Leonard Cohen - By The Rivers Dark Lyrics
By the rivers darkI wandered on.I lived my lifeIn babylon.And I did forgetMy holy song:And I had no strengthIn babylon.By the rivers darkWhere I could not seeWho was waiting thereWho was hunting me.And he cut my lipAnd he cut my heart.So I could not drinkFrom the river dark.And he covered me,And I saw within,My lawless heartAnd my wedding ring,I did not knowAnd I could not seeWho was waiting there,Who was hunting me.By the rivers darkI panicked on.I belonged at lastTo babylon.Then he struck my heartWith a deadly force,And he said, this heart:It is not yours.And he gave the windMy wedding ring;And he circled usWith everything.By the rivers dark,In a wounded dawn,I live my lifeIn babylon.Though I take my songFrom a withered limb,Both song and tree,They sing for him.Be the truth unsaidAnd the blessing gone,If I forgetMy babylon.I did not knowAnd I could not seeWho was waiting there,Who was hunting me.By the rivers dark,Where it all goes on;By the rivers darkIn babylon.
