Editing Veteran of the Psychic Wars

{{DISPLAYTITLE:Fire of Unknown Origin}}{{Infobox song
|title=Veteran of the Psychic Wars
|image=Fire of unknown origin cover.jpg
|artist=[[Blue Öyster Cult]]
|album=''[[Fire of Unknown Origin]]''
|released=July 1981
|length=4:48
|writers=[[Eric Bloom]]<br>[[Michael Moorcock]]
|lead-vocals=Eric Bloom}}
'''Veteran of the Psychic Wars''' is the third track from [[Blue Öyster Cult]]'s eighth studio album, ''[[Fire of Unknown Origin]]''.

== Lyrics ==
<poem style="border: 1px solid #8eb6d4; background-color: #0b0b14; padding-left: 1em; padding-right: 3em; border-radius: 10px; width: fit-content">
You see me now, a veteran of a thousand psychic wars
I've been living on the edge so long, where the winds of limbo roar
And I'm young enough to look at, and far too old to see
All the scars are on the inside
I'm not sure that there's anything left to me

Don't let these shakes go on
It's time we had a break from it
It's time we had some leave
We've been living in the flames
We've been eating up our brains
Oh, please, don't let these shakes go on

You ask me why I'm weary, why I can't speak to you
You blame me for my silence, say it's time I changed and grew
But the war's still going on, dear, and there's no end that I know
And I can't say if we’re ever
I can't say if were ever gonna be free

Don't let these shakes go on
It's time we had a break from it
It's time we had some leave
We've been living in the flames
We've been eating out our brains
Oh, please, don't let these shakes go on

You see me now, a veteran of a thousand psychic wars
My energy's spent at last and my armor is destroyed
I have used up all my weapons, and I'm helpless and bereaved
Wounds are all I'm made of
Did I hear you say that this is victory?

Don't let these shakes go on
It's time we had a break from it
Send me to the rear
Where the tides of madness swell
And been sliding into hell
Oh, please, don't let these shakes go on
Don't let these shakes go on
Don't let these shakes go on</poem>

== Trivia ==
TBA
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