The Old Gods Return

The Old Gods Return

Artist	Blue Öyster Cult
Album	Curse of the Hidden Mirror
Released	June 5, 2001
Length	4:36
Writers	John Shirley Eric Bloom Donald Roeser
Lead vocals	Eric Bloom

The Old Gods Return is the third track from Blue Öyster Cult's fourteenth studio album, Curse of the Hidden Mirror.

Lyrics

Now is the time, the moon is in alignment
With the unknown zodiac, the untold sign
Of the fiery maniac within each breast
Awaits a stirring iridescent whirring
Of a six-eyed god who wings beat
In a time so odd, so very odd
And we're all lost, all of us blessedly lost

Forever! (Forever and ever and ever)
Forever! (Forever and ever and ever)
Forever! (Forever and ever and ever)
Forever! (Forever and ever)

Now is the time the old gods return
Now is the time the old gods return
Exactly when the world is not expecting it
Exactly when we're sure of ourselves
That's exactly when the old gods return
And sweep our cities back into hell

Now is the time that the old gods return
Now is the time that water begins to burn
Now is the time that the apes take wing
And we recognize them from that Oz thing
And we realize it was a prophecy
We realize it was a prophecy
Yeah, the old gods laugh, it amuses them
The old gods laugh

Forever! (Forever and ever and ever)
Forever! (Forever and ever and ever)
Forever! (Forever and ever and ever)
Forever! (Forever and ever)

Now is the time the old gods return
Now is the time the old gods return
Exactly when the world is not expecting it
Exactly when we're sure of ourselves
That's exactly when the old gods return
And sweep our cities
And sweep our cities back into hell

Forever! (Forever and ever and ever)
Forever! (Forever and ever and ever)
Forever! (Forever and ever and ever)
Forever! (Forever and ever)

Now is the time the old gods return
Now is the time the old gods return
Now is the time the old gods return
Now is the time the old gods return

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