Song Title | Leonard Cohen - Show Me The Place Lyrics |
Leonard Cohen has released his first new song since 2004, and that's definitely reason for joy. The track is titled "Show Me the Place" and it's the lead single off his upcoming new album “Old Ideas” which is set for release on January 31st, 2012. Over the sound of a lonely piano and a bittersweet violin, Cohen, who is now 77 years old, asks in his clasic grave vocal tone, to be shown "the place where you want your slave to go."
Leonard Cohen – Show Me The Place Lyrics
Show me the place, where you want your slave to go
Show me the place, I’ve forgotten I don’t know
Show me the place where my head is bending low
Show me the place, where you want your slave to go
Show me the place, help me roll away the stone
Show me the place, I can’t move this thing alone
Show me the place where the word became a man
Show me the place where the suffering began
The troubles came I saved what I could save
A shred of light, a particle a wave
But there were chains so I hastened to behave
There were chains so I loved you like a slave
Show me the place, where you want your slave to go
Show me the place, I’ve forgotten I don’t know
Show me the place, where my head is bending low
Show me the place, where you want your slave to go
The troubles came I saved what I could save
A shred of light, a particle a wave
But there were chains so I hastened to behave
There were chains so I loved you like a slave
Show me the place
Show me the place
Show me the place
Show me the place, help me roll away the stone
Show me the place, I can’t move this thing alone
Show me the place where the word became a man
Show me the place where the suffering began
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Lyrics Information
Artist | Leonard Cohen Lyrics | |
Album | “Old Ideas” (2012) |
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@ Judy Snyder
The song makes no referance to alzimers.
In fact the verses are about a spirtual walk.
him being a slave to go where the word became man Word is god becoming man where his sufferings began as he died and they rolled a stone in front of his tomb.
many of his songs had religous undertones
I just can’t believe that I’m listening to an artist my mom used to listen to. And I just love Leonard Cohen’s songs. I guess good music never goes out of fashion. His lyrics are just so deep.
@ Judy Snyder do you really think it’s Alzheimers? Man, that’s really nasty. But if i listen to the lyrics again, I think you might have a point…
you still got it Leonard.keep it up, you’ll always be in our hearts
Hello, “Show Me The Place” has very haunting lyrics. After listening several times, I concluded that Leonard may be referring to someone who is beginning to realize that he is in the early stages of Alzheimers Disease.
Sorry, I mistakenly said “shred” instead of “thread”
Charlie, you almost got it right. It should read
A shred of light, a particle, a way
Everything else is right.
We have revised the lyrics and they are now 100% accurate. Thank you!
Unless I hear wrong, I think it’s: “A thread of light, a particle, a wave” rather than “A shred of light, a particle away”.
“world became a man”
no, it is
“word became a man”.
The troubles came I saved what I could save
A shred of light, a particle away
But there were chains so I hastened to the hay
There were chains so I loved you like a slave
Close but no cigar…
The troubles came I saved what I could save
A shred of light, a particle, a wave.
But there were chains so I hastened to behave.
There were chains so I loved you like a slave
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