Who is Enigma Personal information: Michael Cretu, born on May 18, 1957, in Bucharest, Romania; married Sandra Lauer (a singer), 1988. Education: studied classical music at Lyzeum No. 2 in Bucharest, 1965; studied music in Paris, France, 1968; attended Academy of Music in Frankfurt, Germany, 1975-78, and earned a degree in music. Career: producer, composer, and arranger. As Michael Cretu, released first album, Legionare, Virgin, 1983; as Enigma, released debut album, MCMXC a.D., Virgin/Charisma, 1990 (Europe), 1991 (U.S.). Awards: Gold records for producing albums by Michael Oldfield and Sandra in Europe; platinum album for MCMXC a.D. in U.S., 1991; platinum record for single "Sadeness Part I," 1991; double-platinum album for MCMXC a.D., 1993; platinum album for The CROSS Of Changes, 1994; gold record for single "Return to Innocence," Virgin/Charisma, 1994; gold and/or platinum awards for MCMXC a.D. in 25 countries; Echo Award for most successful German production abroad, 1995, for The CROSS Of Changes. Michael Cretu, the man who is Enigma, declared his creative philosophy in a Virgin Records press release: "Old rules and habits have to be rejected and dismissed so that something new can be created." Even though Europeans were hip to Cretu's identity, early U.S. press information billed Enigma as the creation of a German producer who preferred to remain anonymous. "With Enigma," Cretu explained to Larry Flick in Billboard, I have created a complete piece of music that I wanted to let stand alone. There is a sense of mystery in the music that I wanted to leave untouched by the perceptions and preconceived ideas that come with the past history of a producer or a songwriter." He continued, "Contrary to the usual record company philosophy, people are open-minded and starved for something unique. This is music that is different from any other available at the moment. I think people have responded to that." Born on May 18, 1957, in Bucharest, Romania, Cretu pursued an early goal of becoming a concert pianist by studying classical music. In 1965 he attended Lyzeum No. 2--a college for young and gifted musical talents--with piano as his main subject, and he also studied for five months in 1968 in Paris, France. From 1975 to 1978 he attended the Academy of Music in Frankfurt, Germany, where he earned a degree in music. Deserting his goal of classical music, he claimed, "I started writing hits the day I sold my piano." In 1980 Cretu won his first gold record for his production work. The artists with whom he has been associated include Hubert Kah, Peter Cornelius, Moti Special, and Sylvie Vartan. Cretu has also won gold record awards for producing albums by his wife, Euro-dance chanteuse Sandra, and multi-instrumentalist-composer Michael Oldfield. Since 1985 Cretu has produced seven albums for Sandra, including her first international hit single, "Maria Magdalena," which went to Number One in more than 30 countries. Cretu released his first solo album on Virgin, Legionare (which means legionnaires), in 1983, but his solo efforts before taking the name Enigma failed to earn U.S. distribution. Inspired by such groups as the Art of Noise and Pink Floyd, Cretu assembled Enigma's debut album, MCMXC a.D. (the roman numeral representation of 1990), on an AudioFrame system at his home studio in Spain. MCMXC a.D. was released on December 3, 1990, in Europe through Virgin Germany and on February 12, 1991, in the U.S. through Virgin/Charisma. The LP eventually sold more than 12 million units worldwide, and won gold and/or platinum awards in 25 countries. In the United States MCMXC a.D. went platinum by the first week in May of 1991 and earned double-platinum status by the fall of 1993. Cretu told Alan di Perna of Keyboard, "I conceived of the whole album as a single song. The words and sounds are like flashlight beams. They don't show you everything. You have to look at what's between the lines." A mixture of sixth-century Gregorian chants, bewitching French whispers--provided by Cretu's wife, Sandra--and hypnotic, ethereal music set to intoxicating dance rhythms, MCMXC a.D. is definitely more a cathartic aural journey than a collection of individual songs. The video import of MCMXC a.D. is a gorgeous swirl of images seamlessly interpreting the entire album. Even so, "Sadeness Part I," a song marked by its inclusion of Gregorian chant, was destined to become the album's runaway single. "The great misconception of people who have only heard 'Sadeness' is that the whole album is filled with chanting. This is a complete piece of work with many different levels and sounds. 'Sadeness' is only one piece of the puzzle," Cretu explained to Billboard's Flick. The French lyrics in "Sadeness Part I" are actually a dark homage to the Marquis de Sade, an eighteenth-century erotic novel writer from France from whose name the word sadism comes. In analyzing this element of the debut Enigma album, Vince Aletti of the Village Voice stated, "Cretu isn't celebrating the notorious Marquis ... but his mere presence in this context is a provocation, surely a deliberate and delicious one. Sade reserved his fiercest contempt and some of his most exquisite literary tortures for the pious and the prim, so even if he remains offstage here, the writer is a devilishly successful device. Cretu uses him to introduce questions of virtue and vice, faith and sacrilege, love and lust." Cretu related to Keyboard's di Perna, "I wanted to use things that there are questions about, that are mysterious. You don't have to go too far to read all kinds of accusations about the Catholic Church--scandals, inquisitions, and wars--and you wonder how you can reconcile this with the idea that the Church is supposed to stand for universal love. But at the same time, I've been told that the Marquis de Sade was a very religious man, that he wrote what he wrote as a revenge against certain pious people who were hypocrites. So again, there are questions, mysteries." The Marquis was apparently not the only one out for revenge. As Cretu revealed to Michael Azerrad of Rolling Stone, "[MCMXC a.D.] was like revenge against everything I was hearing. I didn't want to write songs, I wanted to write moods." When Azerrad drew a comparison to the way pop icons Madonna and Prince explored sexuality, Cretu replied, "What Madonna and Prince did is pure marketing--it's predicated on causing scandal. It's not a sexual music that I did. It's a sensual music. And there's a big difference." Some radio stations in Europe with a large Catholic audience could not see that difference. They banned "Sadeness Part I," considering it "pure blasphemy." Dutch national radio network TROS actually received three bomb threats from listeners said to be shocked by what they heard when the record was proclaimed single of the week--prompting Cretu to issue a statement refuting rumors about satanic material in the Gregorian passages and insisting he had no desire to offend "any public religious beliefs." Himself an atheist, Cretu told Azerrad of Rolling Stone, "The institution of the Church doesn't really fit with our times. I believe in destiny, which is a much more powerful belief." In terms of record sales, Cretu's beliefs were apparently embraced by many listeners. By January of 1991 "Sadeness Part I" had reached Number One in seven European countries: Germany (where it eventually became Germany's biggest-selling single ever), Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria, the United Kingdom, and Greece. The record would ultimately attain the Number One position in 15 countries. In the American market, "Sadeness Part I" broke into Billboard's Hot 100 in February of 1991, and by April the record was in the Top Five after 11 weeks at Number One on the combined European charts. Peaking at Number Two on the U.S. pop charts, "Sadeness Part I" became a certified platinum single. Although Enigma was perhaps singularly responsible for boosting interest in Gregorian chant music worldwide, there was a price to pay--literally. In August of 1991 Munich-based choir Kapelle Antiqua demanded a written apology in addition to financial compensation when the choir, according to Ellie Weinert in Billboard, "recognized its recordings of Gregorian choral works on Enigma tracks. The group sued for damages, claiming Cretu had infringed upon its 'right of personality' by distorting the records sampled on the 'Sadeness Part I' and 'Mea Culpa' album tracks and singles." Cretu and Virgin Germany agreed to pay compensation for samples used on MCMXC a.D. and settled out of court with Polydor and BMG/Ariola, which represented the German choir, for an undisclosed sum. In the end Virgin acquired authorization for the retrospective use of the Polydor and BMG/Ariola masters. In 1993 film producer Robert Evans asked Cretu to write the title song for the motion picture Sliver. The result was "Carly's Song" and "Carly's Loneliness," both of which appeared as "Age of Loneliness" on Enigma's next album, The CROSS Of Changes. Other Enigma soundtrack credits include songs from MCMXC a.D. used in the films Single White Female and Boxing Helena. In May of 1991 Cretu told Larry Flick of Billboard, "It is my plan for Enigma to be an outlet for music that boldly strays away from the norm of pop music. I have several ideas for the next album that I think are fascinating. Part of the fun of projects such as these is watching how all of the various elements come together in the studio." Though it was released in Europe in December of 1993, it was not until February 8, 1994, that Enigma's second album, The CROSS Of Changes, was released in the United States. Cretu's belief that "music is part of my soul--and this ultimately decides everything" perhaps best explains the three years it took him to produce his second album. Michael Cretu signed a contract for a further 5 albums after the release of Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi!

The Voice of Enigma (Curly M.C.)
Good evening This is the voice of Enigma In the next hour we will take you with us into another world, into the world of music, spirit and meditation
Turn off the light, take a deep breath and relax start to move slowly, very slowly
Let the rhythm be your guiding light

Sadeness (Curly M.C./F.Gregorian/David Fairstein)
Procedamus in pace In nomine Christi, Amen	Let us go forth in peace In the name of Christ, So be it
Cum angelis et pueris, fideles inveniamur	We shall find the faithful in the company of angels and children
Attollite portas, principes, vestras et elevamini, portae aeternales et introibit rex gloriae Qius est iste Rex glorie?	Lift up ye heads o ye glorious gates, and be ye lifted up ye everlasting doors, and the king of glory shall come in. Who is the king of glory?
Sade, dis-moi, Sade, donnes-moi	Sade tell me Sade give me
Procedamus in pace In nomine Christi, Amen	Shall we proceed in peace In the name of Christ, Amen
Sade, dis-moi Qu'est-ce que tu vas chercher? le Bien par le Mal la Vertu par le Vice Sade, dis-moi, Pourquoi l'évangile du Mal? Quelle est ta religion, Où sont tes fidèles? Si tu es contre Dieu, tu es contre l'Homme	Sade tell me what is it that you seek? The rightness of wrong The virtue of vice Sade tell me why the Gospel of evil? What is your religion? Where are your faithful? If you are against God, you are against man
Sade dit moi pourquoi le sang pour le plaisir? Le plaisir sans l'amour. N'y a t'il plus de sentiment dans le culte de l'homme?	Sade tell me why blood for pleasure? Pleasure without love? Is there no longer any feeling in man's Faith?
Sade, es-tu diabolique ou divin?	Sade are you diabolical or divine?
Sade, dis-moi Hosanna Sade, donnes-moi Hosanna Sade, dis-moi Hosanna Sade, donnes-moi Hosanna	Sade tell me Hosanna Sade give me Hosanna Sade tell me Hosanna Sade give me Hosanna
In nomine Christi, Amen	In the name of Christ, Amen

Find Love (Curly M.C)	DOWNLOAD EXCERPT (MP3 30k)
The principles of lust are easy to understand do what you feel feel until the end
The principles of lust are burned in your mind do what you want do it until you find love...

Sadeness (Reprise) (Curly M.C./F.Gregorian/David Fairstein)
Cum angelis et pueris, fideles inveniamur Sade dit moi Sade donnes moi Sade dit moi Hosanna Sade donnes moi Hosanna	(in reverse mode)

Callas Went Away (Curly M.C.)
Callas went away but her voice forever stays Callas went away She went away In nomine Christi, Amen
Ah! je les relis sans cesse Je devais les detruire Ces lettres! Ces lettres!	Ah! I read them constantly I ought to destroy them These letters! These letters!
God bless you

Mea Culpa (Curly M.C./David Fairstein)
Kyrie eleison Christe eleison	Lord have mercy Christ have mercy
Je ne dors plus (The time has come)	I can't sleep anymore (The time has come)
Je te desire (The time has come)	I desire you (The time has come)
Prends moi Je suis a toi Mea culpa	Take me I'm yours I'm guilty
Je veux aller au bout de me fantasmes Je sais que c'est interdit Je suis folle. Je m'abandonne	I want to go to the end of my fantasies I know it is forbidden I am crazy. I am letting myself go
Mea culpa Kyrie eleison Christe eleison	I'm guilty Lord have mercy Christ have mercy
Je suis la et ailleurs Je n'ai plus rien Je deviens folle Je m'abandonne	I am here and somewhere else I have nothing more I am becoming crazy I am letting myself go
Mea culpa	I'm guilty
Je ne dors plus Je te desire Prends moi Je suis a toi	I can't sleep anymore I desire you Take me I'm yours
Kyrie eleison Christe eleison	Lord have mercy Christ have mercy
Je suis la et ailleurs Je veux tout Quand tu veux Comme tu veux	I am here and somewhere else I want everything, When you want, As you like
Mea culpa Kyrie eleison	I'm guilty Lord have mercy

The Voice & The Snake (Curly M.C./F. Gregorian)

The first bowl on the earth the second bowl on the sea the third bowl on the rivers the fourth bowl on the sun the fifth bowl on the beast the sixth bowl on the stars the seventh bowl on the air

And the earth turned grey sea turned black The rivers turned red The sun turned cold The beast turned pale The stars turned fast The air turned to poison

Knocking on Forbidden doors (Curly M.C.)
Eia, ergo, advocata nostra, illos tuos misericordes oculos ad nos converte Et Iesum, benedictum fructum ventris tui.	Hurray, therefore, our advocate, turn those, your merciful eyes, toward us. And Jesus, the blessed fruit of your womb

Way to Eternity (Curly M.C.)
Quem quaerimus adjutorem, nisi te, Domine. Sancte Deus, Sancte fortis, Sancte misericors Salvator, amarae morti ne tradas nos.	We search the helper, if not you, Lord. Divine God, Sacred Firm, Holy [and] merciful Savior, don't hand us conscientiously over to [the] bitter death.

Hallelujah (Curly M.C.)

Turn off the light take a deep breath and relax Turn off the light relax take a deep breath relax

The Rivers of Belief (Curly M.C./David Fairstein)

Take me back to the rivers of belief Take me back to the rivers of belief my friend I look inside my heart I look inside my soul I promise you I will return

And when the Lamb opened the seventh seal silence covered the sky

Take me back to the rivers of belief Take me back to the rivers of belief my friend I look inside my heart I look inside my soul I'm reaching out for you Lets hope one day We'll rest in peace on my rivers of belief

Mea Culpa (Fading Shades Mix) (Curly M.C./David Fairstein)
Turn off the light, take a deep breath and relax
O Sacrum Convivium recolitur passionis eius	O Sacret Banquet His passion is renewed
Je ne dors plus (Je ne dors plus) Je te desire (Je te desire) Je veux aller au bout de mes fantasmes Je sais que c'est interdit Prends moi (Prends moi) Je suis a toi (Je suis a toi)	I can't sleep anymore I desire you I want to go to the end of my fantasies I know it's forbidden Take me I'm yours
Mea culpa (Mea culpa)	I'm guilty
Turn off the light, take a deep breath and relax
Prends moi (Prends moi) Je suis a toi (Je suis a toi)	Take me I'm yours
Mea Culpa (Mea culpa)	I'm guilty
O Sacrum Convivium recolitur passionis eius	O Sacred Banquet His passion is renewed
Prends moi (Prends moi) Je suis a toi (Je suis a toi) Prends moi (Prends moi) Je suis a toi (Je suis a toi)	Take me I'm yours Take me I'm yours
Mea Culpa (Mea culpa)	I'm guilty
Turn off the light, take a deep breath and relax
Prends moi (Prends moi) Je suis a toi (Je suis a toi)	Take me I'm yours
Mea Culpa (Mea culpa)	I'm guilty

Second Chapter (Curly M.C.)

We came out from the deep to help and understand but not to kill It takes many lives till we succeed to clear the debts of many, many hundred years

The Eyes of Truth (Curly M.C.)
The Eyes of Truth are always watching you
Alsyn Gazryn Zeregleenn Aduu shig mal shig torolzonoo khuoo	In the distance the mirage stands out like horses and cattle. Very glad to see my beloved son.
Je me regarde Je me sens Je vois des enfants Je suis enfant!	I look at myself I feel myself I see the children I am a child!

Return To Innocence (Curly M.C.)

That's not the beginning of the end That's the return to yourself The return to innocence

Love - Devotion Feeling - Emotion

Don't be afraid to be weak Don't be too proud to be strong Just look into your heart my friend That will be the return to yourself The return to innocence

If you want, then start to laugh If you must, then start to cry Be yourself, don't hide Just believe in destiny

Don't care what people say Just follow your own way Don't give up and use the chance To return to innocence

That's not the beginning of the end That's the return to yourself The return to innocence

Don't care what people say Follow just your own way Don't give up, don't miss the chance To return to innocence.

If you want then laugh If you must then cry Be yourself don't hide Just believe in destiny.

I Love You... I'll Kill You (Curly M.C./David Fairstein)

I see love, I can see passion I feel danger, I feel obsession Don't play games with the ones who love you Cause I hear a voice who says:

"I love you... I'll kill you..."

Loneliness, I feel loneliness in my room...

Look into the mirror of your soul Love and hate are one in all Sacrifice turns to revenge and believe me You'll see the face who'll say: "I love you... I'll kill you... But I'll love you forever"

Loneliness, I feel loneliness in my room...

Silent Warrior (Curly M.C.)

Long ago, for many years White men came in the name of GOD They took their land, they took their lives A new age had just begun

They lost their GODS, they lost their smiles they cried for help for the last time. Liberty was turning into chains But all the white men said: "That's the cross of changes"

In the name of GOD - The fight for gold These were the changes. Tell me - is it right? - In the name of GOD These kind of changes?

They tried to fight for liberty Without a chance in hell, they gave up. White men won in the name of GOD With the cross as alibi.

There's no GOD who ever tried To change the world in this way. For the ones who abuse His name There'll be no chance to escape On Judgement Day.

In the name of GOD - The fight for gold These were the changes. Tell me - Is it right? - In the name of GOD These kind of changes?

Tell me why, tell me why, tell me why All the white men said: "That's the cross of changes"? Tell me why, tell me why, tell why, In the name of GOD These kind of changes.

The Dream Of The Dolphin (David Fairstein)

In every colour there's the light. In every stone sleeps a crystal.

Remember the Shaman, when he used to say: "Man is the dream of the dolphin."

Age Of Loneliness (Curly M.C.)

Tosonguyn Oroygoor Toosrood

Carly don't be sad Life is crazy Life is mad Don't be afraid

Carly don't be sad That's your destiny The only chance Take it, take it in your hands

Out From The Deep (Curly M.C.)

We came out from the deep To learn to love, to learn how to live We came out from the deep To avoid the mistake we made That's why we are here!

We came out from the deep To help and understand, but not to kill It takes many lives till we succeed To clear the debts of many hundres years That's why we are here!

The Cross Of Changes (Curly M.C.)

If you understand or if you don't If you believe or if you doubt There's a universal justice And the eyes of truth Are always watching you.

Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi (Michael Cretu)	The King is Dead, Long Live the King!
X RAY Delta 1 This is Mission Control. Roger you are one niner-three zero
Things are changing But nothing changes And still there are changes
Le roi est mort, vive le roi!	The King is Dead, Long Live the King!

Morphing Thru Time (Michael Cretu)
Earth. A biosphere. A complex, subtly balanced life support system.
et turtur nidum, ubi reponat pullos suos altaria tua Domine virtutum, Rex meus, et Deus meus	and the turtledove a nest where it might place its young Your altar of strengths, Lord, my king and my God
We are floating over the line Let us follow our mind All of our life we'll wait for the answer And the question is why
If we're following our mind We can glide into light No one knows if there'll be an answer While we're morphing thru time
We are floating over the line Let us follow our mind All of our life we'll wait for the answer and the question is why
We're just travellers in endless space
If we're following our mind We can glide into light No one knows if there'll be an answer While we're morphing thru time

Third of its Kind (Michael Cretu)

The first is the father The second is the mother And the third is the child

Beyond The Invisible (Michael Cretu/David Fairstein)
I look into the mirror See myself, I'm over me I need space for my desires Have to dive into my fantasies
I know as soon as I'll arrive Everything is possible Cause no one has to hide Beyond the invisible
Sajaja bramani totari ta, raitata raitata, radu ridu raitata, rota	The brave and wise men came together on horse
Close your eyes Just feel and realize It is real and not a dream I'm in you and you're in me
It is time To break the chains of life If you follow you will see What's beyond reality
Ne irascaris Domine, ne ultra memineris iniquitatis: ecce civitas Sancti facta est deserta: Sion deserta facta est: Ierusalem desolata est: domus sanctificationis tuae et gloriae tuae	Do not be angry Lord, or remember iniquity forever: behold the Holy City is a desert: Sion is mad a desert: Jerusalem is desolate: the house of your holiness and glory

Why (Michael Cretu)

I was childish and unfair To you, my only friend I regret, but now it's too late

I can't show you any more The things I've learned from you Cause life just took you away

I'm asking why I'm asking why Nobody gives an answer I'm just asking why

But someday we'll meet again And I'll ask you..

I'll ask you why Why it has to be like this I'm asking you why Please give me an answer

Many years of stupid fights Till we accept to see How it was and it'll always be

Why it has to be like this? Why we don't realize? Why are we too blind to see the one who's always on our side?

I'm asking why I'm asking why Nobody gives an answer I'm just asking why

Just tell me why Why it has to be like this That the good ones disappear I'm asking you why

I'm asking why I'm asking why Nobody gives an answer I'm just asking why

I'm asking why

The Child in Us (Michael Cretu)
prasanna vadanaaM saubhaagyadaaM bhaagyadaaM hastaabhyaaM abhayapradaaM maNigaNair- naanaavidhair-bhuushhitaaM	who is of smiling face, bestower of all fortunes, whose hands are ready to rescue anyone from fear, who is adorned by various ornaments with precious stones
Puer natus est nobis, et filius datus est nobis: cujus emperium super humerum...	For to us a child is born, to us a son is given: and the government will be upon his shoulder..
Some day you came And I knew you were the one You were the rain, you were the sun But I needed both, cause I needed you
You were the one I was dreaming of all my life When it is dark you are my light But don't forget Who's always our guide It is the child in us

T.N.T. for the Brain (Michael Cretu)

Smell your skin Feel your breath You on my side I couldn't resist

I hope I'll understand some day What's the meaning of this crazy game It is real and pure T.N.T. for the brain

If there's no pain Rules are still the same I'm with you, just lead me I'm ready to play

T.N.T. for the brain Don't be scared and have no fear I will show you what it means

If there's no pain Rules are still the same I'm with you, just lead me I'm ready to play

T.N.T. for the brain What you feel is insane It is love and not a game T.N.T. for the brain

The Roundabout (Michael Cretu/David Fairstein)

Life is a wheel of changes But changes are life And someday we will have to say good bye But our spirit will survive

Love is phasing Love, it is moving To the rhythm of your Sight

In the darkness I'm getting closer To the crossing point of Light

Reason is lasting, passion is living And dying is teaching us how to live

Prism of Life (Michael Cretu/David Fairstein)
I am hunted by the future Will the future be my past? Or is time a fade out picture Of my everlasting cast?
Love is phasing Love is moving To the rhythm of your Sight I get closer To the crossing point of Light
Sanctus, Sanctus Dominus Deus Sabaoth. Pleni sunt caeli et terra gloria tua. Hosanna in excelsis. Benedictus...	Holy, Holy, Lord God of hosts. Heaven and earth are filled with Thy glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.
Let us try to live our lost illusions They're the sun at night If we don't we'll never taste The spice of life
And when it seems that we're in a dead end street There's no reason to cry Cause we have a helping hand who's always aside Forever light

Odyssey of the Mind (Michael Cretu)
Things are changing But nothing changes And still there are changes Le roi est mort, vive le roi!	(in reverse mode)
There is no teacher Who can teach anything new He can just help us to remember The things we always knew

The Gate (Michael Cretu)
Closest approach to earth: 34,600,000 miles Mean distance from the sun: 141,600,000 miles Mean distance from the sun: 141,600,000 miles Period of rotation around the sun: 1.88089 years Sideral rotation period: 24 hours,37 minutes, 22.66 seconds Mean surface atmospheric temperature: -23 degrees Visual albedo: 0.159 Pole Star: BD 52 Degrees 2880 Visual magnitude at mean opposition: -2.01 Mass: 0.10174 Density: 3.93
O Fortuna velut Luna statu variabilis	O Fortune like the Moon you are changeable
Diameter: 0.532 Inclination of equator to orbit: 24.936 degrees gravitational escape velocity: 3.121 miles per hour inclination..

Push the Limits (Michael Cretu)

Basic instincts, social life Paradoxes side by side

Don't submit to stupid rules Be yourself and not a fool Don't accept average habits Open your heart and push the limits

Open your heart (echoes) And push the limits (echoes)

Gravity of Love (Michael Cretu)
O Fortuna velut Luna	O Fortune like the Moon
Turn around and smell what you don't see Close your eyes ... it is so clear Here's the mirror, behind there is a screen On both ways you can get in Don't think twice before you listen to your heart Follow the trace for a new start
What you need and everything you'll feel Is just a question of the deal In the eye of storm you'll see a lonely dove The experience of survival is the key To the gravity of love
O Fortuna velut Luna	O Fortune like the Moon
The path of excess leads to the tower of Wisdom	(whispering woman)
The path of excess leads to the tower of Wisdom	(whispering man)
Try to think about it That's the chance to live your life and discover What it is, what's the gravity of love
O Fortuna velut Luna	O Fortune like the Moon
Look around just people, can you hear their voice Find the one who'll guide you to the limits of your choice But if you're in the eye of storm Just think of the lonely dove The experience of survival is the key To the gravity of love.
O Fortuna velut Luna	O Fortune like the Moon

Smell of Desire (Cretu/Fairstein)
Je ne dors plus Je suis folle. Je m'abandonne	I can't sleep anymore I am crazy I am letting myself go
Je ne dors plus Je suis a toi	I can't sleep anymore I'm yours
In nomine Christi, Amen	In the name of Christ, So be it (in reverse mode)
The eternal flame will always burn Feel - understand - and learn

Modern Crusaders (Michael Cretu)
Don't look back The time has come All the pain turns into love
We're not submissive, we're not aggressive But they think we can't defend
Stand up, join us, modern crusaders alive We have the power to face the future Cause we are the fighters Just fighting for our rights
They're accusing, like always without knowing What is just fiction or what is the truth They have no mission, they have no passion But they dare to tell us what's bad and what's good!
Stand up, join us, modern crusaders alive We have the power who'll face the future Cause we are the fighters Just fighting for our fights
est affectus et defectus semper in angaria.	drive on and weighted down, always enslaved.
quod per sortem sternit fortem, mecum omnes plangite!	since Fate strikes down the strong man, everyone weep with me!
nunc obdurat et tunc curat ludo mentis aciem, egestatem, potestatem	first oppresses and then soothes as fancy takes it; poverty, power
Stand up, join us, modern crusaders alive We have the power who'll face the future Cause we are the fighters Just fighting for our fights
Stand up, join us, modern crusaders alive!

The Screen Behind the Mirror (Michael Cretu)

Here's the mirror Behind there is a screen Turn around On both ways you can get in

The experience of survival..

Look around just people, can you hear their voice Find the one who'll guide you to the limits of your choice

The experience of survival..

Try to think about it That's the chance to live your life and discover Try to think about it The experience of survival The experience

The experience of survival The experience ...

Camera Obscura (Michael Cretu)
Cause we are the fighters Just fighting for our rights Stand up, join us, modern crusaders alive We have the power... We're not submissive, we're not aggressive But they think... Stand up, join us, modern crusaders alive We have the power..	(in reverse mode)
Sors salutis et virtutis michi nunc contraria	Fate in health and virtue, is against me
Hac in hora sine nora cordum pulsum tangite; quod per sortem sternit fortem, mecum omnes plangite!	So at this hour without delay pluck the vibrating strings; since Fate strikes down the strong man, everyone weep with me!

Between Mind & Heart (Michael Cretu)	DOWNLOAD (MP3 242k)
It's hard to find the balance when you are in love. You're lost in the middle cause you have to decide between mind & heart.
HEART is the engine of your body but BRAIN is the engine of your life.
Between mind & heart (follow your mind)

Silence must be Heard (Michael Cretu)

Look into the others' eyes, many frustrations Read between the lines, no words just vibrations

Don't ignore hidden desires Pay attention, you're playing with fire

Silence must be heard, noise should be observed The time has come to learn, that silence..

Silence must be heard Or diamonds will burn, friendly cards will turn Cause silence has the right to be heard

People talk too much for what they have to say Words without a meaning, just fading away

Silence must be heard, noise should be observed The time has come to learn, that silence..

Silence must be heard Or diamonds will burn, friendly cards will turn Cause silence has the right to be heard

Turn Around (Michael Cretu)
Turn around and I will show you something Turn around and you will see Life, like a real way out, a kind of LSD
Turn around, you're feeling all the changes Turn around and you will feel You'll reach your holiness You are a part of me
Turn around and I will show you something Turn around and I will show you something
Turn around and I will show you something Turn around and you will see Life, like a real way out, a kind of LSD
Turn around, you're feeling all the changes Turn around and you will feel You'll reach your holiness You are a part of me
Beyond The Invisible, Prism of Life The Child In Us, Gravity of Love Morphing Thru Time	(whispers)
Turn around and I will show you something Turn around and you will see Life, like a real way out, a kind of LSD
Turn around, you're feeling all the changes Turn around and you will feel You'll reach your holiness You are a part of me
The Screen Behind The Mirror, The Voice and the Snake Principles of Lust, The Eyes of Truth, TNT for the Brain	(whispers)
Ne irascaris, Domine - Ne irascaris, Domine Ne irascaris, Domine - Ne irascaris, Domine
Turn around and I will show you something Turn around and you will see Life, like a real way out, a kind of LSD
Turn around and I will show you something Turn around and you will see Life, like a real way out, a kind of LSD
t..t..t.. Turn around and I will show you something

Turn Around (Nothern Lights Club Mix) (Michael Cretu)

Good evening This is the voice of Enigma

Feel your body Start to move slowly Let the rythm be your guiding light

Feel your body Start to move slowly Start to move slowly very slowly

The Screen Behind The Mirror, The Voice and the Snake Principles of Lust, The Eyes of Truth, TNT for the Brain

Turn around and I will show you something Turn around and you will see Life, like a real way out, a kind of LSD

Turn around, you're feeling all the changes Turn around and you will feel You'll reach your holiness You are a part of me

Turn around and I will show you something Turn around and you will see Life, like a real way out, a kind of LSD

Turn around, you're feeling all the changes Turn around and you will feel You'll reach your holiness You are a part of me

Let the rythm be your guiding light Let the rythm be your guiding light Let the rythm be your guiding light Let the rythm be your guiding light be your guiding light

Voyageur (Michael Cretu)
Viens chez moi voyageur Viens, viens voyageur Viens, viens chez moi voyageur Je t'attends, je t'attends Viens voyageur	Come to me, voyageur (=voyager+voyeur) Come, come, voyageur Come, come to me, voyageur I'm waiting for for you, I'm waiting for for you Come voyageur

Incognito (Michael Cretu)
Like a shadow on the wall if you're coming, that's good not protected by the law but you're still incognito.
You are capturing my soul if I want, if I don't who you are nobody knows can't get behind, incognito.
Like a shadow on the wall free access around the world who you are nobody knows eyes without face, incognito.
[reversed message]	Like a shadow on the wall, free access around the world (x3)
Like a shadow on the wall if you're coming, that's good not protected by the law but you're still incognito.
Like a shadow on the wall free access around the world who you are nobody knows eyes without face, incognito.

Page of cups (Michael Cretu)
Hear to find the body talk..
Retour a moi mème: je suis tant preoccupèe de toi. Speak, understand, mon amour, my love..	Come back straight to me: I'm so worried about you. Speak, understand, my love, my love..
Come to me, pas tristesse, pas des chagrin. Si tu que m'ai portè de moi, mon amour, my love.	Come to me, no sadness, no grief. It was you, who brought me back to myself, my love, my love.
Hear to find the body talk..

Boum Boum (Michael Cretu)

(Every time I think of you..) My heart goes boum boum boum every time I think of you In the silence boum boum boum Lost control what shall I do?

Cos I wanna be your lover till the end of our life I could never miss again these loving eyes, oh boum boum boum..

My heart goes boum boum boum every time I think of you I feel that boum boum boum No control of what I'll do

Simplicity, complexity, oh what a tragedy Reality, insanity, strange normality Incredible, untouchable, but brought to visual And I want you, just you, oh boum boum boum..

(Every time I think of you..) My heart goes boum boum boum when my mind is touching you I'm going boum boum boum Only light inside my gloom

Total eclipse of the moon (Michael Cretu)

Miles away from light at noon Total eclipse of the moon Many reasons to believe in love Just listen what it's telling you

Come have a look inside Total eclipse of the moon Don't be childish and don't be so cruel I'm feeling just lonely without.. . without you

I can see the wide horizons But debts have to be paid Our ways will cross again someday Believe, and come back to you.. maybe I'll see you soon

Time doesn't say hello Total eclipse of the moon Many nights in our lives before dreaming to be just beside.. beside you

Total Eclipse Of The Moon.. I'll See You Soon

Look of today (Michael Cretu)
I'll show you inside the newest things Feel what just money can bring Can't you see? That's the look of today.
You have a problem, I can help Buy it and be yourself Cos you know, that's the look of today
Noblesse oblige.	It's a must, deriving from one's nobility of soul.
So many trends just fade away Before you can wear it, it's a passé Can't you see? That's the look of today.
You are so stylish, you're so vain Sometimes I think you have no brain But you know, that's the look of today

In the shadow, in the light (Michael Cretu)

I promise you, for all my life I'll be Always by your side in the shadow, in the light.

I follow you, wherever life goes But I'll always be aside In the shadow, in the light.

If we don't understand.. Hell is happy, heaven is sad And that's the result of our.. brain.. Insane..

Caravan of life by day and by night Every tile's a part of life, oh If it's shadow, or light

Weightless (Michael Cretu)

Oh, weightless.. my baby's asleep It's only thrown astray.. weightless babe

Oh weightless My baby is asleep It's only thrown astray but.. just to sleep, my babe

Oh babe, you're weightless, weightless, weightless Oh baby you're weightless Baby, oh well Beside at your sleep, oh Oh I'm weightless I'm.. weightless

Following the sun (Michael Cretu)
Following the sun, to find the one who's giving you the wings to fly Following the sun, the golden one Losing sense for space and time I'm following the sun, to find the one.
Can you feel the waves of life Can you hear the sigh of love? Do you believe in it?
Following the sun, just for the one till you find the door you thought Following the sun, like everyone just searching for a sign of hope I'm following the sun, to find the one.
Have a look up to the sky See the billion stars above Cos maybe on one of them you'll spend your further life

Dal momento che pubblicare il testo senza la musica avrebbe amputato la canzone, per questa sola ragione ho deciso di rendere disponibile anche l'MP3 - peraltro a una qualità audio così bassa (mono, 16kHz, 16kbps) da spingere all'acquisto del disco originale chi fosse interessato a un ascolto migliore. (Ove sia possibile acquistarlo on-line, è sempre riportato il link "COMPRA IL CD".) Non è mia intenzione infrangere alcun copyright. Semmai, l'esatto contrario: desidero fare pubblicità! :-)

To publish the lyrics without the music, would mean to amputate the songs - so for this reason, and for this reason only, I'm including the MP3. However, their audio quality is so low (mono, 16kHz,16kbps) that anybody who were interested in enjoy a better listening will buy the original record. (Whenever it can be bought on-line, a "BUY THE CD" link is always indicated.) It is not my intention to infringe any copyright. Just in case, quite the opposite: I'm doing free advertising! :-)