'A weekend on your lips, a lifetime in your eyes'



I love this Album.
Is it just me, or does anyone else always think "lifetime on your thighs" at this point in the song? I know the correct lyric but my mind just always goes there (what does that say about me - ha). I blame Leonard...all his references to thighs over the years.Cheshire gal wrote:Slow: A great song.
'A weekend on your lips, a lifetime in your eyes'![]()
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I love this Album.
No, not just you.mnkyface wrote: Is it just me, or does anyone else always think "lifetime on your thighs" at this point in the song?
Yep. Totally. First time through my brain automatically heard "thighs"...mnkyface wrote:Cheshire gal wrote:Is it just me, or does anyone else always think "lifetime on your thighs" at this point in the song? I know the correct lyric but my mind just always goes there (what does that say about me - ha). I blame Leonard...all his references to thighs over the years.
The official lyrics are:Greengage wrote: "Was our prayer so damn unworthy
The sun rejected it?"
Ah, I was wondering about that.AlanM wrote:The official lyrics are:Greengage wrote: "Was our prayer so damn unworthy
The sun rejected it?"
"Was our prayer so damn unworthy
The Son rejected it?"
http://www.leonardcohenfiles.com/popula ... s.html#113
I think this meaning of Son/sun is a New Testament reference rather than an Old Testament/Talmud one.
Son is quite different to sun in meaning, both here and elsewhere.
Alan
This is probably my least favourite line on the album. It ranks up there with "I don't smoke no cigarettes / I don't need no alcohol" from the Darkness amongst my least favourite in any of his albums...Cheshire gal wrote:Slow: A great song.
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I love this Album.
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