Veteran Of The Psychic Wars – Chanson de Blue Öyster Cult

Veteran of the Psychic Wars - Métal hurlant


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Veteran Of The Psychic Wars

You see me now a veteran of a thousand psychic wars
I’ve been living on the edge so long
Where the winds of limbo roar
And I’m young enough to look at
And far too old to see
All the scars are on the inside
I’m not sure if there’s anything left of me

Don’t let these shakes go on
It’s time we had a break from it
It’s time we had some leave
We’ve been living in the flames
We’ve been eating up our brains
Oh please, don’t let these shakes go on

You ask me why I’m weary, why I can’t speak to you
You blame me for my silence
Say it’s time I changed and grew
But the war’s still going on dear
And there’s no end that I know
And I can’t say if we’re ever…
I can’t say if we’re ever gonna to be free

Don’t let these shakes go on
It’s time we had a break from it
It’s time we had some leave
We’ve been living in the flames
We’ve been eating out our brains
Oh please, don’t let these shakes go on

You see me now a veteran of a thousand psychic wars
My energy’s spent at last
And my armor is destroyed
I have used up all my weapons and I’m helpless and bereaved
Wounds are all I’m made of
Did I hear you say that this is victory ?

Don’t let these shakes go on
It’s time we had a break from it
Send me to the rear
Where the tides of madness swell
And been sliding into hell
Oh please, don’t let these shakes go on
Don’t let these shakes go on
Don’t let these shakes go on

Blue Öyster Cult &, in l’album Fire Of Unknown Origin, Columbia Records, 1981.
Chanson co-écrite avec l’auteur de science-fiction Michael Moorcock.



Clefs : BÖC | Sandy Pearlman – poète | Eric Bloom | science-fiction | guerre | chanson américaine | paix | mysticisme
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