You Want It Darker
Leonard Cohen"You Want It Darker" is a song by Leonard Cohen, released in 2016 in the Pop genre. The song is 3:41 long and contains 39 lines and 229 words.
0:28If you are the dealer I'm out of the game
0:33If you are the healer it means I'm broken and lame
0:37If thine is the glory then mine must be the shame
0:42You want it darker
0:45We kill the flame
0:55Magnified sanctified be thy holy name
0:59Vilified crucified in the human frame
1:03A million candles burning for the help that never came
1:08You want it darker
1:17Hineni hineni
1:20I'm ready my lord
1:30There's a lover in the story
1:32But the story's still the same
1:34There's a lullaby for suffering
1:36And a paradox to blame
1:39But it's written in the scriptures
1:41And it's not some idle claim
1:44You want it darker
1:47We kill the flame
1:56They're lining up the prisoners
1:58And the guards are taking aim
2:00I struggled with some demons
2:03They were middle class and tame
2:04I didn't know I had permission to murder and to maim
2:10You want it darker
2:18Hineni hineni
2:21I'm ready my lord
2:40Magnified sanctified be thy holy name
2:45Vilified crucified in the human frame
2:49A million candles burning for the love that never came
2:54You want it darker
2:57We kill the flame
3:07If you are the dealer let me out of the game
3:11If you are the healer I'm broken and lame
3:15If thine is the glory mine must be the shame
3:20You want it darker
3:29Hineni hineni
3:38Hineni hineni
3:41I'm ready my lord
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
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