©Leonard Cohen and Sharon Robinson, released on Ten New Songs (2001)
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I said I'd be your lover.
You laughed at what I said.
I lost my job forever.
I was counted with the dead.
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I swept the marble chambers,
But you sent me down below.
You kept me from believing
Until you let me know:
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That I am not the one who loves –
It's love that seizes me.
When hatred with his package comes,
You forbid delivery.
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And when the hunger for your touch
Rises from the hunger,
You whisper, "You have loved enough,
Now let me be the Lover."
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I swept the marble chambers,
But you sent me down below.
You kept me from believing
Until you let me know:
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That I am not the one who loves –
It's love that chooses me.
When hatred with his package comes,
You forbid delivery.
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And when the hunger for your touch
Rises from the hunger ...
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