Take This Waltz (Live) - Leonard Cohen

In this life, you can try But it won't stop challenging you (It won't stop challenging you) Rainy days, big mistakes Losing love and singing the blues (When you can't stop singing the blues) When you make plans, they never work They never work It feels so good until it hurts But when it hurts It's time to tell you, baby This life ain't no bed of roses This life will take everything that you've got In this life, there's no second chances Make this life yours Stormy seas Thinking you've found your feet, then you lose your way (When you can't stop losing your way) Hoping for second chancеs Bracing for bumpy landings Always the hardest race (You can't stop running that racе) When you make plans, God laughs at you God laughs at you You sing but you can't hear the tune When you can't hear the tune It's time to tell you, baby This life ain't no bed of roses This life will take everything that you've got In this life, there's no second chances Make this life yours No way tomorrow is golden (Golden) A new day can be anything that you want 'Cause this life belongs to no other Make this life yours But while we're here on this Earth We need to make it all work Just try 'cause I can help you find your place in this life (Ooh) This life (Ooh) ain't no bed of roses (This life) This life will take everything that you've got In this life, there's no second chances Make this life yours There's no way (No way) tomorrow is golden (Tomorrow is golden) A new day (A new day) can be anything that you want 'Cause this life belongs to no other Make this life yours (Oh) Yeah, this life, this life (Ooh) This life (This life) will take everything that you've got In this life, there's no second chances Make this life yours (Make this life yours) There's no way tomorrow is golden A new day can be everything that you want 'Cause this life belongs to no other Make this life yours

I am not afraid to let go Of what I have become (oh) And everything that I knew before Is setting with the sun (oh) And no, it's not that hard to say goodbye And now I know that it's okay to cry You're my melody, I'll harmonize The songs we never sung (oh) I never thought in a million years (oh-oh-oh) That I could watch while I disappear (oh-oh-oh) All of a sudden I see it clear What to do I'm gonna take this chance and do something I never tried I'm gonna make this moment matter 'til the end of time And I made mistakes through all my life And on the same place every time I'm gonna take this chance and do something I never tried Now it's time to face the unknown My arms are open wide (oh) It took a lot of hard rain to grow This kind of strength inside (oh) To open up a cage and set me free I'm becomin' who I'm meant to be Taller than the tallest of all the trees I'm gonna be alright (oh) I'm tired of tryin' to take control (oh-oh-oh) Finally wanting and letting go (oh-oh-oh) All of a sudden I see it clear What to do I'm gonna take this chance and do something I never tried I'm gonna make this moment matter 'til the end of time And I made mistakes through all my life And on the same place every time I'm gonna take this chance and do something I never tried (I feel the sun on my skin) I feel the sun on my skin (I'm gonna let life in) I'm gonna let life in I wanna trust who I am I'm gonna take this chance and do something I never tried I'm gonna make this moment matter 'til the end of time And I made mistakes through all my life And on the same place every time I'm gonna take this chance and do something I never tried What to do, do something I never tried What to do, do something I never tried And I made mistakes through all my life And on the same place every time I better take this chance and do something I never tried What to do, do something I never tried What to do, do something I never tried

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