By the Rivers Dark Lyrics
| Song | By the Rivers Dark |
| Artist | Leonard Cohen |
| Album | The Complete Studio Albums Collection |
| Download | Image LRC TXT |
| [00:24.200] | By the rivers dark |
| [00:26.900] | I wandered on. |
| [00:32.570] | I lived my life |
| [00:36.700] | in Babylon. |
| [00:38.150] | |
| [00:41.910] | And I did forget |
| [00:43.910] | My holy song: |
| [00:50.850] | And I had no strength |
| [00:54.570] | In Babylon. |
| [01:00.340] | |
| [01:01.160] | By the rivers dark |
| [01:02.510] | Where I could not see |
| [01:09.250] | Who was waiting there |
| [01:11.510] | Who was hunting me. |
| [01:16.130] | |
| [01:19.0] | And he cut my lip |
| [01:20.500] | And he cut my heart. |
| [01:27.310] | So I could not drink |
| [01:30.870] | From the river dark. |
| [01:33.189] | |
| [01:36.689] | And he covered me |
| [01:38.830] | And I saw within, |
| [01:45.789] | My lawless heart |
| [01:49.759] | And my wedding ring, |
| [01:55.0] | I did not know |
| [01:57.370] | And I could not see |
| [02:04.500] | Who was waiting there, |
| [02:06.590] | Who was hunting me |
| [02:08.818] | |
| [02:12.569] | By the rivers dark |
| [02:16.990] | I panicked on. |
| [02:17.638] | |
| [02:21.738] | I belonged the last |
| [02:25.248] | To Babylon. |
| [02:27.900] | |
| [02:31.148] | Then he struck my heart |
| [02:33.138] | With a deadly force, |
| [02:42.588] | And he said This heart |
| [02:43.278] | It is not yours |
| [02:45.278] | |
| [02:48.398] | And he gave the wind. |
| [02:53.618] | My wedding ring: |
| [02:57.789] | And he circled us |
| [03:01.728] | With everything |
| [03:06.180] | |
| [03:09.778] | By the rivers dark |
| [03:12.589] | In a wounded dawn |
| [03:19.398] | I live my life |
| [03:22.978] | In Babylon. |
| [03:25.890] | |
| [03:28.278] | Though I take my song |
| [03:30.289] | From a withered limb, |
| [03:37.328] | Both song and tree, |
| [03:40.798] | They sing for him. |
| [03:43.390] | |
| [03:46.358] | Be the truth unsaid |
| [03:48.578] | And the blessing gone, |
| [03:55.890] | If I forget |
| [03:58.909] | My Babylon. |
| [04:01.798] | |
| [04:04.638] | I did not know |
| [04:07.398] | And I could not see |
| [04:13.688] | Who was waiting there. |
| [04:16.228] | Who was hunting me. |
| [04:19.480] | |
| [04:23.219] | By the rivers dark, |
| [04:25.688] | Where it all goes on: |
| [04:32.128] | By the rivers dark |
| [04:35.799] | In Babylon. |
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