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Leonard Cohen – You Want It Darker
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The title track to Leonard Cohen’s most recent album, announced on his 82nd birthday, “delves into an unflinching exploration of the religious mind,” according to a press release.
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Read All The Lyrics To Leonard Cohen’s New Album ‘You Want It Darker’
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His son helped produce the album, too.
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Iggy Pop – You Want It Darker
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[Verse 1] / If you are the dealer / I'm out of the game / If you are the healer / It means I'm broken and lame / If thine is the glory / Then mine must be the shame / You want it
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Anita Lester – You Want it Darker
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If you are the dealer, I'm out of the game / If you are the healer, it means I'm broken and lame / If thine is the glory, then mine must be the shame / You want it darker / We kill
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Leonard Cohen – You Want It Darker Samples
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See all of “You Want It Darker” by Leonard Cohen’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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First Aid Kit – You Want It Darker (Live)
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If you are the dealer / Let me out of the game / If you are the healer / It means I'm broken and lame / If thine is the glory / Then mine must be the shame / You want it darker
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All the lyrics to Leonard Cohen's *You Want It Darker*
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Hey y'all! I made another small article. This time on Leonard Cohen’s You Want It Darker.
https://genius.com/a/read-all-the-lyrics-to-leonard-cohen-s-new-album-you-want-it-darker
Has anyone listened to the album yet? What do you think?
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Is Leonard Cohen Coming To Terms With Death On His New Song ”You Want It Darker”?
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This reference may hold the clue.
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Leonard Cohen – It Seemed the Better Way
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Like the title track ‘You Want It Darker", this song starts with Montreal’s Synagogue Choir.
An early version of the lyrics already appeared online in 2003.
The song seems to
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Leonard Cohen – Steer Your Way
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First published as a poem in The New Yorker (June 20th, 2016).
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Leonard Cohen – Traveling Light
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An early version of the lyrics is found in Cohen’s poetry collection Book of Longing (2006).
In the song, a Greek bouzouki is heard. Cohen has spent some years of his early life
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Leonard Cohen – On the Level
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[Verse 1] / I knew that it was wrong / I didn't have a doubt / I was dying to get back home / And you were starting out / I said I best be moving on / You said we have all day
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James Blake – Death of Love*
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Lyrics from debut live performance in Glasgow, 30/04/2022 / I don't know how we got here / I think we might be sleeping / I think we might be walking to the death of love (To the
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Leonard Cohen – Leaving the Table
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Reconciliation is a key theme in Leonard Cohen’s lyrics. In this song, Cohen seems to let go of some form of conflict or battle with an unspecified person. He is ‘leaving the table
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James Blake – Death of Love* Samples
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See all of “Death of Love*” by James Blake’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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Leonard Cohen – You Want to Strike Back and You Can't
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You want to strike back and you can't / And you want to help but you can't / And the gun won't shoot / And the dynamite won't explode / And the wind is blowing the other way / And
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Leonard Cohen – String Reprise/Treaty
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A wonderful instrumental reprise of the second song on this album, Treaty. This instrumental string composition concludes the album, but Cohen himself gets to speak the last words
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Leonard Cohen – Thanks for the Dance
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Thanks for the dance / I'm sorry you're tired / The evening has hardly begun / Thanks for the dance / Try to look inspired / One-two-three, one-two-three, one / There is a rose in
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Leonard Cohen – If I Didn't Have Your Love
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A remarkably sweet love ballad in the late oeuvre of Leonard Cohen. In it, he describes the bitter cold state in which his world would be without his love.
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Rolling Stone – 50 Best Albums of 2016
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1. Beyoncé – LEMONADE / 2. David Bowie – Blackstar / 3. Chance the Rapper – Coloring Book / 4. Car Seat Headrest – Teens of Denial / 5. Frank Ocean – Blonde / 6. Radiohead – A Moon
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Leonard Cohen – Treaty
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An instant classic Cohen song on which he has worked for at least seven years. The song expresses grief for an impossible love. Like ‘Hallelujah’, we are not sure if this love is a
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