I guess you could call him a one hit wonder since this was Ephraim Lewis' only album, but had he not died so early, I'm sure that there would be many more successful albums from him. The lyrics of his song speak to his pain

SKIN
SHELTER ME...

SEARCHING FOR A WAY OUT
OF SO MUCH PAIN
SOMETIMES TO HURT IS BETTER THAN NOTHING
LET'S LIVE AGAIN
I'M A PUBLIC FACE WITH A PRIVATE LIFE
YOU WANNA GET CLOSE ENOUGH TO TOUCH
WEAVE YOUR LIES 'COS I CAN'T HIDE
NEVER TOUCH MY SOUL I NEED THAT MUCH

IS MY SKIN JUST A VEIL I'M WEARING
PROTECT ME FROM THE WORLD


(REPEAT)


SO WITH THIS ARMOUR TO COVER ME
FROM TORTURED SKIES
I'LL BURN THE BODY - BREATHE POISONED WINE
ONLY LAUGHTER AND FORGETTING
KEEPS MY MIND FROM THE DEVIL INSIDE
LIKE A CIRCLE THERE IS NO RESOLVE
A LITTLE PEACE IS BETTER THAN NONE....

The details of his death are debated -- did he jump from the four story apartment building in W. Hollywood, or did the taser gun that the police fired at him knock him down. He was acting irratically, naked climbing from balcony to balcony. It's said that someone slipped something into his drink while he was celebrating his contract deal with Elektra in the US. He had recently broken up with a long term girlfriend and had a male lover and was for the first time expressing that side of himself.