Interpret:

Leonard Cohen

Album:

Old Ideas

We find ourselves on different sides 
Of a line nobody drew 
Though it all may be one in the higher eye 
Down here where we live it is two


I to my side call the meek and the mild 
You to your side call the Words 
By virtue of suffering I claim to have won 
You claim to have never been heard


Both of us say there are laws to obey 
Yeah, but frankly I don't like your tone 
You want to change the way I make love 
(But) I want to leave it alone


The pull of the moon, the thrust of the sun 
Thus the ocean is crossed 
The waters are blessed while a shadowy guest 
Kindles a light for the lost


Both of us say there are laws to obey 
But frankly I don't like your tone 
You want to change the way I make love 
(But) I want to leave it alone


Down in the valley the famine goes on 
The famine up on the hill 
I say that you shouldn't, you couldn't, you can't 
You say that you must and you will


You want to live where the suffering is
I want to get out of town 
Come on, baby, give me a kiss 
Stop writing everything down


Both of us say there are laws to obey 
Yeah, but frankly I don't like your tone 
You want to change the way I make love 
(But) I want to leave it alone


Both of us say there are laws to obey 
Yeah, but frankly I don't like your tone 
You want to change the way I make love 
(But) I want to leave it alone…