Текст песни Cohen - Perish
Оригинальный текст песни Perish
Death is a sacrifice-involuntary or arbitrary,
A sacrifice of sacred flesh
one for you, and those you forget.
All that's absolute
about my perception of death
is that it takes a lot from you
giving little in return.
I rest assured that it’s bound to hurt
and give grief opportunity to birth.
Death is a sacrifice-
involuntary or arbitrary,
A sacrifice of sacred flesh
with nothing reserved on earth
just space for two burial plots-
One for you, and those you forgot
Space cleared for anguish
time allotted
for recollection of dreams,
pleasantries
and distant memories
now given new purpose
in place of what used to be.
We're expected to surrender
and swallow our pride,
comfort our blood,
And just say our goodbyes
lest we forget to move on
before the mourning process
extends for too long.
What am I more afraid of?
death himself,
or leaving before
I've fulfilled my dreams?
won’t it be my fault
if I hadn’t been mindful
of my time here in this place
and I die too empty to bleed?
You can die at any given moment.
If I were observing my end
out of frame (out of frame)
would I be proud
if I knew despite my pain
I did my best in this life
and kept a smiling face?
I don’t know.
If I didn't succeed,
or achieve the archetype of success,
would it even be pertinent
if I wasn't here to reflect?
We're left to introspect with fate's intent
to give a new perspective.
But that fixed lens
has remained the same tint
since I watched my grandfather-
a warm but stoic man,
weep as he knew that was the last time
he would hold his wife's hand
That flatline robbed us at gunpoint,
but if we remember to forgive,
may we meet again on a street of gold,
as in all the stories that we've been told.
But wishful thinking is growing old.
What am I more afraid of?
death himself,
or leaving before I've fulfilled my dreams,
won’t it be my fault
if I hadn’t been mindful
of my time here in this place
and I die too empty to bleed?
It’s taken two decades
for me to live in the moment
And revere what I have
while we’re both still above.
I’m tired of it taking losing people
to learn about love.
I am human,
I am finite
So
it’s time
I start to cherish
the things
I know
may flourish,
as can I,
but are soon
destined to
perish
