Blue Oyster Cult Fire Of Unknown Origin (1981) Produced by Martin Birch ------------------------ FIRE OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN ( - J. Bouchard - P. Smith - E. Bloom - A Bouchard - D. Roeser - ) Death comes sweeping through the hallway Like a lady's dress Death comes driving down the highway In its Sunday best A fire of unknown origin Took my baby away A fire of unknown origin Took my baby away Swept her up and off my wavelength Swallowed her up Like the ocean in a fire So thick and grey A fire of unknown origin Took my baby away A fire of unknown origin Took my baby away Death comes driving I can't do nothing Death goes There must be something There must be something That remains There must be something There must be something A fire of unknown origin Took my baby away A fire of unknown origin Took my baby Took my baby away BURNIN' FOR YOU ( - D. Roeser - R. Meltzer - ) Home in the valley Home in the city Home isn't pretty Ain't no home for me Home in the darkness Home on the highway Home isn't my way Home I'll never be Burn out the day Burn out the night I can't see no reason to put up a fight I'm living for givin' the devil his due And I'm burnin', I'm burnin', I'm burnin' for you I'm burnin', I'm burnin', I'm burnin' for you Time is the essence Time is the season Time ain't no reason Got no time to slow Time everlasting Time to play B-sides Time ain't on my side Time I'll never know Burn out the day Burn out the night I'm not the one to tell you what's wrong and what's right I've seen suns that were freezing and lives that were through And I'm burnin', I'm burnin', I'm burnin' for you I'm burnin', I'm burnin', I'm burnin' for you VETERAN OF THE PSYCHIC WARS ( - E. Bloom - M. Moorcock - ) 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 theses 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 theses 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 shakes go on Don't let these shakes go on Don't let these shakes go on SOLE SURVIVOR ( - E. Bloom - J. Trivers - L. Myers - ) There walked a lonely man Silent, mute, the only man Not knowing how not knowing why Was he the sole survivor Why should he be alive Breathing still while others died And the only question Why was he the sole survivor? Sole survivor Cursed with second sight Haunted savior Cried into the night Sole survivor Cursed with second sight Haunted savior Cried into the night Wind blew across the sand He stood alone he had no plan And with the last rays of the sun He screamed aloud began to run In his tears he sees his face "I am the end of the human race When I'm gone there'll be no trace For I'm the sole survivor" Sole survivor Cursed with second sight Haunted savior Cried into the night Sole survivor Cursed with second sight Haunted savior Cried into the night One night when years had passed The sky shook from a fiery blast And there a starship - saved at last To come rescue this survivor They beckoned him inside But only man he would not ride Instead he found a place to hide For he's the sole survivor Sole survivor Cursed with second sight Haunted savior Cried into the night HEAVY METAL: THE BLACK AND SILVER ( - A Bouchard - E. Bloom - S Pearlman - ) Into the whirlpool Where matter vanishes Degenerate star Arm of Orion An iron sun The forbidden circle Anti-matter is the Black horizon Heavy metal Black and silver Fallen matter Of the sun Pours itself Into a place Where there was never Never one By starlight The heaviest will rise up Magnetic mirror Scattered bodies slow All chaos of matter River of fire A night sea crossing The cosmic fluid flows Heavy metal Black and silver Fallen matter Of the sun Pours itself Into a place Where there was never Never one Fallen matter From the cross Freedom That was never lost Beyond being Will be coming Beyond time, space and control Direction........Starlight Creation.........Starbright Foundation.......We forged the Einstein bridge tonight Spans a river....Starlight We call time.....Starbright World............Light of darkness Without end......Light of light Heavy metal Black and silver Fallen matter Of the sun Pours itself Into a place Where there was never, never, never, never one VENGEANCE (THE PACT) ( - A. Bouchard - J. Bouchard - ) See them standing in the foothills Waiting for the kill On wings of fear the terror sweeps Into the city beat To defend This is the pact But when life's scorned And damage done To avenge This is the pact On wings of vengeance Taarna finds them Death for barbarians To defend This is the pact But when life's scorned And damage done To avenge This is the pact Flying over the oasis She is captured and they pull her down Feeling pain From the air Close my eyes And I am there I feel I'm falling down in a deep dark pit "Pull him down" the soldier said "I'll put an arrow in his head" But the bird Flew off instead To save his master On his back she fled Her time has come Riding her bird High in the saddle She gets her chance to fulfil the pact now As their leader Swoops from the clouds She sticks him with her sword Then she throws him down The enemy shrivel and die The enemy shrivel and die To defend This is the pact But when life's scorned And damage done To avenge This is the pact AFTER DARK ( - E. Bloom - J. Trivers - L. Myers - ) What's that in the corner? It's too dark to see What's that noise I'm hearing Who's that calling me? Long ago and far away I heard your voice But once I heard you sing your song I had no choice Terror took control it told me what to say And let me loose I fear I've finally found a way After dark, I see you After dark, I feel you After dark, I want you After dark, I need you Of age there is no question Death's shadow is undone We only need each other In shelter from the sun Long ago and far away I heard your voice But once I heard you sing your song I had no choice Terror took control it told me what to say And let me loose I fear I've finally found a way After dark, I need you After dark, I want you After dark, I feel you After dark, I see you There's no turning back now My fate is traced in blood I've tasted true salvation Your power is my drug Long ago and far away I heard your voice But once I heard you sing your song I had no choice Terror took control it told me what to say And let me loose I fear I've finally found a way After dark, I need you After dark, I want you After dark, I feel you After dark, I see you After dark, I touch you After dark, I do! After dark After dark After dark JOAN CRAWFORD ( - A. Bouchard - D. Roter - J. Rigg - ) Junkies down in Brooklyn are going crazy They're laughing just like hungry dogs in the street Policemen are hiding behind the skirts of little girls Their eyes have turned the color of frozen meat No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no Joan Crawford has risen from the grave Joan Crawford has risen from the grave Catholic school girls have thrown away their mascara They chain themselves to the axles of big Mac trucks The sky is filled with herds of shivering angels The fat lady laughs, "Gentlemen, start your trucks" Oh no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no Joan Crawford has risen from the grave Joan Crawford has risen from the grave Christina Mother's home Christina Come to mother Christina No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no Joan Crawford has risen from the grave Joan Crawford has risen from the grave Joan Crawford has risen from the grave Joan Crawford has risen DON'T TURN YOUR BACK ( - A. Lanier - D. Roeser - A. Bouchard - ) Don't turn your back Danger surrounds you Don't turn your back To the dogs who hound you Don't turn your back Don't show your profile You'll never know When it's your turn to go Don't turn your back On intuition Don't turn your back On superstition Don't turn your back To your jealous neighbor He just might blow And spoil the show Don't turn your back One chance to save her Don't turn your back Keep her out of danger Don't turn your back She'll return the favor She wants you so Don't say no. Things are not always what they seem She will always say what she means You'll never know who your friends really are You'll use that special option in your car. Don't turn your back Danger surrounds you Don't turn your back To the dogs who hound you Don't turn your back Don't show your profile You'll never know When it's your turn to go