A Sunday “Anthem”

A Sunday “Anthem” August 28, 2011

https://youtube.com/watch?v=W-vSfwIJkjY%3Fversion%3D3%26hl%3Den_US%26rel%3D0

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.

You can add up the parts but 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.

-Leonard Cohen. Full lyrics here.


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