With Leonard, trying to improve on his message by analyzing it is an exercise in futility. Nonetheless here goes: this song encapsulates Leonard Cohen’s whole life and art. It explains why he could never stay in a marriage and yet virtually every lover and ex-wife adores him. He was infinitely kind and perpetually distant. I think he was trying to be true to the message from the universe that he was somehow supposed to bring us through his words and music. Just listen to Leonard.
With Leonard, trying to improve on his message by analyzing it is an exercise in futility. Nonetheless here goes: this song encapsulates Leonard Cohen’s whole life and art. It explains why he could never stay in a marriage and yet virtually every lover and ex-wife adores him. He was infinitely kind and perpetually distant. I think he was trying to be true to the message from the universe that he was somehow supposed to bring us through his words and music. Just listen to Leonard.