the blue mask

• lou reed'in 1982 yilinda, agir bir uyusturucu ve alkol tedavisinden sonra kaydettigi album
• 1. my house - 5:21
  2. women - 4:55
  3. underneath the bottle - 2:27
  4. the gun - 3:37
  5. the blue mask - 5:00
  6. average guy - 3:10
  7. the heroine - 3:00
  8. waves of fear - 4:10
  9. the day john kennedy died - 4:05
  10. heavenly arms - 4:45
  
  the gun gibi bir şaheseri taşıyan lou reed albümüdür,
  ve genelinde bascı fernando saundersın harikalar yarattığı bilinen bir gerçektir.
• albümün beşinci şarkısı acaip birduygu yoğunluğuna sahiptir,cok güzel patlar.
  
  they tied his arms behind his back, to teach him how to swim
  they put blood in his coffee and milk in his gin
  they stood over the soldier, in the midst of the squalor
  there was war in his body and it caused his brain to holler
  
  make the sacrifice, mutilate my face
  if you need someone to kill
  i'm a man without a will
  wash the razor in the rain, let me luxuriate in pain
  please don't set me free
  death means a lot to me
  
  the pain was lean and it made him scream
  he knew he was alive
  he put a pin through the nipples on his chest
  he thought he was a saint
  i've made love to my mother, killed my father and brother
  what am i to do
  when a sin goes too far, it's like a runaway car
  and cannot be controlled
  spit upon his face and scream: there is no oedipus today
  this is no play you're thinking you are in
  what will you say
  take the blue mask down from my face
  and look me in the eye
  i get a thrill from punishment, i've always been that way
  i loathe and despise repentance
  you are permanently stained
  your weakness and indifference and indiscretion in the streets
  dirty's what you are and clean is what you're not
  you deserve to be soundly beat
  
  make the sacrifice, take it all the way
  there is no ' won't ' high enough
  to stop this desperate day
  don't take death away, cut the finger at the joint
  cut the stallion at his mount
  and stuff it in his mouth
• lou reed'in en iyi albümü.