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Villanelle for Our Time [Album Version]

Villanelle for Our Time [Album Version] Lyrics by Leonard Cohen
Villanelle for Our Time [Album Version] Lyrics

What Are The Lyrics For Villanelle for Our Time [Album Version] By Leonard Cohen?

From bitter searching of the heart,
Quickened with passion and with pain
We rise to play a greater part.
This is the faith from which we start:
Men shall know commonwealth again
From bitter searching of the heart.
We loved the easy and the smart,
But now, with keener hand and brain,
We rise to play a greater part.
The lesser loyalties depart,
And neither race nor creed remain
From bitter searching of the heart.
Not steering by the venal chart
That tricked the mass for private gain,
We rise to play a greater part.
Reshaping narrow law and art
Whose symbols are the millions slain,
From bitter searching of the heart
We rise to play a greater part.

Who Wrote Villanelle for Our Time [Album Version] By Leonard Cohen?

Frank Scott, Leonard Cohen

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