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Quotes from Ten New Songs — Leonard Cohen

1934–2016 Canada

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And here you are hurried,
And here you are gone;
And here is the love,
That it's all built upon.

Ten New Songs (2001)

I smile when I'm angry, I cheat and I lie.
I do what I have to do to get by.
But I know what is wrong and I know what is right,
and I'd die for the truth in my secret life.

Ten New Songs (2001)

I swept the marble chambers,
But you sent me down below.
You kept me from believing
Until you let me know:
That I am not the one who loves —
It's love that chooses me.
When hatred with his package comes,
You forbid delivery.

Ten New Songs (2001)

You whisper, "You have loved enough,
Now let me be the Lover."

Ten New Songs (2001)

All busy in the sunlight
The flecks did float and dance,
And I was tumbled up with them
In formless circumstance.

Ten New Songs (2001)

May everyone live,
And may everyone die.
Hello, my love,
And my love, Goodbye.

Ten New Songs (2001)

The light came through the window,
Straight from the sun above,
And so inside my little room
There plunged the rays of Love. In streams of light I clearly saw
The dust you seldom see,
Out of which the Nameless makes
A Name for one like me.

Ten New Songs (2001)

Here is your cross,
Your nails and your hill;
And here is your love,
That lists where it will

Ten New Songs (2001)

I'll try to say a little more:
Love went on and on
Until it reached an open door —
Then Love Itself
Love Itself was gone.

Ten New Songs (2001)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Leonard Cohen (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.