I'm Your Man

To me this song is deeper than just a love song or the token of someone's commitment. I see this as someone who is obsessive and forceful over a relationship. Who will do anything not to be alone. He is saying he will be whatever she needs, knowing full well that the promises he makes in the long run he can't keep "I've been running through these promises to you, That I made and I could not keep".

As I'm writing this I am trying to understand if that still is love. I think it might be but it's not a relationship. I guess I'm saying this because I think he's not singing to one particular person. I think he's singing it to every female he could ever possibly be with. He's a desperate romantic, wearing any kind of mask he has to to get the love he needs.

I'm just saying this from personal experience. I could be completly wrong though.

This is so beautiful. I would probably die for anyone who said something like this to me. He is saying that he loves a person, and the love is a special, life-changing kind of love that he would give anything to keep. And the way he sings, the animal-like emotion makes me breathe heavily and feel like there's something happening that I've never before thought of. And I feel this every single time I hear it.

for me this represents the greatest form of love. i want to sing this to somebody, even once.

One of my favorite LC songs.

First of all, I think the underlying theme is how a person is willing to do ANYTHING to win an ex-lover back driven by sexual yearnings (he's a "dog in heat"). There are quite a few hilarious allusions to S&M/role-play/kink ("another kind of love," "I'll wear a mask," "The chain's too tight,"strike me down in anger," "If you want a doctor/ I'll examine every inch of you as well" etc.).

It seems like his lover has left him because he failed or wronged in some way ("I've been running through these promises to you/ That I made and I could not keep") and now he misses her and so he says he'd be or do a number of things to get her back, even if it means to "degrade" himself.

We don't know much about the woman in question, but perhaps the line "And if you want to work the street alone/ I'll disappear for you" suggests that the woman works in the, um, "oldest profession"?

This is one of my favourite Cohen songs. Lyrically it's simpler than some of his others, but some of the imagery in it is fantastic. Although the man is laying his life at her feet - he'll do anything she asks him to - and he can't sleep at night for the need of her, he's not going to beg because he knows she won't respect him for that. But it's the raw need in his voice when he sings how he would beg - just abandon all self respect and dignity - if he thought for a moment that it would work, that makes me listen to this song again and again. This is a wonderful love song.

This is one of my favourite Cohen songs. Lyrically it's simpler than some of his others, but some of the imagery in it is fantastic. Although the man is laying his life at her feet - he'll do anything she asks him to - and he can't sleep at night for the need of her, he's not going to beg because he knows she won't respect him for that. But it's the raw need in his voice when he sings how he would beg - just abandon all self respect and dignity - if he thought for a moment that it would work, that makes me listen to this song again and again. This is a wonderful love song.

This song has already been greatly explained. I thought I would mention Dax riggs did a cover of this. It's amazing go check it out.

great song, simple message i love you so much i dont care what you do/want/think i wont change my mind

This is hte way I love. With every bit of my heart and soul.

Favourite lines:

"Ah but a man never got a woman back Not by begging on his knees Or I'd crawl to you baby And I'd fall at your feet And I'd howl at your beauty Like a dog in heat And I'd claw at your heart And I'd tear at your sheet I'd say please, please I'm your man"

DAMN that's intense! I LOVE it!

I think LC doesn't get enuff credit for his sense of humour.Several of his songs crack me up , e.g this one and Tower of Song. The line about being a doctor who will examine every inch of you is a belter. I'm not missing out his lyrical, mystical qualities and his power to see things most of us miss , but don't miss the fun along the way !!