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Give me back my broken night
My mirrored room, my secret life
It's lonely here
There's no one left to tortureGive me absolute control
Over every living soul
And lie beside me, baby
That's an orderGive me crack and anal sex
Take the only tree that's left
And stuff it up the hole
In your cultureGive me back the Berlin wall
Give me Stalin and St. Paul
I've seen the future, brother
It is murderThings 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 soulWhen 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 meantYou don't know me from the wind
You never will, you never did
I'm the little Jew
Who wrote the BibleI've seen the nations rise and fall
I've heard their stories, heard them all
But love's the only engine of survivalYour servant here, he has been told
To say it clear, to say it cold
It's over, it ain't going
Any furtherAnd now the wheels of heaven stop
You feel the devil's riding crop
Get ready for the future
It is murderThings 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 soulWhen 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 meantThere'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 dancingYou'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 HiroshimaDestroy another fetus now
We don't like children anyhow
I've seen the future, baby
It is murderThings 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 soulWhen 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
When they said repent repent

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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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