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Come Healing - Leonard Cohen



     
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Come Healing Lyrics


Chorus:
O, gather up the brokenness
Bring it to me now
The fragrance of those promises
You never dared to vowThe splinters that you carried
The cross you left behind
Come healing of the body
Come healing of the mindAnd let the heavens hear it
The penitential hymn
Come healing of the spirit
Come healing of the limbLeonard:
Behold the gates of mercy
In arbitrary space
And none of us deserving
Of cruelty or the graceTogether:
O, solitude of longing
Where love has been confined
Come healing of the body

Come healing of the mindO, see the darkness yielding
That tore the light apart
Come healing of the reason
Come healing of the heartO, troubledness concealing
An undivided love
The heart beneath is teaching
To the broken heart aboveAnd let the heavens falter
Let the earth proclaim
Come healing of the altar
Come healing of the nameChorus:
O, longing of the branches
To lift the little bud
O, longing of the arteries
To purify the bloodTogether:
And let the heavens hear it
The penitential hymn
Come healing of the spirit
Come healing of the limbO let the heavens hear it
The penitential hymn
Come healing of the spirit
Come healing of the limb

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Leonard Cohen, (born 21st September 1934 in Montréal, Quebec, Canada) is a poet, novelist and musician. His musical career has largely overshadowed his prior work as a poet and novelist, although he has continued to publish poetry sporadically after his breakthrough in the music industry. His first published book of poetry was Let Us Compare Mythologies (1956).

Musically, Cohen's early songs are based in folk music, in terms of both melody and instrumentation; from the 1970s, though, his work begins to show the influence of various types of popular and cabaret music. Since the 1980s he has typically sung in a deep bass register, accompanied by synthesisers and female backing vocals.

Despite not embarking on a tour since 1993, Cohen was forced to go on the road in 2008, following the alleged misappropriation of over U.S. $5 million from his retirement by his longtime former manager, Kelley Lynch. This left him close to bankruptcy and Cohen's mammoth world tour lasted two and a half years and included 246 shows.

Cohen's songs are often emotionally heavy and lyrically complex, owing more to the metaphoric word play of poetry than to established conventions of songcraft. His work often explores the themes of religion, isolation, and complex interpersonal relationships.

Cohen's music has become highly influential to other singer-songwriters, and more than a thousand cover versions of his works have been recorded. He is also popular in his native land, having been inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and awarded the Order of Canada, the nation's highest civilian honour.

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