Leonard Cohen - You Want it Darker lyrics

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

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

There's a lover in the story
But the story's still the same
There's a lullaby for suffering
And a paradox to blame
But it's written in the scriptures
And it's not some idle claim
You want it darker we kill the flame

They're lining up the prisoners
And the guards are taking aim
I struggled with some demons
They were middle-class and tame
I didn't know I had permission
To murder and to maim you want it darker

Hineni, hineni i'm ready, my Lord

Magnified, sanctified be thy holy name
Vilified, crucified in the human frame
A million candles burning
For the love that never came
You want it darker we kill the flame

If you are the dealer let me out of the game
If you are the healer i'm broken and lame
If thine is the glory mine must be the shame
You want it darker

Hineni, hineni hineni, hineni
I'm ready, my Lord

Hineni hineni, hineni
Hineni