Anthem
Leonard Cohen"Anthem" is a song by Leonard Cohen, released in 1993 in the Pop genre. The song is 5:01 long and contains 53 lines and 260 words.
Lyrics
0:10The birds they sang
0:13At the break of day
0:18Start again
0:21I heard them say
0:25Don't dwell on what
0:29Has passed away
0:32Or what is yet to be
0:40Ah the wars they will
0:44Be fought again
0:47The holy dove
0:51She will be caught again
0:56Bought and sold
0:59And bought again
1:02The dove is never free
1:10Ring the bells that still can ring
1:18Forget your perfect offering
1:25There is a crack a crack in everything
1:32That's how the light gets in
1:47We asked for signs
1:51The signs were sent
1:55The birth betrayed
1:58The marriage spent
2:02Yeah the widowhood
2:06Of every government
2:10Signs for all to see
2:17I can't run no more
2:21With that lawless crowd
2:25While the killers in high places
2:28Say their prayers out loud
2:32But they've summoned they've summoned up
2:36A thundercloud
2:40And they're going to hear from me
2:47Ring the bells that still can ring
2:55Forget your perfect offering
3:02There is a crack a crack in everything
3:09That's how the light gets in
3:24You can add up the parts
3:28You won't have the sum
3:32You can strike up the march
3:36There is no drum
3:40Every heart every heart
3:44To love will come
3:47But like a refugee
3:55Ring the bells that still can ring
4:03Forget your perfect offering
4:09There is a crack a crack in everything
4:17That's how the light gets in
4:32Ring the bells that still can ring
4:40Forget your perfect offering
4:47There is a crack a crack in everything
4:54That's how the light gets in
4:58That's how the light gets in
5:01That's how the light gets in
The birds they sang At the break of day Start again I heard them say Don't 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 Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering There is a crack a crack in everything That's how the light gets in We asked for signs The signs were sent The birth betrayed The marriage spent Yeah the widowhood Of every government Signs for all to see I can't run no more With that lawless crowd While the killers in high places Say their prayers out loud But they've summoned they've summoned up A thundercloud And they're going to hear from me Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering There is a crack a crack in everything That's how the light gets in You can add up the parts You won't have the sum You can strike up the march There is no drum Every heart every heart To love will come But like a refugee Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering There is a crack a crack in everything That's how the light gets in Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering There is a crack a crack in everything That's how the light gets in That's how the light gets in That's how the light gets in
Translation
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