Unknown Tongue

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Unknown Tongue
Cultosaurus erectus cover.jpg
Artist Blue Öyster Cult
Album Cultösaurus Erectus
Released June 14, 1980
Length 3:55
Writers Albert Bouchard
David Roter
Lead vocals Eric Bloom

Unknown Tongue is the ninth and final track from Blue Öyster Cult's seventh studio album, Cultösaurus Erectus.

Lyrics[edit | edit source]

There was no light shining through the window
As Margaret lie in her bed
She was wearing her cotton pajamas
A crucifix above her head
She awoke from a dream
Her eyes were open, her lips were moving in the dark

Speak to me in many voices
Make them all sound like one
Let me see your sacred mysteries
Reveal to me the unknown tongue
Reveal to me the unknown tongue

She put her hands upon her breasts
And they were small, and hard, and young
And everywhere she touched she felt a fire
Waiting for the answer that must surely come
Is this the way to love
Or is this just the way to die?

Speak to me in many voices
Make them all sound like one
Let me see your sacred mysteries
Reveal to me the unknown tongue
Reveal to me the unknown tongue

Then she took her father's razor
And watched it cut into her palm
She put her hand up to her mouth
To taste the blood, so holy and warm
She got up in the morning
Put on her dress and patent leather shoes
Ate her cereal and kissed her mother
Caught the bus and went to school

Speak to me in many voices
Make them all sound like one
Let me see your sacred mysteries
Reveal to me the unknown tongue
Reveal to me the unknown tongue

Reveal to me
Reveal to me
Reveal to me
Reveal to me
Reveal to me
Reveal to me
Reveal to me
Reveal to me
Reveal to me
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Reveal to me
Reveal to me
Reveal to me
Reveal to me
Reveal to me
Reveal to me
Reveal to me
Reveal to me
Reveal to me
Reveal to me
Reveal to me
Reveal to me
Reveal to me
Reveal to me
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Trivia[edit | edit source]

TBA

Songs

Blue Öyster Cult

Transmaniacon MC • I'm on the Lamb but I Ain't No Sheep • Then Came the Last Days of May • Stairway to the Stars • Before the Kiss, a Redcap • Screams • She's as Beautiful as a Foot • Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll • Workshop of the Telescopes • Redeemed

Tyranny and Mutation

The Red and the Black • O.D.'d on Life Itself • Hot Rails to Hell • 7 Screaming Diz-Busters • Baby Ice Dog • Wings Wetted Down • Teen Archer • Mistress of the Salmon Salt (Quicklime Girl)

Secret Treaties

Career of Evil • Subhuman • Dominance and Submission • ME 262 • Cagey Cretins • Harvester of Eyes • Flaming Telepaths • Astronomy

Agents of Fortune

This Ain't the Summer of Love • True Confessions • (Don't Fear) The Reaper • E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence) • The Revenge of Vera Gemini • Sinful Love • Tattoo Vampire • Morning Final • Tenderloin • Debbie Denise

Spectres

Godzilla • Golden Age of Leather • Death Valley Nights • Searchin' for Celine • Fireworks • R. U. Ready 2 Rock • Celestial the Queen • Goin' Through the Motions • I Love the Night • Nosferatu

Mirrors

Dr. Music • The Great Sun Jester • In Thee • Mirrors • Moon Crazy • The Vigil • I Am the Storm • You're Not the One (I Was Looking For) • Lonely Teardrops

Cultösaurus Erectus

Black Blade • Monsters • Divine Wind • Deadline • The Marshall Plan • Hungry Boys • Fallen Angel • Lips in the Hills • Unknown Tongue

Fire of Unknown Origin

Fire of Unknown Origin • Burnin' For You • Veteran of the Psychic Wars • Sole Survivor • Heavy Metal: The Black and Silver • Vengeance (The Pact) • After Dark • Joan Crawford • Don't Turn Your Back

The Revölution by Night

Take Me Away • Eyes on Fire • Shooting Shark • Veins • Shadow of California • Feel the Thunder • Let Go • Dragon Lady • Light Years of Love

Club Ninja

White Flags • Dancin' in the Ruins • Make Rock Not War • Perfect Water • Spy in the House of the Night • Beat 'Em Up • When the War Comes • Shadow Warrior • Madness to the Method

Imaginos

I Am the One You Warned Me Of • Les Invisibles • In the Presence of Another World • Del Rio's Song • The Siege and Investiture of Baron von Frankenstein's Castle at Weisseria • Astronomy • Magna of Illusion • Blue Öyster Cult • Imaginos

Bad Channels

Demon's Kiss • The Horsemen Arrive

Heaven Forbid

See You In Black • Harvest Moon • Power Underneath Despair • X-Ray Eyes • Hammer Back • Damaged • Cold Gray Light of Dawn • Real World • Live For Me • Still Burnin' • In Thee

St. Cecilia: The Elektra Recordings

What Is Quicksand? • I'm on the Lamb • Gil Blanco County • Donovan's Monkey • Ragamuffin Dumplin' • Curse of the Hidden Mirrors • Arthur Comics • A Fact About Sneakers • St. Cecilia • Bonomo's Turkish Taffy

Curse of the Hidden Mirror

Dance on Stilts • Showtime • The Old Gods Return • Pocket • One Step Ahead of the Devil • I Just Like to Be Bad • Here Comes That Feeling • Out of the Darkness • Stone of Love • Eye of the Hurricane • Good to Feel Hungry

The Symbol Remains

That Was Me • Box in My Head • Tainted Blood • Nightmare Epiphany • Edge of the World • The Machine • Train True (Lennie's Song) • The Return of St. Cecilia • Stand and Fight • Florida Man • The Alchemist • Secret Road • There's a Crime • Fight

Ghost Stories

Late Night Street Fight • Cherry • So Supernatural • We Gotta Get Out of This Place • Soul Jive • Gun • Shot in the Dark • The Only Thing • Kick Out the Jams • Money Machine • Don't Come Running to Me • If I Fell • Roadhouse Blues

Rarities

Steppin' Razor • Double Talk • Rebel • Summa Cum Laude • John L. Sullivan

Live songs and covers

Buck's Boogie • 5 Guitars • Wings of Mercury • Betty Lou's Got a New Pair of Shoes • Born to be Wild • Maserati GT (I Ain't Got You) • I Want You (She's So Heavy) • It's Not Easy

Unreleased
(Soft White Underbelly and Stalk-Forrest Group)

Allen's Song • All Night Gas Station • Home from the Hills • Bark in the Sun • The Burning Man • Checkout Girl • Fantasy Morass • Four Door Blues ('57 Chevy) • Green • Hangin' Round • Highway Song • Hoedown on Your Pelt • Jay Jay • Memphis Slim Jam • Mothra • Mystic Stump • Patron of the Arts • Port Jefferson • Pot Bust • Queen's Boulevard • Rain is Falling • Rationale Passionale • Sitting on the Buddha's Knee • Siren Sing Along • Sun Comes Up • You Make Me Feel • You
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