Cohen, Leonard - The Future Lyrics






Give me back my broken night
my mirrored room, my secret life
it's lonely here,
there's no one left to torture
Give me absolute control
over every living soul
And lie beside me, baby,
that's an order!
Give me crack and anal sex
Take the only tree that's left
and stuff it up the hole
in your culture
Give me back the Berlin wall
give me Stalin and St Paul
I've seen the future, brother:
it is murder.

Things are going to slide, slide in all directions
Won't be nothing
Nothing you can measure anymore
The blizzard, the blizzard of the world
has crossed the threshold
and it has overturned
the order of the soul
When they said REPENT REPENT
I wonder what they meant
When they said REPENT REPENT
I wonder what they meant
When they said REPENT REPENT
I wonder what they meant

You don't know me from the wind
you never will, you never did
I'm the little jew
who wrote the Bible
I've seen the nations rise and fall
I've heard their stories, heard them all
but love's the only engine of survival
Your servant here, he has been told
to say it clear, to say it cold:
It's over, it ain't going
any further
And now the wheels of heaven stop
you feel the devil's riding crop
Get ready for the future:
it is murder

Things are going to slide ...

There'll be the breaking of the ancient
western code
Your private life will suddenly explode
There'll be phantoms
There'll be fires on the road
and the white man dancing
You'll see a woman
hanging upside down
her features covered by her fallen gown
and all the lousy little poets
coming round
tryin' to sound like Charlie Manson
and the white man dancin'

Give me back the Berlin wall
Give me Stalin and St Paul
Give me Christ
or give me Hiroshima
Destroy another fetus now
We don't like children anyhow
I've seen the future, baby:
it is murder

Things are going to slide ...

When they said REPENT REPENT ...





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Cohen, Leonard The Future Comments
  1. A.... W....

    RIDING CROSS

  2. A.... W....

    PATRIOT

  3. l.... ....

    "Give me crack and careless sex" LOL, WRONG LYRICS BUDDY!

  4. V.... K....

    Он крут - настоящий мужик !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  5. P.... J....

    What's going on with Trump.....Nothing can be measured anymore....

  6. �.... �....

    Всегда был и есть мой самый любимый певец!!!

  7. B.... D....

    Give me back my broken night
    My mirrored room, my secret life
    It's lonely here
    There's no one left to torture
    Give me absolute control
    Over every living soul
    And lie beside me, baby
    That's an order!

    Give me crack and anal sex
    Take the only tree that's left
    And stuff it up the hole
    In your culture
    Give me back the Berlin wall
    Give me Stalin and St. Paul
    I've seen the future, brother
    It is murder

    Things are going to slide (slide) in all directions
    Won't be nothing (won't be)
    Nothing you can measure anymore
    The blizzard, the blizzard of the world
    Has crossed the threshold
    And it's overturned
    The order of the soul

    When they said (they said) repent (repent), repent (repent)
    I wonder what they meant
    When they said (they said) repent (repent), repent (repent)
    I wonder what they meant
    When they said (they said) repent (repent), repent (repent)
    I wonder what they meant

    You don't know me from the wind
    You never will, you never did
    I'm the little Jew
    Who wrote the Bible
    I've seen the nations rise and fall
    I've heard their stories, heard them all
    But love's the only engine
    Of survival

    Your servant here, he has been told
    To say it clear, to say it cold
    It's over, it ain't going any further
    And now the wheels of heaven stop
    You feel the devil's riding crop
    Get ready for the future: It is murder

    Things are going to slide (slide) in all directions
    Won't be nothing (won't be)
    Nothing you can measure anymore
    The blizzard, the blizzard of the world
    Has crossed the threshold
    And it's overturned the order of the soul

    When they said (they said) repent (repent), repent (repent)
    I wonder what they meant
    When they said (they said) repent (repent), repent (repent)
    I wonder what they meant
    When they said (they said) repent (repent), repent (repent)
    I wonder what they meant

    There'll be the breaking of the ancient Western code
    Your private life will suddenly explode
    There'll be phantoms, there'll be fires on the road
    And the white man dancing
    You'll see your woman hanging upside down
    Her features covered by her fallen gown
    And all the lousy little poets coming round
    Trying to sound like Charlie Manson
    Yeah the white man dancing

    Give me back the Berlin wall
    Give me Stalin and St. Paul
    Give me Christ
    Or give me Hiroshima
    Destroy another fetus now
    We don't like children anyhow
    I've seen the future, baby: It is murder

    Things are going to slide (slide) in all directions
    Won't be nothing (won't be), nothing you can measure anymore
    The blizzard, the blizzard of the world
    Has crossed the threshold
    And it's overturned
    The order of the soul

  8. H.... P....

    Cohen(Leonard), ñ tem igual para comparar.Ele é único! Cohen forever.

  9. D.... A....

    Two things:
    1. Natural Born Killers (sound track)
    2. Peaky Blinders (familiar huh)


    3. This is my new fav song

  10. S.... K....

    Je l'adore ,merci ,merci, merci pour le partage .

  11. K.... ....

    Awesome music.

  12. B.... D....

    Give me back my broken night
    My mirrored room, my secret life
    It's lonely here,
    There's no one left to torture
    Give me absolute control
    Over every living soul
    And lie beside me, baby
    That's an order
    Give me crack and anal sex
    Take the only tree that's left
    And stuff it up the hole
    In your culture
    Give me back the Berlin wall
    Give me Stalin and St. Paul
    I've seen the future, brother
    It is murder
    Things are going to slide, slide in all directions
    Won't be nothing
    Nothing you can measure anymore
    The blizzard, the blizzard of the world
    Has crossed the threshold
    And it has overturned
    The order of the soul
    When they said (they said) repent (repent), repent (repent)
    I wonder what they meant
    When they said (they said) repent (repent), repent (repent)
    I wonder what they meant
    When they said (they said) repent (repent), repent (repent)
    I wonder what they meant
    You don't know me from the wind
    You never will, you never did
    I'm the little Jew
    Who wrote the Bible
    I've seen the nations rise and fall
    I've heard their stories, heard them all
    But love's the only engine of survival
    Your servant here, he has been told
    To say it clear, to say it cold
    It's over, it ain't going
    Any further
    And now the wheels of heaven stop
    You feel the devil's riding crop
    Get ready for the future
    It is murder
    Things are going to slide
    Slide in all directions
    Won't be nothing
    Nothing you can measure anymore
    The blizzard, the blizzard of the world
    Has crossed the threshold
    And it has overturned
    The order of the soul
    When they said (they said) repent (repent), repent (repent)
    I wonder what they meant
    When they said (they said) repent (repent), repent (repent)
    I wonder what they meant
    When they said (they said) repent (repent), repent (repent)
    I wonder what they meant
    There'll be the breaking of the ancient
    Western code
    Your private life will suddenly explode
    There'll be phantoms
    There'll be fires on the road
    And the white man dancing
    You'll see a woman
    Hanging upside down
    Her features covered by her fallen gown
    And all the lousy little poets
    Coming round
    Tryin' to sound like Charlie Manson
    And the white man dancin'
    Give me back the Berlin wall
    Give me Stalin and St. Paul
    Give me Christ or give me Hiroshima
    Destroy another fetus now
    We don't like children anyhow
    I've seen the future, baby
    it is murder
    Things are going to slide, slide in all directions
    Won't be nothing
    Nothing you can measure anymore
    The blizzard, the blizzard of the world
    Has crossed the threshold
    And it has overturned
    The order of the soul
    When they said (they said) repent (repent), repent (repent)
    I wonder what they meant
    When they said (they said) repent (repent), repent (repent)
    I wonder what they meant
    When they said (they said) repent (repent), repent (repent)
    I wonder what they meant
    When they said (they said) repent (repent), repent (repent)

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

    Nr.1 Leonard Cohen
    Nr.2 Edith Piaf
    Nr.3 Guns n'roses

    D.... I....

    probably the most random list ever composed aha :D

  14. M.... B....

    Léonard the Best !

  15. b.... s....

    "carnal sex"... what happend with "anal sex"!?

  16. R.... ....

    He didn't need help with a screen with the lyrics, that's a hard lyric to remember

  17. S.... ....

    Careless Sex ?!

    S.... ....

    censored

  18. G.... M....

    "When they said repent, repent, repent...I wonder what they meant." La Shana Tova, which is Yiddish for behave yourself, be a mensch, set yourself up for failure. On this manufactured holy day, I'd like to formally invite everyone I'm lucky enough to love, have loved once, or will love at some future time I cannot see, to ignore the impulse to behave.

    L'Chaim!

    #YomKippur2019

  19. U.... T....

    they will clap cheer and sing songs of praise to your glory but they can not help you. its against the rules *smile*

  20. B.... H....

    Down voters be like-"this ain't Miley Cyrus!"

  21. J.... C....

    Genial Leonard

  22. J.... C....

    Recitado, música platicada.?

  23. T.... W....

    He copted out on the lyrics at 00' 39'' when he sang 'Give me crack and careless sex' when the true lyric is ' Give me crack and anal sex'

    I wish artists would stand by the integrety of their work and refuse to give in to any form of censorship.

  24. E.... M....

    Hoje me arrependo muito por não saber Inglês. Que horror.!!! Eu matei muita aula de Inglês.😁😁😁

  25. M.... L....

    I'm the little Jew who wrote the Bible 🤣 I think I would have liked this guy. Think I'll buy a black fedora.
    Yes I'll live in London. Wherever she leads me I will follow my Love.

  26. M.... L....

    I'm your dog.

  27. S.... K....

    *careless
    That wasn't 'careless' in the studio version...

    S.... K....

    Samu Kis that was anal sex.

    S.... K....

    No, no, definitely not! He should have stuck with the original. Haha!

    S.... K....

    there is something uncool about 70+ man desiring "anal sex," LC was literally keeping his cool.

  28. k.... l....

    Leonard amazing, you would get Nobel prize for your life work!!!

    k.... l....

    How true, he certainly deserved it. A poet above all!!

    k.... l....

    With the current value of 'Nobel' being degraded to nothing more than a moneyed 'like', it is saying less than little. Leonard Cohen is far above today's, destroyed by political greed, 'Nobel' can even value.

  29. E.... v....

    i think, i am a new fan, the musicis sooo great played!

  30. J.... S....

    I am your fan.

    J.... S....

    Janice me too am ur fan sweety Send me ur watsap

  31. R.... S....

    He voices all our longings and our lives. Now the future, from so long ago .............he got it right.

  32. A.... J....

    He's the little jew who wrote the bible ! Love it. Am repenting.

  33. M.... J....

    🤔❣🤲👏👍

  34. s.... ....

    Leonard in fine voice here and that band swings.

  35. S.... C....

    This mean to live , for real, a full life...and left something notable after U !!! RIP!! Chapeau, SIR!!!

    S.... C....

    Indeed, he deserves it all! What a man!!

  36. P.... F....

    Youll see your woman hanging upside down! Cite bible it changes the whole song.

    P.... F....

    'I tried to leave you, close the Book on you", sincerely said in first verse... while looking skyward...

    P.... F....

    The woman hanging upside down is Sharon Tate. Hence the lousy little poetstrying to sound like Charlie Manson

    P.... F....

    @Nancy Bennett To me it signifies the ceasing of a woman's natural instinct to nurture, love, and protect.
    "Her features covered by her fallen gown" The features are her emotional and spiritual ties to humanity and also includes her face. Her exposed sex also masks her inner beauty and potential. The Future

  37. c.... s....

    it makes me tear. even when the soundtrack was "new"

  38. A.... S....

    This man is amazing! Like a fine wine. Gets better with age. That voice! That voice! It's so haunting, dark and beautiful. I love his voice when he was older. R.I.P. A legend!

  39. J.... O....

    I really hate when artists sing the song so different than how the original sounded

    J.... O....

    What do you mean? Cohen's delivery even on studio releases are usually just off the beat a bit and he hides his lead vocals behind his background singers all the time. Besides alot of performers get sick of playing our favorite songs night after night note by exact note. Some variance from the original product is expected

    J.... O....

    Generally speaking I agree but this version of the song, like the whole live album, is just amazing.

    J.... O....

    Just be thankful ...you have a version that you like.

  40. D.... B....

    Thank You......LOVE trumps Hate.......

    D.... B....

    REPENT !

  41. N.... C....

    I miss u!

    N.... C....

    Well, he is gone but his music is forever ! In our brains and hearts.

    N.... C....

    "I'm very fond of Jesus Christ. He may be the most beautiful guy who walked the face of this earth. Any guy who says 'Blessed are the poor. Blessed are the meek' has got to be a figure of unparalleled generosity and insight and madness ... A man who declared himself to stand among the thieves, the prostitutes and the homeless. His position cannot be comprehended. It is an inhuman generosity. A generosity that would overthrow the world if it was embraced because nothing would weather that compassion. Leonard Cohen.

  42. S.... G....

    I think Leonard Cohen really was both a poet and a prophet...or as he put it, one of the little Jews that wrote the Bible. L'chaim!

  43. m.... m....

    Now that is good ! ........ i was there - a true Legend and sorely missed .......

  44. J.... M....

    If only he could see the state of Europe now,he was so right about the future.

    J.... M....

    @Sarah Gray -According to many of the latest accounts [You Tube features] the world was 'judged' 12,800 years ago, with civilizations peaking in infrastructure and engineering even today, near impossible.

    J.... M....

    @Blogengezer I don't credit everything I see on YouTube. Personally, I think civilization goes in cycles, and right now we're poised on the edge of another Dark Age due to the things we are doing to the planet. It's like A Canticle For Leibowitz!

    J.... M....

    Whoever looks at the litter sees it. Turn back! The world is diverse, and the past is hardly better than the present.

    J.... M....

    @Victor Zougrov exactly. Life was nasty, brutish and short in those days, and while on average we Europeans now live a little longer than our ancestors, we're still only a couple of hot meals and a bath away from sheer savagery.

  45. l.... c....

    RIP Waz xxx

  46. R.... N....

    Gives me goosebumps every time I listen to the song...

    R.... N....

    Great man, An Angel 🎶🎶🎶🎶

  47. C.... H....

    Szuper!!! Thank you Leonard!!!! 👉❤👈🎵🎵 WONDERFUL SONG!! 🎤🎤👌👌👌

  48. D.... G....

    Волшебно

  49. D.... M....

    Give me back my broken night
    My mirrored room, my secret life
    it's lonely here, there's no one left to torture
    Give me absolute control
    Over every living soul
    And lie beside me, baby, that's an order!
    Give me crack and anal sex
    Take the only tree that's left
    and stuff it up the hole in your culture
    Give me back the Berlin wall
    give me Stalin and St Paul
    I've seen the future, brother:
    it is murder.

    Things are going to slide, slide in all directions
    Won't be nothing
    Nothing you can measure anymore
    The blizzard, the blizzard of the world
    has crossed the threshold
    and it has overturned
    the order of the soul.

    When they said REPENT REPENT
    I wonder what they meant
    When they said REPENT REPENT
    I wonder what they meant
    When they said REPENT REPENT
    I wonder what they meant.

    You don't know me from the wind
    you never will, you never did
    I'm the little Jew
    who wrote the Bible
    I've seen the nations rise and fall
    I've heard their stories, heard them all
    but love's the only engine of survival
    You're servant here, he has been told
    to say it clear, to say it cold:
    It's over, it ain't going any further
    And now the wheels of heaven stop
    you feel the devil's riding crop
    Get ready for the future:
    it is murder.

    Things are going to slide, slide in all directions
    Won't be nothing
    Nothing you can measure anymore
    The blizzard, the blizzard of the world
    has crossed the threshold
    and it has overturned
    the order of the soul.

    When they said REPENT REPENT
    I wonder what they meant
    When they said REPENT REPENT
    I wonder what they meant
    When they said REPENT REPENT
    I wonder what they meant.

    There'll be the breaking of the ancient western code
    Your private life will suddenly explode
    There'll be phantoms
    There'll be fires on the road
    and the white man dancing
    You'll see a woman
    hanging upside down
    her features covered by her fallen gown
    and all the lousy little poets coming round
    tryin' to sound like Charlie Manson
    and the white man dancin'.

    Give me back the Berlin wall
    Give me Stalin and St Paul
    Give me Christ
    or give me Hiroshima
    Destroy another fetus now
    We don't like children anyhow
    I've seen the future, baby:
    it is murder.

  50. E.... P....

    👌🏻