much of the lyrics are fairly self-explanatory (to me at least). Nancy was a girl who the young Cohen and his friends could not resist. For some reason or other, despite the pleas of her friends, she ended up shooting herself.
But what's he significance of the Houses of Honesty & Mystery, her father being on trial? What does he mean when he says she fell in love for them in 1961? And the last verse ... is this simply a dream where he remembers her as he used to know her?
much of the lyrics are fairly self-explanatory (to me at least). Nancy was a girl who the young Cohen and his friends could not resist. For some reason or other, despite the pleas of her friends, she ended up shooting herself.
But what's he significance of the Houses of Honesty & Mystery, her father being on trial? What does he mean when he says she fell in love for them in 1961? And the last verse ... is this simply a dream where he remembers her as he used to know her?