Do you consider Leonard Cohen profound or profane in a christian context? Do you think hes a combination of profound and profane?
Poet003
2012/04/16 01:31:31
Maybe Im dense the meaning of this song is still sinking in.I havent read the lyrics though. Ive listened to it only which is often more difficult for me.

















THE WINDOW
Why do you stand by the window
Abandoned to beauty and pride
The thorn of the night in your bosom
The spear of the age in your side
Lost in the rages of fragrance
Lost in the rags of remorse
Lost in the waves of a sickness
That loosens the high silver nerves
Oh chosen love, Oh frozen love
Oh tangle of matter and ghost
Oh darling of angels, demons and saints
The whole broken-hearted host
Gentle this soul
And come forth from the cloud of anoint
And kiss the cheek of the moon
The New Jerusalem glowing
Why tarry all night in the ruin
And leave no word of discomfort
Oh, leave no observer to mourn
But climb on your tears and be silent
Like a rose on its ladder of thorns
Oh chosen love, Oh frozen love...
Then lay your rose on the fire
The fire give up to the sun
The sun give over to splendour
In the arms of the high holy one
For the holy one dreams of a letter
Dreams of a letter's death
Oh bless thee continuous stutter
Of the word being made into flesh
Oh chosen love, Oh frozen love...
It's like Led Zeppelin's Houses of the Holy. The lyrics have the words Holy and Devil in them, but the song is actually about a relationship not religious content.