The Traitor Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Strangerinme 

Cover art for The Traitor lyrics by Leonard Cohen

And long ago she said "I must be leaving, Ah but keep my body here to lie upon You can move it up and down and when I'm sleeping Run some wire through that Rose and wind the Swan"

God what a punishment ( the cruelty of the victim is almost far more than of the criminal) He betrayed her , she doesn’t love him no more but she keeps her body for him to have sex with while her soul is somewhere else ...