Leonard Cohen The Throne Of Desire Written By Cohen Performed Lyrics

The Throne Of Desire Written By Cohen Performed 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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