| Leonard Cohen – If It Be Your Will Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I've interpreted this song as one person's struggle to accept the fate of another... It makes me think of the times I have sat next to someone I cared about deeply, watched helplessly as an illness filled their body and I was left with my questioning prayers, yearning for understanding for what was to come. Prayers that sought to give space for the worsening of a condition and hope for a recovery. At these times, I've felt so inept that I have felt like the singer and like I am the broken hill. I have admitted that I know that I'm not the one who gets to decide who gets well and who dies, but on my knees, I am humble and open and willing to serve to ease the path for the one I love... It is a song that strips away all the tangible things that are important to me on a regular day and leaves me bare, facing the magnitude of life and death. |
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