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" I can't make the hills
The system is shot
I'm living on pills
For which I thank G-d
I followed the course
From chaos to art
Desire the horse
Depression the cart
I sailed like a swan
I sank like a rock
But time is long gone
Past my laughing stock
My page was too white
My ink was too thin
The day wouldn't write
What the night pencilled in
My animal howls
My angel's upset
But I'm not allowed
A trace of regret
For someone will use
What I couldn't be
My heart will be hers
Impersonally
She'll step on the path
She'll see what I mean
My will cut in half
And freedom between
For less than a second
Our lives will collide
The endless suspended
The door open wide
Then she will be born
To someone like you
What no one has done
She'll continue to do
I know she is coming
I know she will look
And that is the longing
And this is the book "

Leonard Cohen , Book of Longing


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Leonard Cohen quote : I can't make the hills <br />The system is shot <br />I'm living on pills <br />For which I thank G-d<br />I followed the course<br />From chaos to art <br />Desire the horse <br />Depression the cart <br />I sailed like a swan <br />I sank like a rock <br />But time is long gone <br />Past my laughing stock <br />My page was too white <br />My ink was too thin <br />The day wouldn't write <br />What the night pencilled in <br />My animal howls <br />My angel's upset <br />But I'm not allowed <br />A trace of regret <br />For someone will use <br />What I couldn't be <br />My heart will be hers <br />Impersonally <br />She'll step on the path <br />She'll see what I mean <br />My will cut in half <br />And freedom between <br />For less than a second <br />Our lives will collide <br />The endless suspended <br />The door open wide <br />Then she will be born <br />To someone like you <br />What no one has done <br />She'll continue to do <br />I know she is coming <br />I know she will look <br />And that is the longing <br />And this is the book