Leonard Cohen: „We wszystkim jest pęknięcie, pęknięcie”

Lyrics

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 from some old fashioned book

I have saved all my ribbons for thee

If I, if I have been unkind

I hope that you can just let it go by

If I, if I have been untrue

I hope you know it was never to you

Oh, like a baby, stillborn

Like a beast with his horn

I have torn everyone who reached out for me

But I swear by this song

And by all that I have done wrong

I will make it all up to thee

I saw a beggar leaning on his wooden crutch

He said to me, "You must not ask for so much"

And a pretty woman leaning in her darkened door

She cried to me, "Hey, why not ask for more?"

Oh, like a bird on the wire

Like a drunk in a midnight choir

I have tried in my way to be free

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Songwriters: Leonard Cohen

Bird on the Wire lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC

Piosenka Leonarda Cohena „Anthem” zawiera słowa: „There is a crack, a crack in everything / That's how the light gets in”. Piosenka opowiada o nadziei pośród ciemności i idei, że warto zaakceptować stan mniej niż doskonały. Niektórzy Żydzi często widzą w słowach Cohena momenty żydowskiej liturgii i idei.