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The Lyrics of Leonard Cohen by Leonard Cohen the 10 Best Leonard Cohen Lyrics, by Lemuria's Alex Kerns Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} The Lyrics of Leonard Cohen by Leonard Cohen The 10 best Leonard Cohen lyrics, by Lemuria's Alex Kerns. It’s been 10 years since New York-based indie-punk trio Lemuria wrote their debut album. Entitled Get Better , and written in the wake of vocalist, drummer and songwriter Alex Kerns losing his father, the album was a powerful exploration of grief and sorrow – the essence of which borrowed from the blueprint laid out by Leonard Cohen, and his songs of love, loss and humanity. It was also the album which allowed Kerns to hone his songwriting abilities most keenly. “Listening back I find a sanctuary, a place where nothing is permanent, where feelings are tempered with time and glass becomes sand,” Kerns explains now. “Now that you know the setting, it may give some of the lyrics more clarity. Themes rooted in stress and clouded with numbness simultaneously. Time might not expire the feelings the decade old songs document, but it provides proof of your ability to pivot.” To mark the album’s 10th year, Kerns pays tribute to his chief inspiration, Leonard Cohen, and remembers the impact he had on his own songwriting. ‘All I ever learned from love is how to shoot at someone who outdrew you’ “The verses to Leonard Cohen’s most popular song, Hallelujah, change frequently over the half-century-long career that he left us. This always seemed faithful to his character, because his songs feel like a journal, kept as he aged, matured and desperately searched for the meaning of life. This lyric appears on the live album, Songs From The Road, recorded in 2009. Cohen could’ve meant a lot of things with this line, but he keeps his songs on the sharp cusp of focus and abstract. Just enough focus to guide your emotions, just abstract enough to step into the music yourself and give it your own purpose.” ‘I don’t mean to suggest that I loved you the best, I can’t keep track of each fallen robin’ “From the song Chelsea Hotel . The lyrics are very ambiguous, but definitely about sex. Have you ever had a relationship that felt more like a sport? Cohen is never afraid to project his flaws, and in this song it seems like he’s surrendering.” ‘I will not be held like a drunkard under the cold tap of facts’ “I’m cheating here, this is actually pulled from one of his poems titled What I’m Doing Here . It reminds me of those instances when you realise the truth at the 11th hour. When you’re blinded by the sparkle of a sharp sword you no longer have control of. A reminder to proceed with caution, especially when your guard has been retired.” ‘Like a baby, stillborn. Like a beast with his horn. I have torn everyone who reached out for me’ “This is from the song Bird On The Wire , which is frequently and understandably mistaken as a Johnny Cash original because Cash puts a lot of himself into the songs he chooses to cover. These lyrics display a primal view of a defect, to put it harshly, that drives a person to be an artist.” ‘We’re spending the treasure that love cannot afford’ ”[This is from] Leaving The Table , a lullaby from his final album You Want It Darker . He wrote and recorded this album in his hospital chair with the help of his son. Maybe I shouldn’t call it a lullaby, because really it’s a goodbye. When you hear this line in context with the remainder of the song, Cohen shows his somber feelings of the emotional distance he has with the expanding younger generation of his family. Those sad feelings balanced with his relief to finally be completing his life.” ‘If the sea were sand alone, and the flowers made of stone, and no one that you hurt could ever heal. Well that’s how broken I would be, what my life would seem to me, if I didn’t have your love to make it real’ “I’m realising as I make this list, I like love songs. A lot. Is it selfish to rely on somebody else to remain grounded? I think most people would say yes. Either way, I wish I would’ve written this song for my lover, because behind oblivion is some of the most intense romance. [From] If I Didn’t Have Your Love , another gem from his final album.” ‘I have to die a little between each murderous thought. And when I’m finished thinking, I have to die a lot’ “Depending on my mood, the song Almost Like The Blues is either about persevering, or admitting you’re a coward. I guess admitting you’re a coward is a way of persevering, as long as you don’t drown with that realisation.” ‘A kite is a fish you already caught, in a pool where no fish come’ “This is from his poem A Kite Is A Victim . We control anything that will let us, and we insult hard work accomplished by insisting there’s a better way. We distribute longer leashes to the things we’re ashamed to control. These might not be the themes Cohen intended, but if he was concerned with controlling the reader he would’ve given this poem a shorter leash.” ‘As he died to make men holy, let us die to make things cheap’ “Throughout his career, Cohen explores religion often. He spent a portion of his twilight years as a Buddhist monk. I thought this line from the song Steer Your Way was a very stark and deserved accusation toward the values of modern Christianity in the western world.” “I have to deal with envy when you choose the precious few, who’ve left their pride on the other side of coming back to you” “Cohen isn’t afraid to sing about the feelings a lot of us are ashamed to admit. When read without the musical accompaniment and his emotive voice, the words on paper can be selfish and mean. Placed into context [the track Coming Back To You ], they’re incandescent with humanity.” Lemuria will be touring Get Better this summer. Catch them on the dates below: Links. Established in 1995, an information resource including a discography, filmography, photos, analyses, cover versions and tribute albums, unpublished poems, and updates about Cohen events and tours. Visit the Site » The Leonard Cohen Forum. Discussion board with over 16,000 Cohen-related topics. Visit the Site » French Leonard Cohen site. All the works of Leonard Cohen in French, including discussion board, reviews, interviews, photos and tour reports. Visit the Site » The Leonard Cohen Concordance. Can’t remember the title of that Cohen poem about the flower growing out of the hand? Use this search engine of Leonard’s songs, poems and prose. Visit the Site » Cohencentric: Leonard Cohen Considered. Blog with a unique perspective on Leonard Cohen’s music and career ranging from critical analyses to satiric pieces. Visit the Site » Christof Graf’s leonardcohen.de the Cohenpedia – Websites. German resource including information on Cohen’s life and work, songs, albums, books, concerts, interviews, latest news, links and everything about the world tour. Visit the Site » Diamonds in the Lines: Leonard Cohen. Leonard’s spoken or sung introductions to songs and additional verses to songs Leonard included during his concerts. Visit the Site » Leonard Cohen Facebook Page. Official Band/Musician page. Visit the Site » Chords of Leonard Cohen. Information on all albums with lyrics and a song index plus downloadable chords for songs. Visit the Site » Arlene’s Leonard Cohen Scrapbook. Photos, videos, reports and details of events, tributes and concerts involving Leonard and his work. Visit the Site » I Can’t Forget. Chronicling the Leonard Cohen Fan Events since 2002 with photos. Also includes photos from some concerts during the 2008-2010 World Tour. Visit the Site » Leonard Cohen (Chinese Site) Streaming the latest news about Leonard and his activities. Includes polls, fan questions and information on press in China and around the world. Special section with photos and videos and a section devoted to Leonard’s women. Visit the Site » Leonard Norman Cohen – Poeta Piosenki. A Polish resource which includes the latest news, a bibliography of books about Leonard, a comprehensive discography, and information on Leonard’s poetry, books, concerts in Poland and documentaries about Leonard. Visit the Site » UNED – Exposición virtual Leonard Cohen. A virtual exhibition dedicated to Leonard Cohen in Spanish, includes a chronology, discography, translated songs and poems, interviews, articles, listing of people important in Leonard’s life, and a bibliography of books about Leonard. Visit the Site » Leonard Cohen | Halls of Fame. Dedicated to the documentation of the Hall of Fame awards and other honors Leonard Cohen has received throughout his career. Visit the Site » SONGS OF LOVE AND HATE. SONGS OF LOVE AND HATE LIVE PERFORMANCES. Songs of Love and Hate was Leonard Cohen’s 3rd studio album, and released on March 19th, 1971. Although this album was not an immediate commercial success, this album quickly became a milestone in Cohen’s career, and was considered “iconic”, even now, 50 years later. To celebrate this important history, we gathered here a few anecdotes on the songs of this album: 1. AVALANCHE. The first song on the album, “Avalanche” was produced by Bob Johnston. Johnston also produced Leonard’s previous album, Songs From A Room . The song made Rolling Stone’ s’ “25 Songs That Are Truly Terrifying.” The song “finds Cohen playing his classic role of stygian bard to perfection.
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