LEONARD COHEN - The Future (1992 Pop/Rock)
The Future
Give me back my broken night
my mirrored room, my secret life
it's lonely here,
there's no one left to torture
Give me absolute control
over every living soul
And lie beside me, baby,
that's an order!
Give me crack and anal sex
Take the only tree that's left
and stuff it up the hole
in your culture
Give me back the Berlin wall
give me Stalin and St Paul
I've seen the future, brother:
it is murder.
Things are going to slide, slide in all directions
Won't be nothing
Nothing you can measure anymore
The blizzard, the blizzard of the world
has crossed the threshold
and it has overturned
the order of the soul
When they said REPENT REPENT
I wonder what they meant
When they said REPENT REPENT
I wonder what they meant
When they said REPENT REPENT
I wonder what they meant
You don't know me from the wind
you never will, you never did
I'm the little jew
who wrote the Bible
I've seen the nations rise and fall
I've heard their stories, heard them all
but love's the only engine of survival
Your servant here, he has been told
to say it clear, to say it cold:
It's over, it ain't going
any further
And now the wheels of heaven stop
you feel the devil's riding crop
Get ready for the future:
it is murder
Things are going to slide ...
There'll be the breaking of the ancient
western code
Your private life will suddenly explode
There'll be phantoms
There'll be fires on the road
and the white man dancing
You'll see a woman
hanging upside down
her features covered by her fallen gown
and all the lousy little poets
coming round
tryin' to sound like Charlie Manson
and the white man dancin'
Give me back the Berlin wall
Give me Stalin and St Paul
Give me Christ
or give me Hiroshima
Destroy another fetus now
We don't like children anyhow
I've seen the future, baby:
it is murder
Things are going to slide ...
When they said REPENT REPENT ...
my mirrored room, my secret life
it's lonely here,
there's no one left to torture
Give me absolute control
over every living soul
And lie beside me, baby,
that's an order!
Give me crack and anal sex
Take the only tree that's left
and stuff it up the hole
in your culture
Give me back the Berlin wall
give me Stalin and St Paul
I've seen the future, brother:
it is murder.
Things are going to slide, slide in all directions
Won't be nothing
Nothing you can measure anymore
The blizzard, the blizzard of the world
has crossed the threshold
and it has overturned
the order of the soul
When they said REPENT REPENT
I wonder what they meant
When they said REPENT REPENT
I wonder what they meant
When they said REPENT REPENT
I wonder what they meant
You don't know me from the wind
you never will, you never did
I'm the little jew
who wrote the Bible
I've seen the nations rise and fall
I've heard their stories, heard them all
but love's the only engine of survival
Your servant here, he has been told
to say it clear, to say it cold:
It's over, it ain't going
any further
And now the wheels of heaven stop
you feel the devil's riding crop
Get ready for the future:
it is murder
Things are going to slide ...
There'll be the breaking of the ancient
western code
Your private life will suddenly explode
There'll be phantoms
There'll be fires on the road
and the white man dancing
You'll see a woman
hanging upside down
her features covered by her fallen gown
and all the lousy little poets
coming round
tryin' to sound like Charlie Manson
and the white man dancin'
Give me back the Berlin wall
Give me Stalin and St Paul
Give me Christ
or give me Hiroshima
Destroy another fetus now
We don't like children anyhow
I've seen the future, baby:
it is murder
Things are going to slide ...
When they said REPENT REPENT ...
El Futuro
Dame mis noches rotas
mi sala de espejos, mi vida secreta
es solo aquí,
no hay una izquierda a la tortura
me dan el control absoluto
sobre cada alma viviente
y se encuentran al lado de mí, nena,
que es una orden!
Dame crack y sexo anal
tomar el único árbol que queda
y cosas que hasta el agujero
en su cultura
me dan de nuevo el Muro de Berlín
dame Stalin y San Pablo
He visto el futuro, hermano:
que es asesinato.
Las cosas se van a diapositivas, diapositivas en todas las direcciones
no se nada
nada que usted puede medir más
la tormenta de nieve, la ventisca del mundo
ha cruzado el umbral
y se ha anulado
el orden del alma
cuando dice arrepentirse arrepentirse
Me pregunto lo que significa
cuando dice arrepentirse arrepentirse
Me pregunto lo que significa
cuando dice arrepentirse arrepentirse
Me pregunto lo que significaba.
Usted no me conoce del viento
que nunca será, nunca se hizo
Soy la pequeña judio
que escribió la Biblia
He visto a las naciones de subida y de bajada
He oído sus historias, escucha a todos
pero el amor es el único motor de la supervivencia
aquí tu siervo, que ha sido informado
para decirlo claro, para decirlo en frío:
es más, no va
más
y ahora las ruedas del cielo parada
te sientes la fusta del diablo
prepararse para el futuro:
que es asesinato.
Las cosas se van a deslizar ...
Allí será la ruptura de la antigua
occidental código
su vida privada que de repente explotan
que habrá fantasmas
que habrá fuegos en la carretera
y el hombre blanco bailando
verás una mujer
colgar boca abajo
sus características cubiertos por su vestido caído
y todos los poetas poco mal
próxima ronda
tratando de sonar como Charlie Manson
y el hombre blanco baile.
Dame de nuevo el Muro de Berlín
dame Stalin y San Pablo
dame Cristo
o dame Hiroshima
destruir otro feto ahora
no nos gustan los niños de todos modos
He visto el futuro bebé:
que es asesinato.
Las cosas se van a deslizar ...
Cuando se dice arrepentirse arrepentirse ...
