Closing Time Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Straylite 

Cover art for Closing Time lyrics by Leonard Cohen

I dont think its about the end of the world, rather the end of a relationship (which sometimes can feel like the world though). He is out drinking after breaking up and its getting closer to closing time, which is usually when the sorrows and a realisations kicks in.

One of my all time favourite lines in a song is: "..the Johnny Walker wisdom running high"