| Leonard Cohen – The Traitor Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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And long ago she said "I must be leaving, Ah but keep my body here to lie upon You can move it up and down and when I'm sleeping Run some wire through that Rose and wind the Swan" God what a punishment ( the cruelty of the victim is almost far more than of the criminal) He betrayed her , she doesn’t love him no more but she keeps her body for him to have sex with while her soul is somewhere else ... |
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| Leonard Cohen – The Stranger Song Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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i am new to this site and i haven't read all the comments about this song but i have to say this.i first heard this song on a tv show of the 60's ( black and white, and i think LC was introduced by Judie collins. she says "he says he's a stranger in his song but he's a friend ..." i remember toward the end of the song i saw a tear falling down from his eyes as he looked as if gazing at infinity ... man, i was hooked and went the second day and bought all i could find of his (and bellive it or not 5 albums were old used LP's which i still have) i love this man so much, every word he says is like a poem on its own. i agree with Kristimetz : However, I think the chorus being repeated after this is not just symbolic, but it also has some irony to it. He's recognizing that even though he never intended to treat her like the other players, and never wanted to leave her, nonetheless that's what he's doing, and he's a stranger like any other. I don't know if he ends up leaving her because of her mistrust, her inability to believe, or if it's because he really was another player all along and was fooling himself. But I think he's basically saying, well I loved you and I was different, yet here I am doing the same thing, I'm leaving you just like all the others, and you should never have expected any different, I guess. i think the essence of Cohen is about relationships, Love and betrayal (which is different from cheating in that it is unavoidable, some kind of human Flaw) Just my two cents. |
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| Leonard Cohen – Nancy Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| i love this song (and all Lc Songs ) i think it's about a free spirit, who gives free comforting love and is not seen for the true qualities she has. | |
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