Cohen, Leonard - Steer Your Way Lyrics






Steer your way past the ruins of the Altar and the Mall
Steer your way through the fables of Creation and The Fall
Steer your way past the Palaces that rise above the rot
Year by year, month by month, day by day
Thought by thought

Steer your heart past the Truth that you believed in yesterday
Such as Fundamental Goodness and the Wisdom of the Way
Steer your heart, precious heart, past the women whom you bought
Year by year, month by month, day by day
Thought by thought

Steer your way through the pain that is far more real than you
That's smashed the Cosmic Model, that blinded every view
And please don't make me go there, though there be a God or not
Year by year, month by month, day by day
Thought by thought

They whisper still, the injured stones
The blunted mountains weep
As he died to make men holy
Let us die to make things cheap
And say the Mea Culpa, which you probably forgot
Year by year, month by month, day by day
Thought by thought

Steer your way, O my heart, though I have no right to ask
To the one who was never, never equal to the task
Who knows he's been convicted, who knows he will be shot
Year by year, month by month, day by day
Thought by thought

They whisper still, the injured stones
The blunted mountains weep
As he died to make men holy
Let us die to make things cheap
And say the Mea Culpa, which you gradually forgot
Year by year, month by month, day by day
Thought by thought





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  1. J.... M....

    MAGNIFIQUE COMME C EST BEAU

  2. �.... �....

    Всё - по силе и возможностям: все в мире - тленно и ограниченно

  3. E.... G....

    cancioncitas de ronroneo de gatito.

  4. R.... S....

    That violin!

  5. L.... H....

    I gave my estranged mom this cd i waited at the store the day it came out and to this day she never ever listened to it. I was trying to speak to her through his songs and his voice.. it was lost on her and I must say it's her loss.. there was so many things I wanted her to know about me.. r,i,p

  6. M.... T....

    c'est magnifique "

  7. j.... ....

    Matthew Ryan did a wonderful version of this song in tribute to Leonard https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=LAwFKvB-eEw

  8. N.... N....

    Beter large house

  9. T.... G....

    Very strong poetry

  10. R.... M....

    I did it mae culpa

  11. N.... S....

    One of his best....

  12. Z.... �....

    a pity he died.

  13. N.... A....

    Paying my respects, from Nigeria.

  14. M.... P....

    Here's a mea culpa: I was today years old when I discovered the BEHEMOTH of lyrical purity and composition that was Mr. Cohen.


    Almost 34 years went by and I had no idea what I was missing on!


    This kind of mastery of language and songwriting I had only seen (heard?) in Joaquín Sabina and Serge Gainsbourg.


    Could anyone suggest some other artist of this kind


    PLEASE?!

  15. S.... ....

    So good, so good

  16. a.... j....

    the patron saint of joyful sadness and death

  17. N.... S....

    There are no bad Leonard Cohen songs.

  18. C.... S....

    Intriguing

  19. R.... C....

    Unfathomably true, oh God help!

  20. J.... E....

    Beatiful just beatiful

  21. S.... A....

    words that make you think, music that makes you mellow - a talent for all seasons , an artist for all time.

  22. O.... A....

    Thot by thot...

  23. M.... W....

    Beautiful

  24. E.... R....

    (13th.12.2018)

  25. c.... ....

    Again another 137 people who are obviously very hard of hearing

  26. C.... B....

    Leonard you are in my mind

  27. N.... I....

    thot by thot

  28. t.... a....

    G E N I U S

  29. J.... L....

    I never heard this number before. A great song.

  30. A.... K....

    An old friend once told me something that gave me great comfort. Something he read. He said Mozart, Beethoven and Chopin never died. They simply became music.

  31. P.... C....

    I thought I'd subscribe.. but what's the point?

  32. L.... J....

    My heart! I don't pas the tuins this year, my fam. of my mom. The Palas are hotel to day. But I go to my father's contry in okt. you know that place. Yer by yer. I steer my heart by the true. The wisdom comes from God. I know you are here to suport me today, tomorrow and for ever. Oh my love, Cosmo model. Love I have meet som people ther can help me,I think . So the true will chome from the land of plenty one day. Month by month. I'll never forget Mea Culpa. I'll try to make thing cheep before I dia and come home to yoy. Thaugt by thaugt. I dedn't know you will be shot. I realy that we had all day.. thaugt by thaugt. Bless from your heart L. J.💟 And then you andes this disk hwedh the most wonderful musik! And then you sing at last the Treaty ones mpre for me, my loved man, darling one. Betwen your love and mine. We have the treaty, just not signed. It is just for the werld. This summer it's 46 year ago since we had The Miracel together. Thanks to God for it. Remember my lover, we still have the date in Heaven. Thanks for all your lovesongs. Yes I was your for a song, so my love I have your words for the rest of my life here in the world. AU REVUIR LEO I was never the one but. Your only btide. Lila.💯🌟🌟💟🌛🌛😊

    L.... J....

    I næste måned er det 47 år siden vår fantastiske oplævelse fra vår himmelske far! Tak min kære, du er altid med mig. Du er mit hjærte!💟🙋🙃

  33. F.... v....

    For I am the Way, the Truth and the Life

  34. C.... 1....

    There is nothing like Cohen's music. World music, its all in there.

  35. E.... B....

    Jag bara tycker om Honom; Hans röst och Hans stil.
    Först av allt hörde jag "Hallelujah" och den väckte hos mig stort längtan efter Gud.
    Tråkigt att Han är inte på Jorden men Hans röst är med oss.
    Hoppas att Han har bara.

  36. A.... C....

    Comfort for those about to embrace the final journey

  37. M.... M....

    Steer your way through the ruins
    Of the altar and the mall
    Steer your way through the fables
    Of creation and the fall
    Steer your way past the palaces
    That rise above the rot
    Year by year
    Month by month
    Day by day
    Thought by thought
    Steer your heart past the truth
    You believed in yesterday
    Such as fundamental goodness
    And the wisdom of the way
    Steer your heart, precious heart
    Past the women whom you bought
    Year by year
    Month by month
    Day by day
    Thought by thought
    Steer your path through the pain
    That is far more real than you
    That smashed the cosmic model
    That blinded every view
    And please don’t make me go there
    Tho’ there be a god or not
    Year by year
    Month by month
    Day by day
    Thought by thought
    They whisper still, the ancient stones
    The blunted mountains weep
    As he died to make men holy
    Let us die to make things cheap
    And say the Mea Culpa which you’ve probably forgot
    Year by year
    Month by month
    Day by day
    Thought by thought
    Steer your way, o my heart
    Tho’ I have no right to ask
    To the one who was never
    Never equal to the task
    Who knows he’s been convicted
    Who knows he will be shot
    Year by year
    Month by month
    Day by day
    Thought by thought
    They whisper still, the ancient stones
    The blunted mountains weep
    As he died to make men holy
    Let us die to make things cheap
    And say the Mea Culpa which you gradually forgot
    Year by year
    Month by month
    Day by day
    Thought by thought

  38. A.... V....

    Completely adicted to this music...Year by year month by month day by day...

  39. L.... �....

    Sírok sírok sírok.

  40. m.... ....

    This might seem far fetched but I find the same mystery that I cannot fully understand nor answer in Cohen's music that I do in someone like Bach. It's the cosmic model I guess ... the cosmic architecture that both in some ways had.

  41. R.... C....

    I listen to this and I think what is the point in listening to any other recording artist!

  42. M.... K....

    Matanowi się podoba bardzo a mi średnio ale bardzo cenię Cohena !

  43. B.... Y....

    Öldüğünün haberi, hava daha aymadan, elimden kayan kara kuru bir tost... benim ölümümden sonra en huzurlu ölüm

  44. M.... S....

    "though there be a god or not" I dont know how to interpret that line in the context of this song. I think it tells us to not take the biblical quotes and references literally that they are oly a way to get his view/feelings across but I am not too sure. Can somebody help me with this?

  45. E.... M....

    con tu poesia y tu musica es mas facil vivir.descansa en paz maestro.

  46. E.... M....

    con esta pieza llegas a lo mas alto posible

  47. W.... B....

    Leonard is a great singer sings and talks his music

  48. M.... K....

    Leonard hits it out of the ball park again. I find dead boyfriends so much more reliable than live ones.

  49. M.... M....

    Please talk about the video, or about Cohen. Nobody cares that hundreds of you learned about this thru the Asassin’s Creed. That makes it about you. Make it about Leonard, please.

    M.... M....

    You are not forced to read other's comments. Ironically, the comment you did is all about you

  50. G.... W....

    Kocham piosenki cena 😃Gosia W

  51. R.... A....

    I need twenty more songs like this one. Until that day, I will listen to this on repeat. So beautiful.

  52. D.... D....

    I wanna woman who love this album.

  53. G.... D....

    RIP big Leonard ....

  54. I.... F....

    Cohen's best ever:
    3. The Traitor
    2. Waiting for the Miracle
    1. Steer Your Way
    And they _do_ make a sequence.

  55. N.... ....

    this album is underrated AF!!!! deserves way more views

  56. V.... C....

    Leonard has helped me get through the darkness I have locked myself in for the past two years...I am free now and can highly recommend him for therapy...once the music and the lyrics kick in you soon get over yourself and come out strong !

    V.... C....

    thanks iam new but will try his music out

  57. T.... C....

    love u Mr Cohen

  58. P.... D....

    I will be listening to him until my dying day, and thereafter I hope I will be listening to him eternally 😘

  59. W.... ....

    Beautiful, reminds me of Closing Time

  60. N.... G....

    Amazing song to cap years of beautiful songs and touching lyrics.... we miss you LC!

  61. N.... G....

    RIP Leonard! Thanks for years of genius lyrics, beautiful music and haunting voice. I was so fortunate to be able to attend 4 of your concerts in NYC. Music will never be the same.

  62. �.... K....

    It couldn't be more spectacular.

  63. A.... R....

    Why do Leonard Cohen's songs always sound as though they are directed specifically to us personally? Year by year, month by month, day by day ............... thought by thought

  64. M.... B....

    Every time I listen to this album, and I listen to it often, I cry. Knowing that those songs are His last. And hoping that my souls will meat his - somewhere, sometime

  65. o.... h....

    Great song full of wisdom from a man who is exiting this world, but somehow, unexplainably on his own terms....

  66. M.... V....

    Steer your way past the ruins of the altar and the mall
    Steer your way through fable of creation and the fall
    Steer your way past the palaces that rise above the rot
    Year by year, month by month, day by day
    Thought by thought

    Steer your heart past the truth that you believed in yesterday
    Such as fundamental goodness and the wisdom of the way
    Steer your heart, precious heart, past the women whom you bought
    Year by year, month by month, day by day
    Thought by thought
    Steer you way through the pain that is far more real than you
    That smashed the cosmic model, that blinded every view
    And please don't make me go there, though there be a God or not
    Year by year, month by month, day by day
    Thought by thought

    They whisper still, the injured stones
    The blunted mountains weep


    As he died to make men holy
    Let us die to make things cheap
    And the Mea Culpa, which you probably forgot
    Year by year, month by month, day by day
    Thought by thought

    Steer your way, O my heart, though I have no right to ask
    To the one who was never, never equal to the task
    Who knows he's been convicted, who knows he will be shot
    Year by year, month by month, day by day
    Thought by thought

    They whisper still, the injured stones
    The blunted mountains weep
    As he died to make men holy
    Let us die to make things cheap
    And the Mea Culpa, which you gradually forgot
    Year by year, month by month, day by day
    Thought by thought


    TRADUCTION STEER YOUR WAY - LÉONARD COHEN
    Passe devant les ruines de l'église et du centre commercial
    Navigue à travers l'histoire de la création et de la chute
    Chemine le long des palais qui s'élèvent au-dessus de la pourriture
    Année après année, mois après mois, jour après jour
    Pensée après pensée

    Conduis ton cœur au-delà de ces vérités en lesquelles hier tu croyais
    Telles que la bonté fondamentale, la sagesse de l'expérience
    Conduis ton cœur, ton précieux cœur devant ces femmes que tu achetais
    Année après année, mois après mois, jour après jour
    Pensée après pensée
    Conduis ton cœur au-delà de la souffrance, bien plus réelle que toi
    Cette souffrance qui a détruit le modèle cosmique, aveuglé tous les points de vue
    Je t'en prie, ne m'oblige pas à aller là-bas, qu'il y ait un dieu ou pas
    Année après année, mois après mois, jour après jour
    Pensée après pensée

    Elles murmurent encore, ces pierres meurtries
    Elles pleurent toujours, ces montagnes arrondies
    Alors que lui est mort pour rendre les hommes pieux


    Laisse-nous mourir pour que les choses soient dérisoires
    Et ce mea culpa que tu as sans doute oublié
    Année après année, mois après mois, jour après jour
    Pensée après pensée

    Chemine, oh mon cœur, même si je n'ai aucun droit de demander
    À celui qui n'a jamais été à la hauteur de la tâche
    Qui sait qu'il a été condamné, qui sait qu'il sera fusillé
    Année après année, mois après mois, jour après jour
    Pensée après pensée

    Elles murmurent encore, ces pierres meurtries
    Elles pleurent toujours, ces montagnes arrondies
    Alors que lui est mort pour rendre les hommes pieux
    Laisse-nous mourir pour que les choses soient dérisoires
    Et ce mea culpa que tu as sans doute oublié
    Année après année, mois après mois, jour après jour
    Pensée après pensée

  67. S.... ....

    Perfect. Absolute masterpiece.

  68. a.... s....

    leonard cohen is the david of our time. the key to so many souls, the speaker of our truths, our psalms.

  69. A.... K....

    I hope he accepted christ in the end

  70. h.... c....

    Genius!!!

  71. S.... T....

    See how Belgrade artists paid their homage to Leonard Cohen https://zabaviste.wordpress.com/2017/04/22/beogradski-umetnici-koenu-u-cast/

  72. B.... H....

    Lucky him. He got to die right as it all went to shit.

  73. R.... S....

    Mister Leonard Cohen .... you give me stand when I go falling ... thanks L.C. RiP

  74. j.... c....

    Does anybody know the voice of the woman? It kind of sounds like Lana Del Rey.

  75. T.... P....

    This might have became my favorite Cohen song.

  76. n.... r....

    q alma tan brillante, tan creativa y sensacional. respeto infinito

  77. F.... R....

    voce.musica.parole. the best

  78. L.... P....

    melodia jest melodią

  79. M.... F....

    Einmalig.

  80. A.... N....

    simply wonderful

  81. H.... P....

    Beautiful

  82. a.... t....

    все, я влюблена в него! почему я раньше никогда о нем не слышала? он гениален! зато теперь я его никогда не забуду! вечная ему память!

  83. a.... ....

    cosa mi sono persa....tutti questi anni senza la sua musica ,la sua voce...

  84. A.... A....

    Touching!All truth in one song!Concratz !!!

  85. C.... M....

    Steer your way through the ruins
    Of the altar and the mall
    Steer your way through the fables
    Of creation and the fall
    Steer your way past the palaces
    That rise above the rot
    Year by year
    Month by month
    Day by day
    Thought by thought

    Steer your heart past the truth
    You believed in yesterday
    Such as fundamental goodness
    And the wisdom of the way
    Steer your heart, precious heart
    Past the women whom you bought
    Year by year
    Month by month
    Day by day
    Thought by thought

    Steer your way through the pain
    That is far more real than you
    That smashed the cosmic model
    That blinded every view
    And please don’t make me go there
    Though there be a god or not
    Year by year
    Month by month
    Day by day
    Thought by thought

    They whisper still, the ancient stones
    The blunted mountains weep
    As he died to make men holy
    Let us die to make things cheap
    And say the Mea Culpa which you’ve probably forgot
    Year by year
    Month by month
    Day by day
    Thought by thought

    Steer your way to my heart
    Though I have no right to ask
    To the one who was never
    Never equal to the task
    Who knows he’s been convicted
    Who knows he will be shot
    Year by year
    Month by month
    Day by day
    Thought by thought

    They whisper still, the ancient stones
    The blunted mountains weep
    As he died to make men holy
    Let us die to make things cheap
    And say the Mea Culpa which you gradually forgot
    Year by year
    Month by month
    Day by day
    Thought by thought

  86. K.... ....

    Leonard will be "discovered" like a lost Rembrandt found in an attic by some young web surfer and soon be the next 'new' thing rerecorded for eternity.

  87. k.... t....

    I loved his voice..

  88. T.... M....

    glad i get to have his words and widsom

  89. J.... O....

    Expect 2 degrees above baseline in 2018.

    J.... O....

    Fcud ? what does it mean.

    J.... O....

    That is amusing I must admit.

  90. F.... R....

    sans paroles...aurevoir mr.Cohen

  91. a.... ....

    Didn't get the acknowledgment it should but damn, yet another masterpiece !

  92. S.... T....

    Steer your way past the ruins of the Altar and the Mall
    Steer your way through the fables of Creation and The Fall
    Steer your way past the Palaces that rise above the rot
    Year by year, month by month, day by day
    Thought by thought

    Steer your heart past the Truth that you believed in yesterday
    Such as Fundamental Goodness and the Wisdom of the Way
    Steer your heart, precious heart, past the women whom you bought
    Year by year, month by month, day by day
    Thought by thought

    Steer your way through the pain that is far more real than you
    That's smashed the Cosmic Model, that blinded every view
    And please don't make me go there, though there be a God or not
    Year by year, month by month, day by day
    Thought by thought

    They whisper still, the injured stones
    The blunted mountains weep
    As he died to make men holy
    Let us die to make things cheap
    And say the Mea Culpa, which you probably forgot
    Year by year, month by month, day by day
    Thought by thought

    Steer your way, O my heart, though I have no right to ask
    To the one who was never, never equal to the task
    Who knows he's been convicted, who knows he will be shot
    Year by year, month by month, day by day
    Thought by thought

    They whisper still, the injured stones
    The blunted mountains weep
    As he died to make men holy
    Let us die to make things cheap
    And say the Mea Culpa, which you gradually forgot
    Year by year, month by month, day by day
    Thought by thought

  93. M.... B....

    Probably the best song of Leonard Cohen. Probably.

  94. M.... M....

    fart by fart

  95. J.... O....

    Why did the Donald cross the road?

    He thought he was a chicken.

  96. A.... H....

    Следуй своему пути, о мое сердце,
    Хотя у меня не было права спрашивать
    Того, кто никогда, никогда не был равнозначен задаче
    Кто знал, что осужден, кто знает, что будет застрелен
    Год за годом, месяц за месяцем, день за днем,
    Мысль за мыслью...

    Поврежденные камни по-прежнему перешептываются
    Отупевшие горы рыдают
    В то время как он умер, чтобы сделать людей праведными,
    Пусть мы умрем, чтобы снизить цену на вещи
    И скажи, что виноват, о чем ты постепенно забыл
    Год за годом, месяц за месяцем, день за днем,
    Мысль за мыслью...