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O.D.’d On Life Itself

This version of O.d.’D On Life Itself was released by Blue Oyster Cult in 1973.

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How could I fool you, rest and assure you
Take you off from here and put you on the line
Your back’s to the pistol, iron bullets whistle
Landscapes open and the world it’s mine, it’s still mine

OD’d on life, life itself

Writings appear on the wall
Curtains part and landscapes fall
It’s the writings done in blood
Like a mummy’s inscription
And a bat wing tongue

Well then the mouth of the cave
Will open up wide, wide as the world
That’s mine, mine, still mine

So don’t you fear the trade in lives
Life loves force and force loves lives
This wedding in heaven was made up in hell
This victim as bride and life, life itself

OD’d on life, life itself

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Blue Oyster Cult has released many songs over the years besides O.d.’D On Life Itself. Blue Oyster Cult released songs from 1972 to 2001 spanning across albums like Blue Oyster Cult, Tyranny And Mutation, Secret Treaties, Agents Of Fortune, Spectres, Mirrors, Cultosaurus Erectus, Fire Of Unknown Origin, The Revolution By Night, Club Ninja, Imaginos, Heaven Forbid, and Curse Of The Hidden Mirror. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Blue Oyster Cult.

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About Lyrics and O.d.’D On Life Itself by Blue Oyster Cult

The lyrics for O.d.’D On Life Itself are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1973 song by Blue Oyster Cult. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to O.d.’D On Life Itself have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for O.d.’D On Life Itself - Blue Oyster Cult and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to O.d.’D On Life Itself by Blue Oyster Cult in multiple ways. 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 O.d.’D On Life Itself" means the words set to the music of O.d.’D On Life Itself, 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 O.d.’D On Life Itself and the lyrics to O.d.’D On Life Itself 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 O.d.’D On Life Itself, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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