Cohen, Leonard - First We Take Manhattan Lyrics






They sentenced me to twenty years of boredom
For trying to change the system from within
I'm coming now, I'm coming to reward them
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin
I'm guided by a signal in the heavens
I'm guided by this birthmark on my skin
I'm guided by the beauty of our weapons
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin

I'd really like to live beside you, baby
I love your body and your spirit and your clothes
But you see that line there moving through the station?
I told you, I told you, told you, I was one of those

Ah you loved me as a loser, but now you're worried that I just might win
You know the way to stop me, but you don't have the discipline
How many nights I prayed for this, to let my work begin
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin

I don't like your fashion business mister
And I don't like these drugs that keep you thin
I don't like what happened to my sister
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin

I'd really like to live beside you, baby ...

And I thank you for those items that you sent me
The monkey and the plywood violin
I practiced every night, now I'm ready
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin

I am guided

Ah remember me, I used to live for music
Remember me, I brought your groceries in
Well it's Father's Day and everybody's wounded
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin





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  1. a.... H....

    Watchmen credits song 👌

  2. R.... K....

    Leonard Cohen Brought my Nissan Micra for £30.
    Sincerely, Le3onard Cohen

  3. A.... K....

    I loved this song during the university, then forgot it and now I am here again through the NYT recipe tweet https://twitter.com/nytfood/status/1220861002016874496
    Masterpiece!

  4. r.... l....

    To me it seems like a sinister rendezvous between ABBA and Barry White. Like a dark Disco music...

  5. T.... M....

    Премьера! Noize MC — Почитай старших https://youtu.be/iA8nxSf-HAc

    T.... M....

    Robert Plant | 'Ship of Fools' | Official Music Video https://youtu.be/GPyPT7fb0-Q

  6. d.... ....

    DO IT!!

  7. K.... S....

    After all the years, I still love this song!

  8. G.... W....

    Leave Fellini to Fellini

  9. R.... K....

    Thanks, for pointing that out fella, I thought you were a racist there for a second, I guess like me you Idolise Leonard Cohen for his Humour and lyrics!!!

  10. J.... Y....

    First we take Manhattan, then we take the White House.

  11. T.... A....

    Rothschild be like "first we take manhattan, then we take berlin"

  12. A.... ....

    Ahh, remember me....

  13. D.... I....

    L COHEN = Brel,Aznavour,Piaf,Elvis,Dylan,Argov,Mozart,Ravel,Porumbescu altogether

  14. W.... J....

    We "Take Manhattan" in a night of celebration. We "Take Berlin" in a desperate struggle against the worst aspects of our species.

  15. R.... K....

    Excellent,.

  16. R.... K....

    Why did you have to point out that he is Jewish?

    R.... K....

    It's kind of relevant if you listen to the words. 'You see that line that's moving through the station, I was one of those.' He practiced Buddhism later in his life.

  17. M.... G....

    I fell in to this song randomly getting in to the old master. The only problem I have with it is I didn't find it when it first came out. Enjoyed Joe Cocker's version. Liked Jennifer Warnes as well. But this one just rivets me. RIP Mr. Cohen.

  18. J.... R....

    Nefasto lugar Manhattan, en cuyo seno creció ese parásito de los pueblos.

  19. D.... S....

    Getting information as I've never heard Mr. Cohen from the chohanim high priest tribe. #ROYALFAMILY #tryingtodiscern #apolloiremember

  20. M.... C....

    The coolest Jew to have ever existed.

  21. r.... b....

    Erst nutzen wir den Hexenbesen,dann spiel´n wir die Septime!
    MIG´s auf Ufo-Jagt
    der Sinn des Lebens: 2 und 4 zig!
    Ich übte jede Nacht,nun bin ich lesend!

  22. S.... ....

    Grande Leonard.

  23. T.... g....

    Lowkey I'm here cause my history teacher plays this three times a day

    T.... g....

    Sounds like he wants you to really understand History and not just what they want you to believe.

    T.... g....

    Your history teacher is an enlightened one, the one that can understand the meaning behind this music

  24. A.... C....

    What kind of cretin would downvote this video?

    If we good guys had the drive and intensity to get our agendas completed like the bad guys do, we'd get somewhere.

    RIP Mr.Cohen

  25. c.... b....

    This song reminds me of the Jews .

    c.... b....

    There are elements of his music that pay homage to his Jewish heritage.

    c.... b....

    The bitchute version of the song shows that you are not alone with that assessment. 😋
    (video code: WWblNqQyePJC)

  26. D.... B....

    Great song

  27. J.... S....

    True legend 🙂one of the most real artist the world have seen

  28. S.... ....

    Enigmatic - the words seem to be about the fashion industry, but also about some vast plan on the verge of realisation. Take Manhatten and a still-divided Berlin in the dying days of the Cold War, no doubt incurring the wrath of the superpowers the USA and the USSR. Way to go!

  29. l.... ....

    This song is too long by about 2 minutes. It could have been perfect.

  30. R.... ....

    RIP, Leonard. From France

  31. K.... K....

    Lotta continua....

  32. J.... K....

    I don't like that they sentenced him to 40 years of boredom. I don't like what they did to his sister. [I don't know what it was, but it doesn't sound good].

  33. P.... B....

    We have now taken Mannhattan since Trump moved to Florida, one victory in the bag, more to come.

  34. m.... �....

    Crap video...Great song..

  35. S.... M....

    Magic music and voice 'Ah remember me, I used to live for music '...R.I.P ...legend !

  36. A.... G....

    One of the best Cohen!!

  37. H.... P....

    Eterno Leonardo Cohen! Inesquecível.

  38. S.... Y....

    They sentenced me to twenty years of boredom
    For trying to change the system from within
    I'm coming now, I'm coming to reward them
    First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin
    I'm guided by a signal in the heavens
    I'm guided by this birthmark on my skin
    I'm guided by the beauty of our weapons
    First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin
    I'd really like to live beside you, baby
    I love your body and your spirit and your clothes
    But you see that line there moving through the station?
    I told you, I told you, told you, I was one of those
    Ah you loved me as a loser, but now you're worried that I just might win
    You know the way to stop me, but you don't have the discipline
    How many nights I prayed for this, to let my work begin
    First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin
    I don't like your fashion business mister
    And I don't like these drugs that keep you thin
    I don't like what happened to my sister
    First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin
    I'd really like to live beside you, baby
    And I thank you for those items that you sent me
    The monkey and the plywood violin
    I practiced every night, now I'm ready
    First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin
    I am guided
    Ah remember me, I used to live for music
    Remember me, I brought your groceries in
    Well it's Father's Day and everybody's wounded
    First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin

  39. S.... C....

    Remember me I used to live for music, nunca mejor dicho.

  40. M.... M....

    I don’t like your fashion business mister, and I don’t like these drugs that keep you thin meanwhile his video is anorexic models. What a hypocrite

    M.... M....

    was she really anorexic? I can't find anything about it on the internet. Educate me.
    Or are you just saying that every woman that isn't fat is anorexic?

  41. G.... D....

    So powerful

  42. M.... �....

    Od Leonarda Cohena zaczęła się moja muzyczna przygoda 🎶💗

    M.... �....

    Nie tylko Twoja

    M.... �....

    @Stasia Delong O to bardzo miło słyszeć 🎶🎼😊

  43. I.... J....

    Jew watching oversea, the path he came to this land where he is today, longing for his country, taking goods from one where he is now, using her and leaving fatherless children and her... In her eyes he never saw true love, only his own weakness and now her fear from him being strong, because he never had true love for her, as he is on mission to first take Manhattan and then Berlin, on a mission to take over the world and rule it... But there is One jew that already rules over heavens, One you forgot about, The One that has the greatest love for you, The One your fathers rejected as their King, while following Lucifer signals, and he is one that is falling from the heavens...

    I.... J....

    where.did.this.come.from?

  44. �.... S....

    Коэн легендарен

  45. J.... H....

    Une esti rapace communist quand elle est à montreal et pro zioniste quand elle se perd en 91srae1.

  46. J.... H....

    Theres a book out in Germany which is called "First Manhattan, then Berlin" It says Cohen has contacts to some occult rabbis in Israel which are controlled by freemasonry and know about what's going to happen in the future, not because they have magic powers, because they give orders to fulfill a bible prophecy thats in the kabbala.

    J.... H....

    Are you sure about that 🔔

    J.... H....

    Never trust a German

    J.... H....

    It's a statement about the music industry and popular culture.

  47. S.... K....

    This is some subversive shit, love it

  48. B.... s....

    This juuish dick is telling us what they have done and are doing .

    B.... s....

    You can't even spell so shut up!

  49. P.... d....

    wait that is Stalin’s plan

    P.... d....

    place think cap on skull

  50. H.... R....

    The most respectable casanova

  51. d.... d....

    Bald ist es so weit 11/3

  52. 1.... ....

    What system m8?

  53. S.... R....

    my father blessed his favorite song.

  54. R.... W....

    A true legend. 😢

  55. K.... M....

    yes yes

  56. D.... ....

    It's great until he starts the vocal part...

  57. L.... M....

    I will never say goodbye to you, Mr. Cohen. Your words, your rhythms are in my blood, my bones, my brain. I thank you

  58. R.... M....

    Best concert of my life!!! By far...

  59. b.... ....

    They've been some good covers of this - still nothing quite to match Leonard's phrasing and ominous tone, ^oo^

  60. A.... A....

    Very Beautiful :)

  61. P.... L....

    Shadows and revolution

  62. B.... 6....

    Watch "Europa: The Last Battle"

    B.... 6....

    Yes i am here because of that.

    B.... 6....

    for anyone who wants to watch it, it's on Bitchute

  63. M.... M....

    Inesquecível ❤

  64. D.... R....

    I like this love future jazz

  65. N.... t....

    Damn Zionism

    N.... t....

    D_ik alert : some of the zio ists have a torpedo between their legs, take care of your mother and sisters

  66. S.... M....

    Ok but nowhere as good as Lee Hazlewood in which he tried to copy with his music.

    S.... M....

    Prove it! I like Lee Hazlewood but to say Leonard Cohen copied him is the most idiotic thing I've heard in a long time.

  67. Y.... V....

    First, we take manhattan, then we take Berlin

  68. L.... s....

    Diese Stimme ist der Wahnsinn . Man bekommt richtig Gänsehaut .RIP Leonard

  69. H.... M....

    Watchmen ruined this song for me. I hear this, and I gotta fight flashbacks of Dr. Manhatten's blue dong flopping about. What was Zach Snyder thinking?!?!?!?!

  70. A.... V....

    Leonard is not dead...... He' s only gone in another dimension. RIP......You ' will be Legend.

  71. �.... �....

    πολυ ωραιο τραγουδι

  72. F.... F....

    First time I heard this song, and didn't know who sang it, I thought: "The Pet Shop Boys, featuring An old man who can't sing" ?

  73. F.... S....

    How do groceries and a little girl associate? Hmmmmmm. He sure was right when he said this song was a terrorist song as per Wikipedia. This is a disgusting gloat about the coming and takeover of the communists in New York in the late 1800s and then what they did to Europe and Germany with WWI and then II.

  74. j.... a....

    Len, are you having a disco larf mate ? PS RIP

  75. a.... w....

    We all still live for your music. Your presence will live on and you're words always in our hearts...

  76. Y.... ....

    The order of chaos anyone?

  77. k.... m....

    People who try to find the literal back story to a Cohen poem are missing the point. It is not important to know any thing other than the words in your ears. I am much more interested in hearing what inspiring psychic epiphany if any that this song induced.cisco

  78. C.... M....

    try to find same kind of comments for any other singer... good luck


    one of a kind, you'll be so missed

    C.... M....

    Snoop Dog 😂😂😂😂

  79. A.... ....

    Europa last battle brought me here

  80. S.... S....

    They sentenced me to 20 years of boredom..

  81. C.... N....

    You should listen to Enrique Morente flamenco cover of this song too.

  82. e.... r....

    and no comment from France...? Rip Mister Cohen§

  83. d.... u....

    ❤️❤️❤️

  84. P.... M....

    The 1.5 k people that gave the thumbs down don't know the meaning of the song. Think about the words, perhaps you can see the light

  85. D.... W....

    First time I heard this man was walking through a club n he was on a screen well it stopped me in my tracks! I stopped and watched till the end n thought wtf!

  86. W.... F....

    coldwarmuzik

  87. T.... E....

    I do believe I live in Berin

  88. J.... F....

    Manhattan blackout, then Berlin next?

  89. L.... M....

    First, we take Manhatten, then we take Berlin, a special inspiration for all of us. Image what we can do with Leonard's memory

  90. H.... ....

    RIP Mr. Cohen. See you at the tower of song one day.

  91. O.... P....

    Lyrics/Comments
    https://genius.com/Leonard-cohen-first-we-take-manhattan-lyrics

  92. R.... B....

    So is there any official meaning to this song?

    R.... B....

    Not official. Lyrics/Comments
    @t

    R.... B....

    https://genius.com/Leonard-cohen-first-we-take-manhattan-lyrics

  93. O.... P....

    "I'm guided by the beauty of our weapons 
    First we take Manhattan then we take Berlin"
    Trump: "Representing the Air Force you will soon see beautiful brand new F-22 Raptors from Langley Air Force Base in Virginia, and one magnificent B-2 Stealth bomber from Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri.” (July 4, 7:05 pm ET)

  94. L.... L....

    It's a pity all we have nowdays a whining kids bred on entitlement.

  95. A.... L....

    hope you found your miracle, cohen. RIP

  96. b.... ....

    Alguien más por El Paciente, de Juan Gomez-Jurado?