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Album: Miscellaneous (2009)
Artists: Leonard Cohen

  1. A Bunch Of Lonesome Heroes
  2. A Singer Must Die
  3. Avalanche
  4. Bird On The Wire
  5. Chelsea Hotel #2
  6. Diamonds In The Mine
  7. Dress Rehearsal Rag
  8. Famous Blue Raincoat
  9. Field Commander Cohen
  10. Groove Dub
  11. Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye
  12. I Tried To Leave You
  13. Is This What You Wanted
  14. Joan Of Arc
  15. Lady Midnight
  16. Last Year's Man
  17. Love Calls You By Your Name
  18. Lover Lover Lover
  19. Master Song
  20. One Of Us Cannot Be Wrong
  21. Seems So Long Ago, Nancy
  22. Sing Another Song, Boys
  23. Sisters Of Mercy
  24. So Long Marianne
  25. Stories Of The Street
  26. Story Of Isaac
  27. Stranger Song
  28. Suzanne
  29. Teachers
  30. The Butcher
  31. The Old Revolution
  32. The Partisan
  33. There Is A War
  34. Tonight Will Be Fine
  35. Why Don't You Try
  36. Winter Lady
  37. You Know Who I Am


Leonard Cohen
Miscellaneous
Story Of Isaac

The door it opened slowly,
my father he came in,
I was nine years old.
And he stood so tall above me,
his blue eyes they were shining
and his voice was very cold.
He said, "I've had a vision
and you know I'm strong and holy,
I must do what I've been told."
So he started up the mountain,
I was running, he was walking,
and his axe was made of gold.
Well, the trees they got much smaller,
the lake a lady's mirror,
we stopped to drink some wine.
Then he threw the bottle over.
Broke a minute later
and he put his hand on mine.
Thought I saw an eagle
but it might have been a vulture,
I never could decide.
Then my father built an altar,
he looked once behind his shoulder,
he knew I would not hide.

You who build these altars now
to sacrifice these children,
you must not do it anymore.
A scheme is not a vision
and you never have been tempted
by a demon or a god.
You who stand above them now,
your hatchets blunt and bloody,
you were not there before,
when I lay upon a mountain
and my father's hand was trembling
with the beauty of the word.

And if you call me brother now,
forgive me if I inquire,
"Just according to whose plan?"
When it all comes down to dust
I will kill you if I must,
I will help you if I can.
When it all comes down to dust
I will help you if I must,
I will kill you if I can.
And mercy on our uniform,
man of peace or man of war,
the peacock spreads his fan.
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