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White Flags
Artist	Blue Öyster Cult
Album	Club Ninja
Released	December 10, 1985
Length	4:41 (album); 4:55 (UK album version); 3:55 (7" single); 5:10 (12" single)
Writers	Hugh Leggat; Gordon Leggat
Lead vocals	Eric Bloom

Latest revision as of 13:28, 6 May 2024

White Flags is the first track from Blue Öyster Cult's tenth studio album, Club Ninja. This song was originally recorded by Canadian hard rock band Leggat for their 1982 album Illuminations. It was released as a single in the United Kingdom in both 7" and 12" format, with "Make Rock Not War" as its B-side.

Lyrics[edit | edit source]

Hold me close, don't fear my body
Your flesh is weak, in need of touching
Your hands are hungry from want of knowing
Your eyes are closed, but still they're showing
Like the white flags of surrender
The war is over, the battle's ended
Like the snowflake in my hand that's melting
Can't you feel my love?

Can't, can't you feel my love?
Waiting to be touched
Can't you feel my love?
Like the sky touches the sea
The horizon we will be
Can't you feel my love?

In my arms, no fear of falling
We can share my gravity
See how time will stop forever
The moment that our eyes do meet
Like the white flags of surrender
The war is over, the battle's ended
Like the snowflake in my hand that's melting
Can't you feel my love?

Can't, can't you feel my love?
Waiting to be touched
Can't you feel my love?
Like the moon touches the sun
An eclipse we will become
Can't you feel my love?

Capture my senses
Ravage my perception
Take me, take me away
Away, yeah!

Hold me close, don't fear my body
Your flesh is weak, in need of touching
Your hands are hungry from want of knowing
Your eyes are closed, but still they're showing
Like the white flags of surrender
The war is over, the battle's ended
Like the snowflake in my hand that's melting
Can't you feel my love?

Can't, can't you feel my love?
Waiting to be touched
Can't you feel my love?
Like the sky touches the sea
The horizon we will be
Can't you feel my love?

(Can't you feel my love?) Oh, yeah!
(Can't you feel my love?) Oh, yeah!
Can't you feel my love?
(Love, love, can't you feel my love?) Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
(Can't you feel my love?) Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
(Can't you feel my love?) Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
(Love, love, can't you feel my love?)
(Can't you feel my love?) Can't you? Can't you feel my love?
(Love, love)
(Can't you feel my love?)
(Love, love...)

Trivia[edit | edit source]

The version of this song on most versions of Club Ninja, at 4:41, is significantly shorter than the original's runtime of 7:49. This is mainly due to the absence of part of the original version's bridge, the following guitar solo, and the second bridge. The original version's outro is also slightly longer and does not fade out.
The lyrics cut from the bridge of Blue Öyster Cult's version of the song are:
- Desert your defenses
  Liberate your inhibitions
  Let me, let me take you away
  Away, yeah!
The version of this song on the UK release of Club Ninja, at 4:55, does not fade out.
On all releases of Club Ninja, "White Flags" singles, and even on the Blue Öyster Cult website, the Leggat brothers' last name is erroneously spelled with two Ts.

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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 {{Infobox song
 |title=White Flags
-|image=Club ninja cover.jpg
+|image=White Flags.jpg
 |artist=[[Blue Öyster Cult]]
 |album=''[[Club Ninja]]''
 |released=December 10, 1985
-|length=4:41
+|length=4:41 (album)<br>4:55 (UK album version)<br>3:55 (7" single)<br>5:10 (12" single)
-|writers=Hugh Leggatt<br>Gordon Leggatt
+|writers=Hugh Leggat<br>Gordon Leggat
 |lead-vocals=[[Eric Bloom]]}}
-'''White Flags''' is the first track from [[Blue Öyster Cult]]'s tenth studio album, ''[[Club Ninja]]''.
+'''White Flags''' is the first track from [[Blue Öyster Cult]]'s tenth studio album, ''[[Club Ninja]]''. This song was originally recorded by Canadian hard rock band Leggat for their 1982 album ''Illuminations''. It was released as a single in the United Kingdom in both 7" and 12" format, with "[[Make Rock Not War]]" as its B-side.
 == Lyrics ==
 <poem style="border: 1px solid #8eb6d4; background-color: #0b0b14; padding-left: 1em; padding-right: 3em; border-radius: 10px; width: fit-content">
 Hold me close, don't fear my body
-The flesh is weak, in need of touching
+Your flesh is weak, in need of touching
-Your hands are hungry for want of knowing
+Your hands are hungry from want of knowing
 Your eyes are closed, but still they're showing
-Light the white flags of surrender
+Like the white flags of surrender
 The war is over, the battle's ended
 Like the snowflake in my hand that's melting
@@ Line 25: / Line 25: @@
 Can't you feel my love?
 Like the sky touches the sea
-Arising, we will be
+The horizon we will be
 Can't you feel my love?
-In my arms no fear of falling
+In my arms, no fear of falling
 We can share my gravity
 See how time will stop forever
 The moment that our eyes do meet
-Light the white flags of surrender
+Like the white flags of surrender
 The war is over, the battle's ended
 Like the snowflake in my hand that's melting
@@ Line 41: / Line 41: @@
 Can't you feel my love?
 Like the moon touches the sun
-An eclipse, then we'll be gone
+An eclipse we will become
 Can't you feel my love?
 Capture my senses
 Ravage my perception
-Take me, take me away!
+Take me, take me away
-Away!
+Away, yeah!
-Love!
 Hold me close, don't fear my body
-The flesh is weak, in need of touching
+Your flesh is weak, in need of touching
-Your hands are hungry for want of knowing
+Your hands are hungry from want of knowing
 Your eyes are closed, but still they're showing
-Light the white flags of surrender
+Like the white flags of surrender
 The war is over, the battle's ended
 Like the snowflake in my hand that's melting
@@ Line 63: / Line 62: @@
 Can't you feel my love?
 Like the sky touches the sea
-Arising, we will be
+The horizon we will be
 Can't you feel my love?
@@ Line 74: / Line 73: @@
 ''(Love, love, can't you feel my love?)''
 ''(Can't you feel my love?)'' Can't you? Can't you feel my love?
+''(Love, love)''
 ''(Can't you feel my love?)''
 ''(Love, love...)''</poem>
 == Trivia ==
-TBA
+* The version of this song on most versions of ''Club Ninja'', at 4:41, is significantly shorter than the original's runtime of 7:49. This is mainly due to the absence of part of the original version's bridge, the following guitar solo, and the second bridge. The original version's outro is also slightly longer and does not fade out.
+* The lyrics cut from the bridge of Blue Öyster Cult's version of the song are:
+** ''Desert your defenses<br>Liberate your inhibitions<br>Let me, let me take you away<br>Away, yeah!''
+* The version of this song on the UK release of ''Club Ninja'', at 4:55, does not fade out.
+* On all releases of ''Club Ninja'', "White Flags" singles, and even on the Blue Öyster Cult website, the Leggat brothers' last name is erroneously spelled with two Ts.
 {{Songs}}
 [[Category:Songs]]
+[[Category:Cover songs]]
 [[Category:Club Ninja]]

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