You Want It Darker Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Ángel1118 

Cover art for You Want It Darker lyrics by Leonard Cohen

I think Cohen is asking God for explanations of why we live in such a cruel world. He is saying: Here you have me, there I go with the "hineni hineni". He is saying implicitly: If you are the one who decides how things are, then we are screwed. I think it is a criticism at the same time that challenges God to face the composer when he dies

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