December 2009
84 posts
Suzanne by Leonard Cohen
risinwings:
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 that she's half crazy But that's why you want to be there And she feeds you tea and oranges That come all the way from China And just when you mean to tell her That you have no love to give her Then she gets you on her wavelength And she lets the river answer...
bpburneson:
Suzanne/Leonard Cohen/The Best Of
“You told me again you preferred handsome men, but for me you would make an...”
– Chelsea Hotel No. 2, Leonard Cohen (via lyriquediscorde)
barnumyay:
Song of the Day: Hallelujah by...
alskar:
Everybody knows that you love me baby Everybody knows that you really do Everybody knows that you’ve been faithful Ah give or take a night or two Everybody knows you’ve been discreet But there were so many people you just had to meet Without your clothes And everybody knows
“In dreams the truth is learned that all good works are done in the absence of a...”
– Leonard Cohen (via imoncloudnine)
“ring the bells that still can ring. forget your perfect offering. there is a...”
– leonard cohen, anthem (via insideandout)
“You live your life as if it’s real.”
– Leonard Cohen - A Thousand Kisses Deep (via bethraa)
“If I knew where the good songs came from, I’d go there more often. It’s a...”
– Leonard Cohen, in Songwriters on Songwriting, by Paul Zollo (via judyv)
zavila:
“It’s been a long time since I stood on the stage in London. It was about 14 or 15 years ago. I was 60 years old, just a kid with a crazy dream. Since then I’ve taken a lot of Prozac, Paxil, Welbutrin, Effexor, Ritalin, Focalin. I’ve also studied deeply in the philosophies and religions, but cheerfulness kept breaking through.”
-Leonard Cohen (Live in London)
migranol:
Leonard Cohen - One of us cannot be...
live track of the year, no contest. →
lostinallthelights:
if you’ve not heard the original leonard cohen version of ‘hallelujah’ (he wrote it, y’know?) and you would like to hear it as he sings it then this version is the only version you’ll ever need. ever. in your life. it’s perfect from start to finish, it’s live and it’s beautiful. some people are wary of live songs but this shouldn’t put people off listening and watching this...
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toosweet4rnr:
Leonard Cohen - Stranger Song
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Hallelujah (Live in Vienna, Austria July 6, 1985)
Preposterous
aubreys:
pre·pos·ter·ous Pronunciation: \pri-ˈpäs-t(ə-)rəs\ Function: adjective Etymology: Latin praeposterus, literally, in the wrong order, from prae- + posterus hinder, following — more at posterior Date: 1542 Me: How is The Cure headlining over MBV at Coachella. Who the fuck is responsible for this ? Rosa: haha i dunno, dude. ME: FUCKING LEONARD COHEN ME: Leonard Cohen listed UNDER...
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“If you want a lover
I’ll do anything you ask me to
And if you want another...”
– Leonard Cohen (I’m Your Man) (via duhasstmich)
“Roshi’s very tired,
he’s been lying on his bed.
He’s been living with the...”
– Leonard Cohen, Roshi at 89 (via cocknbull)
“An acquaintance told me
that the great sage
Nisargadatta Maharaj
once offered...”
– Leonard Cohen, What Did It (via cocknbull)
A Singer Must Die (Live in Vienna, Austria July 6,...