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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen
Lead Vocals
David Campbell
David Campbell
Conductor
Bob Metzger
Bob Metzger
Guitar
Steve Meador
Steve Meador
Drums
Lenny Castro
Lenny Castro
Tambourine
Yoav Goren
Yoav Goren
Programming
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen
Songwriter
David Campbell
David Campbell
String Arranger
Perla Batalla
Perla Batalla
Choir Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen
Producer
Leanne Ungar
Leanne Ungar
Mixing Engineer
Bernie Grundman
Bernie Grundman
Mastering Engineer

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, anal sex
Take the only tree that's left
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
<span begin="1:04.330" end="1:10.816">Things are going to slide in all directions</span> <span ttm:role="x-bg"><span begin="1:07.626" end="1:10.443">(Slide in all directions)</span></span>
<span begin="1:10.339" end="1:16.744">Won't be nothing, nothing you can measure anymore</span> <span ttm:role="x-bg"><span begin="1:11.915" end="1:16.782">(Won't be nothing you can measure anymore)</span></span>
The blizzard, the blizzard of the world has crossed the threshold
And it's overturned the order of the soul
<span begin="1:30.566" end="1:31.870">When they said</span> <span ttm:role="x-bg"><span begin="1:31.838" end="1:32.622">(They said)</span></span>
<span begin="1:32.654" end="1:33.470">Repent</span> <span ttm:role="x-bg"><span begin="1:33.571" end="1:34.288">(Repent)</span></span>
<span begin="1:34.371" end="1:35.171">Repent</span> <span ttm:role="x-bg"><span begin="1:35.221" end="1:38.584">(Repent)</span></span>
I wonder what they meant
<span begin="1:40.721" end="1:41.955">When they said</span> <span ttm:role="x-bg"><span begin="1:41.987" end="1:42.769">(They said)</span></span>
<span begin="1:42.854" end="1:43.619">Repent</span> <span ttm:role="x-bg"><span begin="1:43.736" end="1:44.454">(Repent)</span></span>
<span begin="1:44.569" end="1:45.321">Repent</span> <span ttm:role="x-bg"><span begin="1:45.417" end="1:48.749">(Repent)</span></span>
I wonder what they meant
<span begin="1:50.896" end="1:52.533">When they said</span> <span ttm:role="x-bg"><span begin="1:52.172" end="1:52.874">(They said)</span></span>
<span begin="1:53.025" end="1:53.775">Repent</span> <span ttm:role="x-bg"><span begin="1:53.892" end="1:54.575">(Repent)</span></span>
<span begin="1:54.708" end="1:55.441">Repent</span> <span ttm:role="x-bg"><span begin="1:55.543" end="1:59.005">(Repent)</span></span>
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
<span begin="2:59.401" end="3:05.336">Things are going to slide in all directions</span> <span ttm:role="x-bg"><span begin="3:02.769" end="3:05.369">(Slide in all directions)</span></span>
<span begin="3:05.470" end="3:11.804">Won't be nothing, nothing you can measure anymore</span> <span ttm:role="x-bg"><span begin="3:07.023" end="3:11.705">(Won't be nothing you can measure anymore)</span></span>
<span begin="3:12.506" end="3:18.908">The blizzard, the blizzard of the world has crossed the threshold</span> <span ttm:role="x-bg"><span begin="3:18.957" end="3:24.023">(And it's overturned the order of the soul)</span></span>
<span begin="3:25.713" end="3:26.876">When they said</span> <span ttm:role="x-bg"><span begin="3:26.975" end="3:27.641">(They said)</span></span>
<span begin="3:27.774" end="3:28.508">Repent</span> <span ttm:role="x-bg"><span begin="3:28.641" end="3:29.311">(Repent)</span></span>
<span begin="3:29.492" end="3:30.209">Repent</span> <span ttm:role="x-bg"><span begin="3:30.327" end="3:33.823">(Repent)</span></span>
I wonder what they meant
<span begin="3:35.820" end="3:37.004">When they said</span> <span ttm:role="x-bg"><span begin="3:37.086" end="3:37.803">(They said)</span></span>
<span begin="3:37.921" end="3:38.721">Repent</span> <span ttm:role="x-bg"><span begin="3:38.767" end="3:39.468">(Repent)</span></span>
<span begin="3:39.636" end="3:40.351">Repent</span> <span ttm:role="x-bg"><span begin="3:40.452" end="3:43.950">(Repent)</span></span>
I wonder what they meant
<span begin="3:46.011" end="3:47.094">When they said</span> <span ttm:role="x-bg"><span begin="3:47.222" end="3:47.939">(They said)</span></span>
<span begin="3:48.073" end="3:48.787">Repent</span> <span ttm:role="x-bg"><span begin="3:48.892" end="3:49.657">(Repent)</span></span>
<span begin="3:49.759" end="3:50.423">Repent</span> <span ttm:role="x-bg"><span begin="3:50.607" end="3:54.042">(Repent)</span></span>
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
<span begin="5:28.391" end="5:34.358">Things are going to slide in all directions</span> <span ttm:role="x-bg"><span begin="5:31.707" end="5:34.357">(Slide in all directions)</span></span>
<span ttm:role="x-bg"><span begin="5:34.373" end="5:40.643">(Won't be nothing, nothing you can measure anymore)</span></span> <span begin="5:36.008" end="5:40.693">Won't be nothing you can measure anymore</span>
The blizzard, the blizzard of the world has crossed the threshold
And it's overturned the order of the soul
<span begin="5:54.626" end="5:55.892">When they said</span> <span ttm:role="x-bg"><span begin="5:55.892" end="5:56.641">(They said)</span></span>
<span begin="5:56.759" end="5:57.508">Repent</span> <span ttm:role="x-bg"><span begin="5:57.625" end="5:58.327">(Repent)</span></span>
<span begin="5:58.426" end="5:59.210">Repent</span> <span ttm:role="x-bg"><span begin="5:59.276" end="6:02.577">(Repent)</span></span>
I wonder what they meant
<span begin="6:04.745" end="6:05.897">When they said</span> <span ttm:role="x-bg"><span begin="6:06.046" end="6:06.780">(They said)</span></span>
<span begin="6:06.897" end="6:07.579">Repent</span> <span ttm:role="x-bg"><span begin="6:07.729" end="6:08.430">(Repent)</span></span>
<span begin="6:08.614" end="6:09.313">Repent</span> <span ttm:role="x-bg"><span begin="6:09.430" end="6:12.779">(Repent)</span></span>
I wonder what they meant
<span begin="6:14.915" end="6:16.099">When they said</span> <span ttm:role="x-bg"><span begin="6:16.165" end="6:16.914">(They said)</span></span>
<span begin="6:17.064" end="6:18.146">Repent</span> <span ttm:role="x-bg"><span begin="6:17.965" end="6:18.616">(Repent)</span></span>
<span begin="6:18.784" end="6:19.880">Repent</span> <span ttm:role="x-bg"><span begin="6:19.735" end="6:23.468">(Repent)</span></span>
I wonder what they meant
<span begin="6:25.054" end="6:26.352">When they said</span> <span ttm:role="x-bg"><span begin="6:26.304" end="6:27.168">(They said)</span></span>
<span begin="6:27.152" end="6:27.987">Repent</span> <span ttm:role="x-bg"><span begin="6:28.019" end="6:28.854">(Repent)</span></span>
<span begin="6:28.854" end="6:29.606">Repent</span> <span ttm:role="x-bg"><span begin="6:29.755" end="6:34.624">(Repent)</span></span>
Written by: Leonard Norman Cohen
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