Legendarni Leonard Cohen jučer je proslavio 82. rođendan i unatoč svojim godinama ovaj kanadski kantautor ne odustaje od glazbe.
U listopadu izlazi njegov novi album, četrnaesti studijski, a za svoj je rođendan ljubitelje svog rada počastio novim singlom – „You Want it Darker“ – kako će se zvati i album.
Producent albuma je njegov sin Adam Cohen.
Cohen je rođen 1934. godine u Montrealu, a svoje prve pjesme napisao je kao golobradi mladić, ranih 1950-ih, dok je prvi album objavio tek 1967. godine. U jednom od brojnih intervjua Cohen će objasniti kako je počeo pisati pjesme.
„Želio sam pridobiti žene, ali nisam mogao, pa sam počeo pisati poruke ženama tako da ih pridobijem. One su te poruke počele pokazivati okolo i ljudi su to ubrzo počeli nazivati poezijom“, objasnio je Cohen, prenosi Lupiga. U nastavku poslušajte njegov izvrsni singl.
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
