There’s a shoulder where death comes to cry
I heard this song Take this Waltz by Leonard Cohen a long time ago, and found it very mysterious as I didn’t know what it was about. Lately I found this youtube clip with a preface by Mr Cohen himself that explains that it is a tribute to the Spanish Poet Federico Garcia Lorca. I can’t say I know much about Lorca’s poetry, even in English translation, but I wish I did.
Lorca was born in 1898, and was murdered in 1936 by fascists during the Spanish Civil War. His body was never found.
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July 26, 2012 at 9:02 pm
This is one of my fave LC’s songs!
…”and I’ll dance with you in Vienna, I’ll be wearing a river’s disguise…” – it makes me think of some sort of masquerade ball.
Anthem is another good one – “there’s a crack in everything, that’s how the lights get in”
love it.
July 26, 2012 at 9:10 pm
Cohen’s song is a homage to Lorca’s poem Little Viennese Waltz:
http://www.webheights.net/speakingcohen/waltz.htm