The Future

brucelewis.com ^ | 2008.11.04 | Bruce Lewis

[B-Chan]

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Give me back my broken night
my mirrored room, my secret life
it's lonely here,
there's no one left to torture

Give me absolute control
over every living soul
And lie beside me, baby,
that's an order!

Give me crack and anal sex
Take the only tree that's left
and stuff it up the hole
in your culture

Give me back the Berlin wall
give me Stalin and St Paul
I've seen the future, brother:
it is murder.

Things are going to slide,
slide in all directions
Won't be nothing
Nothing you can measure anymore

The blizzard,
the blizzard of the world
has crossed the threshold
and it has overturned
the order of the soul

When they said "repent, repent"
I wonder what they meant

You don't know me from the wind
you never will, you never did
I'm the little Jew
who wrote the Bible

I've seen the nations rise and fall
I've heard their stories, heard them all
but love's the only engine of survival

Your servant here, he has been told
to say it clear, to say it cold:
It's over, it ain't going
any further

And now the wheels of heaven stop
you feel the devil's riding crop
Get ready for the future:
it is murder

There'll be the breaking
of the ancient western code
Your private life will suddenly explode
There'll be phantoms
There'll be fires on the road
and the white man dancing

You'll see a woman
hanging upside down
her features covered by her fallen gown
and all the lousy little poets
coming round
tryin' to sound like Charlie Manson
and the white man dancin'

Give me back the Berlin wall
Give me Stalin and St Paul
Give me Christ
or give me Hiroshima

Destroy another fetus now
We don't like children anyhow

I've seen the future, baby:
it is murder

THE FUTURE
Leonard Cohen

[B-Chan]

A song for Election Day 2008 by the great Leonard Cohen.

[februus]

Awesome! Ever read Cohen’s novel ‘Beautiful Losers’? What a talent!

[ShakinItUpHereBoss]

I don’t have sound on my computer. Please someone put me out of my misery. What the hell is Frank Reynolds reporting on that blurry black and white video that pops up all the time?

[To Hell With Poverty]

spooky spooky spooky

[PGalt]

Interesting. I’ve heard of Leonard Cohen but was unfamiliar with any of his work. Thanks for posting the lyrics.

[SamAdams76]

I'm listening to Leonard Cohen now on Apple Music. I'm amazed at the quality of his songs. It's a shame he never got more recognition.

BTW, Apple Music is one of the best deals on the planet for music. For ten dollars a month, you have unlimited access to stream pretty much everything ever recorded. You can download it to play offline as well.

[PGalt]

Cohen recognition and Apple Music deal BUMP! Thanks, SamAdams76.