The creepiest thing is realising he wrote this when he knew he was dying. it's so apt for someone in his disease state. I feel him.... given in to the inevitival, but so much respect for never giving up and hiding his voice.. It makes me weep to know most of this album was recorded with him in his loungeroom chair...but SO grateful he gave us this! May his legend live on for many years!He is the grand master of poetry!
You might like Scott 4 or Tilt by Scott Walker. He was a near contemporary of Leonard Cohen who also died recently, and worked on similar aesthetics of pop, folk, and classical overlayed with dark, cryptically poetic lyrics.
It does that ! I found this guy not long ago. November December 2019. Hit a rough patch ! Suddenly homeless. Temporarily staying Garfield Park. Not far from the Hawks practice arena. A home in a row of homes. It's cold out. I'm on the stoop ! Got my headphones on. And my phone just goes to sum .. next song. And it was this one. I stand out, on this block. I'm fair skinned, Those that live on this block are not. Once I hit play, he's singing deep, I've got the chills listening... And these gorgeous young ladies are walking back and forth, looking me over. What's this doing. What's he listening to ? Now they too, are sitting on the stoop. I'm half way through this song, and I guess I started to sing... I go grab a Bluetooth speaker 🔊 And I share what I'm listening to ... They must sing in church ! They pick up the back vocal , like immediately. I'm blown away ! These girls are singing background vocals, to Lenord Cohen !
Just hearing Lenord they can just go to choir ! Yep ! I was awestruck ! After that fist night.. I went out on the stoop, each night, after that, playing through Lenord's hits. These gals singing. Met their parents. We talked. They took it upon themselves, to introduce me, to the block ! For November and December, down the block, we sang and danced ! Lenord Cohan, they sang vocals, and Tupac ! Ha ! Man.. it was great, for a little while. Thank you neighbors, on 2500 block. Just south of Madison. I was so moved, I went to Pete's. This Mother has 3 kids. They're bumping me with the cart. This Mother looks up at me.. like, sorry dude ! My kids.... Yeah ! She's getting wrung up.. looking at me like, why you still here ? I say... Dude, let me pick up her tab ! And, can I get one of those trees ? He looks at me like.. you good for this ? Yeah ! Go get a 🎄 tree. She's like "what are you doing" ? Strange white man ? I said, "can I pay for your groceries" ? She looks at me like, I spoke French or something. I said yeah ! Let me treat you, and the kids. As the store assistant is placing the groceries in car, I say, bring that Christmas tree ! I help strap it to her hood. The whole time, she's looking at me like ? I don't even know you ! Yeah. That's ok !
Hope she had a good Christmas 🌲 Compliments of Lenord Cohan. He got in my head. Took another tree home to my daughter. She scowled ! Dad ! I don't need you dancing with my neighbors ! You have to go. Wow. By Garfield Park ! It was swell meeting you ! And, yes, the girls were in the choir ! Just a block away. They pulled me in ! Welcomed me. Man. Lenord Cohan meets Garfield Park ! 🕊️
I always come back to this song every time I'm at rock bottom and need strength to make a big decision in my life. Thank you Leonard. May you Rest in Peace.
"I am, ready, My Lord". Maybe you were, Dear Leonard . . . but we certainly weren't. Damn. We still need your light. Here. Now. Goodbye. And, thank-you.
I fell in love with Cohen and his glorious gravel voice when I was 12. Never ready! I began to think he was immortal, would endlessly regale us with his dark brooding witty songs. Now, when I sing, "Hallelujah" and the line "I stand before the lord of song" -- I think of Leonard Cohen. Hallelujah. We miss you.
What were they expect, after so much of the Old Testament conditioned them to kill those who claim a different God, though, @Sam Sepiol ? And it's no excuse for running with Matthew 27:25 so far, surely.
You know you are not wasting your time while listening to a L.Cohen song. Poetry, philosophy, & a divine music to accompany it. One of the greatest who ever penned a song. Each word is deep and existential.
I've just woken to the news that Mr. Cohen has left us. My world has indeed become much darker. Knowing that countless millions of his fans' are sharing my pain, is a comfort, but nothing will ever be the same again. RIP, Sir., may you find eternal peace.
His physical being has left us but he is immortal and is cemented deep in history and heart. We the choir will keep singing his songs for the rest of all days. God bless
I agree with you Brian ! My beloved long-lost friend Susan Brinckman in Montreal once rented Leonard her entire home- and moved out- so he could film "Beautiful Losers" . Maybe his songs can inspire us all though to take our own fading poems and lonely lives from the bottom shelf and refine them. By the way, what happened to Suzanne? His last letter to Marianne was very beautiful too- reaching out so he could "almost' touch her hand when she too was moving to the next dimension where he said he would soon be following. Happy they kept in touch... Listening over and over to Farewell Marianne and Suzanne, I wondered what his two beloveds looked like and saw pix here. I feel that Bob Dylan would gladly have wanted Leonard to have the Nobel Prize, At least they rushed Leonard's new CD out while he was still living. NAMASTE! - Ana ( sad sad about everything this past week! )
The BBC rescheduled their BBC Four Channel last night, repeating a 1988 programme which featured a live concert, interspersed with interview snippets and ending with a visit to his home on Hydra, Greece, which he purchased for $1,500.00 back in 1966. As I watched the great man perform on stage and interact with interviewer and neighbours on Hydra, it became so much clearer just why he was so adored by so many, and for so long. His death at 82 came as a real bolt out of the blue, to me anyway. I just assumed he would go on forever. I'm glad he passed our way, and that I was introduced to his music by a girl friend whose name just happened to be - Marianne. Best wishes to you Ana.
I new he died but not that close. Yes it does make sense that this would be his good bye. It is also not the only entertainer to do this. When the Ultimate Warrior did his speech on his last appearance on raw, I turned at look at the screen and asked into the air why it sounded like he was giving his own urology.... he died 2 days later
It's a different genre but I would recommend you take a look at Zach Hemsey, may I suggest you start with either "The Pursuit of Knowledge" or "Lesson From A Nomad"? Edit - temporarily forgot the name of the second song and fixed this.
I grew up with Leonard.... can't believe so many younger fans have tuned in to this unique Canadian musical icon. His music is relevant for 3 generations!!!
@georgia janvier this is a song 🎵 that helps me to wanna live when zi don't aft3er special 2 animals were stolen from me.... jelos me deepky@ plsy this song when I go to b at oeace@ what a great muscian & piet what a pleasure to have this special song ! RIP Leonard ❤❤❤❤bless u for your gifts 🎁 ❤❤❤❤❤😂 peace ✌️ be with u
Do not stand at my gave and weep I am not there, I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow. I am the diamond glints on snow.I am the sunlight On the ripened grain. I am the gentle autumn’s rain.When you awaken in the morning hush, I am the swift uplifting rushof quiet birds in circled flight. I am the soft stars that shine at night.Do not stand at my grave and cry. I am not there. I did not die.My Spirit is still alive…
The weird thing about this song(I don't know whether to call it a song or poem), is that it hits you. It doesn't matter whether you're Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Atheist, Hindu, Agnostic, or otherwise. I'm personally not religious, I have no god I believe in, and yet this song still hits me as hard as it hits my Jewish friend, and it hits all our friends the same. I see this as a testament to how powerful this song, and Leonard Cohen himself is.
Dear Leonard, The first time you came to my attention was in the 1960s during an English lesson, when your poems were put up as an example of modern poetry in the English language. Later a friend played one of your albums and since then hardly a day has gone by that I have not listened to at least one of your tracks. Many people think your music is dark or depressing. But during times of depression and during long nights when sleep eluded, you have kept me company and lifted my spirits. For over fifty years, you have been the one constant, the soundtrack of my life. And now that you have joined your muse in that big concert hall of fame, I cannot be sad because your soul lives on in the music that keeps playing as an accompaniment to my life. Sleep well my friend.
Thank you for writing this for him x I feel similarly that this man is immortal x and he has accompanied me through the happiest moments and the saddest x
Leonard should have been awarded the Nobel Prize instead of Dylan while he was still living. Cohen was a true poet and a musician, not only a rockman. His lines have the greatest depth of all the lyrics you can hear from a radio.
That's true but I'm still bitter and sorrowful that Leonard didn't get the recognition and prize he deserved before he died. If Nobel Comitee wanted to start to honour musicians and songwriters they should have started with Cohen. He brought poetry and music together in a perfect manner.
“As I write this I’m thinking of my father’s unique blend of self-deprecation and dignity, his approachable elegance, his charisma without audacity, his old-world gentlemanliness and the hand-forged tower of his work.” - Adam Cohen, on his father's death.
I think it's weird I was 16 in 1969 and never heard of Leonard until I moved in with a musician 7 years ago. In high school it was the Beatles, Motown, etc. But I'm his fan now. I grew up in PA
This is one of the best songs I've ever heard there is something seductively dark about it but maybe that is just me. Love the way Leonard sings, his voice is so deep and additionally it's as though he shares some of who he is with the listener. R.I.P. Leonard
Tho I'm sure there are others, I cannot think of any off the top of my head: A pop-star (maybe A-List, maybe just hi B-List?) from the 1960s - '70s who wasn't content to just rest on his laurels, doing endless Greatest-hits medleys to crowds of ancient fans desperately trying to keep some kind of hold on their long-faded youth... He was writing & performing some of his finest, deepest, most hypnotic, most powerful work right up to the very end. SO blessed to have had him.
It has been one year already, and it is the first time, i`m listening to this song. It is hard to describe, how much i love everything, Leonard Cohen has done. And that is the reason, why i was not ready to hear his last album, knowing, that there will be nothing more. I thought, i would cry. And now i`m not crying. Feeling, as if everything inside me was shaking. I know, he WAS ready. I`m still not.
im an old hippie. leonard is better than ever. the lyrics are chilling. to me, it is his conversation with god, and god's need for more human suffering. he says in hebrew at the end ''im ready''
There is a reason why Leonard Cohen can still do it at the age of 82. He has the gift that others don't. This album is a direct relation to Blackstar and The Skeleton Tree. Music that lives and communicates the human condition in a triumvirate of albums that have somehow aligned like the Earth, Moon and Sun in a mysterious and beautiful way. Fabulous stuff Leonard.
Beautifully put ... when 'Lenny' was asked about Bob's Nobel prize he put it more or less like this...they put a marker on mount everest to state it was the tallest mountain in the world? Class act...
...interview pay walled unfortunately but if you have the access...www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/culture/leonard-cohen-hey-thats-some-way-to-say-goodbye-00tc2sx9n
...interview pay walled unfortunately but if you have the access...www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/culture/leonard-cohen-hey-thats-some-way-to-say-goodbye-00tc2sx9n
If you are the dealer, I'm out of the game If you are the healer, it means I'm broken and lame If thine is the glory then mine must be the shame You want it darker We kill the flame Magnified, sanctified, be thy holy name Vilified, crucified, in the human frame A million candles burning for the help that never came You want it darker Hineni, hineni I'm ready, my lord There's a lover in the story But the story's still the same There's a lullaby for suffering And a paradox to blame But it's written in the scriptures And it's not some idle claim You want it darker We kill the flame They're lining up the prisoners And the guards are taking aim I struggled with some demons They were middle class and tame I didn't know I had permission to murder and to maim You want it darker Hineni, hineni I'm ready, my lord Magnified, sanctified, be thy holy name Vilified, crucified, in the human frame A million candles burning for the love that never came You want it darker We kill the flame If you are the dealer, let me out of the game If you are the healer, I'm broken and lame If thine is the glory, mine must be the shame You want it darker Hineni, hineni Hineni, hineni I'm ready, my lord Hineni Hineni, hineni Hineni
"Hineni" is Hebrew for "Here I Am" usually used in the context of a conversation between a person and G0d. This presentation is purely spiritual. It touched me to the core. This is now my favorite of all Leonard Cohen's masterpieces which include Take This Waltz and Dance Me to the End of Love. He should win an award for this.
You will forever be missed and forever be remembered. You are Leonard Cohen and you were among the greatest of song writers. You stand tall in the tower of song. May your verse and voice live forever.
This man is a prophet and a servant of the Lord. When he was searching for his faith, his time with the buddhists made him only wiser. Now he has come back home. Hineni.
what a voice, what a great artist he was... nothing to do with religion or race. We need more people with such a repertoire of lyrics and deeper meaning about what existence is all about. RIP Leonard.
Heartbreaking news for me a mere mortal to take today but I know you're immortal Leonard and I know you were ready to meet your maker. Thank you for everything we are your choir and we will keep singing. God bless
Listening to his melancholy voice, speaking dark poetry, cures my sadness some days. Thank you Mr. Cohen. There will will never be another artist filled with this much talent.
At Rosenborg Excerserplads, Copenhagen in 2012 me and my wife was so furtunate to hear Leonard Cohen, and the 77 year-old grand old man gave a terrific concert, it held us spellbound in 3 hours. On stage he was so elegant, quiet and polite - it was a rare pleasure to be knowledgeable to his great poetry/ songs - may his soul rest in peace.
From musician/humanitarian Peter Gabriel - ""Very sad to learn of the death of Leonard Cohen. Anyone looking at an empty page trying to write a song lyric sits in the shadow of the mountain that was Leonard Cohen. He knew the exact weight and flavour of every word and phrase he used and applied them with the precision of a surgeon. His unique voice painted unforgettable pictures that will stay with me and my generation until we drop. I met Leonard a few times, we were introduced by our American lawyer Marty Machat, who had represented him for many years. One time I met Leonard, he drove me around Montreal and I really got to enjoy his wicked sense of humour and all his droll commentaries. Through Marty, we also ended up as partners in a New York art gallery founded by Avril Giacobbi called the Art Palace. There is a big hole where he stood, we will miss you." - Peter Gabriel
and yet when my roommate and I played the first album over and over, having bought it for "Suzanne', we marveled at the beauty of some but almost felt sorry for him over the audacious and crazy lyrics of others. He was an acquired taste then in l968 "when you're not feeling holy, your loneliness says that you've sinned" is a favorite, unforgettable line.
RIP Leonard Cohen - you made a difference for so many of us. He was a poet & writer long before he was a musician. A very great poet and songwriter has left us. What a beautiful, talented, gracious man
Eternity She said: "Leonard Cohen is dead." I said: "Who is Leonard Cohen?" She played his music and cried. For her Leonard Cohen had just died, for me he had just been born. Rodaan Al Galidi (translated from Dutch)
This is the prayer that begins with "hineni he’ani mimaas, “Here am I, poor in deeds. . . .” No one knows who wrote it, and the trail ends going backward to about 1560. We know it is ancient and sacred to the Children of Israel, God's people. It was prayed in Ashkenazi Synagogue's during Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, and it proceeded Kaddish, the prayer for the departed dead. Leonard Cohen or as we knew him, Eliezer ben Nisan ha’Cohen, understood this prayer in the depth of his soul and used it to inspire his words of farewell, You Want It Darker, before he began his journey to the stars and beyond. May we all see you there one day, dear Leonard, if HaShem is willing. hineni he’ani mimaas. Here am I that am poor in deed, rattled and afraid in awe of Him who sits in wait for the praises of Israel, standing to plead before Him for His people Israel who have sent me, though I am not fit or worthy for the task. Therefore I ask you God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Jacob Lord God, merciful God and forgiving God of Israel Shaddai, awesome and terrible, be You the expediter of my errand as I come to stand and plead for mercy for me and those who sent me. Pray do not convict them of my sins or obligate them for my transgressions, for I am a sinner and wrongdoer. Let them not be disgraced for my crimes and let them not be ashamed of me- and let me not be ashamed of them. And receive my prayer as the prayer of an old and experienced man, with a fair record and a full beard, a pleasant voice, and involvement in the minds of the people. And chide the devil lest he try me and let our banner over You be Love, and obscure our sins with love. Turn our fast-days and misfortunes to merriment and joy, to life and peace, for us and all Israel, for truth and peace we have loved. And let there be no stumbling block before my prayer. May it be Your will- Lord God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Jacob, great and mighty and awesome God, God above, “I will be what I will be”- that all the angels who assist in prayer may bring my prayer before Your throne of glory and spread it out before You for the sake of all the righteous and the gracious and innocent and honest and for the honor of Your great and terrible name. For You hear the prayer of Your people Israel with mercy. Blessed are You, who hears prayer. Amen.
You did read my post right? I think it makes it quite clear that his devotion to and love for Judaism, despite any misgivings he might have had about the darkness of the human condition was the basis of much of his work. I am responding because I really puzzled as to why, after I posted a lengthy piece about the roots of the concept in our religion of Hineni and detailed some of the history of the prayer Cohen refers to, you felt compelled to remind me Leonard was Jewish and put his love for Judaism in his songs. That was the point of my post in the first place. I was trying to give readers who might be curious or interested a closer look at the majesty of the word Hineni by sharing the full prayer. I was trying to provide a more complete picture of the song. I do believe he was wishing us a fond farewell. tired, a bit sad, worried about the future he would not be part of, but still loving G*d with all his might. For me, it flies like an arrow to what is my single favorite line in the bible, from the Book of Samuel. "Wearing a linen ephod, David was dancing before the Lord with all his might" But this is not the place to study Torah or debate religion, so I will leave it at that. Lord Sacks, former Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom did a magnificent video on this song that is as fine a tribute to Leonard as anyone could ever hope to read, hear or see. I will find a link and add it here when I do. Baruch HaShem. AM YISRAEL CHAI.
His music is powerful because the Ego may not always understand the lyrics but the subconscious/higher spirited self knows truth. We came to this earth to experience duality and separation from eternal love. Something (not wholly human) had to provide that experience, in order to" kill the flame" of love/spirit. The ego feels victimized, the spirit knows it gave "permission".
Завидую англоязычным! Жаль что не могу понять сразу о чем он поет! Но егл пение,голос,мелодия, Так завораживает,и каждый раз мурашки! Песни его все ч глубоким смыслом, заставляют задуматься о жизни, Обо всем! Баллады о Жизни!❤🎉🎉🎉
Ah, catherine, je suis, tres, tres triste..... Leonard Cohen, j'adore.... Je ne crois pas... Il est mort... Merci pour votre Songs, Mr Cohen.... Adieu mon Nightingale....
So sad...........but he had such a full life. I am so glad I discovered him early in my life and was privileged to enjoy this awesomely talented musician and poet. I will have many private Leonard Cohen "concerts" on my hi fi! Thank you for sharing your music with us Leonard - RIP!
@@Distruseoh blow it out your butt jaboo. Just because they wrote a comment in Russian doesn’t equate them to their government’s geopolitical endeavors.
I saw him in Ghent (Belgium) years ago. Astonishing. Leonard my dear man, thank you so much for all that you gave us. And look back at a good and expiring life you had. Again: thank you.
Just when you think you've heard it all from this legend and perhaps it's time for him to call it a quit, he comes up with yet another spectacular piece of work. By far, one of the most artful musicians whom we've had the pleasure of knowing. Thank you for being born legendary Leonard Cohen.
Leonard saw it coming: You want it darker. . And he took his leave, wanting no part in it. Heading towards the light now the lucky fellow, to meet dear ones. Mr. Cohen, can you please from that Higher vantage point make a few kracks in the shell trapping us earthbound, so that some light may reach us, we need it . Thank you for all Lots of Love
I'm ready, my lord.” Hineni is Hebrew for “here I am,” and is the response Abraham gives when God calls on him to sacrifice his son Isaac. It is also the name of a prayer of preparation and humility, addressed to God, chanted by the cantor on Rosh Hashanah.
ANOTHER MOLD HAS BEEN BROKEN! Yes it's True Leonard Gave Up The Ghost at 82 His Words were So Brilliant in their Darkness and Search. He was Like Samson after Delilah Cut his Hair And The Philistines Took his Eyes... So Close to God and Yet So Far Away. What a Beautiful Beautiful Man! I was Always in Awe and Envy...
Here I Am Send Me LORD! His Words his Lyrics Drew me in... and I was Like OH WOW. If Only I could express myself like him. Mysterious and Simple with Meaning Deeper than the Ocean. And then with Head phones I would become immersed. That little clip was actually channeling him and him describing himself to me. Prince spoke to me as well... people that I've been so close to yet never knew. And Jesus send them to me for a brief second. I know it's weird...Heck for all we know He may have been Samson Once... LOL don't take this too serious. Zee Arc Tune aka Sirlectric aka Mi Ch El
SONG seems to imply a dialogue with GOD - with little redemption on God's part or on our own part! He is ready LORD! As we all must be - to meet our maker! THANK YOU LEONARD FOR YOUR POWERFUL POETRY SET TO YOUR BEAUTIFUL MUSIC!
Danke, lieber Torsten Sträter, dass du in deiner letzten Radiosendung auf BBRadio diesen großartigen Sänger und dieses Album erwähnt hast. Echt spitze. Bin begeistert.
Give this man a Nobel prize in literature !
This is just amazing.
TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU ! ALL OF HIS MATERIAL IS AMAZING!!!
YES YES YES ........♥♥♥
bitchy queens
what happens when does the same thing
wow so so class !!!!
For anyone wondering, "hineni" is Hebrew for "here I am".
Thanks for the clarification. Also, what does he mean by "You want it darker"?
Hineni, Hineni,
I am ready my Lord...
WE are killing the flame...
Good ol' Kol Nidrei. . .
tnx I was just to look for the meaning
The creepiest thing is realising he wrote this when he knew he was dying. it's so apt for someone in his disease state. I feel him.... given in to the inevitival, but so much respect for never giving up and hiding his voice.. It makes me weep to know most of this album was recorded with him in his loungeroom chair...but SO grateful he gave us this! May his legend live on for many years!He is the grand master of poetry!
Да, это действительно так!!!
Just found this gem. What a beautiful last gift to the world. This is powerful. Bless you Leonard Cohen
Not creepy just ready to go to next levei
💛🔥🕊️
On top of you sold your sold it's really here.
I love Cohen's conversations with God
Indeed. Much of Cohen's art was either a conversation with God, or a celebration of a man's greatest treasure; his lover.
Woah. I've literally never heard anything like this before. I've got chills.
You might like Scott 4 or Tilt by Scott Walker. He was a near contemporary of Leonard Cohen who also died recently, and worked on similar aesthetics of pop, folk, and classical overlayed with dark, cryptically poetic lyrics.
It does that ! I found this guy not long ago. November December 2019. Hit a rough patch ! Suddenly homeless. Temporarily staying Garfield Park. Not far from the Hawks practice arena. A home in a row of homes. It's cold out. I'm on the stoop ! Got my headphones on. And my phone just goes to sum .. next song. And it was this one. I stand out, on this block. I'm fair skinned, Those that live on this block are not. Once I hit play, he's singing deep, I've got the chills listening... And these gorgeous young ladies are walking back and forth, looking me over. What's this doing. What's he listening to ? Now they too, are sitting on the stoop. I'm half way through this song, and I guess I started to sing... I go grab a Bluetooth speaker 🔊 And I share what I'm listening to ... They must sing in church ! They pick up the back vocal , like immediately. I'm blown away ! These girls are singing background vocals, to Lenord Cohen !
Just hearing Lenord they can just go to choir ! Yep ! I was awestruck ! After that fist night.. I went out on the stoop, each night, after that, playing through Lenord's hits. These gals singing. Met their parents. We talked. They took it upon themselves, to introduce me, to the block ! For November and December, down the block, we sang and danced ! Lenord Cohan, they sang vocals, and Tupac ! Ha ! Man.. it was great, for a little while. Thank you neighbors, on 2500 block. Just south of Madison. I was so moved, I went to Pete's. This Mother has 3 kids. They're bumping me with the cart. This Mother looks up at me.. like, sorry dude ! My kids.... Yeah ! She's getting wrung up.. looking at me like, why you still here ? I say... Dude, let me pick up her tab ! And, can I get one of those trees ? He looks at me like.. you good for this ? Yeah ! Go get a 🎄 tree. She's like "what are you doing" ? Strange white man ? I said, "can I pay for your groceries" ?
She looks at me like, I spoke French or something. I said yeah ! Let me treat you, and the kids.
As the store assistant is placing the groceries in car, I say, bring that Christmas tree ! I help strap it to her hood. The whole time, she's looking at me like ? I don't even know you ! Yeah. That's ok !
Hope she had a good Christmas 🌲 Compliments of Lenord Cohan. He got in my head. Took another tree home to my daughter. She scowled ! Dad ! I don't need you dancing with my neighbors ! You have to go. Wow. By Garfield Park ! It was swell meeting you ! And, yes, the girls were in the choir ! Just a block away. They pulled me in ! Welcomed me. Man. Lenord Cohan meets Garfield Park ! 🕊️
Welcome to the wonderful world of Leonard Cohen!
May his memory be eternal☦❤
I always come back to this song every time I'm at rock bottom and need strength to make a big decision in my life. Thank you Leonard. May you Rest in Peace.
Leonard Cohen never disappoints. The older he becomes, the better his music.
Nope. His music has always been as good as this.
NOBEL PRIZE FOR LEONARD COHEN IS OVERDUE :-)
Cully Schmetterling HE JUST DIED
rest in peace sir, what a poet, wordsmith you were!
kllk90 well that just means his next album will be on a whole new level
"I am, ready, My Lord". Maybe you were, Dear Leonard . . . but we certainly weren't. Damn. We still need your light. Here. Now. Goodbye. And, thank-you.
Martin Hugh hineni doesnt mean i am ready. it means here i am, or more powerfully, here i stand.
Jimmy Joe He was referring to the actual English quote from the song you doofus.
Well said.
I fell in love with Cohen and his glorious gravel voice when I was 12. Never ready! I began to think he was immortal, would endlessly regale us with his dark brooding witty songs. Now, when I sing, "Hallelujah" and the line "I stand before the lord of song" -- I think of Leonard Cohen. Hallelujah. We miss you.
Beautiful
John 3.19
And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
And what is darker than to take the light and extinguish it? What deed more evil?
Leonard Cohen, blood lineage of the Jewish tribe of Levi, came to know the Lord (Adonai) whom you know as Jesus (Yeshua).
What were they expect, after so much of the Old Testament conditioned them to kill those who claim a different God, though, @Sam Sepiol ?
And it's no excuse for running with Matthew 27:25 so far, surely.
Not sure who is speaking to whom here. Is it Man reproaching God or vice versa?
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Read on Google!
Heard this in the Assassin's Creed Origins trailer, it's so good. His voice reminds me vaguely of Johnny Cash when he was older.
I am here because my mom loved this song, and so did I. God bless
You know you are not wasting your time while listening to a L.Cohen song. Poetry, philosophy, & a divine music to accompany it. One of the greatest who ever penned a song. Each word is deep and existential.
I completely agree. If humanity is still around 2000 years from now, THIS will be the piece to understand our generation.
Each song is a flamboyant and unambiguous ode to Lucifer.
Real
@@jalander8817 well he's jewish so
Does anyone else agree with me that Leonard Cohen, rather than Bob Dylan, should have won the Nobel Prize for Literature, for his poetry?
simikess I agree with you
Yes.
Yes, but I love both!
Absolutely
Both of them. Dylan's lyrics are divine, concise and amazingly lyrical. Been listening to the old bugger for 52 years now. :-)
I've just woken to the news that Mr. Cohen has left us. My world has indeed become much darker. Knowing that countless millions of his fans' are sharing my pain, is a comfort, but nothing will ever be the same again.
RIP, Sir., may you find eternal peace.
brian morgan
I concur
His physical being has left us but he is immortal and is cemented deep in history and heart. We the choir will keep singing his songs for the rest of all days. God bless
No one's world can be darker. Leonard's lyrics are the light that guide us.
RIP, LC.
I agree with you Brian ! My beloved long-lost friend Susan Brinckman in Montreal once rented Leonard her entire home- and moved out- so he could film "Beautiful Losers" . Maybe his songs can inspire us all though to take our own fading poems and lonely lives from the bottom shelf and refine them. By the way, what happened to Suzanne? His last letter to Marianne was very beautiful too- reaching out so he could "almost' touch her hand when she too was moving to the next dimension where he said he would soon be following. Happy they kept in touch... Listening over and over to Farewell Marianne and Suzanne, I wondered what his two beloveds looked like and saw pix here. I feel that Bob Dylan would gladly have wanted Leonard to have the Nobel Prize, At least they rushed Leonard's new CD out while he was still living. NAMASTE! - Ana ( sad sad about everything this past week! )
The BBC rescheduled their BBC Four Channel last night, repeating a 1988 programme which featured a live concert, interspersed with interview snippets and ending with a visit to his home on Hydra, Greece, which he purchased for $1,500.00 back in 1966.
As I watched the great man perform on stage and interact with interviewer and neighbours on Hydra, it became so much clearer just why he was so adored by so many, and for so long.
His death at 82 came as a real bolt out of the blue, to me anyway. I just assumed he would go on forever.
I'm glad he passed our way, and that I was introduced to his music by a girl friend whose name just happened to be - Marianne.
Best wishes to you Ana.
These are not 'songs', his every poem is a heavenly Masterpiece in music. And I don't simply listen but get overwhelmed with joy and love.
(im ready my lord) - and then died after ~1 month !!
so emotional song wow. RIP
It wasn't a month, it was 2 weeks. This song released 10/20/16 and he died on 11/7/16
i knew hearing this song, that he was saying goodbye to us
My wife died two years ago at the age of 52. I'm still in sadness.
I new he died but not that close. Yes it does make sense that this would be his good bye. It is also not the only entertainer to do this. When the Ultimate Warrior did his speech on his last appearance on raw, I turned at look at the screen and asked into the air why it sounded like he was giving his own urology.... he died 2 days later
@@deennaemilio wow, I didn't knew that!
His music has made us walk confortably through the darkness. His flame will not be killed.
Fabrício Tavares de Moraes well said, brother!
it seems our writing on the wall
was Lorem Ipsum after all
A higher tide will wash it all
Wash it all away
-Dessa, Sound the Bells
Fabrício Tavares de Moraes 🌠
Beautiful
You very casually threw out some poetry very very nice 👍
No one writes lyrics like this.
No one sounds like this
James Brenner that’s what makes this song FUCKING AWESOME
It's a different genre but I would recommend you take a look at Zach Hemsey, may I suggest you start with either "The Pursuit of Knowledge" or "Lesson From A Nomad"?
Edit - temporarily forgot the name of the second song and fixed this.
Steve Downes sounds like a very slightly high pitched version of him... just a little bit
Have u listen songs of eminem?
Cohen passed away shortly after releasing this song. And there is speculation that he knew that he was not long for the world when he wrote it.
Thank you for the Joy, Leonard Cohen. I will never forget you. Gratitude.
Rest in peace.
I grew up with Leonard.... can't believe so many younger fans have tuned in to this unique Canadian musical icon. His music is relevant for 3 generations!!!
And it will be for many more.
Just discovered his music today im canadian and never knew about him til today Im 34
literally just hearing this full song and man I'm blown away a bit speechless actually
and more
@georgia janvier this is a song 🎵 that helps me to wanna live when zi don't aft3er special 2 animals were stolen from me.... jelos me deepky@ plsy this song when I go to b at oeace@ what a great muscian & piet what a pleasure to have this special song ! RIP Leonard ❤❤❤❤bless u for your gifts 🎁 ❤❤❤❤❤😂 peace ✌️ be with u
Tears falls everytime. We lost a poet, there will never again be such an artist, such a voice, such a poet of music, such a great man.
Hello Monica....
I'm hopeful Nick Cave can carry the torch some...
Do not stand at my gave and weep
I am not there,
I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow.
I am the diamond glints on snow.I am the sunlight
On the ripened grain.
I am the gentle autumn’s rain.When you awaken in the morning hush,
I am the swift uplifting rushof quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.Do not stand at my grave and cry.
I am not there.
I did not die.My Spirit is still alive…
brian kelly who wrote that?
@@buddyollie180 Mary Elizabeth Frye, sometime in the 1930's.
I can't stop listening to this song. It touches me in a way nothing else I've heard in years comes close to . I have to have this album.
Me too. Or, me three. Yeah. Me.
Same for me.
Robin Holland Hineni. Has *got* to be the most powerful word I've ever heard. I just keep listening.
+TheRealBarbDwyer I totally agree. Have been thinking about that word and all the implications.
It *feels* the same as 'hokka-hey'.
The weird thing about this song(I don't know whether to call it a song or poem), is that it hits you. It doesn't matter whether you're Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Atheist, Hindu, Agnostic, or otherwise. I'm personally not religious, I have no god I believe in, and yet this song still hits me as hard as it hits my Jewish friend, and it hits all our friends the same. I see this as a testament to how powerful this song, and Leonard Cohen himself is.
Not as powerful as god himself
@@lovejustifiesexistence that wasn't what the comment was talking about tho...it's not talking about who or which is the most powerful one...
I love the personal writing, I suppose he added the religious bit coz bigger market.
@@lovejustifiesexistence
There is no god, all there is human made up stories that led to the death and suffering of billions of people.
"I'm ready my Lord." Find God and submit.
Dear Leonard,
The first time you came to my attention was in the 1960s during an English lesson, when your poems were put up as an example of modern poetry in the English language. Later a friend played one of your albums and since then hardly a day has gone by that I have not listened to at least one of your tracks. Many people think your music is dark or depressing. But during times of depression and during long nights when sleep eluded, you have kept me company and lifted my spirits. For over fifty years, you have been the one constant, the soundtrack of my life. And now that you have joined your muse in that big concert hall of fame, I cannot be sad because your soul lives on in the music that keeps playing as an accompaniment to my life. Sleep well my friend.
Beautifully said Herman. I feel very much the same.
Thank you for writing this for him x I feel similarly that this man is immortal x and he has accompanied me through the happiest moments and the saddest x
Beautifully said! I enjoy reading people's stories, or in this case, more of an homage. Bless you and thank you for sharing.
"Hineni hineni... I'm ready my lord."
Thats beautiful
Leonard should have been awarded the Nobel Prize instead of Dylan while he was still living. Cohen was a true poet and a musician, not only a rockman. His lines have the greatest depth of all the lyrics you can hear from a radio.
yeah, but perhaps not instead but besides, and there are so many others unknown that deserve/d it
That's true but I'm still bitter and sorrowful that Leonard didn't get the recognition and prize he deserved before he died. If Nobel Comitee wanted to start to honour musicians and songwriters they should have started with Cohen. He brought poetry and music together in a perfect manner.
i thought of Leonard too when Dylan got the prize
Totally agree!
Come now - it is not an either-or proposition... but both.
You Want It Darker - is perhaps the best late-career album ever made by an artist. Stirring, melodic and important.
What about Blackstar?
@@STATFANs yeah that too
Godspeed, maestro. You knew you'd be joining Marianne soon. And you left us with this final word. Thank you, Leonard.
“As I write this I’m thinking of my father’s unique blend of self-deprecation and dignity, his approachable elegance, his charisma without audacity, his old-world gentlemanliness and the hand-forged tower of his work.” - Adam Cohen, on his father's death.
his son sounds like a poet too
On each consequitive album, Leonard's voice got deeper and deeper!!!! Superb Voice!!!
Listening to Leonard Cohen since 1969, still as amazed, delighted, and shaken. Thank you.
And me 3 years before that...
Beautiful...
amen
Beth Jeans he's dead
SO?? How does that dispute what she wrote?
I think it's weird I was 16 in 1969 and never heard of Leonard until I moved in with a musician 7 years ago. In high school it was the Beatles, Motown, etc. But I'm his fan now. I grew up in PA
Nobel Prize for Leonard Cohen!
Admiration bien au delà du Nobel ou de toute récompense humaine trop humaine pour Leonard
I loved and love him for ever
One of the greatest songs of all time. Man was great
I get chills and tears every time I hear the line "I'm ready my Lord." Cohen delivered it with such conviction.
My dad said this before he died,precious
Still my favourite Poet and song man. From 1967!
Whatever people may Feel ..This song is my Favorite hymn and Prayer ..So relatable as a Human😊
This is one of the best songs I've ever heard there is something seductively dark about it but maybe that is just me.
Love the way Leonard sings, his voice is so deep and additionally it's as though he shares some of who he is with the listener.
R.I.P. Leonard
Tho I'm sure there are others, I cannot think of any off the top of my head:
A pop-star (maybe A-List, maybe just hi B-List?) from the 1960s - '70s who wasn't content to just rest on his laurels, doing endless Greatest-hits medleys to crowds of ancient fans desperately trying to keep some kind of hold on their long-faded youth... He was writing & performing some of his finest, deepest, most hypnotic, most powerful work right up to the very end. SO blessed to have had him.
RIP. My Canadian heart is so much bigger for having loved you.
Greatest lyricist ever.
THANK YOU MR.COHEN!!
THANK YOU...
"I am ready my lord."
iam not!!!
Edgy twelve-year-old alert!
It has been one year already, and it is the first time, i`m listening to this song. It is hard to describe, how much i love everything, Leonard Cohen has done. And that is the reason, why i was not ready to hear his last album, knowing, that there will be nothing more. I thought, i would cry. And now i`m not crying. Feeling, as if everything inside me was shaking. I know, he WAS ready. I`m still not.
We are never ready... well... except for Leonard... he was born ready...
hineni, hineni
American Gods brought me here and I must say this one is on another level!
The show that has become as slow, repetitive and sparse as this song - only this song actually works 😂
A true Canadian legend. RIP. He will be truly missed.
im an old hippie. leonard is better than ever. the lyrics are chilling. to me, it is his conversation with god, and god's need for more human suffering. he says in hebrew at the end ''im ready''
This will never die, Never be forgotten. ❤
There is a reason why Leonard Cohen can still do it at the age of 82. He has the gift that others don't. This album is a direct relation to Blackstar and The Skeleton Tree. Music that lives and communicates the human condition in a triumvirate of albums that have somehow aligned like the Earth, Moon and Sun in a mysterious and beautiful way. Fabulous stuff Leonard.
toomuchrose
well spoken
Beautifully put ... when 'Lenny' was asked about Bob's Nobel prize he put it more or less like this...they put a marker on mount everest to state it was the tallest mountain in the world? Class act...
...interview pay walled unfortunately but if you have the access...www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/culture/leonard-cohen-hey-thats-some-way-to-say-goodbye-00tc2sx9n
...interview pay walled unfortunately but if you have the access...www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/culture/leonard-cohen-hey-thats-some-way-to-say-goodbye-00tc2sx9n
it's so much darker since your flame went out. i love you leonard cohen. RIP
If you are the dealer, I'm out of the game
If you are the healer, it means I'm broken and lame
If thine is the glory then mine must be the shame
You want it darker
We kill the flame
Magnified, sanctified, be thy holy name
Vilified, crucified, in the human frame
A million candles burning for the help that never came
You want it darker
Hineni, hineni
I'm ready, my lord
There's a lover in the story
But the story's still the same
There's a lullaby for suffering
And a paradox to blame
But it's written in the scriptures
And it's not some idle claim
You want it darker
We kill the flame
They're lining up the prisoners
And the guards are taking aim
I struggled with some demons
They were middle class and tame
I didn't know I had permission to murder and to maim
You want it darker
Hineni, hineni
I'm ready, my lord
Magnified, sanctified, be thy holy name
Vilified, crucified, in the human frame
A million candles burning for the love that never came
You want it darker
We kill the flame
If you are the dealer, let me out of the game
If you are the healer, I'm broken and lame
If thine is the glory, mine must be the shame
You want it darker
Hineni, hineni
Hineni, hineni
I'm ready, my lord
Hineni
Hineni, hineni
Hineni
Thanks for writting the lyrics in this lyrics video
Toda raba.
"Hineni" is Hebrew for "Here I Am" usually used in the context of a conversation between a person and G0d. This presentation is purely spiritual. It touched me to the core. This is now my favorite of all Leonard Cohen's masterpieces which include Take This Waltz and Dance Me to the End of Love. He should win an award for this.
You said you were ready...... 🙁
rest in peace Leonard. You are irreplaceable in every way.
You will forever be missed and forever be remembered.
You are Leonard Cohen and you were among the greatest of song writers.
You stand tall in the tower of song.
May your verse and voice live forever.
For me, the greatest.
R.I.P. Mr. Cohen, one of the best poets and songwriters in history of music, your songs will live forever. Thank you!
"A million candles burning for a love that never came..." See you on the darker side, My Lord
This man is a prophet and a servant of the Lord. When he was searching for his faith, his time with the buddhists made him only wiser. Now he has come back home. Hineni.
what a voice, what a great artist he was... nothing to do with religion or race. We need more people with such a repertoire of lyrics and deeper meaning about what existence is all about. RIP Leonard.
He was a great poet and composer of song. However, Leonard's 'deeper' meanings of existence do not resonate with me.
Heartbreaking news for me a mere mortal to take today but I know you're immortal Leonard and I know you were ready to meet your maker. Thank you for everything we are your choir and we will keep singing. God bless
Listening to his melancholy voice, speaking dark poetry, cures my sadness some days. Thank you Mr. Cohen. There will will never be another artist filled with this much talent.
At Rosenborg Excerserplads, Copenhagen in 2012 me and my wife was so furtunate to hear Leonard Cohen, and the 77 year-old grand old man gave a terrific concert, it held us spellbound in 3 hours. On stage he was so elegant, quiet and polite - it was a rare pleasure to be knowledgeable to his great poetry/ songs - may his soul rest in peace.
From musician/humanitarian Peter Gabriel - ""Very sad to learn of the death of Leonard Cohen.
Anyone looking at an empty page trying to write a song lyric sits in the shadow of the mountain that was Leonard Cohen.
He knew the exact weight and flavour of every word and phrase he used and applied them with the precision of a surgeon. His unique voice painted unforgettable pictures that will stay with me and my generation until we drop.
I met Leonard a few times, we were introduced by our American lawyer Marty Machat, who had represented him for many years. One time I met Leonard, he drove me around Montreal and I really got to enjoy his wicked sense of humour and all his droll commentaries.
Through Marty, we also ended up as partners in a New York art gallery founded by Avril Giacobbi called the Art Palace.
There is a big hole where he stood, we will miss you."
- Peter Gabriel
Lady BlackstarDust thank you for this post.
and yet when my roommate and I played the first album over and over, having bought it for "Suzanne', we marveled at the beauty of some but almost felt sorry for him over the audacious and crazy lyrics of others. He was an acquired taste then in l968 "when you're not feeling holy, your loneliness says that you've sinned" is a favorite, unforgettable line.
This is like a musical hug from someone who'll never tell you that it's not really that bad, and sometimes that's what you need.
RIP Leonard Cohen - you made a difference for so many of us. He was a poet & writer long before he was a musician. A very great poet and songwriter has left us. What a beautiful, talented, gracious man
Eternity
She said: "Leonard Cohen is dead."
I said: "Who is Leonard Cohen?"
She played his music
and cried.
For her Leonard Cohen had just died,
for me
he had just been born.
Rodaan Al Galidi
(translated from Dutch)
Maarten van Hoven 👍
Maarten van Hoven Wie is 'zij'?
Beautiful
Great, I've translated that into Russian as well. That sound is really international.
Isn't an Iraqi-Dutch poet or something?
50 years ago next month, I "courted " my wife to this man's music.
God, I miss him.
This is the prayer that begins with "hineni he’ani mimaas, “Here am I, poor in deeds. . . .” No one knows who wrote it, and the trail ends going backward to about 1560. We know it is ancient and sacred to the Children of Israel, God's people. It was prayed in Ashkenazi Synagogue's during Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, and it proceeded Kaddish, the prayer for the departed dead.
Leonard Cohen or as we knew him, Eliezer ben Nisan ha’Cohen, understood this prayer in the depth of his soul and used it to inspire his words of farewell, You Want It Darker, before he began his journey to the stars and beyond.
May we all see you there one day, dear Leonard, if HaShem is willing.
hineni he’ani mimaas.
Here am I that am poor in deed,
rattled and afraid
in awe of Him who sits in wait for the praises of Israel,
standing to plead before Him
for His people Israel
who have sent me,
though I am not fit or worthy for the task.
Therefore I ask you
God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Jacob
Lord God, merciful God and forgiving God of Israel
Shaddai, awesome and terrible,
be You the expediter of my errand
as I come to stand and plead for mercy
for me and those who sent me.
Pray do not convict them of my sins
or obligate them for my transgressions,
for I am a sinner and wrongdoer.
Let them not be disgraced for my crimes
and let them not be ashamed of me-
and let me not be ashamed of them.
And receive my prayer
as the prayer of an old and experienced man,
with a fair record and a full beard,
a pleasant voice,
and involvement in the minds of the people.
And chide the devil lest he try me
and let our banner over You be Love,
and obscure our sins with love.
Turn our fast-days and misfortunes
to merriment and joy,
to life and peace,
for us and all Israel,
for truth and peace we have loved.
And let there be no stumbling block before my prayer.
May it be Your will-
Lord God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Jacob,
great and mighty and awesome God,
God above, “I will be what I will be”-
that all the angels who assist in prayer
may bring my prayer before Your throne of glory
and spread it out before You
for the sake of all the righteous
and the gracious and innocent and honest
and for the honor of Your great and terrible name.
For You hear the prayer of Your people Israel with mercy.
Blessed are You, who hears prayer.
Amen.
Cohen found his place in the world. He fought with words and songs. But it is going to get pitch dark soon.
Wolff Bachner As a Jew, Mr Cohen put his love for Judaism in many of his songs. Baruch HaShem
You did read my post right? I think it makes it quite clear that his devotion to and love for
Judaism, despite any misgivings he might have had about the darkness of the human condition was the basis of much of his work.
I am responding because I really puzzled as to why, after I posted a lengthy piece about the roots of the concept in our religion of Hineni and detailed some of the history of the prayer Cohen refers to, you felt compelled to remind me Leonard was Jewish and put his love for Judaism in his songs.
That was the point of my post in the first place. I was trying to give readers who might be curious or interested a closer look at the majesty of the word Hineni by sharing the full prayer. I was trying to provide a more complete picture of the song. I do believe he was wishing us a fond farewell. tired, a bit sad, worried about the future he would not be part of, but still loving G*d with all his might.
For me, it flies like an arrow to what is my single favorite line in the bible, from the Book of Samuel.
"Wearing a linen ephod, David was dancing before the Lord with all his might"
But this is not the place to study Torah or debate religion, so I will leave it at that. Lord Sacks, former Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom did a magnificent video on this song that is as fine a tribute to Leonard as anyone could ever hope to read, hear or see. I will find a link and add it here when I do.
Baruch HaShem.
AM YISRAEL CHAI.
Wolff, maybe youtube is for sure unholy place for Torah study, but it's still good comment. The song invites this sort of inspiration.
Cohen embraced his Jewishness. Denying it is nonsense.
Haunting song and incredible poetry.
His music is powerful because the Ego may not always understand the lyrics but the subconscious/higher spirited self knows truth. We came to this earth to experience duality and separation from eternal love. Something (not wholly human) had to provide that experience, in order to" kill the flame" of love/spirit. The ego feels victimized, the spirit knows it gave "permission".
My heart is broken. I can't believe you are gone to the other side. Rest in perfect peace
R.I.P. Leonard Cohen.
Thank you for your music, for a part of my life.
Bones and All brought me here. What a badass song.
same
2 rock legends go out with absolute art, Bowie and Cohen two music greats
I'm very big on lyrics I think that's why I kept listening to this song as this is true poetry
Yes- that was amazing. Two great artists, knew how to die, and left something beautiful and poignant for their fans to remember them by.
Well spoken!
Crappy bookends to a crappy year.
Gracias por haber existido y hacerme tan feliz con tus poemas y música.
Hasta siempre.
Bellas palabras Julian! Cohen inspiró varias generaciones - un faro existencial
Завидую англоязычным! Жаль что не могу понять сразу о чем он поет!
Но егл пение,голос,мелодия,
Так завораживает,и каждый раз мурашки!
Песни его все ч глубоким смыслом, заставляют задуматься о жизни,
Обо всем! Баллады о Жизни!❤🎉🎉🎉
I found his poetry before his music. I am truely saddened by his passing. I consider myself fortunate that i got to watch him live in 2008 in toronto.
Absolutely genious song! The new album is a masterpiece!
All his albums are Masterpieces!;-))
AltheaHekate l'île
Ah, catherine, je suis, tres, tres triste..... Leonard Cohen, j'adore.... Je ne crois pas... Il est mort...
Merci pour votre Songs, Mr Cohen.... Adieu mon Nightingale....
AltheaHekate
"A million candles for a love that never came"
"You want it darker"
"We killed a flame"
Damn......I feel this so much
Help not love
@@hanjuabeatin8835 Did u even listen to the whole song? 2:50 go check it !
*the flame
This song can mean so mannnnyyyy things. What is dark and still pure?
it's amazing how the elder statesmen of our time still write the best stuff. Leonard and Stevie Nicks. Chilling, mind blowing
YES!!!!!!!
So sad...........but he had such a full life. I am so glad I discovered him early in my life and was privileged to enjoy this awesomely talented musician and poet. I will have many private Leonard Cohen "concerts" on my hi fi! Thank you for sharing your music with us Leonard - RIP!
Great singer poet and humanist.Gone but not forgotten.
Maybe you were ready but I didn't. Your songs will never die, they'll always be in my heart, Mr. Cohen
Genius artist. Once in a generation the gods send one.
до мурашек, сердце сжимается от его песен, , каждая песня цепляет, земля пухом великий Leonard Cohen.. твои песни всегда со мной..
И почему российские войска бомбят украинские школы и больницы?
@@Distruseoh blow it out your butt jaboo. Just because they wrote a comment in Russian doesn’t equate them to their government’s geopolitical endeavors.
@@Distruseпотому что там прячутся бандеровцы
I saw him in Ghent (Belgium) years ago. Astonishing. Leonard my dear man, thank you so much for all that you gave us. And look back at a good and expiring life you had. Again: thank you.
The first time I heard this song, "Hineni, hineni / I'm ready, my lord" gave me chills to my spine.
Hineni, in Hebrew means, here I am. It is the response Abraham gives when God calls on him to sacrifice his son Isaac.
Just when you think you've heard it all from this legend and perhaps it's time for him to call it a quit, he comes up with yet another spectacular piece of work. By far, one of the most artful musicians whom we've had the pleasure of knowing.
Thank you for being born legendary Leonard Cohen.
Hineni, hineni: I am ready my Lord, RIP Leonard Cohen, sir
This gentle, fragile man has my heart at the age 82 - there will never be an artist like him.
Leonard, you will always be one of the most beautiful artists, RIP..
Leonard saw it coming: You want it darker. . And he took his leave, wanting no part in it.
Heading towards the light now the lucky fellow, to meet dear ones.
Mr. Cohen, can you please from that Higher vantage point make a few kracks in the shell trapping us earthbound, so that some light may reach us, we need it .
Thank you for all Lots of Love
camelshit how high were you when you wrote that comment
Pretty high indeed :) . . . . on emotions.
I'm ready, my lord.” Hineni is Hebrew for “here I am,” and is the response Abraham gives when God calls on him to sacrifice his son Isaac. It is also the name of a prayer of preparation and humility, addressed to God, chanted by the cantor on Rosh Hashanah.
Hello Lora....
And another star will adorn the sky. Thanks for the music. x
ANOTHER MOLD HAS BEEN BROKEN!
Yes it's True Leonard Gave Up The Ghost at 82
His Words were So Brilliant in their Darkness and Search.
He was Like Samson after Delilah Cut his Hair
And The Philistines Took his Eyes...
So Close to God and Yet So Far Away.
What a Beautiful Beautiful Man!
I was Always in Awe and Envy...
"He was Like Samson after Delilah Cut his Hair". Brilliant definition, Mi Chi El Flyn.
Here I Am Send Me LORD! His Words his Lyrics Drew me in... and I was Like OH WOW. If Only I could express myself like him. Mysterious and Simple with Meaning Deeper than the Ocean. And then with Head phones I would become immersed. That little clip was actually channeling him and him describing himself to me. Prince spoke to me as well... people that I've been so close to yet never knew. And Jesus send them to me for a brief second. I know it's weird...Heck for all we know He may have been Samson Once... LOL don't take this too serious. Zee Arc Tune aka Sirlectric aka Mi Ch El
Li Lise
Leonard got it. God, The Son, nailed on the cross.
*Magnified, sanctified Be thy holy name Vilified, crucified In the human frame*
SONG seems to imply a dialogue with GOD - with little redemption on God's part or on our own part! He is ready LORD! As we all must be - to meet our maker! THANK YOU LEONARD FOR YOUR POWERFUL POETRY SET TO YOUR BEAUTIFUL MUSIC!
A phrase to remember: ' You want it darker'. Another terrific song.
Danke, lieber Torsten Sträter, dass du in deiner letzten Radiosendung auf BBRadio diesen großartigen Sänger und dieses Album erwähnt hast. Echt spitze. Bin begeistert.
Thank you for all the hours I spent with you....RIP Leonard
*Hineni, hineni
I'm ready, my lord*....................... RIP Leonard Cohen .September 21, 1934 - November 7, 2016 ..............
Hineni, hineni.. I am.. I am in Hebrew..
its mean "here I am " in old Hebrew.
pilottests I knew Cohen was Jewish cuz he told me but I was trying to find that on my translate app and couldn't. Thanks
A music full of wisdom, spiritual and infinite...great Leonard
Thank you so much Leonard. Love and Blessings to you. Go in the light
He would have hated what has just happened to us