In My Secret Life - Leonard Cohen

忘れられない場所がある ずっと 変わってしまった場所もある 変わり続けて 廃れた場所もあれば 失われた場所 残り続ける場所もある すべての場所で 友達や恋人と過ごすひと時があった まだ思い出せるよ 亡くなった人も 生きてる人もいる 僕の人生 全員を愛してきた だけどそんな恋人や友人と比べても 誰より君を愛してる 思い出もすべて意味を失うよ 愛は新しいものだと考えるなら 過ぎ去った人々や出来事への 愛情を失うことはないだろうけど わかってるさ よく立ち止まって 過去に思いを馳せてるって 僕の人生 何よりも君を愛してる 過ぎ去った人々や出来事への 愛情を失うことはないだろうけど わかってるさ よく立ち止まって 過去に思いを馳せてるって 僕の人生 何よりも君を愛してる

Hangs up her coat like always Wouldn't have it any other way The TV glows in her apartment Much better than most company Is something on your mind? Hands are cold as ice she says Tell me about your secret life And all the things you've seen Tell me what you think of me You dance like a queen In spite of all the things you never wanted When you're left out in the cold You dance like a queen Your silhouette is still my reflection You speak to me in riddles, you speak to me in riddles Puts on her face like breathing Another day in black and red Coat is old, car seat's freezing And a radio that just won't play You dance like a queen In spite of all the things you never wanted When you're left out in the cold You dance like a queen Your silhouette is still my reflection You speak to me in riddles, you speak to me in riddles Is something on your mind? Hands are cold as ice she says Tell me about your secret life And all the things you've seen Tell me what you think of me You dance like a queen In spite of all the things you never wanted When you're left out in the cold You dance like a queen Your silhouette is still my reflection You speak to me in riddles, you speak to me in riddles

Mom? Dad? I went to my parents house the other to get something And I saw their cars in the driveway Surely they both must be home Surely they won't mind if I come in Boy was I wrong I knocked at the door for courtesy's sake Then I let myself in, what a mistake I heard someone down in the basement and I thought I'd better check it out I went downstairs all sneaky-like and you'll never believe what I saw There was my naked with a screwdriver trying to pry something open Naked Ding dong swinging in the wind Maybe he does as a hobby I don't know Maybe he does this all the time I don't know Maybe my Dad's got a secret naked life My Dad's got a secret naked life I expected him to grab a wrench or something to cover himself up He was so casual and let it swing and smack his leg Oh your a wise one Oh your so cool Now I thought that might be the last time my Dad would do something Like that in front of me But then one time I went over there Same kinda thing happened I knocked on the door, didn't think anyone was there, came right in and found my Dad Sitting on the couch wearing nothing but his birthday suit watching Spring Then I knew for for sure I found him out My Dad's got a secret naked life I don't think my Brother knows I don't think my Mom knows I think my Dad keeps it to himself all the time My Dad's got a secret naked life

There are places I remember All my life, though some have changed Some forever, not for better Some have gone and some remain All these places had their moments With lovers and friends I still can recall Some are dead and some are living In my life I've loved them all But of all these friends and lovers There is no one compares with you And these mem'ries lose their meaning When I think of love as something new Though I know I'll never lose affection For people and things that went before I know I'll often stop and think about them In my life I love you more Though I know I'll never lose affection For people and things that went before I know I'll often stop and think about them In my life I love you more, in my life I love you more

Field Commander Cohen He was our most important spy Wounded in the line of duty Parachuting acid into diplomatic cocktail parties Urging Fidel Castro to abandon fields and castles Leave it all and like a man Come back to nothing special Such as waiting rooms and ticket lines Silver bullet suicides and messianic ocean tides And racial roller coaster rides And other forms of boredom, advertised as poetry I know you need your sleep now I know your life's been hard But many men are falling Where you promised to stand guard I never asked but I heard You cast your lot along with the poor But then I overheard your prayer That you be this and nothing more Than just some grateful faithful woman's Favorite singing millionaire The patron Saint of Envy and the grocer of despair Working for the Yankee dollar I know you need your sleep now I know your life's been hard But many men are falling Where you promised to stand guard Ah, lover come and lie with me If my lover is who you are And be your sweetest self awhile Until I ask for more, my child Then let the other selves be one, yeah Let them manifest and come 'Til every taste is on the tongue 'Til love is pierced and love is hung And every kind of freedom done Then, oh, my love, oh, my love Oh, my love, oh, my love Oh, my love, oh, my love Oh, my love

אבא, כמה אהבה יש לי אליך אתה לא יודע ואם לא הראיתי מספיק קח עוד שיר שיוכל להסביר מצטער שלא הבנתי את הלב שלך מצטער שלא מצאתי את המילים איתך כי הרי מה שקיבלתי כל זה בזכותך תן לי את היד מבטיח, לא לעזוב אותך אבא אין פה מושלם אבל בשבילי אתה כל העולם גם אם יבואו שנים ללא מילים אני אבין אותך אני הבן שלך קח את הכול זה בכלל שלך תודה על הכול אני אוהב אותך ואף פעם לא כעסתי על הלב שלך אל תדאג כי זו הדרך שכתובה לך והרי מה שנתתי כל זה בשבילך גם אם לא תהיה איתי פה אני תמיד איתך

על כביש פתוח כמעט כמו הרוח אין לי שום כיוון אני לא בטוח איך אפשר לנוח איך מוצאים איזון ויש לי אלף חלומות עוד להגשים איתך תבואי לפה אחרי פרידות אני תמיד בתהיות על מי שלא הצלחתי להיות בשבילך אני נופל קם והולך עם הדרך מסתבך מה קורה לי בגללך איך איך אני אמור להסתדר כשתחבקי אחד אחר ולא נספיק עוד לדבר ואין לי כוח שיגעו לי את המוח מה צריך להיות כולם הפכו להיות פרופסורים לאהבות ובעיות ויש לי קטע כמו ילד אני שם שירים ומדמיין את כל הסיטואציות שטעינו מאמי דרמות שעשינו מאמי לב שבור זה ממכר בשבילך אני נופל קם והולך עם הדרך מסתבך מה קורה לי בגללך איך איך אני אמור להסתדר כשתחבקי אחד אחר ולא נספיק עוד לדבר