Leonard Cohen

They sentenced me to twenty years of boredom For trying to change the system from within.

You win a while, and then it's done - Your little winning streak. And summoned now to deal With your invincible defeat, You live your life as if it's real, A Thousand Kisses Deep.

And sometimes when the night is slow, The wretched and the meek, We gather up our hearts and go, A Thousand Kisses Deep.

I saw there were no oceans left For scavengers like me. I made it to the forward deck. I blessed our remnant fleet - And then consented to be wrecked, A Thousand Kisses Deep.

Maybe there's a God above, And all I ever learned from love Was how to shoot at someone who outdrew you. And it's not a cry you can hear at night, It's not somebody who's seen the…

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

In the prison of the gifted I was friendly with the guards So I never had to witness What happens to the heart.