Leonard Cohen, Sharon Robinson - By the Rivers Dark lyrics

By the rivers dark i wandered on
I lived my life in Babylon

And I did forget my holy song:
And I had no strength in Babylon

By the rivers dark where I could not see
Who was waiting there who was hunting me

And he cut my lip and he cut my heart
So I could not drink from the rivers dark

And he covered me and I saw within
My lawless heart and my wedding ring

I did not know and I could not see
Who was waiting there who was hunting me

By the rivers dark i panicked on
I belonged at last to Babylon

Then he struck my heart with a deadly force
And he said, 'This heart: It is not yours'

And he gave the wind my wedding ring:
And he circled us with everything

By the rivers dark in a wounded dawn
I live my life in Babylon

Though I take my song from a withered limb
Both song and tree they sing for him

Be the truth unsaid and the blessing gone
If I forget my Babylon
I did not know and I could not see
Who was waiting there who was hunting me

By the rivers dark where it all goes on:
By the rivers dark in Babylon