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Artist: Blue Öyster Cult
Canonical path: /blue-oyster-cult/when-the-war-comes
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When The War Comes
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When The War Comes
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"When the bones of our oppressors have turned to dust;
And the cause that we serve rules the world.
In a vision, visitation, all hail the revolution!"
A vision of evo-, revolution
Armies of the past retreat in the wake of revolution
A journey to the country of the fourth admission
A spectacle of awakening light
The soldiers are baffled but still they fight
Creator; destroyer; victory; defeat
I did not come to bring a sleep
Black flag; red flag; space and time
The future is my mind
Judgement day descends upon us after the revolution
The purge has come to set you free
On the lips, the light called truth
A modest time for victory
Energy imprisoned will make itself free
Creator; destroyer; victory; defeat
I did not come to bring a sleep
Black flag; red flag; space and time
The future is my mind
When the war comes, when the war comes
When the war comes when the war comes
War comes when the war comes
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