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Leonard Cohen - You Want it Darker (released right before his death). Beautiful

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"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" 🖤

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the addition of yom kippur chazzanus (ceremonial singing) and references to the holocaust/binding of isaac make for the most beautiful, sarcastic, bitter, holy prayer ive ever heard 'Hineni'

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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 Just reading this gives me chills. Dying Leonard is my favorite Leonard. So powerful 🖤

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The whole album is powerful. A full life, coming to terms with imminent death

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It good. It real good. Even in Cohen's singular context, it real good, which is saying something.

6:47 PM · Dec 16, 2019Twitter Web App