Leonard Cohen - Famous Blue Raincoat (Official Audio)

Leonard Cohen - Famous Blue Raincoat (Official Audio)
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Lyrics:
It's four in the morning, the end of December
I'm writing you now just to see if you're better
New York is cold, but I like where I'm living
There's music on Clinton Street all through the evening
I hear that you're building your little house deep in the desert
You're living for nothing now. I hope you're keeping some kind of record
Yes, and Jane came by with a lock of your hair
She said that you gave it to her
That night that you planned to go clear
Did you ever go clear?
Oh, the last time we saw you you looked so much older
Your famous blue raincoat was torn at the shoulder
You'd been to the station to meet every train
But then you came home without Lili Marlene
And you treated my woman to a flake of your life
And when she came back she was nobody's wife
I see you there with the rose in your teeth
One more thin gypsy thief
Well I see Jane's awake
She sends her regard
And what can I tell you my brother, my killer?
What can I possibly say?
I guess that I miss you. I guess I forgive you
I'm glad you stood in my way
If you ever come by here
For Jane or for me
Well, your enemy is sleeping
And his woman is free
Yes, and thanks for the trouble you took from her eyes
I thought it was there for good so I never tried
And Jane came by with a lock of your hair
She said that you gave it to her
That night that you planned to go clear
Sincerely, L. Cohen
#LeonardCohen #FamousBlueRaincoat

[@laura3003]

that female voice in the background singing "da da" is the icing of the cake in this song.

[@robertocarloshess]

Especially at 3:30 when two women sing „da da“ in harmony.

[@TheAvivakta]

You sure right about that. Wish i could see him but too late for that.

[@jodicummings380]

It's the web sisters

[@rolphy4338]

Certainly is Laura, sets the mood x

[@S.J.L]

Female backing vocals really make many songs. Many of Cohen's, good call. It's the interplay between the two that makes great music, either sonically or by inspiration.

[@cilllyn]

Hi. I’m writing this with tears in my eyes. I’m 14 and just learned that my dad passed from a heart attack today. this was his favourite song right now and he loved sitting in my kitchen and playing it on the speakers. this song will always be a huge part of my life from this day on. Edit: It’s been a year now and I want to thank all of you who have left kind words on this comment. “All things grow with time, except grief” This past year has gone by in the blink of an eye while also simultaneously feeling like the longest year of my life. Life without my dad is different. There’s a hole that can not and will not be filled but that’s not a bad thing. That hole serves as a reminder of the great man that was my dad. People say that time heals, but I disagree. I think that time lets you accept what has happened but the scar remains. This song now serves as a beautiful trip down memory lane in place of a painful ballad of mourning. For anyone reading this who has recently lost someone they love dearly, weep as much as you need. Every tear is a drop of love with nowhere else to go. Try your best to carry on but make sure to take days off to relax and be alone if you need to. Again, thank you for the messages and lots of love to you all.

[@ginaprespare1316]

Cillian, so very sorry you lost your Dad. I hope this song keeps you connected to him.

[@sylviagrantins]

OMG, what a terrible shock. I'm so sorry, play this song often. My Dad passed almost three years ago. His favourite music helps keep him close to me.

[@colin6372]

@@gard7662 I was also 6 when my father died,, I am 63 now; you are right "The hole he left in your world will never be filled, but it will get easier to bear" (perhaps more manageable certainly). But lets not pretend that all will be made better in some future time; that's a beautiful fantasy but it's not the reality.

[@colin6372]

@@gard7662 I am not sure why you say I am "prick". No one is doing that (not at all clear what 'that' is?).

[@paulr7028]

Me too. God bless

[@johnbennettusa123]

It really is 4 in the morning and I cannot sleep .... I am 70 now .... I was 18 when I found Leonard Cohen's music .... Saw him "live" approx 6 times, including a 3 day hippie festival in the middle of nowhere in the South of France .... he turned up on a white horse and sang a lot in French .... he has meant so much to me all of my life, and I feel the need to tell somebody! PS a year later .... Thank you to everyone who, over the last year, and to my amazement, gave me 1800 likes and lots of comments about Leonard Cohen and what he means to me ..... We HAVE something that non-Cohen lovers have no clue about! .... One or 2 of you asked to know more about me .... As you asked, all I can say is "Like a bird on a wire .... I have tried in my own way to be free" .... Aged 26 I spent a year under Bhagwan in India and ironically I discovered just after that Jesus is "truly the Son of God", and whatever beliefs you may have, HE is still the "Gateway to heaven" and "Lord of heaven and earth" .... He "laid aside His majesty, and humbled Himself and became a man", and lived and died FOR US ...

[@vallarishandilya3297]

wow:)

[@cuddlygoblin]

I discovered this song when I was 19. I am 34 now. It's an incredible song! Thanks for sharing, I hear you. I kept dreaming I could go to a concert when he was with us but can barely go out because of mental health problems.

[@bonganichavalala3261]

Tell me more

[@sisuboy]

I'm 71 and I discovered him in 1969 somehow. I really don't remember, but his depression spoke to me. Just love the man and will hope to honor his memory until I join him in death.

[@miguelfajardo7913]

😮

[@petedossett6301]

The greatest Leonard song of them all... if only for the lines: "Thanks for the trouble you took from her eyes / I thought it was there for good so I never tried."

[@DarkSide_Vinyl]

This was the very line that got me too! Amazing talent.

[@waldemarsadecki5278]

yes im agree

[@annechatoka3902]

Have always loved Leonard Cohen. What a voice. To write poetry is one thing and then to put it to music so hauntingly beautiful. Besides embracing your soul and moving your awareness, Leonard Cohen, you did a fantastic job. A Thousand Kisses Deep and so many deep moving awesome songs and lyrics. Anne🙏🌵🎵🎧

[@gillesmassonaud7903]

Can you guys wonder how lucky you are able to understand those lyrics. And how frustrating it is to miss it with Cohen, Dylan and few others

[@janetparran2535]

Agree. I think these are the greatest lines of any song I've ever heard

[@RClock-bb7gi]

My son doesn't get Leonards' music yet, but I will leave this comment for him to find after I'm gone. This song meant so much to me. Hopefully youtube survives. I love you. Keep searching. Carpe diem.

[@butimar68]

That's one great message to leave. Much love to you both.

[@fatihrime]

🫡

[@MrSilvertree2737]

🫡

[@yuchenwu470]

l am a chinese.My English is not good.but when l heard this sing my heart get peace

[@sroycze9284]

my friend ;cohen is far greater than the barriers of language and culture.....i hope you stay safe in the middle of the corona Crisis

[@albedoxy]

@@filippo-m-7824 Sorry

[@cboothe62]

I love that this brings one peace

[@GhostyGhost7007]

This is honestly a really beautiful comment. Music is the language of the soul, it transcends the language barrier. Safe travels, brother.

[@yuchenwu470]

@@GhostyGhost7007 l love this song and l also want to persue my favorite.He is a romantic poet and wonderful prior

[@stevepayne5965]

A man whose voice sounded like tears.

[@MrAdriancooke]

Or like silent raindrops on a window at nightfall

[@marita7424]

and is as deep as his soul

[@fredthomas4342]

Hello Steve..

[@garysmart8158]

Well said

[@fatal6849]

A man...

[@FearPlayBoyz]

"Yes, and thanks, for the trouble you took from her eyes I thought it was there for good so I never tried." I tell you. It takes guts to write and sing this. Cohen is art.

[@spiritofthewinds9089]

So true.

[@RS-rz9xj]

My husband said appreciatively that every female graduate student wanted to sleep with Leonard Cohen 🤗

[@shayantheunworthy3390]

Here in Iran, It's literally "four in the morning, the end of December". A year contains 525,959 and 4/15 minutes and Mr Cohen made this specific minute super special (at least for me). R.I.P❤️

[@ivristern2601]

@Shayan The unworthy - peace and love from Israel to Iran with Leonard Cohen poetry.

[@osmq4287]

@@ivristern2601 you just made me smile.. Thank you so much..

[@slybuster]

Did you rub one out to his voice or something? Used the same Kleen-x to dry your tears after...made it special?

[@saraivatoledo1842]

@@slybuster How being a knob will benefit anybody/anything ?

[@slybuster]

@@saraivatoledo1842 Crass humor is the antidote to literary pretensions.

[@daveysaturn7232]

I'm here today at the end of December. I had my intimate encounters, but solitude is something that overrides my desire to keep company.

[@lauratanase4724]

Totally agree

[@nicholassgouros8612]

@@lauratanase4724 Sounds like a love connection.

[@Stranger_In_The_Alps]

Also known as “money over bitches” MG.TOW is the way.

[@tom-ht3ju]

Nah. Humans are an extremely social species. We need people around us, and long for love and acceptance. You may need to surround yourself with better people, to gain empathy and understanding. Life become much easier if we share our burdens with others. Good luck, friend.

[@OpePlumbing]

Your a Capricorn?

[@castalla999]

I saw Leonard sing this in 85 at a beautiful concert. My love had tears glistening in her eyes. I looked at her and she saw the tears in my own eyes. It was a moment that transcended time in my life, as if we understood shared emotions from our past. Thank you Leonard Cohen for this and many great memories of song

[@gregorygoldberg132]

such a beautiful moment...

[@hannahyoung323]

🌹🌹💘

[@davidcunningham4424]

TMI

[@the-mighty-quinn6966]

Not possible to listen to this song without sadness. Leonard was such a genious. Miss him.

[@ericpetit1893]

Beautiful comment

[@kubi_lazy]

"Thanks for the trouble you took from her eyes." It took me major heart break to understand how deep is this line. It was always there with my woman. But I tried to take it away, I couldn't. She didn't give me a good reason for the break up, I guess it was that trouble in her eyes, all the time.

[@marita7424]

"Yes, and thanks, for the trouble you took from her eyes I thought it was there for good so I never tried." - by this he eventually admits that the 'friend' was able to make Jane happier than he ever could.

[@kubi_lazy]

​@@marita7424 Yes, exactly. This is why I said unlike Cohen I tried to take it away, but I couldn't. Sometimes It is that person for you, but you are not the one for them doesn't matter how hard you try. I hope she finds the person who will take the trouble from her eyes.

[@marita7424]

@@kubi_lazy Understand, however the whole song is about 'love triangle' as you know perhaps so that this is about another type of love.... the complicated one and painful.... While being interviewed on the BBC in 1994, Cohen was asked about the circumstances that led to the song. He said: I always felt that there was an invisible male seducing the woman I was with, now whether this one was incarnate or merely imaginary I don't remember. I've always had the sense that either I've been that figure in relation to another couple or there'd been a figure like that in relation to my marriage. I don't quite remember but I did have this feeling that there was always a third party, sometimes me, sometimes another man, sometimes another woman.

[@kubi_lazy]

@@marita7424 Thank you, I knew the story already since I've searched after listening to it to understand further what he actually tells. I just found something similar with my last relationship in this small but strong detail and was pointing it out. I am aware the song is about something totally different than my point in general.

[@marita7424]

@@kubi_lazy The song is so close to my heart and soul, my broken heart. ...I new it was there for good so I never tried... I couldn't. Because.

[@taylorGre]

I'm now 16 years old, balling my eyes out at 3:47 in the morning listening to this master piece, my mom brought me here as Leonard was her favourite artist. Listening to him just makes me feel as if she is sitting right next to me. Rest easy, and I'm sure she already asked you for a dinner date in heaven😅

[@sofijamitic8687]

I am also 16 and i feel the same as you

[@juanmawr6330]

[@allblack4777]

Music crosses the boundaries between life and death. Some pieces more than others. This man was a Cohen. You should look up what the Cohen family name means. Love you, kiddo. I hope you enjoyed your mama's visit.

[@johnbennettusa123]

I have tried to share him with my 3 children all now in their 30's .... I'll get there! .... (I also have tried in my way to be free) ....

[@happytrails5342]

Give this cover a listen🙂 kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZLJYZqwhricha8 And then AURORA Through The Eyes Of a Child

[@thinice6080]

what a masterpiece, what a voice. So long, poet.

[@fatal6849]

Tears...

[@trinidadapodaca7027]

yeah so long, but i'm still here; trinidad apodaca poet: goog me gracious

[@fatal6849]

@@trinidadapodaca7027 Quelle modestie !

[@61807605]

Leonard Cohen's music & poetry is present in my life since more than 50 years and it will go on until I follow him to the place where he is now.

[@lorraine.bernardettehoole7743]

50 years this year for me and still in love with his music and poetry

[@pangur780]

Heard this in my bedroom as a 16 yr old and figured out what proper song writing was. 32 years later and it still evokes deserts, train stations, complex relationships and bedrooms. A masterpiece.

[@joshbrooks796]

And what can I tell you my brother? My killer? What can I possibly say? I guess that I miss you, I guess I forgive you, I'm glad you stood in my way. Such a powerful line

[@nihalkumar9102]

It's been a ritual for me to wake up by 4 on the 31st of December and listen to this song from the past 3 years. Can't relate much with the overt themes in the song but it somehow still acts as a closure of every year for me. Let's see for how long this goes on. Cheers.

[@caoimhinbenjamin9998]

I once drove to a concert at four in the morning, the end of December with a friend, and this started playing on the radio as we drove. It was spooky. Sort of.

[@nihalkumar9102]

Sounds surreal. I doubt it gets better than that. I'd love to stay in that moment forever.

[@mollyfurey894]

I'm 18 years old and have only just discovered this song but by GOD it is good

[@hookywookywithmalarkyman704]

I went out to buy a classical guitar to learn how to play his songs when i was 22 & now i am 70 !!

[@awikio]

How did it go?

[@hookywookywithmalarkyman704]

@@awikio KZbin is your friend !

[@davidjordan9759]

Congrats on having the good taste to find it when it is now unfashionable. I first heard it about 50 years ago and it's still a favourite - together with 'That's no way to say goodbye'.

[@FIONA21ful]

I was 4 yrs old the first time I heard this and I was captivated for life. My hippy uncles playing records in the 1970s instilled a wonderful love of many types of music in me. This beautiful song remains my favourite of Cohens although I love most of his stuff.

[@brizey9776]

This song has a really specific feel. It almost smells of cigarettes, coffee, and a vague sense of nostalgia tinged with melancholy.

[@jillybean3227]

Nailed it.

[@edmundpower1250]

Brizey you're a poet and you don't know it!

[@pragatisubhadarshinee113]

Perfectly described brizey!

[@Lonesomepoet]

@@edmundpower1250 No

[@noramoussaoui3627]

and a touch of whisky...

[@Cernumospete]

It is fascinating how his voice changed over time.

[@martimribeiro7538]

everyones voice...

[@inkoinfinity2]

@@martimribeiro7538 usually not to this degree

[@somniansvulpes]

tobacco

[@blank6165]

@@inkoinfinity2 smoking and the drink combined with aging will do that to a man

[@inkoinfinity2]

@@blank6165 yes that is true

[@lostinmusic5431]

The Master of Melancholia.

[@awikio]

Yes!! You described his music just right. Nobody beats Cohen. So beautiful and so sad. And it wasn’t just an act either, just look at the few interviews with him. There’s always something sad within him, something “pushing” him down.

[@butimar68]

This is becoming my favorite Cohen song. I struggle to handle sorrow and admire wisdom in it. Just so perfect.

[@sophiaharvey7890]

Impossible not to cry. One of the best songs ever written.

[@DJYungHoxha]

R.i.p. leonard cohen. the last great poet of our time. fare thee well.

[@bdrowe63]

My eyes were shutting down for a time, then this....

[@aclockworkapple5851]

AnRTPgA More art will come, never underestimate the creative potential of humanity.

[@MarkTheBattler]

We’ve still got Tom Waits :)

[@Hirnlego999]

Cave and Waits are still here

[@michaelmcgcp]

We had Hunter when you wrote this and Dylan is around. Don’t be so discouraged

[@yassinali4996]

really now is 4 in the morning end of december

[@martinnolan4332]

Yassin Ali dood

[@museical72]

Mega mood my dood

[@mparasc]

Same in June, el mismo🙏

[@justdelarge8256]

Borderina As concuerdo

[@Happyheart146]

7 a.m BST. August.

[@12345lans]

“ She sends her regard” This line, and the guitar that follows is gut wrenching.

[@jomilkman]

The words "She sends her regards" delivered like a dagger. Geez, what a song.

[@icarussuraki9929]

I always have and probably always will find myself listening to this song in the last few days before New Year's Day...

[@alteregoafterhours7474]

I thought I was the only one.

[@teresecondon-yost4241]

I first saw him in 1973. It was just him in white singing. I had already been swept away by Suzanne and Sisters of Mercy. My boyfriend said I was elevating. I especially like his last one. We grew old together

[@lynnmeadows177]

This song reminds me so much of Burt, that thin gypsy thief. What can I tell you my brother, my killer? Thank you sincerely Leonard Cohen for the soundtrack of my life. The music will live forever as will yr legend

[@MrCrapman10]

Probably my favorite Leonard Cohen song, makes me almost cry every time I hear it. So powerful, I'm 50 now & only came across his music in 2017. I liked how his voice changed over the years. I never heard a song he sang I didn't enjoy. RIP LC, you brought lots of love to this old world.

[@Gammadian]

His songs are often sad, poignant and beautiful. As a teenager he touched me deeply, and continues to. I still sing his songs. Thank you Leonard, you are a great poet and singer.

[@chrisbush1946]

Just the greatest

[@penelopehill9710]

Same here with resonanance of Cohen's lyrical voice singing to my broken heart yet . . . moving onwards with me my friend . . .

[@anastassiyaschacht1828]

On my first listening of this song, the line "thanks for the trouble you took from her eyes, I thought it was there for good, so i never tried" nearly broke me. I felt so deeply with Jane, knowing exactly how it felt for her, too. It still scratches like hell. Cohen has some indescribable magic in his texts.

[@klabautermann7384]

This is one of the best songs ever written. Such a depth, and you feel as if you are really in New York in a lonely foggy road

[@anuranbhattacharya9938]

Your enemy is sleeping and your woman is free..... Sends chills to the heart

[@Ishtarmohammadi]

*his woman

[@Par1s4]

It's 3 in the morning, 19 of December and I just discovered this wonderful song! What a great coincidence.

[@Par1s4]

And one year later I'm still here 16 of December 2021

[@SlviaD]

those are the best musical surprises

[@Whatzzzz999]

I can't think of another song that sets an atmosphere like this one. Listen to it at noon on a bright sunny July day, and it's immediately 4 in the morning, the end of December. Genius. And the lines: 'Thanks For the trouble you took From her eyes I thought it was there For good So I never tried' A great song from a truly great album. Life-changing!

[@monke2871]

"And thanks for the trouble you took from her eyes, I thought it was there for good so I never tried" Such an amazing line. And the clarity in the instruments and emphasis on the guitar as he sings it makes it hit so hard.

[@ahmetserdarkanburoglu2782]

nothing is like loving and hating someone at the same time.

[@e.minegirgin]

Exactly :)

[@leonardneuville1792]

it is my great honor to have been named after this genius. A favorite of my mother's, my grandfather's and mine. Legendary writing, singing and living.

[@varun6120]

Thank you Connor Roy for introducing me, an Indian, to Leonard Cohen.

[@margogaunt6588]

well.. it is four in the morning, the end of december. i’m standing in this moment with this song resonating deeply in me... i hope the next year will be kind to all of you thanks leonard

[@johngault6218]

There is no lasting happiness in life, only a mirage on the horizon. Leonard knew that.

[@Pedro83214]

One of the best songs ever...pure magic, pure beauty, pure love and forgiveness. May he live forever in the heart of God.

[@Pedro83214]

Thank you for the like!

[@idoavisar4845]

@@Pedro83214 is the 'he' referring to the song or the artist?

[@Pedro83214]

@@idoavisar4845 To the artist.

[@anothertime1282]

I'm an atheist but I feel exactly what you mean.

[@AurelMocanu]

Amen !

[@timothygrayson]

A touching song. Full of emotion and good taste. Leonard's triumph.

[@richardduplessis1090]

Bollox, - the idle strummings of a cynic guiding others to destruction.

[@timothygrayson]

@@richardduplessis1090 And why not?

[@richardduplessis1090]

@@timothygrayson you think guiding others to destruction is a good thing?

[@timothygrayson]

@richardduplessis1090 No! But Leonard has much baggage much anger because of the Holocaust perhaps?

[@richardduplessis1090]

@@timothygrayson What Holocaust? That term was invented in the 1970's and prior to that people of Cohen;'s generation in America were brought up on the stated truth that "thousands" of Jews were k****d during that period, - not millions. I would suggest that Cohen's contempt primarliy stems from Talmudic values which treat all Gentiles as subhuman.

[@Linkinbird617]

Those backing vocals always break my fucking heart.

[@robertcronin6603]

For sure.

[@jeandupont5860]

There is a women somewhere in that very earth. This song was written for her and me. Pure coincidence. I adore her and nobody will never know. Thanks for that music.

[@seeyouallintherapy]

connor succession so true

[@badstyles84]

Rest In Peace, Beautiful Spirit. Deep Soul.

[@elizabethhann4028]

Amen to that.

[@jonwright5320]

Missing you Leonard. I’ll always be thankful for being able to hear you play live on my favourite stage in my spiritual home of Glastonbury Festival. it was magical. Always missing you.😢

[@kendalldelroy]

Connor Roy certainly has good taste in music. 🙌

[@RajeshSingh-je8nd]

The level of writing in this song is absolutely astonishing.

[@hendrikdebruin4012]

What is devastating in life is when you finally realize you are the guy with the blue raincoat. May the Lord forgive me.

[@mt_mt13]

I found out about Leonard Cohen as a 9-year-old girl, watching a boy performing Hallelujah at a talent show. I knew so little about him that I mispronounced his name and the only thing that I knew, beside mispronounced name, was that he wrote Hallelujah, not Jeff Buckley. Since I had read that he was from Canada, every summer when my mother's best friend from Canada came to Croatia , I would ask her about Cohen, she also liked to listen to him. I have now matured to understand that kind of music, Cohen is my favourite singer but my mother's best friend is really old and sick, she sold the house and she will never return to Croatia. I can’t reach out to her to tell her how much I appreciate and miss her, but my mother sends her regards! I can't describe gloomines I feel when I listen to this song thinking about all the things that woman taught me. I miss her a lot and I hope she gets well…..❤

[@adamlister3715]

One of the most amazing literary pieces ever written. RIP Leonard Cohen.

[@albertomiranda5704]

I am now in my twilight years, Cohen' s music and poetry were revealed to me a bit late in life, but it was a revelation. He mastered the definitive issues of human life, sex, religion, meaning and love, and a horror of domesticity. He was of the greats...

[@Quzga]

Connor Roy was interested in Leonard Cohen at a very young age

[@julessmithers1743]

Without even listening to and processing the lyrics the sound and atmosphere alone is capable of evoking ones emotions from a very deep place in the soul. I was caught off guard unexpectedly when driving on a dark night when this came on and I burst of tears .

[@anothertime1282]

'and I burst of tears. ' - think we've all shed those tears. We are a brotherhood of tears.

[@gokselsezginer2978]

Thanks for the tears Leonard. They cant hurt you anymore

[@dustandcold]

Göksel Sezginer Huzur içinde yatsın.

[@serbianstallion8321]

Its four in the morning, the end of December and i'm listening to this song, neat.

[@vicbarrett540]

Same here. 31st December 2020.

[@sharonrebibo1232]

​@@vicbarrett540 Hope you feel fine today. 14th February 2024.❤❤❤

[@kirra77]

My cat Oscar loved this song. I would rock him to sleep. It was so familiar to him. I played it hundreds of times for while rocking him to sleep. He was immediately limp. Like hypnosis. He died two months ago, I’m writing this while my Bluetooth speaker plays this beautiful song over top of his gravesite in my backyard. I hope he can hear it from the heavens above.

[@sirbarnabyst.johntoffingto9017]

I hope.

[@sirbarnabyst.johntoffingto9017]

I once knew a cat called Oscar, now also departed.

[@andrewcarson5850]

Hopefully Leonard is giving him a live version.

[@Rawplug1000]

the world's a little less beautiful today-but we will always have his music and words. No one showed us the world like Leonard did.

[@nickmiller3319]

"Thanks, for the trouble you took from her eyes, I thought it was there for good, so I never tried." The best lyric ever?

[@chantalpinchon3983]

J avais une vingtaine d'années quand j'ai découvert et aimé Léonard Cohen. J'ai 69 ans aujourd'hui et je l'écoute toujours avec la même émotion . Surtout " famous blue raincoat" .Aucune autre chanson ne provoque en moi un tel bouleversement. Merci Léonard d'avoir enchanté ma vie

[@mazobrien7123]

Love from London. C'est vrai. Xx

[@caitlinmelvage8967]

We are the same age and became aware of Leonard Cohen at an age before we knew what did or could lie ahead. We only "guessed" about love. All of who we would become was as yet unknown. But Leonard Cohen treated us to "flakes of his life" for all these years, like an emotional twin from whom we cannot separate our paths. I am grateful for his example for the finale. Like "The little Prince", I watch for Cohen in the stars. It's unbelievable that your comment evoked this. I've decided not to erase it. Sincerely, K. Fricks

[@fatal6849]

@@caitlinmelvage8967 Life goes so fast. I was 15. I will be 64 in one month. What's happen?

[@3rdstone1]

Yes, and thanks for the trouble you took from her eyes I thought it was there for good so I never tried Crap, that always get me. And has for the last 30 years since I first heard this song.

[@Argha07Chakraborty]

It's really four in the morning here in Kolkata. Far away from "new york is cold" but i can find acute similarity of the song. Late night work and someone that I've lost forever haunts me. Cohen sounds like my heart. I wish i were in his concert sometime. I wish cohen to be immortal.

[@idat.n.3212]

There's something in this song, I listen to it without getting tired after thousands of times.

[@mariaesther468]

One of those songs I wish could last forever...

[@bellmeisterful]

It will.

[@billyalarie929]

reading a novel called Dear Thief largely inspired by this specific song. it's gorgeous, and i recommend it to everyone here, now or in the future.

[@ShekharSircar]

Who is the novelist?

[@billyalarie929]

@@ShekharSircar Samantha Harvey

[@juancamacho5746]

It's four in the morning, the end of December I'm writing you now just to see if you're better New York is cold, but I like where I'm living There's music on Clinton Street all through the evening I hear that you're building your little house deep in the desert You're living for nothing now, I hope you're keeping some kind of record Yes, and Jane came by with a lock of your hair She said that you gave it to her That night that you planned to go clear Did you ever go clear? Ah, the last time we saw you you looked so much older Your famous blue raincoat was torn at the shoulder You'd been to the station to meet every train, and You came home without Lili Marlene And you treated my woman to a flake of your life And when she came back she was nobody's wife Well I see you there with the rose in your teeth One more thin gypsy thief Well, I see Jane's awake She sends her regards 🎵🎶 And what can I tell you my brother, my killer What can I possibly say? I guess that I miss you, I guess I forgive you I'm glad you stood in my way If you ever come by here, for Jane or for me Well, your enemy is sleeping, and his woman is free Yes, and thanks, for the trouble you took from her eyes I thought it was there for good so I never tried And Jane came by with a lock of your hair She said that you gave it to her That night that you planned to go clear

[@cliftongal51]

I think Leonard Cohen's music must have contributed to many of our lives, after reading the comments below. I "discovered" his music when I was in college in the early 1970s. I was hooked, and by so many things I heard. His inherent sadness, resigned perhaps to it, but still something of a wild and romantic soul. These qualities jump out of his melodies and lyrics, and have allowed me to be sad, resigned, wild and romantic as well. It's never grown old, and it's heartening to read that a lot of young people have also "discovered" him.

[@spiritofthewinds9089]

Beautiful words and so true. The impact of his music you've described, same for me. And even more. He gives me some weird and very special kind of tranquility and harmony in the darkness and believe me, I know the darkness. Whenever it gets to much and I feel like the end is very near, I listen to his music and I find comfort and peace within the sadness and all of the anger, desperation and all the negative feelings are blown off of me as if there was a storm that's going right through my mind and leaving nothing but a kind of empty but yet loving sadness that's almost like a friend, not an enemy. A friend that wouldn't hurt me, but soothes me and bears life with me. Even my body gets quiet in a good way, similar to the feeling you have when you've cried until you have no tears left and just feel... calm and exhausted. Don't know how to describe it, very bad with words. But I've never had this feeling before I heard Mr. Cohens music for the first time and never without it. He was a genius and an extremely sensitive, mindful and fascinating soul. His music is a wonderful and inspiring gift to humanity and same as you, I'm so glad even young people love and maybe even understand it. Although I'm young myself(28), but his music has been such a huge part of my life for many years and I'm sure without it my life would look a whole lot different today. Maybe I wouldn't even be here anymore.

[@ajoyjana3991]

Its not 5 in morning and end of January. I embrace this song like a scarf around my neck.

[@billburnett1531]

This song is fascinating. I love it dearly, and have always wondered about it since the narrator character is so unlike Leonard. He wasn't one to be "married" and cuckolded by another, smoother man. Then I read that Leonard himself, in real life, had a "famous blue raincoat" that was his trademark for a while. And it dawned on me that he was the man who came and treated the letter-writer's woman to a flake of his life. He was the one living for nothing now in the desert, who came one night and gave Jane a lock of his hair. He's writing from the POV of the man whose life he disrupted. And pointing out to him, in the last lines, that the man wasn't trying hard enough to take the trouble out of Jane's eyes. Fascinating.

[@maha9781]

i thought the same, but then what about the last sentence? Sincerely l.Cohen?

[@vertyisprobablydead]

Amazing songwriting, great finger pattern too

[@billjenkin881]

@@maha9781 In later life when when performing this song he substituted "Sincerely, L Cohen" with "Sincerely, a friend".

[@simonewhite]

I like this theory. I think people take songwriters too literally much of the time. Songwriters can write from other points of view just as poets, novelists, screenwriters. But also, as someone commented, "maybe he's both". We have the capacity for all experience in us, and we're connected in many more ways that we seem. All one. :-))

[@JambiDAgenie]

I’ve always gone with what I think is the most evil interpretation - there was truer love in the affair between the singer’s wife and friend, but by the end the singer has dominated her and deprived her of the will to leave, while his friend is left “living for nothing.” “Your enemy is sleeping / and his woman is free” is one of the crucial lines, essentially a brag - although it was the other man who took the trouble from her eyes, the one who never tried still possesses her, and is perversely confident about it - she is free to leave, but she won’t. It seems a more typical Leonard character than the cuckolded husband. Such a haunting, enigmatic song

[@nihalkumar9102]

Just woke up before 4 in the morning on 31st to listen to it right now. Feels surreal.

[@daniellewis409]

It takes the insanity of love to truly know that someone is better off without you.

[@janetamplin7318]

❤jane

[@lindyasimus]

50 Years and we love it more than ever. Thanks Leonard.

[@taelicious6162]

I'm here today, at the end of December 2021. From 4 a.m. this was playing on loop. Winter and Cohen together can wither you in a way you feel absolutely dead. Dead with emotion. Years from now I might find my comment again and can remember this feeling. What a beautiful time travel that would be !❤ Edit: It's the end of 2022 and here I am. Again.

[@johnbennettusa123]

so touching to see all these comments ....

[@taelicious6162]

@@johnbennettusa123 I just saw your comment too. Music is truly a bridge that connects people from places. I hope you are doing fine. Stay safe.❤️

[@Missjunebugfreak]

Leonard Cohen's music is a balm to the soul.

[@hamadnajam9853]

❤️

[@EricQuigleyMusic]

Of all the great songs Leonard's written, something in the majesty of that chorus melody sends this one to the top for me, or very near it.

[@anitapepita1909]

He is a master. With words. And as he grew older the voice got deeper and Even more magical

[@MariolaM63]

głos, który nie zniknie z naszej fonii. Wielki szacunek.

[@rebeccashardy6717]

Once I owned a cerulean blue raincoat and yes, in honor of this great gypsy thief and chevalier, I wore it until it was worn and torn.

[@hayrettinsoyer5906]

The first time I heard Leonard Cohen from a cassette recorder in an old Bobble car to trip to Cappadoccia, I was with a stolen green-eyed girl to celebrate the new year. I was 30 years old. Then I heard him alive in "Kongeparken, Ålgård" I fall in love with the blond Choir girl on his right side. then I understood quite well "No cure for Love", I was with Suzanne.2.nd time I heard him alive again in an outdoor concert in Langesund on July.18.2009 with Anne, The last time I heard him a year after with his eternal Love Marianna sitting in front of me in the first VIP seat in front of me in Oslo Spectrum. Now I am 77 years of age, and my heart is still beating with a pacemaker, and I have no control of it.

[@paulmccairn7111]

I named by youngest son Cohen after the great man himself....

[@baltzars]

The humility in this song brings me to tears just thinking about it. It might be the most poignant song ever written about emotional sacrifice for the happiness of another.

[@Maksenchabi15]

It’s 4 in the morning the end of December indeed , listening to this masterpiece, from Montreal home of the legend Leonard Cohen. 5 years ago I used to listen to it in my home country, now I’m living it.

[@loridair388]

Christo just passed away, RIP. My husband and I drove through the Umbrellas installation in Southern California in 1991. He had made us a mix tape of yellow and blue songs (Christo installed yellow umbrellas in California, and blue ones in Japan). This is one of the songs on our mix tape, so I wanted to hear it now as a kind of farewell to Christo.

[@Skanda1111]

So beautiful.I Hope you're doing great.

[@patriciathewisher2315]

My fave Leonard album. First I heard - it blew me away when I was 17

[@oeiras99]

A mysterious and beautiful song. Very personal and signed off at the end. Never heard Leonard Cohen's voice and guitar playing recorded better.

[@elizabethhann4028]

One of my favorite Leonard Cohen songs. Certainly one of the very few Leonard Cohen songs I've loved enough to want to imitate.

[@veraarmeni7715]

these backing vocals are so important for this composition

[@mohammedouhdi3607]

Such a beautiful song, I come here every 31st of december to listen to it.

[@andrevanderberg9966]

The times, the times.. . Your voice my soundtrack, your words my light.

[@jbreeze161]

This song makes me sad, happy and satisfied all at once.

[@KeyserSoze66]

Ahh it's actually 4 in the morning the end of December

[@stevejulian]

Had never heard of Cohen until Closing Time made the radio. Until then I was blissful ignorant of the greatness in the words and songs of Cohen. Only now am i really exploring the greatness.

[@Pedro83214]

It's never too late, because real art is eternal. The truth and beauty in his songs are eternal. It is always the present and it's always new. No matter how many people knew him before you, once you get to know him, it is a new birth for you, a new beginning in your life, no different than for the one who first heard him. That' the beauty of life. A newborn child, seeing his mother for the first time, does not ask how many eyes have seen her before him. So congratulations for your discovery! I am happy for you!!!

[@mignanjoel6552]

Indépassable, la magie, la proximité de la voix, posée, sans emphase, la tristesse sans fond, sans égal...

[@robinkrahn-vn7st]

Master song and poet writers like Cohen are becoming a lost art. So full of beauty truth and love.

[@patriceglasson2413]

cela fait presque 50ans que j'ai découvert Leonard Cohen et je ne m'en lasse pas. il me manque beaucoup. Be in peace Mister Leonard

[@johnbennettusa123]

moi aussi ....