It’s
Never Easy Writing About Love
love
oh
love
dancing
in the beauty of the light
tough
love
real
love
not
the gooey sticky kind
they
keep thrusting at us
syrup
dripping down
love
wrapped
in pretty colors
sweet
and sickly love
like
you’ve never really seen
the
dark and jagged love
love
with ragged edges
tearing
at the heart
and
drowning in its blood
love
oh
love
howling
in the dead of night
love
crawling
on its belly
across
the kitchen floor
love
waiting
searching
for a home
love
without mercy
a
relentless kind of love
keeps
screaming your name
and
won’t let you sleep
one
great love
you
fall headlong into it
love
oh
love
what
do you want from me
Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man
ReplyDeleteIf you want a lover,
I'll do anything you ask me to
And if you want another kind of love,
I'll wear a mask for you
If you want a partner, take my hand
Or if you want to strike me down in anger,
Here I stand
I'm your man
If you want a boxer,
I will step into the ring for you
And if you want a doctor,
I'll examine every inch of you
If you want a driver, climb inside
Or if you want to take me for a ride,
You know you can
I'm your man
Ah, the moon's too bright
The chain's too tight
The beast won't go to sleep
I've been running through these promises to you
That I made and I could not keep
But a man never got a woman back,
Not by begging on his knees
Or I'd crawl to you baby
And I'd fall at your feet
And I'd howl at your beauty
Like a dog in heat
And I'd claw at your heart
And I'd tear at your sheet
I'd say please, please
I'm your man
And if you've got to sleep
A moment on the road,
I will steer for you
And if you want to work the street alone,
I'll disappear for you
If you want a father for your child,
Or only want to walk with me a while
Across the sand
I'm your man