More from Leonard Cohen
Remember when I moved in you And the holy dove was moving too, and every breath we drew was Hallelujah.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen European children starved and watched their parents scheme and die. Here we grew up with toy whips. Early warning against our future leaders, the war babies.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen Blessed are you who circled desire with a blade, and the garden with fiery swords, and heaven and earth with a word.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen If you don’t become the ocean, you’ll be seasick every day.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen Children show scars like medals. Lovers use them as a secret to reveal. A scar is what happens when the word is made flesh.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen Only one thing made him happy and now that it was gone everything made him happy.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen We are not mad. We are human. We want to love, and someone must forgive us for the paths we take to love, for the paths are many and dark, and we are ardent and cruel in our journey.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen My abandoned narcotics have abandoned me.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen I am not the one who loved, it’s love that chooses me.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen As our eyes grow accustomed to sight they armor themselves against wonder.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen I’m planning a catastrophe.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen I guess that I miss you, I guess I forgive you, I’m glad you stood in my way.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen First of all, nothing will happen and a little later nothing will happen again.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen I dreamed about you baby. It was just the other night. Most of you were naked Ah, but some of you was light.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen I found that things became a lot easier when I no longer expected to win. You abandon your masterpiece and sink into the real masterpiece.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen I ache in the places where I used to play.
Leonard CohenLeonard Cohen
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Gerard GleesonGerard Gleeson Like deep water, she was silent. His lips tasted of salt. He was both addicting and bitter all at once.
MoomerMoomer Always show kindness and love to others. Your words might be filling the empty places in someone else heart.
Alexander KandovAlexander Kandov And I would lie on your chest for hours and dream about the world in your arms but your thoughts were in another world.
Ani ShahverdyanAni Shahverdyan Your smile and your laughter lit my whole world.
Ranata SuzukiRanata Suzuki Often all we can do is breathe, even that can be hard sometimes.
Julia Kellogg HenryJulia Kellogg Henry I am addicted to your madness drunk on your toxic love. Infect me with your poison, lets make storms rage above.
Laura Natoli-KearneyLaura Natoli-Kearney The more you fail, recover, and improve, the better you are as a person.
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