Cohen Leonard Love Calls You By Your Name Lyrics

Love Calls You By Your Name Lyrics

She stands before you naked
you can see it, you can taste it,
and she
comes to you light as the breeze.
Now you can drink it or you can nurse
it,
it don't matter how you worship
as long as you're
down on your
knees.

So I knelt there at the delta,
at the alpha and the
omega,
at the cradle of the river and the seas.
And like a blessing come
from heaven
for something like a second
I was healed and my heart
was
at ease.

O baby I waited
so long for your kiss
for something to
happen,
oh something like this.

And you're weak and you're
harmless
and you're sleeping in your harness
and the wind going
wild
in the trees,
and it ain't exactly prison
but you'll never be
forgiven
for whatever you've done
with the keys.

O baby I waited
...

It's dark now and it's snowing
O my love I must be going,
The
river has started to freeze.
And I'm sick of pretending
I'm broken from
bending
I've lived too long on my knees.

Then she dances so
graceful
and your heart's hard and hateful
and she's naked
but that's
just a tease.
And you turn in disgust
from your hatred and from your
love
and comes to you
light as the breeze.

O baby I waited
...

There's blood on every bracelet
you can see it, you can taste
it,
and it's Please baby
please baby please.
And she says, Drink
deeply, pilgrim
but don't forget there's still a woman
beneath
this
resplendent chemise.

So I knelt there at the delta,
at the
alpha and the omega,
I knelt there like one who believes.
And the
blessings come from heaven
and for something like a second
I'm cured and
my heart
is at ease