Thursday, August 13, 2009

In the Words of Leonard Cohen

OK so today is a very weird anniversary.

Last year at this time I was throwing up and watching my life slip away. I played golf and rode my motorcycle and then didn't feel so well. I went to a hospital with appendix issues, stayed there for a long time and ended up with a scar that looks like a north to south equator. I scared people who loved me and made those who barely knew me uncomfortable. I found real friends and people who claimed to be my family but were just too busy to stop by.

That being said and considering my love for King David from the old testament, this song says it best.

cheers

Now, I've heard there was a secret chord
That David played and it pleased the Lord
But you don't really care for music, do you?
It goes like this, the fourth, the fifth, the minor fall, the major lift
The baffled king composing Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Your faith was strong but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you
She tied you to a kitchen chair
She broke your throne and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

You say I took the name in vain
I don't even know the name
But if I did, well really, what's it to you?
There's a blaze of light in every word
It doesn't matter which are heard
The holy or the broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

I did my best, it wasn't much
I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch
I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool you
And even though it all went wrong
I'll stand before the Lord of Song
With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
...

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