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E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence)

This version of E.t.i. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence) was released by Blue Oyster Cult in 1976.

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I hear the music, daylight disc
Three men in black said, “Don’t report this”
“Ascension,” and that’s all they said
Sickness now, the hour’s dread

All praise
He’s found the awful truth, Balthazar
He’s found the saucer news

I’m in fairy rings and tower beds
“Don’t report this,” three men said
Books by the blameless and by the dead
King in yellow, queen in red

All praise
He’s found the awful truth, Balthazar
He’s found the saucer news

Dead leaves always give up motion
I no longer feel the motion
Where prophecy fails, the falling motion
“Don’t report this, agents of fortune”

All praise
He’s found the awful truth, Balthazar
He’s found the saucer news

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About Lyrics and E.t.i. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence) by Blue Oyster Cult

The lyrics to E.t.i. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence) are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Blue Oyster Cult used when the song was created in 1976. The lyrics to E.t.i. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence) have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Blue Oyster Cult and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to E.t.i. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence) by Blue Oyster Cult. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to E.t.i. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence)" means the words set to the music of E.t.i. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence), or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Blue Oyster Cult. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to E.t.i. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence) and the lyrics to E.t.i. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence) are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Blue Oyster Cult who came here looking just for the lyrics to E.t.i. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence), but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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