Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker (Lyric)

[@MortenGrueSrensen]

Give this man a Nobel prize in literature ! This is just amazing.

[@AnnaBelangerAnnabelle]

TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU ! ALL OF HIS MATERIAL IS AMAZING!!!

[@targarosko]

YES YES YES ........♥♥♥

[@fredngeoffphone1320]

bitchy queens

[@fredngeoffphone1320]

what happens when does the same thing

[@targarosko]

wow so so class !!!!

[@pbunting5143]

I love Cohen's conversations with God

[@Columba_Kos]

Indeed. Much of Cohen's art was either a conversation with God, or a celebration of a man's greatest treasure; his lover.

[@tamarapetrov4990]

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!

[@ИльяЛенин-е8у]

Да, это действительно так!!!

[@eileengabellini6935]

Just found this gem. What a beautiful last gift to the world. This is powerful. Bless you Leonard Cohen

[@MadonnaGrogan]

Not creepy just ready to go to next levei

[@Binknew]

💛🔥🕊️

[@DarrenAllison-i9k]

On top of you sold your sold it's really here.

[@cullyschmetterling3963]

Leonard Cohen never disappoints. The older he becomes, the better his music.

[@wintherr3527]

Nope. His music has always been as good as this.

[@ishosharma3466]

NOBEL PRIZE FOR LEONARD COHEN IS OVERDUE :-)

[@kllk90]

Cully Schmetterling HE JUST DIED

[@noeldocrpsych2966]

rest in peace sir, what a poet, wordsmith you were!

[@woswasdenni1914]

kllk90 well that just means his next album will be on a whole new level

[@arib8367]

For anyone wondering, "hineni" is Hebrew for "here I am".

[@cristinachelariu1819]

Thanks for the clarification. Also, what does he mean by "You want it darker"?

[@hermite63]

Hineni, Hineni, I am ready my Lord...

[@MeT2338]

WE are killing the flame...

[@NatandGeorge]

Good ol' Kol Nidrei. . .

[@nenadcikic146]

tnx I was just to look for the meaning

[@UwUKawaiiAnimeFanUwU69]

Woah. I've literally never heard anything like this before. I've got chills.

[@DoctorFurioso]

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.

[@brianwade879]

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 !

[@brianwade879]

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 !

[@brianwade879]

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 ! 🕊️

[@GuadalupePicasso]

Welcome to the wonderful world of Leonard Cohen! May his memory be eternal☦❤

[@zem7127]

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.

[@markv8]

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.

[@samsepiol4761]

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.

[@MichaelBeatonx]

And what is darker than to take the light and extinguish it? What deed more evil?

[@jacobsamorodin9937]

Leonard Cohen, blood lineage of the Jewish tribe of Levi, came to know the Lord (Adonai) whom you know as Jesus (Yeshua).

[@chrissonofpear1384]

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.

[@c.a.savage5689]

Not sure who is speaking to whom here. Is it Man reproaching God or vice versa?

[@janel342]

@@c.a.savage5689 Read on Google!

[@hawaiian8213]

I am here because my mom loved this song, and so did I. God bless

[@ailaranta2606]

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.

[@theloniouscoltrane3778]

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.

[@emilyb117]

I completely agree. If humanity is still around 2000 years from now, THIS will be the piece to understand our generation.

[@jalander8817]

Each song is a flamboyant and unambiguous ode to Lucifer.

[@yemirz]

Real

[@NepetaLeijon]

@@jalander8817 well he's jewish so

[@LaughingStock_]

"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.

[@jimmyjoe8225]

Martin Hugh hineni doesnt mean i am ready. it means here i am, or more powerfully, here i stand.

[@awendigowithinternetaccess4400]

Jimmy Joe He was referring to the actual English quote from the song you doofus.

[@GavinMaGrath]

Well said.

[@lindaelawson9415]

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.

[@JOSHGD]

Beautiful

[@justlilyanne]

Nobel Prize for Leonard Cohen!

[@jean-pierrebernigaud8130]

Admiration bien au delà du Nobel ou de toute récompense humaine trop humaine pour Leonard I loved and love him for ever

[@Jamesthechef0311]

No one writes lyrics like this. No one sounds like this

[@Wolfman-tx1ne]

James Brenner that’s what makes this song FUCKING AWESOME

[@GraeByorhil]

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.

[@navb0tactual]

Steve Downes sounds like a very slightly high pitched version of him... just a little bit

[@brotherchrisgr9070]

Have u listen songs of eminem?

[@55metsfan]

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.

[@MOGGS1942]

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.

[@kerryg100]

brian morgan I concur

[@Theimbennn]

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

[@ViFeTeVi]

No one's world can be darker. Leonard's lyrics are the light that guide us. RIP, LC.

[@gitanaana]

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! )

[@MOGGS1942]

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.

[@po1897]

(im ready my lord) - and then died after ~1 month !! so emotional song wow. RIP

[@deennaemilio]

It wasn't a month, it was 2 weeks. This song released 10/20/16 and he died on 11/7/16

[@raddley1]

i knew hearing this song, that he was saying goodbye to us

[@yoshitadaihara1]

My wife died two years ago at the age of 52. I'm still in sadness.

[@christophermills7693]

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

[@carbo73]

@@deennaemilio wow, I didn't knew that!

[@submonicass]

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.

[@stephentownsend6637]

Hello Monica....

[@davecraft61]

I'm hopeful Nick Cave can carry the torch some...

[@fabriciotavaresdemoraes9376]

His music has made us walk confortably through the darkness. His flame will not be killed.

[@mynameispolak]

Fabrício Tavares de Moraes well said, brother!

[@SecretCh0rd]

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

[@williambulsara3356]

Fabrício Tavares de Moraes 🌠

[@GoldcoastSurfCam]

Beautiful

[@Bang-bangBart]

You very casually threw out some poetry very very nice 👍

[@bearh8956]

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!!!

[@rudolftrost3534]

And it will be for many more.

[@violetv4412]

Just discovered his music today im canadian and never knew about him til today Im 34

[@Speaking4lines]

literally just hearing this full song and man I'm blown away a bit speechless actually

[@georgiajanvier5118]

and more

[@kathleensalazar5222]

​@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

[@TheRWE12]

You Want It Darker - is perhaps the best late-career album ever made by an artist. Stirring, melodic and important.

[@STATFANs]

What about Blackstar?

[@TheRWE12]

@@STATFANs yeah that too

[@crystalbelle2349]

[@aharon59]

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.

[@TheRealBarbDwyer]

Me too. Or, me three. Yeah. Me.

[@RobinHolland]

Same for me.

[@TheRealBarbDwyer]

Robin Holland Hineni. Has *got* to be the most powerful word I've ever heard. I just keep listening.

[@RobinHolland]

+TheRealBarbDwyer I totally agree. Have been thinking about that word and all the implications.

[@TheRealBarbDwyer]

It *feels* the same as 'hokka-hey'.

[@MasalaiMeri]

Thank you for the Joy, Leonard Cohen. I will never forget you. Gratitude. Rest in peace.

[@hiimcharlottecharlotte]

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.

[@lovejustifiesexistence]

Not as powerful as god himself

[@tiredaleir]

@@lovejustifiesexistence that wasn't what the comment was talking about tho...it's not talking about who or which is the most powerful one...

[@shaftdrive7567]

I love the personal writing, I suppose he added the religious bit coz bigger market.

[@honingbijtje83]

@@lovejustifiesexistence There is no god, all there is human made up stories that led to the death and suffering of billions of people.

[@johnnjuguna5352]

"I'm ready my Lord." Find God and submit.

[@bethjeans3780]

Listening to Leonard Cohen since 1969, still as amazed, delighted, and shaken. Thank you.

[@briancox3691]

And me 3 years before that... Beautiful...

[@howarddirkson2921]

amen

[@uncleruckus1160]

Beth Jeans he's dead

[@leo9lady]

SO?? How does that dispute what she wrote?

[@suzyhager1]

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

[@sturmraist50]

Godspeed, maestro. You knew you'd be joining Marianne soon. And you left us with this final word. Thank you, Leonard.

[@cretan982]

Greatest lyricist ever.

[@Herbiemassop]

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.

[@claraovejero3559]

Beautifully said Herman. I feel very much the same.

[@Okamiobidala]

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

[@coryavila01]

Beautifully said! I enjoy reading people's stories, or in this case, more of an homage. Bless you and thank you for sharing.

[@elliotstannard5621]

"Hineni hineni... I'm ready my lord."

[@galabrielh]

Thats beautiful

[@toomuchrose]

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.

[@ecetan1714]

toomuchrose

[@bertus161057]

well spoken

[@culturalfatwa]

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...

[@culturalfatwa]

...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

[@culturalfatwa]

...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

[@JohnM-oo7io]

On each consequitive album, Leonard's voice got deeper and deeper!!!! Superb Voice!!!

[@DonBonin]

RIP. My Canadian heart is so much bigger for having loved you.

[@MultiPhillygirl]

Still my favourite Poet and song man. From 1967!

[@za1pp]

One of the greatest songs of all time. Man was great

[@richardcourchene7477]

A true Canadian legend. RIP. He will be truly missed.

[@hackedstalked6371]

THANK YOU MR.COHEN!! THANK YOU...

[@addewasurendra]

Whatever people may Feel ..This song is my Favorite hymn and Prayer ..So relatable as a Human😊

[@ThatsWhenItkickedin]

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''

[@elliegreen4738]

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

[@smartalek180]

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.

[@einweltenwanderer]

This will never die, Never be forgotten. ❤

[@JackTR21]

I get chills and tears every time I hear the line "I'm ready my Lord." Cohen delivered it with such conviction.

[@MadonnaGrogan]

My dad said this before he died,precious

[@sherhak]

it's so much darker since your flame went out. i love you leonard cohen. RIP

[@mackielunkey2205]

Bones and All brought me here. What a badass song.

[@CharlieJackson]

same

[@briankelly85]

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…

[@buddyollie180]

brian kelly who wrote that?

[@broscosmoline]

@@buddyollie180 Mary Elizabeth Frye, sometime in the 1930's.

[@DusanMBasa]

R.I.P. Mr. Cohen, one of the best poets and songwriters in history of music, your songs will live forever. Thank you!

[@marke7462]

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.

[@TheFonograf]

For me, the greatest.

[@agolzad]

You said you were ready...... 🙁 rest in peace Leonard. You are irreplaceable in every way.

[@simikess]

Does anyone else agree with me that Leonard Cohen, rather than Bob Dylan, should have won the Nobel Prize for Literature, for his poetry?

[@kh91132]

simikess I agree with you

[@raquelstrauss4139]

Yes.

[@ericgilbert8725]

Yes, but I love both!

[@otto4983]

Absolutely

[@jimmckie8818]

Both of them. Dylan's lyrics are divine, concise and amazingly lyrical. Been listening to the old bugger for 52 years now. :-)

[@constantwireless3290]

Leonard got it. God, The Son, nailed on the cross. *Magnified, sanctified Be thy holy name Vilified, crucified In the human frame*

[@Gew219]

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.

[@troolov6512]

yeah, but perhaps not instead but besides, and there are so many others unknown that deserve/d it

[@Gew219]

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.

[@yuribotnarenko5010]

i thought of Leonard too when Dylan got the prize

[@MsTwelvemoons]

Totally agree!

[@dylanwaits2691]

Come now - it is not an either-or proposition... but both.

[@chrysolyte5]

"A million candles burning for a love that never came..." See you on the darker side, My Lord

[@FrodeLøtvedt]

For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.

[@asewestvik]

My heart is broken. I can't believe you are gone to the other side. Rest in perfect peace

[@tatianalaurla2799]

Absolutely genious song! The new album is a masterpiece!

[@AltheaHekate]

All his albums are Masterpieces!;-))

[@catherinedevaublanc9924]

AltheaHekate l'île

[@AltheaHekate]

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....

[@nelvthoen1029]

AltheaHekate

[@edcatt9196]

I've listened to the lyrics many times over, and I see various possible interpretations that can be offered; and that's what truly great writing can bring. Lyrics are poetry, so this is not surprising. Cohen was Jewish, but he explored a variety of other traditions than Judaism. Zen Buddhism being one of those. To me, Cohen seemed to be wrestling with his religious inclinations. On the one hand as a believer, yet on the other he seemed very conflicted about it. These lyrics seem to embrace that conundrum very clearly. He wasn't an atheist. But he seemed to be struggling with the dilemma of being a believer in a world of tremendous uncertainty. He seemed to be "on the horns of a dilemma." Many people are as well. Leonard Cohen was an incredible artist. He will be missed.

[@guentifree]

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

[@nielsbloch-jensen7551]

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.

[@alexcostas2278]

American Gods brought me here and I must say this one is on another level!

[@lewiskazinsky7334]

The show that has become as slow, repetitive and sparse as this song - only this song actually works 😂

[@fieldsofgolification]

Genius artist. Once in a generation the gods send one.

[@carlosmarsh7585]

it's amazing how the elder statesmen of our time still write the best stuff. Leonard and Stevie Nicks. Chilling, mind blowing

[@mouffetard5261]

YES!!!!!!!

[@--Dipanshu--]

"I am ready my lord" Yup... He was indeed.

[@RemusNeo]

"I am ready my lord."

[@roberttuiten8858]

iam not!!!

[@amicable5237]

Edgy twelve-year-old alert!

[@walkwithus9894]

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.

[@otto4983]

We are never ready... well... except for Leonard... he was born ready...

[@karol__rol]

hineni, hineni

[@TalkingBurit0]

2 rock legends go out with absolute art, Bowie and Cohen two music greats

[@TalkingBurit0]

I'm very big on lyrics I think that's why I kept listening to this song as this is true poetry

[@suesjoy]

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!

[@seaturtlepoppy7679]

Crappy bookends to a crappy year.

[@phyllishoffman9144]

This gentle, fragile man has my heart at the age 82 - there will never be an artist like him.

[@dorisjaffe3511]

"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.

[@not2tees]

“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.

[@johedges5946]

his son sounds like a poet too

[@nickwilmore7839]

Great singer poet and humanist.Gone but not forgotten.

[@peterhuisman7042]

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.

[@julianbarbosatorralbo7766]

Gracias por haber existido y hacerme tan feliz con tus poemas y música. Hasta siempre.

[@kkkzorro]

Bellas palabras Julian! Cohen inspiró varias generaciones - un faro existencial

[@barb4259]

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".

[@alaind.evrard9975]

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.

[@jamesnolan4412]

He was a great poet and composer of song. However, Leonard's 'deeper' meanings of existence do not resonate with me.

[@Theimbennn]

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

[@isaacalvarado6921]

Besides the haunting melody and the amazing lyrics, Leonard Cohen's grizzly tone makes this song.

[@vsalme]

Maybe you were ready but I didn't. Your songs will never die, they'll always be in my heart, Mr. Cohen

[@jasz713]

And another star will adorn the sky. Thanks for the music. x

[@rsmor48]

50 years ago next month, I "courted " my wife to this man's music. God, I miss him.

[@oldpossum]

R.I.P. Leonard Cohen. Thank you for your music, for a part of my life.

[@agolzad]

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.

[@rb2157]

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.

[@markgamble7699]

R.I.P. Leonard... May the angels carry you over to the light...

[@burningburney94]

.......and darker it has gotten.

[@kermeey]

but for him, there may be light

[@williambulsara3356]

burningburney94 he is in the light now and painfree: an Angel.❤️❤️❤️

[@dominicpelle7841]

....how Dum... Like the beautiful Cohen would in any way be able to relate to the darkness of Trump...

[@billybangbang9180]

You need to go fuck off...Kim Jong Dum !!!

[@lizpinchen6440]

What was great about Cohen was his ability to express both light and darkness so well. Life is both beauty & terror...

[@colinsmith1288]

This modern song by Leonard Cohen is a modern masterpiece .He was an old man probably realising he was near his end ,questioning what is wrong with people and with God. Looking at the past evils of the world and a god ignoring the cries and screams of the suffering. An outrage many of us quietly feel inside when we hear of the harm done to the innocent. This song is up there with the best of the songs ever written.

[@mikebatt1000]

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!

[@Shabon67]

The first time I heard this song, "Hineni, hineni / I'm ready, my lord" gave me chills to my spine.

[@алисабелкина-ч6э]

до мурашек, сердце сжимается от его песен, , каждая песня цепляет, земля пухом великий Leonard Cohen.. твои песни всегда со мной..

[@Distruse]

И почему российские войска бомбят украинские школы и больницы?

[@travis6342]

@@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.

[@egor4ikofficial974]

​@@Distruseпотому что там прячутся бандеровцы

[@rudramukherji6958]

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.

[@normwhalen6862]

Just when you think there's nowhere else left to go, he takes you there

[@88l64]

Exactly

[@askingforthemoon]

The choral background is mesmerising. This song got a soul

[@KMTOLEDO]

Haunting song and incredible poetry.

[@magnhildreddysrensen3218]

Thank you for all the hours I spent with you....RIP Leonard

[@davecraft61]

What a poet.

[@humbertogatica6420]

Hineni, hineni: I am ready my Lord, RIP Leonard Cohen, sir

[@francesmcnair9829]

Leonard Cohen is like a good bottle of wine just gets better with age. Thank you for the music

[@chillax498]

"A million candles burning for the love that never came". Deep

[@elonagrabocka1533]

You will always be alive for those who love you! I am one of them! RIP Leonard !

[@mouffetard5261]

so impressed!! he's still got it going on!!!

[@carlosmarsh7585]

yo!!!

[@aliciag8559]

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.

[@Brandon-eh4tz]

It's awesome to be one of the first to watch this video! This album is something special. At 82, Mr. Cohen is making some of his greatest music. I may be a few generations behind but I am addicted to your works!

[@michaelwalker2676]

A phrase to remember: ' You want it darker'. Another terrific song.

[@pi4630]

His words, his voice, his music: my therapy.

[@BeaverVision]

And darker it has become. R.I.P. Leonard Cohen