Leonard Cohen, Sharon Robinson - By the Rivers Dark lyrics
[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
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