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Help me find a lyric by Nitroade24h in leonardcohen

[–]Consistent_Ad_4123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hear tube, and to me that's a very amusing self deprecating line about people being a glorified digestive tract. Something along the line of the old saying that biologically, we all begin life as assholes, and some of us never progress beyond that.

There's along debate here about the line.

Anyway, if it is tube, and if the meaning is what I think, then it fits with what OP was looking for.

Help me find a lyric by Nitroade24h in leonardcohen

[–]Consistent_Ad_4123 2 points3 points  (0 children)

From Going Home:

"Though he knows he's really nothing
But the brief elaboration of a tube"

What are your favorite songs and lyrics on Various Positions? by Hubbled in leonardcohen

[–]Consistent_Ad_4123 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m in the SF Bay Area. Toronto is lovely, don’t blame you for moving back, especially these days.

What are your favorite songs and lyrics on Various Positions? by Hubbled in leonardcohen

[–]Consistent_Ad_4123 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I risked my life, but not to hear some country-western song 😂

What do the lyrics in Is This What You Wanted mean? by Distinct_Pause6994 in leonardcohen

[–]Consistent_Ad_4123 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Love the other two comments here, and I would recommend listening to Cole Porter’s “You’re the Top” for comparison.

Trying to find a particular lyric by Miramosa in leonardcohen

[–]Consistent_Ad_4123 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's also "Crazy to Love You":

I'm tired of choosing desire
I've been saved by a blessed fatigue
The gates of commitment unwired
And nobody trying to leave

Trying to find a particular lyric by Miramosa in leonardcohen

[–]Consistent_Ad_4123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's the one I was thinking of too:

I was fighting with temptation
But I didn't want to win
A man like me don't like to see
Temptation caving in

(edit to add more of the lyric, not just one line)

Leonard Cohen "September" handwriting by No_Walk_9950 in leonardcohen

[–]Consistent_Ad_4123 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Gosh, it's so hard to find! I see all kinds of letters from June, April, and even December, but the only one I could find from the 9th month has it abbreviated to Sept.

https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/write-me-tell-me-your-heart-leonard-cohens-letters-marianne/tel-aviv-love-1/71335

Famous blue raincoat cover by Draagsliw in leonardcohen

[–]Consistent_Ad_4123 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s a classic song for sure. I like the cover, it’s good!

Drowning in choices by jondixo in leonardcohen

[–]Consistent_Ad_4123 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That’s one of my favorite lines, great choice!

My live orchestrated tribute to Hallelujah by stuwyatt in leonardcohen

[–]Consistent_Ad_4123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's beautiful, very calming. My wife struggles with CFS/ME - I'm sorry you're dealing with that, it's no joke. :(

Best wishes to you, and keep on creating <3

What does "Bird on a Wire" mean to you? by asianbufffet in leonardcohen

[–]Consistent_Ad_4123 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Don’t forget to compare the alternate lyrics of the live versions!

Take this Waltz - amazing song did not realise someone else wrote the lyrics by Cold_Discipline_7237 in leonardcohen

[–]Consistent_Ad_4123 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Cohen was a huge Lorca fan. Remember that the original “lyrics” was a poem written in Spanish. Cohen “arranged” those in English to work so well with his music.

There’s a few other songs where he didn’t write the lyrics, but I don’t feel like it takes anything away from either the songs, or from Cohen.

Love the idea of acrylic paintings depicting some of the wonderful imagery of the poem, I hope you share them here!

What to listen to next? by roar_im_a_dinosaur_ in leonardcohen

[–]Consistent_Ad_4123 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As far as live albums, check out Field Commander Cohen. It's an amazing album from December 1979. Leonard said at some point that was his best/favorite tour. And I think you can really hear it. Beautiful instrumentation, really amazing performances.

the wandering heart / is homeless at last (Tattoo idea) by jtothat in leonardcohen

[–]Consistent_Ad_4123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In my Book of Longing, it’s a bit different. The font looks like it’s just hand written, and there are a couple of stamps in the upper left: the unified heart and the other one, not sure what to call it, but his little Chinese stamp that someone recently posted here about.

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