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All fingers and thumbs #1077092 added September 21, 2024 at 4:54pm
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Suzanne
Day 1
Today, September 21 was the birthdate of Leonard Cohen. He died in 2016, 5 months after my start at WdC. I love his lyrics as a poet, and I love his music and his voice. So, for this challenge of 10 days, I choose him.
I think I was in my teens when I discovered Cohen's music while staying in the apartment of my mother's younger brother and his young wife. I listened to his album which was called Raisor Music because of the deep sad voice and the lyrics. Critics would say it was music to kill yourself by.
Leonard Cohen, 1976 album Songs of Leonard Cohen
"Suzanne."
The text is sad, deep, profound and so beautiful. I could listen to "Suzanne" over and over again. It never got tired or dull. When I was in my teens (15-16) I was religious so it touched that part of my soul as well. Within a few years I dropped that but the love of "Suzanne" remained.
"Suzanne takes you down to her place near the river
You can hear the boats go by
You can spend the night beside her
And you know that she's half crazy
But that's why you want to be there
And she feeds you tea and oranges
That come all the way from China
And just when you mean to tell her
That you have no love to give her
Then she gets you on her wavelength
And she lets the river answer
That you've always been her lover
And you want to travel with her
And you want to travel blind
And you know that she will trust you
For you've touched her perfect body with your mind
And Jesus was a sailor
When he walked upon the water
And he spent a long time watching
From his lonely wooden tower
And when he knew for certain
Only drowning men could see him
He said "All men will be sailors then
Until the sea shall free them"
But he himself was broken
Long before the sky would open
Forsaken, almost human
He sank beneath your wisdom like a stone
And you want to travel with him
And you want to travel blind
And you think maybe you'll trust him
For he's touched your perfect body with his mind
Now Suzanne takes your hand
And she leads you to the river
She is wearing rags and feathers
From Salvation Army counters
And the sun pours down like honey
On Our Lady of the Harbour
And she shows you where to look
Among the garbage and the flowers
There are heroes in the seaweed
There are children in the morning
They are leaning out for love
And they will lean that way forever
While Suzanne holds the mirror
And you want to travel with her
And you want to travel blind
And you know you can trust her
For she's touched your perfect body with her mind"
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