Blue oyster cult- 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

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[northernmanmn]

I remember, I used to walk into some dive bar and this song would play, I would go into another stream of thought. I'd be standing by a pool table and the women would be looking at me in two ways. In one way they wanted me and in the other way I could see they thought I was crazy. The music always won and I'm talking some hot women. This music just made me feel like some kind of mental soldier. When the music was over and the women walked away, I wondered what was wrong with me. My memory

[Empressgoth]

I love the song when I first saw it on Heavy Metal. life feels that way.

[papantlaflyer68]

FOR ALL OF US , VETRANS OF OLD PSICHIC WARS , OUTSIDE AND INSIDE OF OUR MINDS AND BODIES , FOR ALL OF OUR FALLEN BROTHERS , SISTERS , MOTHERS AND FATHERS , DAUGHTERS AND SONS , FOR OUR STAY ON THIS LAND TO DIG GRAVES FOR ALL OF THEM , FOR THE MEMORIES AND LOST MEMORIES , FOR THE COLD INSIDE OUR HEARTS , FOR THE DISPAIR , FOR THE LOVE , FOR "THE POINT OF NO RETURN " , FOR OUR ETERNAL NIGHT ,FOR ALL THAT REMAINS FROM US .... BREATH AND WALK ON THIS LAND !!!

[wandererlain]

Love this song. Two names I associate it with: Michael Moorcock and Dion Fortune