Leonard Cohen

You Want It Darker • You Want It Darker (2016) • 36 translations

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36 translations

You Want It Darker lyrics

If you are the dealer

I’m out of the game

If you are the healer

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 and sanctified

Be Thy Holy Name

Vilified and crucified

In the human frame

A million candles burning

For the help that never came

You want it darker

We kill the flame

Hineni Hineni

I’m ready, my Lord

There’s a lover in the story

But the story is still the same

There’s an 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 now

The guards are taking aim

I struggled with some demons

They were middle-class and tame

Didn’t know I had permission

To murder and to maim

You want it darker

We kill the flame

Hineni Hineni

I’m ready, my Lord

Magnified and sanctified

Be Thy Holy Name

Vilified and 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

I’m out of the game

If you are the healer

I’m broken and lame

If thine is the glory

Then mine must be the shame

You want it darker

We kill the flame

Hineni Hineni*

I’m ready, my Lord

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Submitted by

Religiously Unkind on 2016-10-02

Last edited by

BlackRyder on 2023-02-27

Submitter's comments:

•“Hineni” or “הנני” translates to “Here I am” in Hebrew. It is used in the Torah nine times and it is associated with taking responsibility and readiness, rather than a simple statement of location.

“Hineni” is referred to in the Tanakh in the Old Testament, relating to Abraham in God preventing him from sacrificing his son Isaac. When Hashem (God) calls to Abraham and tells him to offer up his son Isaac, Abraham responds with “Hineni!” It is also referred to when God calls Moses from the burning bush, and Moses responds with “Hineni!” When God appears before Isaiah and asks who he can send with his message, Isaiah says, “Hineni! Send me!”

However, in an interview in the Montreal Gazette with Cantor Gideon Zelermyer, who is the soloist featured alongside the Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Synagogue Choir, Zelermyer offered a different interpretation:

In this case, I think hineni is more a reference to Leonard (Cohen) as someone trying to come to an understanding with God, someone reckoning with final tallies in the Book of Life: Here I am — I am ready.

Zelermyer doesn’t want to speculate, but Cohen has been rumored to be ailing, which might explain the tone of the album.

Source:
http://genius.com/Leonard-cohen-you-want-it-darker-lyrics

Writer(s): Patrick Raymond Leonard, Leonard Cohen
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Comments

bavohopman

Sat, 26/11/2016 - 16:49

please could the lining of the lyrics be corrected:

If you are the dealer
I'm out of the game
etc

Religiously Unkind

Sat, 26/11/2016 - 22:15

If you're talking about the last paragraph I double checked it on other sites and by hearing and it's correct.It says "Let me out of the game".
If I am missing something else let me know. :)

bavohopman

Fri, 09/12/2016 - 12:11

No, it;s about the capitals in the verse: Magnified, sanctified, be Thy Holy Name.
And it's also about the lining:
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

etcetera

bavohopman

Sat, 14/01/2017 - 16:19

what's happening over there?

Religiously Unkind

Sun, 15/01/2017 - 00:45

Fixed according the official site http://cohencentric.com/official-lyrics-leonard-cohens-want-darker-album...

bavohopman

Mon, 16/01/2017 - 14:33

:) thanks a lot

GaalGyuri

Sat, 08/08/2020 - 21:03

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQOpeJ8YHrE

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You Want It Darker • You Want It Darker (2016) • 36 translations

You Want It Darker lyrics