January 6th Anniversary Song Audio Recordings, News / tagged Hope, Insurrection, Violence / January 6, 2023 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com Link to performance of You Want It Darker by Poet / Songwriter Leonard Cohen (Sept 1934 – Nov 2016)
![Leonard Cohen who checked out
when Trump was elected famously said
You won’t like what comes after America
but didn’t see how soon after almost came
Cohen sang You Want It Darker
Let’s hope enough sing We Want It Brighter
Lyrics of You Want It Darker
[Verse 1: Leonard Cohen]
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
[Verse 2: Leonard Cohen]
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
[Chorus: Leonard Cohen]
Hineni, hineni
I'm ready, my Lord
[Verse 3: Leonard Cohen]
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
[Verse 4: Leonard Cohen]
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
[Chorus: Leonard Cohen]
Hineni, hineni
I'm ready, my Lord](https://i0.wp.com/www.neilmeili.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/January-6-Anniversary-Song.jpg?resize=600%2C600&ssl=1)
