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It is hard this week to wonder if Cohen was not prophetic. Cohen also sang about the future of democracy on The Future. We will see. The birds they sang at the break of day Start again I seem to hear them say Do not 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. Like Like. November 14, Alex Sager. Dying used to be accompanied by a prescribed set of customs. Guides to ars moriendithe art of dying, were extraordinarily popular; a medieval Latin text was reprinted in more than a hundred editions across Europe.

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Last words came to hold a particular place of reverence. Know that I am so close behind you that if you stretch out your hand, I think you can reach mine. But now, I just want to wish you a very good journey. Goodbye old friend. Endless love, see you down the road.

Cohen seemed to have tied up many loose ends in his life and accomplished some final projects such as the astonishing You Want It Darker. 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 — here I am — recalls the story of how the Lord told Abraham to slaughter his son Isaac and Moses responding to the God calling him from the burning bush. This is a god that presided over the holocaust, a world that is a dark, amoral place indeed:. There is weariness and resignation and tremendous anger.

I suspect there is also wisdom and reconciliation. I have never known exactly what it means to take Manhattan, then Berlin, but I still find the prospect exhilarating. Years later in high school I found the Best of Leonard Cohen in the Athabasca University library, along with Beautiful Losers which I read, too baffled to be titillated.

Cohen alex cohen gay artist darker and heavier than any heavy metal my passion at the time. Perhaps he was also angrier, redeemed by his sometimes violent humor. Like Loading Leave a comment Cancel reply. Comment Reblog Subscribe Subscribed. Alex Sager.

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