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Owed to Leonard Cohen - put away your razorblades


 

A cruel shade of blue


Intro

I can't give my love to you

Love is just another shade of blue

Verse

I can see you alone in the spotlight

with the weight of the world on your mind.

You were wearing your hair like a shield from the words

and sang "Your Path Is Brighter Than Mine".


Now it's midnight and there's no second chances

Just the burden of the unspoken truth

when you're screaming but nobody's hearing

'cause you're wrapped in a cruel shade of blue


Chorus

live in the moment

and stare at the walls

and wait til the journey is through

a glow in the dark

is the best gift of all

when you're lost in a cruel shade of blue.


Verse

All the ghosts of my past have been stirring

while a stranger looks out through my eyes

and I'm tired of holding down feelings

with the strength of the last compromise


But I've blackened the doors of perception

with a darkness that's hard to erase.

How can I care when I don't understand

and the silence is so hard to break?


So, blame if you want to but don't lose to fear

There's a torch that will guide the way through

and don't let this hurt be the memory of me

We're both trapped in this cruel shade of blue

Chorus

live in the moment

and stare at the floor

and wait til this journey is through

a glow in the darkness

is the best gift of all

when you're lost in this cruel shade of blue

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Ode....Ode to Leonard Cohen



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Nope. Owed. It isn't an ode.

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just checking boss, I got rectory and rectum mixed up one night at church, that was a night I would like to forget....

-- Edited by Jack at 20:48, 2007-07-24

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A senior member moment perhaps?
Anyway, I would rather you tear my stuff to shreds than say nothing.

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I kinda like it. at times it seems like you're trying to be a little too deep (read: pretentious ---i.e. "But I've blackened the doors of perception with a darkness that's hard to erase.") But there is definitely some writing talent there. It seems well constructed.


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That bit was meant to be a play on the Blake/Huxley line about "cleansing the doors of perception". I guess that is a bit pretentious. I will rework it. Thanks.

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Is this less pretentious?

My vision of the future is blurring

with a shadow that's hard to erase.



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