You Want It Darker es un álbum de Leonard Cohen, publicado en 2016 por Columbia. El disco incluye 9 canciones, entre ellas «You Want It Darker», «Treaty», «On the Level» y «Leaving the Table».
Sobre el álbum
El álbum You Want It Darker, de 2016, es el testamento final de Leonard Cohen, una obra sobresaliente grabada en sus últimos meses de vida. Este disco es una meditación profunda y sin concesiones sobre la muerte, la fe y el final del camino, una despedida lúcida y valiente de uno de los más grandes artistas del siglo XX. Es una escucha de una intensidad emocional sobrecogedora.
En primer lugar, la canción que da título al álbum es una de las piezas más poderosas que jamás grabó. Con un coro de sinagoga cantando "Hineni" ("Aquí estoy", en hebreo), Leonard Cohen se dirige directamente a su Dios con una mezcla de sumisión y desafío. Por consiguiente, el tema es una obra de una profundidad espiritual abrumadora.
La producción del disco, a cargo de su hijo Adam Cohen, es austera y elegante, creando una atmósfera solemne y crepuscular que envuelve la frágil voz del artista. En canciones como "Leaving the Table" o "Steer Your Way", Cohen se despide del mundo, del amor y de la música con una serenidad y una dignidad admirables.
"You Want It Darker" es una pieza redonda del adiós, un epitafio perfecto para una vida y una carrera extraordinarias. Es el sonido de un hombre que mira a la muerte a los ojos y, en lugar de miedo, encuentra una última y oscura forma de belleza.
Listado de Canciones
- You Want It Darker4:44
Letra
[Leonard Cohen] If you are the dealer, I'm out of the game If you are the healer, it means I'm broken and lame If thine is the glory then mine must be the shame You want it darker We kill the flame Magnified, sanctified, be thy holy name Vilified, crucified, in the human frame A million candles burning for the help that never came You want it darker Hineni, hineni I'm ready, my Lord There's a lover in the story But the story's still the same There's a lullaby for suffering And a paradox to blame But it's written in the scriptures And it's not some idle claim You want it darker We kill the flame They're lining up the prisoners And the guards are taking aim I struggled with some demons They were middle-class and tame I didn't know I had permission to murder and to maim You want it darker Hineni, hineni I'm ready, my Lord Magnified, sanctified, be thy holy name Vilified, crucified, in the human frame A million candles burning for the love that never came You want it darker We kill the flame If you are the dealer, let me out of the game If you are the healer, I'm broken and lame If thine is the glory, mine must be the shame You want it darker Hineni, hineni Hineni, hineni I'm ready, my Lord [Outro: Cantor Gideon Zelermyer] Hineni Hineni, hineni Hineni - Treaty4:02
Letra
I've seen you change the water into wine I've seen you change it back to water, too I sit at your table every night I try but I just don't get high with you I wish there was a treaty we could sign I do not care who takes this bloody hill I'm angry and I'm tired all the time I wish there was a treaty, I wish there was a treaty Between your love and mine Ah, they're dancing in the street—it's Jubilee We sold ourselves for love but now we're free I'm so sorry for that ghost I made you be Only one of us was real and that was me I haven't said a word since you been gone That any liar couldn't say as well I just can't believe the static coming on You were my ground, my safe and sound You were my aerial Ah, the fields are crying out—it's Jubilee We sold ourselves for love but now we're free I'm so sorry for that ghost I made you be Only one of us was real and that was me I heard the snake was baffled by his sin He shed his scales to find the snake within But born again is born without a skin The poison enters into everything And I wish there was a treaty we could sign I do not care who takes this bloody hill I'm angry and I'm tired all the time I wish there was a treaty, I wish there was a treaty Between your love and mine - On the Level3:27
Letra
I knew that it was wrong I didn't have a doubt I was dying to get back home And you were starting out I said I'd best be moving on You said we have all day You smiled at me like I was young It took my breath away Your crazy fragrance all around Your secrets all in view My lost, my lost was saying found My don't was saying do Let's keep it on the level When I walked away from you I turned my back on the devil Turned my back on the angel, too They oughta give my heart a medal For letting go of you When I turned my back on the devil Turned my back on the angel, too Now I'm living in this temple Where they tell you what to do I'm old and I've had to settle On a different point of view I was fighting with temptation But I didn't want to win A man like me don't like to see Temptation caving in Your crazy fragrance all around Your secrets in my view My lost, my lost was saying found My don't was saying do Let's keep it on the level When I walked away from you I turned my back on the devil Turned my back on the angel, too They oughta give my heart a medal For letting go of you When I turned my back on the devil Turned my back on the angel, too They oughta give my heart a medal For letting go of you When I turned my back on the devil Turned my back on the angel, too - Leaving the Table3:47
Letra
I'm leaving the table I'm out of the game I don't know the people In your picture frame If I ever loved you or no, no It's a crying shame if I ever loved you If I knew your name You don't need a lawyer I'm not making a claim You don't need to surrender I'm not taking aim I don't need a lover, no, no The wretched beast is tame I don't need a lover So blow out the flame There's nobody missing There is no reward Little by little We're cutting the cord We're spending the treasure, oh, no, no That love cannot afford I know you can feel it The sweetness restored I don't need a reason For what I became I've got these excuses They're tired and lame I don't need a pardon, no, no, no, no, no There's no one left to blame I'm leaving the table I'm out of the game I'm leaving the table I'm out of the game - If I Didn´t Have Your Love3:36
Letra
If the sun would lose its light And we lived an endless night And there was nothing left that you could feel That's how it would be What my life would seem to me If I didn't have your love to make it real If the stars were all unpinned And a cold and bitter wind Swallowed up the world without a trace Ah, well that's where I would be What my life would seem to me If I couldn't lift the veil and see your face And if no leaves were on the tree And no water in the sea And the break of day had nothing to reveal 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 If the sun would lose its light And we lived in an endless night And there was nothing left that you could feel 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 - Traveling Light4:22
Letra
I'm traveling light It's au revoir My once so bright, my fallen star I'm running late, they'll close the bar I used to play one mean guitar I guess I'm just somebody who Has given up on the me and you I'm not alone, I've met a few Traveling light like we used to do Good night, good night, my fallen star I guess you're right, you always are I know you're right about the blues You live some life you'd never choose I'm just a fool, a dreamer who forgot to dream of the me and you I'm not alone, I've met a few Traveling light like we used to do Traveling light It's au revoir My once so bright, my fallen star I'm running late, they'll close the bar I used to play one mean guitar I guess I'm just somebody who Has given up on the me and you I'm not alone, I've met a few Traveling light like we used to do But if the road leads back to you Must I forget the things I knew When I was friends with one or two Traveling light like we used to do I'm traveling light - It Seemed the Better Way4:22
Letra
Seemed the better way When first I heard him speak Now it's much too late To turn the other cheek Sounded like the truth Seemed the better way Sounded like the truth But it's not the truth today I wonder what it was I wonder what it meant First he touched on love Then he touched on death Sounded like the truth Seemed the better way Sounded like the truth But it's not the truth today I better hold my tongue I better take my place Lift this glass of blood Try to say the grace Seemed the better way When first I heard him speak But now it's much too late To turn the other cheek Sounded like the truth Seemed the better way Sounded like the truth But it's not the truth today I better hold my tongue I better take my place Lift this glass of blood Try to say the grace - Steer Your Way4:23
Letra
Steer your way past the ruins of the Altar and the Mall Steer your way through the fables of Creation and The Fall Steer your way past the Palaces that rise above the rot Year by year, month by month, day by day Thought by thought Steer your heart past the Truth that you believed in yesterday Such as Fundamental Goodness and the Wisdom of the Way Steer your heart, precious heart, past the women whom you bought Year by year, month by month, day by day Thought by thought Steer you way through the pain that is far more real than you That's smashed the Cosmic Model, that blinded every view And please don't make me go there, though there be a God or not Year by year, month by month, day by day Thought by thought They whisper still, the injured stones The blunted mountains weep As he died to make men holy Let us die to make things cheap And say the Mea Culpa, which you probably forgot Year by year, month by month, day by day Thought by thought Steer your way, O my heart, though I have no right to ask To the one who was never, never equal to the task Who knows he's been convicted, who knows he will be shot Year by year, month by month, day by day Thought by thought They whisper still, the injured stones The blunted mountains weep As he died to make men holy Let us die to make things cheap And say the Mea Culpa, which you gradually forgot Year by year, month by month, day by day Thought by thought - String Reprise / Treaty3:26
Letra
I wish there was a treaty we could sign It's over now, the water and the wine We were broken then but now we're borderline And I wish there was a treaty, I wish there was a treaty between your love and mine