Villanelle For Our Time

Villanelle For Our Time Lyrics

Song Villanelle For Our Time
Artist Leonard Cohen
Album The Complete Studio Albums Collection
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[00:00.00] From bitter searching of the heart,
[00:03.22] Quickened with passion and with pain
[00:06.16] We rise to play a greater part.
[00:09.72] This is the faith from which we start:
[00:14.11] Men shall know commonwealth again
[00:17.62] From bitter searching of the heart.
[00:21.23] We loved the easy and the smart,
[00:24.66] But now, with keener hand and brain,
[00:28.63] We rise to play a greater part.
[00:32.22] The lesser loyalties depart,
[00:34.59] And neither race nor creed remain
[00:38.88] From bitter searching of the heart.
[00:42.10] Not steering by the venal chart
[00:45.38] That tricked the mass for private gain,
[00:48.99] We rise to play a greater part.
[00:52.83] Reshaping narrow law and art
[00:56.36] Whose symbols are the millions slain,
[00:59.63] From bitter searching of the heart
[01:02.70] We rise to play a greater part.
[01:31.93] This is the faith from which we start:
[01:37.24] Men shall know commonwealth again
[01:42.62] From bitter searching of the heart.
[01:47.89] We rise to play a greater part.
[02:00.67] The lesser loyalties depart,
[02:04.80] And neither race nor creed remain
[02:11.27] From bitter searching of the heart.
[02:15.69] We rise to play a greater part.
[02:25.76] Reshaping narrow law and art
[02:31.35] Whose symbols are the millions slain,
[02:36.57] From bitter searching of the heart
[02:40.00] We rise to play a greater part.
[02:48.98] This is the faith from which we start:
[02:54.38] Men shall know commonwealth again
[03:02.48] From bitter searching of the heart.
[03:06.61] We rise to play a greater part.
[04:11.53] This is the faith from which we start:
[04:16.85] Men shall know commonwealth again
[04:21.91] From bitter searching of the heart.
[04:25.68] We rise to play a greater part.
[04:35.56] Not steering by the venal chart
[04:40.10] That tricked the mass for private gain,
[04:46.11] We rise to play a greater part.
[04:59.45] Reshaping narrow law and art
[05:02.99] Whose symbols are the millions slain,
[05:10.04] From bitter searching of the heart
[05:13.99] We rise to play a greater part.
Villanelle For Our Time Lyrics
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