 Genius Meanings
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Leonard Cohen – Who by Fire
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“Who By Fire” is adapted loosely from the Hebrew prayer “ונתנה תוקף קדושת היום” [“U'Netaneh Tokef Kedushat Hayom” (“Let Us Tell How Utterly Holy This Day Is”)], chanted on Yom
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Leonard Cohen – Who by Fire (Live in Dublin)
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And who by fire, who by water / Who in the sunshine, who in the night time / Who by high ordeal, who by common trial / Who in your merry merry month of May / Who by very slow decay
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Leonard Cohen – Who by Fire (Live in London)
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Javier Mas on the archilaud / And who by fire? / Who by water? / Who in the sunshine? / Who in the night time? / Who by high ordeal? / Who by common trial? / Who in your merry
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Leonard Cohen – Who by Fire (Live in Toronto)
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And who by fire, who by water / Who in the sunshine, who in the night time / Who by high ordeal, who by common trial / Who in your merry merry month of May / Who by very slow decay
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PJ Harvey & Tim Phillips – Who by Fire (From ”Bad Sisters”)
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[Verse 1] / And who by fire, who by water? / Who in the sunshine, who in the night time? / Who by high ordeal, who by common trial? / Who in your merry, merry month of May? / Who
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Coil – Who by Fire
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And who by fire? Who by water? / Who in the sunshine? Who in the night-time? / Who by high ordeal? Who by common trial? / Who in your merry merry month of May? / Who by very slow
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First Aid Kit – Who By Fire/ As The Mist Leaves No Scar (Live)
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[Part I: Who By Fire] / And who by fire, who by water / Who in the sunshine, who in the night time / Who by high ordeal, who by common trial / Who in your merry merry month of May
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First Aid Kit – Who By Fire (Reprise) / Letter to Marianne (Live)
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Who by fire, who by water / Who in the sunshine, who in the night time / Who by high ordeal, who by common trial / Who in your merry merry month of May / Who by very slow decay
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Birds on a Wire – Who By Fire
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[Verse 1] / Who by fire, who by water / Who in the sunshine, who in the night time / Who by high ordeal, who by common trial / Who in your merry, merry month of May / Who by very
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First Aid Kit – Chelsea Hotel #2 (Live)
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[Jesper Lindell] / I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel / You were talking so brave and so sweet / Givin' me head on the unmade bed / While the limousines wait in the street
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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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First Aid Kit – You’d Sing Too (Live)
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You’d sing too / If you found yourself in a place like this / You wouldn’t worry about / Whether you were as good as / Ray Charles or Edith Piaf / You’d sing / You’d sing / Not for
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First Aid Kit – The Asthmatic (Live)
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Because you will not overthrow your life / You cannot breathe / Because of the panic of homelessness / You cannot breathe / Because you have begun to worship time / You cannot
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First Aid Kit – Prayer For Messiah (Live)
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His blood on my arm is warm as a bird / His heart in my hand is heavy as lead / His eyes through my eyes shine brighter than love / Oh send out the raven, ahead of the dove / His
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First Aid Kit – Sisters of Mercy (Live)
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Oh, the sisters of mercy, they are not departed or gone / They were waiting for me when I thought that I just can't go on / And they brought me their comfort and later they brought
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Leonard Cohen – Hallelujah
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By some interpretations, Cohen is in an argument with God. King David’s “hallelujah,” in the book of Psalms, is said to have pleased the Lord. Cohen addresses God: “But you don’t
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Leonard Cohen – I Tried to Leave You (Live in London)
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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 – Suzanne (Live in Vancouver)
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Suzanne takes you down to her place near the river / You can hear the boats go by / You can spend the night beside her / And you know she's half crazy / But that's why you want to
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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 – Hallelujah (Live in London)
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[Verse 1] / 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
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Leonard Cohen – Introduction (Live in London)
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Thank you so much friends / I was, I was having a drink with my old teacher / He is 102 now / And this was, he was just, about 97 at the time / And I poured him a drink and / He
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First Aid Kit – So Long Marianne (Live)
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Come over to the window, my little darling / I'd like to try to read your palm / I used to think I was some kind of Gypsy boy / Before I let you take me home / Now, so long
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Leonard Cohen – There Is a War (Live in Toronto)
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There is a war between the rich and poor / A war between the man and the woman / There is a war between the ones who say there is a war / And the ones who say that there isn't
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Leonard Cohen (Ft. Sharon Robinson) – Boogie Street (Live in London)
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Oh Crown of Light, oh Darkened One / I never thought we’d meet / You kiss my lips, and then it’s done: / And I’m back on Boogie Street / A sip of wine, a cigarette / And then it’s
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Leonard Cohen – Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye (Live in London)
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Yes, I loved you in the morning, our kisses deep and warm / Your hair upon the pillow like a sleepy golden storm / Many loved before us, I know that we are not new / In city and in
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Leonard Cohen – Field Commander Cohen
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Cohen, referring to himself in the third person as a soldier, has always embodied both sides of the lover/fighter dichotomy. This song was written shortly after his volunteering to
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Leonard Cohen – Joan of Arc
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Saint Joan of Arc was born at Domremy in Champagne, France, in 1412, and died at Rouen, 1431, at the age of 19. She heard voices of the Saints of God, that told her to go to the
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