Cohen Leonard The Throne Of Desire Lyrics

The Throne Of Desire Lyrics

(Written By Cohen, Performed In "Night Magic")

(Michael) Their bodies
Triumphant
Their power unfurled
I know I am nothing
And women the
world!

A slave to their favours
Their no and their yes
I'm crushed
in the crease
Of a cotton dress

And I'm dead except
In their
company
And I'm only at rest
When they motion to me

And night
after night
I turn to myself
And I raise them
Out of my panic
And
they come to me
Willing at last
Inflamed and fast
Mutual and
graphic.

And suddenly they drill my heart
With cavities of
absence
And they cover their thighs
with cellophane
And they cover
their breasts
with a shadow
And they nail my good right hand
to a wall
in the attic

O take me away
From the thorns and the fire
And let me
recline
On the Throne of Desire

From the Throne of Desire
I make
this solemn decree
Every woman I want
Will want, will want, will
want
Will more than want me!

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