Followers

Saturday, November 04, 2006

For the upcoming election . . .

"ANTHEM"

The birds they sang


At the break of day


Start again
I heard them say

Dont dwell on what
Has passed away

Or what is yet to be


The wars they will


Be fought again

The holy dove


Be caught again

Bought and sold


And bought again


The dove is never free


Ring the bells that still can ring

Forget your perfect offering

There is a crack in everything

Thats how the light gets in


We asked for signs


The signs were sent


The birth betrayed


The marriage spent


The widowhood


Of every government


Signs for all to see


Cant run no more


With the lawless crowd


While the killers in high places


Say their prayers out loud


But theyve summoned up


A thundercloud


And theyre going to hear from me


Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering

There is a crack in everything

Thats how the light gets in


You can add up the parts


But you wont have the sum


You can strike up the march


There is no drum
Every heart

To love will come

But like a refugee

Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack in everything

Thats how the light gets in
~Leonard Cohen

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