Ένα Blue Öyster Cult classic είναι πάντα ευπρόσδεκτο, ακόμα και αν δεν είναι ευπρόσδεκτη η επικαιρότητα που το ανακαλεί στη μνήμη. Προέρχεται από το άλμπουμ τους των early ’80s Fire Of Unknown Origin και αποτελεί συνδημιουργία του τραγουδιστή Eric Bloom (μουσική) και του συγγραφέα ε.φ. Michael Moorcock (στίχοι) 🟡 🟡 A Blue Öyster Cult classic is always welcome, even if the current events that bring it to mind are not. It comes from their early ’80s album Fire Of Unknown Origin and is a co-creation of singer Eric Bloom (music) and sci-fi author Michael Moorcock (lyrics).

You see me now, a veteran of a thousand psychic wars
I’ve been livin’ 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 that there’s anything left to 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 livin’ in the flames, we’ve been eatin’ 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 gonna 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 livin’ in the flames, we’ve been eatin’ up 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 slidin’ 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