Álbum The future de Leonard Cohen - Canciones

The future

1992 |

Estilo(s) | Folk,Pop Rock

Sello | Columbia

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The futureVer letra 6:42

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letra de The future
Give me back my broken night
My mirrored room, my secret life
It's lonely here,
There's no one left to torture
Give me absolute control
Over every living soul
And lie beside me, baby,
That's an order!
Give me crack and anal sex
Take the only tree that's left
And stuff it up the hole
In your culture
Give me back the berlin wall
Give me stalin and st paul
I've seen the future, brother
It is murder.
Things are going to slide, slide in all directions
Won't be nothing
Nothing you can measure anymore
The blizzard, the blizzard of the world
Has crossed the threshold
And it has overturned
The order of the soul
When they said repent repent
I wonder what they meant
When they said repent repent
I wonder what they meant
When they said repent repent
I wonder what they meant
You don't know me from the wind
You never will, you never did
I'm the little jew
Who wrote the bible
I've seen the nations rise and fall
I've heard their stories, heard them all
But love's the only engine of survival
Your servant here, he has been told
To say it clear, to say it cold:
It's over, it ain't going
Any further
And now the wheels of heaven stop
You feel the devil's riding crop
Get ready for the future:
It is murder.
Things are going to slide
There'll be the breaking of the ancient
Western code
Your private life will suddenly explode
There'll be phantoms
There'll be fires on the road
And the white man dancing
You'll see a woman
Hanging upside down
Her features covered by her fallen gown
And all the lousy little poets
Coming round
Tryin' to sound like charlie manson
And the white man dancin'
Give me back the berlin wall
Give me stalin and st paul
Give me christ
Or give me hiroshima
Destroy another fetus now
We don't like children anyhow
I've seen the future, baby
It is murder.
Things are going to slide
When they said repent repent
Arreglos: Leonard CohenMezclas: Leanne UngarMúsicos invitados: Leanne Ungar (Engineer), Bob Metzger (Guitar), Leonard Cohen (Programmed By), Leonard Cohen (Performer), Yoav Goren (Programmed By), Yoav Goren (Performer), Lenny Castro (Tambourine)
Waiting for the miracleVer letra 7:42

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letra de Waiting for the miracle
Baby, I've been waiting,
I've been waiting night and day.
I didn't see the time,
I waited half my life away.
There were lots of invitations
And I know you sent me some,
But I was waiting
For the miracle, for the miracle to come.
I know you really loved me.
But, you see, my hands were tied.
I know it must have hurt you,
It must have hurt your pride
To have to stand beneath my window
With your bugle and your drum,
And me I'm up there waiting
For the miracle, for the miracle to come.
Ah I don't believe you'd like it,
You wouldn't like it here.
There ain't no entertainment
And the judgments are severe.
The Maestro says it's Mozart
But it sounds like bubble gum
When you're waiting
For the miracle, for the miracle to come.
Waiting for the miracle
There's nothing left to do.
I haven't been this happy
Since the end of World War II.
Nothing left to do
When you know that you've been taken.
Nothing left to do
When you're begging for a crumb
Nothing left to do
When you've got to go on waiting
Waiting for the miracle to come.
I dreamed about you, baby.
It was just the other night.
Most of you was naked
Ah but some of you was light.
The sands of time were falling
From your fingers and your thumb,
And you were waiting
For the miracle, for the miracle to come
Ah baby, let's get married,
We've been alone too long.
Let's be alone together.
Let's see if we're that strong.
Yeah let's do something crazy,
Something absolutely wrong
While we're waiting
For the miracle, for the miracle to come.
Nothing left to do
When you've fallen on the highway
And you're lying in the rain,
And they ask you how you're doing
Of course you'll say you can't complain
If you're squeezed for information,
That's when you've got to play it dumb
You just say you're out there waiting
For the miracle, for the miracle to come.
Composición: Sharon RobinsonArreglos: Leonard Cohen, Rebecca De Mornay, Yoav GorenMezclas: Leanne UngarMúsicos invitados: David Campbell (Arranged By [Additional String Arrangements]), Anjani Thomas (Backing Vocals), Leanne Ungar (Engineer), Dean Parks (Mandolin), Lenny Castro (Percussion), Steve Lindsey (4) (Producer [Additional Production]), Leonard Cohen (Programmed By), Leonard Cohen (Performer), Yoav Goren (Programmed By), Yoav Goren (Performer), Bob Furgo (Violin)
Be for realVer letra 4:29

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letra de Be for real
Are you back in my life to stay
Or is it just for today
Oh that you're gonna need me?
If it's a thrill you're looking for
Honey, I'm flexible. Oh, yeah.
Just be for real won't you, Baby
Be for real oh, Baby
You see I, I don't want to be hurt by love again
So you see I'm not naive.
I just would like to believe
Ah what you tell me.
So don't give me the world today
And tomorrow take it away.
Don't do that to me, darling.
Just be for real won't you, Baby
Be for real won't you, Baby
Been hurt so many times
You see I, I don't want to be hurt by love again.
(I don't give a damn about the truth, Baby
Except for the naked truth. Oh yeah)
Just be for real won't you, Baby
Be for real won't you, Baby
No, no, no, no
It's just that I, I don't want to be hurt by love again.
Composición: Frederick KnightArreglos: Steve Lindsey (4)Mezclas: Leanne UngarMúsicos invitados: David Campbell (Arranged By [Strings]), Jacquelyn Gouche-Farris (Backing Vocals), Tony Warren (Backing Vocals), Valerie Pinkston (Backing Vocals), Freddie Washington (Bass), James Gadson (Drums), Eric Anest (Engineer [Additional]), Leanne Ungar (Engineer), Paul Jackson Jr. (Guitar), Steve Lindsey (4) (Organ), Steve Lindsey (4) (Electric Piano [Wurlitzer]), Steve Lindsey (4) (Mellotron), Lenny Castro (Percussion), Greg Phillinganes (Piano), Bob Metzger (Steel Guitar [Pedal Steel])
Closing timeVer letra 6:39

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letra de Closing time
Ah we're drinking and we're dancing
And the band is really happening
And the johnny walker wisdom running high
And my very sweet companion
She's the angel of compassion
She's rubbing half the world against her thigh
And every drinker every dancer
Lifts a happy face to thank her
The fiddler fiddles something so sublime
All the women tear their blouses off
And the men they dance on the polka-dots
And it's partner found, it's partner lost
And it's hell to pay when the fiddler stops:
It's closing time
Yeah the women tear their blouses off
And the men they dance on the polka-dots
And it's partner found, it's partner lost
And it's hell to pay when the fiddler stops:
It's closing time
Ah we're lonely, we're romantic
And the cider's laced with acid
And the holy spirit's crying, "where's the beef?"
And the moon is swimming naked
And the summer night is fragrant
With a mighty expectation of relief
So we struggle and we stagger
Down the snakes and up the ladder
To the tower where the blessed hours chime
And I swear it happened just like this:
A sigh, a cry, a hungry kiss
The gates of love they budged an inch
I can't say much has happened since
But closing time
I swear it happened just like this:
A sigh, a cry, a hungry kiss
The gates of love they budged an inch
I can't say much has happened since
Closing time
I loved you for your beauty
But that doesn't make a fool of me:
You were in it for your beauty too
And I loved you for your body
There's a voice that sounds like god to me
Declaring, declaring, declaring that your body's really you
And I loved you when our love was blessed
And I love you now there's nothing left
But sorrow and a sense of overtime
And I missed you since the place got wrecked
And I just don't care what happens next
Looks like freedom but it feels like death
It's something in between, I guess
It's closing time
Yeah I missed you since the place got wrecked
By the winds of change and the weeds of sex
Looks like freedom but it feels like death
It's something in between, I guess
It's closing time
Yeah we're drinking and we're dancing
But there's nothing really happening
And the place is dead as heaven on a Saturday night
And my very close companion
Gets me fumbling gets me laughing
She's a hundred but she's wearing
Something tight
And I lift my glass to the awful truth
Which you can't reveal to the ears of youth
Except to say it isn't worth a dime
And the whole damn place goes crazy twice
And it's once for the devil and once for christ
But the boss don't like these dizzy heights
We're busted in the blinding lights,
Busted in the blinding lights
Of closing time
The whole damn place goes crazy twice
And it's once for the devil and once for christ
But the boss don't like these dizzy heights
We're busted in the blinding lights,
Busted in the blinding lights
Of closing time
Oh the women tear their blouses off
And the men they dance on the polka-dots
It's closing time
And it's partner found, it's partner lost
And it's hell to pay when the fiddler stops
It's closing time
I swear it happened just like this:
A sigh, a cry, a hungry kiss
It's closing time
The gates of love they budged an inch
I can't say much has happened since
But closing time
I loved you when our love was blessed
I love you now there's nothing left
But closing time
I miss you since the place got wrecked
By the winds of change and the weeds of sex.
Arreglos: Leonard Cohen, Yoav GorenMúsicos invitados: Leonard Cohen (Programmed By), Leonard Cohen (Performer), Yoav Goren (Programmed By), Yoav Goren (Performer), Julie Christensen (Backing Vocals), Perla Batalla (Backing Vocals), Bob Glaub (Bass [Intro]), Bob Metzger (Guitar), Bob Furgo (Violin)
AnthemVer letra 6:07

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letra de Anthem
The birds they sang
At the break of day
Start again
I heard them say
Don't dwell on what
Has passed away
Or what is yet to be.
Ah the wars they will
Be fought again
The holy dove
She will 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
That's how the light gets in.
We asked for signs
The signs were sent
The birth betrayed
The marriage spent
Yeah the widowhood
Of every government
Signs for all to see.
I can't run no more
With that lawless crowd
While the killers in high places
Say their prayers out loud.
But they've summoned, they've summoned up
A thundercloud
And they're going to hear from me.
Ring the bells that still can ring
You can add up the parts
But you won't have the sum
You can strike up the march,
There is no drum
Every heart, 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, a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in.
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack, a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in.
That's how the light gets in.
That's how the light gets in.
Arreglos: Leonard Cohen, Rebecca De Mornay, Yoav GorenMezclas: Leanne UngarMúsicos invitados: David Campbell (Arranged By [Strings), David Campbell (Backing Vocals]), David Campbell (Conductor [Strings), David Campbell (Backing Vocals]), Bob Metzger (Bass), Bob Metzger (Electric Guitar), The LA Mass Choir (Choir), Donald Taylor (3) (Directed By [Choir Director]), Steve Meador (Drums), Leanne Ungar (Engineer), Richard Cottrell (Engineer), Lenny Castro (Percussion)
DemocracyVer letra 7:12

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letra de Democracy
It's coming through a hole in the air,
From those nights in Tiananmen Square.
It's coming from the feel
That this ain't exactly real,
Or it's real, but it ain't exactly there.
From the wars against disorder,
From the sirens night and day,
From the fires of the homeless,
From the ashes of the gay:
Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.
It's coming through a crack in the wall
On a visionary flood of alcohol
From the staggering account
Of the Sermon on the Mount
Which I don't pretend to understand at all.
It's coming from the silence
On the dock of the bay,
From the brave, the bold, the battered
Heart of Chevrolet
Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.
It's coming from the sorrow in the street,
The holy places where the races meet
From the homicidal bitchin'
That goes down in every kitchen
To determine who will serve and who will eat.
From the wells of disappointment
Where the women kneel to pray
For the grace of God in the desert here
And the desert far away:
Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.
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.
It's coming to America first,
The cradle of the best and of the worst.
It's here they got the range
And the machinery for change
And it's here they got the spiritual thirst.
It's here the family's broken
And it's here the lonely say
That the heart has got to open
In a fundamental way:
Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.
It's coming from the women and the men.
O baby, we'll be making love again.
We'll be going down so deep
The river's going to weep,
And the mountain's going to shout Amen!
It's coming like the tidal flood
Beneath the lunar sway,
Imperial, mysterious,
In amorous array
Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.
Sail on, sail on
I'm sentimental, if you know what I mean
I love the country but I can't stand the scene.
And I'm neither left or right
I'm just staying home tonight,
Getting lost in that hopeless little screen.
But I'm stubborn as those garbage bags
That Time cannot decay,
I'm junk but I'm still holding up
This little wild bouquet
Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.
Arreglos: Jeff FisherMezclas: Leanne UngarMúsicos invitados: Steve Lindsey (4) (Arranged By [Additional]), Jeff Fisher (Programmed By), Jeff Fisher (Performer), Jeff Fisher (Keyboards), David Morgan (Backing Vocals), Jennifer Warnes (Backing Vocals), Julie Christensen (Backing Vocals), Vinnie Colaiuta (Drums), David Shober (Engineer), Ian Terry (2) (Engineer), Leanne Ungar (Engineer), Richard Cottrell (Engineer), Dean Parks (Guitar), Dean Parks (Mandolin), Jeff Fisher (Keyboards), Randy Kerber (Keyboards [Additional]), Steve Lindsey (4) (Keyboards [Additional]), Leonard Cohen (Arranged By [Additional]), John Barnes (Synthesizer [Bass])
Light as the breezeVer letra 7:15

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letra de Light as the breeze
She stands before you naked
You can see it, you can taste it,
And she comes to you light as the breeze.
Now you can drink it or you can nurse it,
It don't matter how you worship
As long as you're
Down on your knees.
So I knelt there at the delta,
At the alpha and the omega,
At the cradle of the river and the seas.
And like a blessing come from heaven
For something like a second
I was healed and my heart
Was at ease.
O baby I waited
So long for your kiss
For something to happen,
Oh something like this.
And you're weak and you're harmless
And you're sleeping in your harness
And the wind going wild
In the trees,
And it ain't exactly prison
But you'll never be forgiven
For whatever you've done
With the keys.
O baby I waited
It's dark now and it's snowing
O my love I must be going,
The river has started to freeze.
And I'm sick of pretending
I'm broken from bending
I've lived too long on my knees.
Then she dances so graceful
And your heart's hard and hateful
And she's naked
But that's just a tease.
And you turn in disgust
From your hatred and from your love
And comes to you
Light as the breeze.
O baby I waited
There's blood on every bracelet
You can see it, you can taste it,
And it's please baby
Please baby please.
And she says, drink deeply, pilgrim
But don't forget there's still a woman
Beneath this
Resplendent chemise.
So I knelt there at the delta,
At the alpha and the omega,
I knelt there like one who believes.
And the blessings come from heaven
And for something like a second
I'm cured and my heart
Is at ease
Músicos invitados: Bob Metzger (Electric Guitar), Bob Metzger (Acoustic Guitar), Bill Ginn (Programmed By [Synclavier]), Stephen Croes (Programmed By [Synclavier]), Bill Ginn (Programmed By), Bill Ginn (Performer), Bob Furgo (Violin), Bob Furgo (Saxophone), Leonard Cohen (Violin), Leonard Cohen (Saxophone)
AlwaysVer letra 8:02

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letra de Always
(Oh friends, don't matter if you're a man or a woman. If you're in love
with somebody, these are the words that you got to learn to say. Now
listen carefully. Here it comes)
I'll be loving you always
with a love that's true, always
When the thing you've planned
needs my helping hand,
I will understand, always, always
Days may not be fair, always
Yeah but that's when I'll be there, always
Not for just an hour,
Not for just a day,
Not for just a year, but always.
I said that I'll be loving you, always
with a love that's true, always.
When the thing you've planned
needs my helping hand,
I will, I will understand, always, always
(Oh that's pretty
that's pretty too
Oh darling)
The days may not be fair, always
Yeah but that's when I'll be there, always
Not for just a second, or a minute, or an hour,
Not for just a weekend and a shake down in the shower,
Not for just the summer and the winter going sour,
But always, always, always
(OK if you don't want to quit, let's try it one more time)
I'll be loving you, always
with a love that's true, always.
When the thing you've planned
needs my helping hand,
I will understand, I will, I will understand, always, always
The days may not be fair, always
(Don't worry, baby)
That's when I'll be there, always
Not for just an hour,
Not for just a day,
Not for just a year, but always.
Composición: Irving BerlinMezclas: Leanne UngarMúsicos invitados: Dean Parks (Acoustic Guitar), Dean Parks (Guitar [Weissenborn]), Lee Thornburg (Arranged By [Horns]), Lee Thornburg (Trumpet), Lee Thornburg (Trombone), Edna Wright (Backing Vocals), Jean Johnson (Backing Vocals), Peggi Blu (Backing Vocals), Greg Smith (3) (Baritone Saxophone), Leland Sklar (Bass), Ed Greene (2) (Drums), Dennis Herring (Electric Guitar), Eric Anest (Engineer [Additional]), Leanne Ungar (Engineer), Steve Lindsey (4) (Organ [Ice Rink]), Mike Finnigan (Organ [Pad]), James Cox (Piano), Lenny Castro (Tambourine), Brandon Fields (Tenor Saxophone), Lon Price (Tenor Saxophone)
Tacoma trailer 5:59
Arreglos: Leonard CohenMezclas: Leanne UngarMúsicos invitados: Leanne Ungar (Engineer), Bill Ginn (Programmed By), Bill Ginn (Performer), Stephen Croes (Synthesizer [Synclavier])