Our Lady of Solitude Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Hack&Slash 

Cover art for Our Lady of Solitude lyrics by Leonard Cohen

He is praising Zion or Israel. "And her dress was blue and silver..." refers to the flag.

"She gathered in my soul From many a thorn, from many thickets..." refers to the gathering of the diaspora from the gentile nations.

"She is the vessel of the whole wide world..." she is God's Holy Nation, a vessle through which He would pour His righteousness onto the world.