Cohen’s version has mixed Old Testament allusions in it. Samson suffered the cut hair and was bound having lost his strength, but David was beguiled by what he saw on a rooftop. Anyhow Cohen framed a semi-profane message with an exquisite tune and refrain, some think he did it as a joke, but the proverbial genie can’t be kept in the bottle.
Leonard Cohen is a genius.
“Who By Fire?” blows my mind.
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