Simple Minds - New warm skin

Bside of single "I travel".

release date: September 1980


Lyric:
One fatal gift,
Arrived here today.
Heavenly sent,
To the beauticians that pray.
Here comes that face,
And it's a textural treat.
Is this a war?
Is this a god?

New,
Warm,
Skin.
New,
Warm.

Expensive to touch,
It's a novocaine skin.
Beauty; this beast,
Is transparent and thin.
This sun can be cruel,
I don't want to melt.
Is this a war?
Is this a god?

New Warm Skin.
New Warm Skin.
New Warm Skin.
New Warm.

One fatal gift,
Arrived here today.
Contorted dreams,
Of the beauticians that pray.
Crawling out of this heat,
And drifting this way.
Is this a war?
Is this a god?

New Warm Skin.
New Warm Skin.
New Warm Skin.

Is this a war?
Is this a god?

Category:

Music

Tags:

• simple
• minds
• travel
• new
• warm
• skin
• bside

[freebullitt]

Hi !

I just put on line the studio version (sound quality better) ... enjoy !!

[Hurricane1A]

they could do the magazine vibe maybe even better than magazine

[thebagger]

watch this space.........

I'm working on remastering it and mixing it with Nail Thru My Heart.

[rijnsewijn]

@spaceface1970 the track looks like 'skin part2' Is this a war? is this a god?

[spaceface1970]

Nail thru my heart new song on lostboy aka by jim kerr uses the riff off this........Brilliant track deserves to be heard again

[christos1973]

Vaguely reminding me of early Siouxsie and the Banshees or what? Great song though. Theatrical and reptilian (just as the title suggests)

[snicu]

the live version (Rotters 28-10-1980) is even catchier and has an awesome intro courtesy of Mick, Brian and Derek... well worth checking out even if the audio quality isn't that great

[faddy24]

Simple but catchy 'n effective bass by Forbes keeps this quirky song bubbling along. Like it.

[johnnyblunder]

Forgot about this track.....class.

[primaprimotv]

Whoa!!! This song is a treasure. I've never really heard anything from this era of Simple Minds...it's pretty cool.