenho conhecido gente inglesa
Que diz que eu sei inglês perfeitamente.
Gostava de ter poemas e novelas
Publicados por Plon e no Mercure,
Mas é impossível que esta vida dure.
Se nesta viagem nem houve procelas!
A vida a bordo é uma coisa triste,
Embora a gente se divirta às vezes.
Falo com alemães, suecos e ingleses
E a minha mágoa de viver persiste.
Eu acho que não vale a pena ter
Ido ao Oriente e visto a índia e a China.
A terra é semelhante e pequenina
E há só uma maneira de viver.
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.
Fumo. Canso. Ah uma terra aonde, enfim,
Muito a leste não fosse o oeste já!
Pra que fui visitar a Índia que há
Se não há Índia senão a alma em mim?
Sou desgraçado por meu morgadio.
Os ciganos roubaram minha Sorte.
Talvez nem mesmo encontre ao pé da morte
Um lugar que me abrigue do meu frio.
Eu fingi que estudei engenharia.
Vivi na Escócia. Visitei a Irlanda.
Meu coração é uma avòzinha que anda
Pedindo esmola às portas da Alegria.
Não chegues a Port-Said, navio de ferro!
Volta à direita, nem eu sei para onde.
Passo os dias no smokink-room com o conde -
Um escroque francês, conde de fim de enterro.
Volto à Europa descontente, e em sortes
De vir a ser um poeta sonambólico.
Eu sou monárquico mas não católico
E gostava de ser as coisas fortes.
Gostava de ter crenças e dinheiro,
Ser vária gente insípida que vi.
Hoje, afinal, não sou senão, aqui,
Num navio qualquer um passageiro.
Não tenho personalidade alguma.
É mais notado que eu esse criado
De bordo que tem um belo modo alçado
De laird escocês há dias em jejum.
Não posso estar em parte alguma. A minha
Pátria é onde não estou. Sou doente e fraco.
O comissário de bordo é velhaco.
Viu-me co'a sueca... e o resto ele adivinha.
Um dia faço escândalo cá a bordo,
Só para dar que falar de mim aos mais.
Não posso com a vida, e acho fatais
As iras com que às vezes me debordo.
Levo o dia a fumar, a beber coisas,
Drogas americanas que entontecem,
E eu já tão bêbado sem nada! Dessem
Melhor cérebro aos meus nervos como rosas.
Escrevo estas linhas. Parece impossível
Que mesmo ao ter talento eu mal o sinta!
O fato é que esta vida é uma quinta
Onde se aborrece uma alma sensível.
Os ingleses são feitos pra existir.
Não há gente como esta pra estar feita
Com a Tranqüilidade. A gente deita
Um vintém e sai um deles a sorrir.
Pertenço a um gênero de portugueses
Que depois de estar a Índia descoberta
Ficaram sem trabalho. A morte é certa.
Tenho pensado nisto muitas vezes.
Leve o diabo a vida e a gente tê-la!
Nem leio o livro à minha cabeceira.
Enoja-me o Oriente. É uma esteira
Que a gente enrola e deixa de ser bela.
Caio no ópio por força. Lá querer
Que eu leve a limpo uma vida destas
Não se pode exigir. Almas honestas
Com horas pra dormir e pra comer,
Que um raio as parta! E isto afinal é inveja.
Porque estes nervos são a minha morte.
Não haver um navio que me transporte
Para onde eu nada queira que o não veja!
Ora! Eu cansava-me o mesmo modo.
Qu'ria outro ópio mais forte pra ir de ali
Para sonhos que dessem cabo de mim
E pregassem comigo nalgum lodo.
Febre! Se isto que tenho não é febre,
Não sei como é que se tem febre e sente.
O fato essencial é que estou doente.
Está corrida, amigos, esta lebre.
Veio a noite. Tocou já a primeira
Corneta, pra vestir para o jantar.
Vida social por cima! Isso! E marchar
Até que a gente saia pla coleira!
Porque isto acaba mal e há-de haver
(Olá!) sangue e um revólver lá pró fim
Deste desassossego que há em mim
E não há forma de se resolver.
E quem me olhar, há-de-me achar banal,
A mim e à minha vida... Ora! um rapaz...
O meu próprio monóculo me faz
Pertencer a um tipo universal.
Ah quanta alma viverá, que ande metida
Assim como eu na Linha, e como eu mística!
Quantos sob a casaca característica
Não terão como eu o horror à vida?
Se ao menos eu por fora fosse tão
Interessante como sou por dentro!
Vou no Maelstrom, cada vez mais pró centro.
Não fazer nada é a minha perdição.
Um inútil. Mas é tão justo sê-lo!
Pudesse a gente desprezar os outros
E, ainda que co'os cotovelos rotos,
Ser herói, doido, amaldiçoado ou belo!
Tenho vontade de levar as mãos
À boca e morder nelas fundo e a mal.
Era uma ocupação original
E distraía os outros, os tais sãos.
O absurdo, como uma flor da tal Índia
Que não vim encontrar na Índia, nasce
No meu cérebro farto de cansar-se.
A minha vida mude-a Deus ou finde-a ...
Deixe-me estar aqui, nesta cadeira,
Até virem meter-me no caixão.
Nasci pra mandarim de condição,
Mas falta-me o sossego, o chá e a esteira.
Ah que bom que era ir daqui de caída
Pra cova por um alçapão de estouro!
A vida sabe-me a tabaco louro.
Nunca fiz mais do que fumar a vida.
E afinal o que quero é fé, é calma,
E não ter estas sensações confusas.
Deus que acabe com isto! Abra as eclusas —
E basta de comédias na minh'alma!
(No Canal de Suez, a bordo)
Álvaro de Campos, in "Poemas"
Heterónimo de Fernando Pessoa
Ziggy Montana
It was brilliant when I was 17 and still is while I am 40.
Seppo Kangas
Good songs remain good, no matter how much time passes.
R M
hot the same bro
Radosław Antoszewski
Precisely 💪
lobojones6six6
@Ned Lee yeah it was!!!
Ad Em Braden
I was 17 and revisiting 20 years later. Amen.
Eliel De Luna Elizondo
De la pluma de Fernando Pessoa: "Por eso tomo opio, es un remedio.
Soy un convaleciente del Momento.Vivo en la planta baja del pensamiento
y ver pasar la vida me da tedio." No por nada son mi banda favorita. Always under the spell!
Reyx98YT
XD
Reyx98YT
al fin hablan español chingada madre
GrigioO
Lyrics:
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 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."
*Last verses are taken from poem
Opiãrio - Fernando Pessoa.