Quotes from Various Positions — Leonard Cohen
1934–2016 Canada
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"Complain, complain, that's all you've done ever since we lost,
If it's not the crucifixion then it's the holocaust."
Various Positions (1984)
I did my best, it wasn't much
I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch
I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool you.
And even though it all went wrong
I'll stand before the Lord of Song
With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah.
Various Positions (1984)
I remember when I moved in you
And the holy dove she was moving too,
And every single breath that we drew was
Hallelujah.
Various Positions (1984)
You say I took the name in vain
I don't even know the name
But if I did, well really, what's it to you?
There's a blaze of light in every word
It doesn't matter which you heard
The holy or the broken Hallelujah
Various Positions (1984)
Now I've heard there was a secret chord
That David played, and it pleased the Lord
But you don't really care for music, do you?
It goes like this the fourth, the fifth
The minor fall, the major lift
The baffled king composing Hallelujah
Various Positions (1984)