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I was born a child of grace
Nothing else about the place
Everything was ugly but your beautiful face
And it left me no illusionI saw you in the curve of the moon
In the shadow cast across my room
You heard me in my tune
When I just heard confusionAll because of you
All because of you
All because of you
I am… I amI like the sound of my own voice
I didn’t give anyone else a choice
An intellectual tortoise
Racing with your bullet trainSome people get squashed crossing the tracks
Some people got high rises on their backs
I’m not broke but you can see the cracks
You can make me perfect againAll because of you
All because of you
All because of you
I am… I amI’m alive
I’m being born
I just arrived, I’m at the door
Of the place I started out from
And I want back insideAll because of you
All because of you
All because of you
I amRemoved
Take me to the desert
Where there’s got to be
A whole heap of nothing
For you and me
Take me to the desert
Take me to the sand
Show me the colour of your right hand.Love is a temple
Love is a shrine
Buy some love at the five and dime
A little bit of love
From the counter store
Get it on credit if you need some more.
I’ll the figure of your disgrace
A criss cross pattern upon your face
A woman’s just too tired to think
About the dirty old dishes in the kitchen sink.I wish I was invisible
So I could climb through the telephone
When it hurts my ear
And it hurts my brain
And it makes me feel too much
Too much too much too much.
Don’t cut me down
When I’m talking to you
’cause I’m much too tall
To feel that small.Love is a temple
Love is a shrine
Love is pure
And love is blind
Love is a religious sign
I’m gonna leave this love behind.
Love is hot and love is cold
I’ve been bought and I’ve been sold
Love is rock and love is roll
I just want someone to hold.
~Rhiannon ~
Rhiannon rings like a bell throu the night
And wouldn’t you love to love her
Takes to the sky like a bird in flight
And who will be her loverAll your life you’ve never seen a woman
Taken by the wind
Would you stay if she promised you heaven
Will you ever winShe is like a cat in the dark
And then she is the darkness
She rules her life like a fine skylark
And when the sky is starlessAll your life you’ve never seen a woman
Taken by the wind
Would you stay if she promised you heaven
Will you ever win
Will you ever winRhiannon
Rhiannon
Rhiannon
RhiannonShe rings like a bell throu the night
And wouldn’t you love to love her
She rules her life like a bird in flight
And who will be her loverAll your life you’ve never seen a woman
Taken by the wind
Would you stay if she promised you heaven
Will you ever win
Will you ever winRhiannon
Rhiannon
RhiannonOooooh
Taken by
Taken by the sky
Taken by
Taken by the sky
Taken by
Taken by the skyDreams unwind
Loves a state of mind
Dreams unwind
Loves a state of mindAngelwolf
If it be your will
that I speak no more,
and my voice be still
as it was before,
I will speak no more,
I shall abide until
I am spoken for,
if it be your will.If it be your will
that a voice be true,
from this broken hill
I will sing to you.
From this broken hill
all your praises they shall ring
if it be your will
to let me sing.If it be your will,
if there is a choice,
let the rivers fill,
let the hills rejoice.
Let your mercy spill
on all these burning hearts in hell,
if it be your will
to make us well.And draw us near
and bind us tight,
all your children here
in their rags of light;
in our rags of light,
all dressed to kill;
and end this night,
If it be your will.
Very intrigueing , a nice flowing read ,which is open to the readers translation , I like it -William :)tis a leonard cohen song, he is a wonderful poet in my opinion, and when set to music they are even better. :)
Why are these women here dancing on their own?
Why is there this sadness in their eyes?
Why are the soldiers here
Their faces fixed like stone?
I can’t see what it is they despiseThey’re dancing with the missing
They’re dancing with the dead
They dance with the invisible ones
Their anguish is unsaidThey’re dancing with their fathers
They’re dancing with their sons
They’re dancing with their husbands
They dance alone
They dance aloneIt’s the only form of protest they’re allowed
I’ve seen their silent faces they scream so loud
If they were to speak these words they’d go missing too
Another woman on the torture table what else can they doThey’re dancing with the missing
They’re dancing with the dead
They dance with the invisible ones
Their anguish is unsaidThey’re dancing with their fathers
They’re dancing with their sons
They’re dancing with their husbands
They dance alone
They dance aloneOne day we’ll dance on their graves
One day we’ll sing our freedom
One day we’ll laugh in our joy
And we’ll danceOne day we’ll dance on their graves
One day we’ll sing our freedom
One day we’ll laugh in our joy
And we’ll danceEllas danzan con los desaparecidos
Danzan con los muertos
Danzan con amores invisibles
Con silenciosa angustia
Danzan con sus padres
Con sus hijos
Con sus esposos
Ellas danzan solas
Danzan solasHey Mr. Pinochet
You’ve sown a bitter crop
It’s foreign money that supports you
One day the money’s going to stopNo wages for your torturer
No budget for your gun
Can you think of your own mother
Dancin’ with her invisible sonThey’re dancing with the missing
They’re dancing with the dead
They dance with the invisible ones
Their anguish is unsaidThey’re dancing with their fathers
They’re dancing with their sons
They’re dancing with their husbands
They dance alone
They dance aloneGod
God is a concept
By which we measure
Our painI’ll say it again
God is a concept
By which we measure
Our pain
Yeah
Pain
Yeah
I don’t believe in Magic
I don’t believe in I-ching
I don’t believe in Bible
I don’t believe in Tarot
I don’t believe in Hitler
I don’t believe in Jesus
I don’t believe in Kennedy
I don’t believe in Buddha
I don’t believe in Mantra
I don’t believe in Gita
I don’t believe in Yoga
I don’t believe in Kings
I don’t believe in Elvis
I don’t believe in Zimmerman
I don’t believe in BeatlesI just believe in me
Yoko and me
And that’s RealityThe Dream is over
What can I say?
The Dream is Over
Yesterday
I was the Dreamweaver
But now I’m reborn
I was the Walrus
But now I’m John
And so dear friends
You’ll just have to carry on
The Dream is overJohn Lennon
I lost myself on a cool damp night
Gave myself in that misty light
Was hypnotized by a strange delight
Under a lilac tree
I made wine from the lilac tree
Put my heart in its recipe
It makes me see what I want to see
and be what I want to beWhen I think more than I want to think
Do things I never should do
I drink much more than I ought to drink
Because It brings me back you…Lilac wine is sweet and heady,
like my love
Lilac wine, I feel unsteady,
like my love
Listen to me…
I cannot see clearly
Isn’t that he coming to me nearly here?Lilac wine is sweet and heady
where’s my love?
Lilac wine, I feel unsteady,
where’s my love?Listen to me, why is everything so hazy?
Isn’t that he, or am I just going crazy, dear?
Lilac Wine, I feel unready
for my love…
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