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I am becalmed, lost to nothing
Warm weather and a holocaust

Left to die by two good friends
Abandoned me and put to sleep
Left to die by two good friends
Tears of god flow as I bleed

So ladies fish and gentlemen
Here's my angled dream
See me in my blue sky bag
And meet me by the sea

Oyster boys are swimming for me now
Save me from the death like creature

Oyster boys are swimming now
Hear them chatter on the tide
We understand, we understand
But fear is read and so do I

So ladies fish and gentlemen
Here's my angled dream
See me in my blue sky bag
And meet me by the sea

Oyster boys are swimming for me
Just one deal is what we made now

Forest keys and whirlwind cold
Green keys too and keys of gold
And even locks that don't explode
When the skies become a scroll

So ladies fish and gentlemen
Here's my angled dream
See me in my blue sky bag
And meet me by the sea
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shut On Dec 18, 2001
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Cover art for Subhuman lyrics by Blue Öyster Cult

About the alien Imaginos being left to die on the shore. The Blue Oyster Cult (aliens) come to save him. See the remade/reworked song "Blue Oyster Cult" on the Imaginos album.

Cover art for Subhuman lyrics by Blue Öyster Cult

This song is so obviously about transhumanism in the face of ontological pedagogy displayed in the light of Jungian pantheistic transubstantiation. It's such an obvious derivative of Mahler's work on kraftig-style symphonic repercussion.

Also it's about aliens.

Cover art for Subhuman lyrics by Blue Öyster Cult

It's about Imaginos and it is an allusion to the Christ-alien theory. Like Christ, who is abandoned by Judas and Peter, Imaginos is abandoned by two friends. Like Christ, who is resurrected by angels/aliens who fly, Imaginos is saved by fish-like aliens who swim. Like Christ, who institutes a sacrament of bread and wine, Imaginos institutes a sacrament of the blue sky bag, with environmental references to earth, wind, water, and fire(gold).

That is pretty Deep! I personally just now heard it again after 30 years...Umbelievable Songs.

 
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