Lyrics Night Comes On.lrc Leonard Cohen
[id: odgtbssi]
[ar: Leonard Cohen]
[al: Various Positions]
[ti: Night Comes On]
[length: 04:40]
[00:00.72]I went down to the place
[00:11.24]Where I knew she lay waiting
[00:13.86]Under the marble and the snow
[00:17.67]I said, Mother I’m frightened
[00:21.69]The thunder and the lightning
[00:23.68]I’ll never come through this alone
[00:27.42]She said, I’ll be with you
[00:31.22]My shawl wrapped around you
[00:33.79]My hand on your head when you go
[00:37.18]And the night came on
[00:40.40]It was very calm
[00:42.90]I wanted the night to go on and on
[00:47.96]But she said, “Go back, go back to the World”
[00:55.33]We were fighting in Egypt
[01:00.46]When they signed this agreement
[01:02.92]That nobody else had to die
[01:06.85]There was this terrible sound
[01:10.25]And my father went down
[01:12.68]With a terrible wound in his side
[01:16.67]He said, “Try to go on
[01:20.06]Take my books, take my gun
[01:22.67]Remember, my son, how they lied”
[01:26.46]And the night comes on
[01:29.72]It’s very calm
[01:31.81]I’d like to pretend that my father was wrong
[01:37.25]But you don’t want to lie, not to the young
[01:43.44]We were locked in this kitchen
[01:49.48]I took to religion
[01:51.95]And I wondered how long she would stay
[01:55.99]I needed so much
[01:59.32]To have nothing to touch
[02:01.88]I’ve always been greedy that way
[02:05.73]But my son and my daughter
[02:09.49]Climbed out of the water
[02:11.65]Crying, “Papa, you promised to play”
[02:15.43]And they lead me away
[02:19.57]To the great surprise
[02:21.57]It’s “Papa, don’t peek, Papa, cover your eyes”
[02:26.35]And they hide, they hide in the World
[02:32.67]Now I look for her always
[02:38.46]I’m lost in this calling
[02:41.25]I’m tied to the threads of some prayer
[02:45.26]Saying, “When will she summon me
[02:49.32]When will she come to me
[02:51.99]What must I do to prepare”
[02:54.83]When she bends to my longing
[02:58.75]Like a willow, like a fountain
[03:01.24]She stands in the luminous air
[03:04.58]And the night comes on
[03:07.93]It’s very calm
[03:10.22]I lie in her arms, she says, “When I’m gone
[03:15.44]I’ll be yours, yours for a song”
[03:22.20]Now the crickets are singing
[03:27.68]The vesper bells ringing
[03:30.17]The cat’s curled asleep in his chair
[03:34.32]I’ll go down to Bill’s Bar
[03:37.83]I can make it that far
[03:39.82]And I’ll see if my friends are still there
[03:44.31]Yes, and here’s to the few
[03:47.49]Who forgive what you do
[03:50.01]And the fewer who don’t even care
[03:54.13]And the night comes on
[03:57.47]It’s very calm
[03:59.15]I want to cross over, I want to go home
[04:04.62]But she says, “Go back, go back to the World”
[04:14.02]Year of Release: 1984