Before the Kiss, a Redcap Lyrics

Lyric discussion by internalnoise 

Cover art for Before the Kiss, a Redcap lyrics by Blue Öyster Cult

If you read some interviews at the time the album came out, this song deals with Conry's Bar west, but also adds the idea that there is a secret organization called "the motif of the rose" there that passes drugs through kisses, in a sort of initiation ritual.

Oh, and "Gin glows in the dark" refers to an event that actually happened at the bar while the band was playing there. Someone spilled a drink and it glowed in the dark.

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