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Tommy_Carcetti

(43,085 posts)
Fri Jan 20, 2017, 10:46 AM Jan 2017

The day after the election I listened to the songs of Leonard Cohen...

...not knowing that he had actually passed away two days before.

Two excerpts from his songs to keep in mind today.

From "Democracy":

Sail on, sail on
O mighty Ship of State
To the Shores of Need
Past the Reefs of Greed
Through the Squalls of Hate
Sail on, sail on, sail on, sail on


From "Anthem":

Ring the bells (ring the bells) that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack in everything (there is a crack in everything)
That's how the light gets in


That's all I have to say today.
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The day after the election I listened to the songs of Leonard Cohen... (Original Post) Tommy_Carcetti Jan 2017 OP
A day of sacred witness cilla4progress Jan 2017 #1
and for all those snowflakes out there, Zoonart Jan 2017 #2
The two Cohen songs that move me most deeply lostnfound Jan 2017 #3

Zoonart

(11,750 posts)
2. and for all those snowflakes out there,
Fri Jan 20, 2017, 10:50 AM
Jan 2017

The Future-" The blizzard of the world has crossed the threshold" and "I have seen the future brother, it is murder".

If you have never listened to the Cohen album THE FUTURE... go to tunes and buy it today.

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