Genius Meanings
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Leonard Cohen – Waiting for the Miracle
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One of a string of seductive love songs, at that point of his life influenced by his then (1992) girlfriend (and for a short period – fiance) and co-producer of the album
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Leonard Cohen – Waiting for the Miracle (Live in Dublin)
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Baby, I've been waiting / I've been waiting night and day / I didn't see the time / I waited half my life away / There were lots of invitations / And I know you sent me some / But
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Leonard Cohen – Waiting for the Miracle (Live in San Jose)
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{Intro} / Baby, I've been waiting / I've been waiting night and day / I didn't see the time / Yeah I waited half my life away / There were lots of invitations / And I know you sent
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Sophie Zelmani – Waiting For The Miracle To Come
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Baby, I've been waiting / I've been waiting night and day / I didn't see the time / I waited half my life away / There were lots of invitations / And I know you sent me some / But
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Leonard Cohen – Famous Blue Raincoat (Live in London)
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It's four in the morning, the end of December / I write you now just to see if you're better / New York is cold but I like where I'm living / There's music on Clinton Street all
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Leonard Cohen – The Partisan (Live in Helsinki)
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When they poured across the border / I was cautioned to surrender / This I could not do; / I took my gun and vanished / I have changed my name so often / I've lost my wife and
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Leonard Cohen – Bird on the Wire (Live in Glasgow)
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Like a bird on the wire / Like a drunk in a midnight choir / I have tried in my way to be free / Like a worm on a hook / Like a knight penned down in some old fashioned book / It
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Leonard Cohen – Democracy
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A very “American” song using a dark past to bring hope for a better future in the USA, narrated/sung by a Canadian poet, who captures the essence of this country’s continuous
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Genius Traducciones al Español – Leonard Cohen - Light As The Breeze (Traducción al Español)
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[Letra de "Leonard Cohen - Light As The Breeze (Traducción al Español)"] / Ella está frente a ti desnuda / Puedes verlo, puedes probarlo / Y viene hacia ti ligera como la brisa
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Leonard Cohen – Chelsea Hotel No. 2 (Live in Dublin)
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I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel / You were talkin' so brave and so sweet / Givin' me head on the unmade bed / While the limousines wait in the street / Those were the
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Genius Traducciones al Español – Leonard Cohen - Anthem (Traducción al Español)
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Los pájaros cantaron / Al amanecer / Empieza otra vez / Los oí decir / No habites en lo que / Ya se ha ido / O lo que aún no ha sido / Sí, las guerras / Serán libradas otra vez
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Leonard Cohen – Avalanche (Live in Gothenburg)
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Well I stepped into an avalanche / It covered up my soul; / When I am not this hunchback that you see / I sleep beneath the golden hill / You who wish to conquer pain / You must
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Leonard Cohen – Dance Me to the End of Love (Live in Dublin)
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Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin / Dance me through the panic 'til I'm gathered safely in / Lift me like an olive branch and be my homeward dove / Dance me to the end
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Leonard Cohen – The Gypsy's Wife (Live in Dublin)
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Where, where, where is my gypsy wife tonight? / I've heard all the wild reports, they can't be right / But whose head is this she's dancing with on the threshing floor? / Whose
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Leonard Cohen – Closing Time
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From his 1992 album The Future, a double platinum album in Canada, where they really understand good music…it is a concept album, whose songs revolve around conflicts, coming
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Leonard Cohen – The Future
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The title track of the album The Future, released in 1992, this is one of Leonard Cohen’s darkest and most mysterious songs.
The ambiguous singer is describing a prophetic
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Genius Traducciones al Español – Leonard Cohen - Democracy (Traducción al Español)
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Está llegando a través de un agujero en el aire / De aquellas noches en la Plaza de Tiananmén / Viene de la sensación / De que no es exactamente real / O de que es real, pero no
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Leonard Cohen – Come Healing (Live in Dublin)
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O gather up the brokenness / And bring it to me now / The fragrance of those promises / You never dared to vow / The splinters that you carry / The cross you left behind / Come
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Leonard Cohen – Darkness (Live in Dublin)
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I caught the darkness / It was drinking from your cup / I caught the darkness / Drinking from your cup / I said, "Is this contagious?" / You said, "Just drink it up." / I've got no
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Leonard Cohen – Be for Real
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Are you back in my life to stay / Or is it just for today / Oh that you're gonna need me? / If it's a thrill you're looking for / Honey, I'm flexible / Oh, yeah / Just be for real
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Leonard Cohen – In My Secret Life (Live in Dublin)
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I saw you this morning / You were moving so fast / Can’t seem to loosen my grip / On the past / And I miss you so much / There’s no one in sight / And we’re still making love / In
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Leonard Cohen – I Tried to Leave You (Live in Dublin)
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I tried to leave you, I don't deny / I closed the book on us, at least a hundred times / I'd wake up every morning by your side / The years go by, you lose your pride / The baby's
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Leonard Cohen – Hallelujah (Live in Dublin)
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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
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Leonard Cohen – Tower of Song (Live in Dublin)
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Well, my friends are gone and my hair is grey / I ache in the places where I used to play / And I'm crazy for love but I'm not comin' on / I'm just payin' my rent every day in the
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Genius Traducciones al Español – Leonard Cohen - The Future (Traducción al Español)
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Devuélvanme mi noche rota / Mi habitación espejada, mi vida secreta / Se está muy solo aquí / No hay nadie a quien torturar / Denme el control absoluto / Sobre cada alma viviente
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Leonard Cohen – Always
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A popular song written by Irving Berlin in 1925, as a wedding gift for his wife Ellin McKay, whom he married in 1926, and to whom he presented the substantial royalties. The song
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Leonard Cohen – Bird on the Wire (Live in Dublin)
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Like a bird on a wire / Like a drunk in some old midnight choir / I have tried in my way to be free / Like a worm on the hook / Like a knight bent down in some old-fashioned book
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Leonard Cohen – The Partisan (Live in Dublin)
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When they poured across the border / I was cautioned to surrender / This I could not do; / I took my gun and vanished / I have changed my name so often / I have lost my wife and
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