Leonard Cohen Night Magic - The Throne Of Desire Lyrics

Night Magic - The Throne Of Desire Lyrics

(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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