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Just discovered "the window"
Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2011 7:17 pm
by zaidagal
Hi Im a newbie on this board....a big fan of Cohens, but somehow, Ive only JUST discovered the song "The Window"...I am absolutely overwhelmed by it...I think its fast on its way to becoming my all time favourite song!
Glad to be on this forum -
Zaidagal
Re: Just discovered "the window"
Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2011 7:46 pm
by Stamatina
welcome aboard, zaidagal..
the window is one of my favourite songs as well...
you can read a whole great discussion over it here:
viewtopic.php?f=9&t=16704
and participate, too.
hope to see you around.
Re: Just discovered "the window"
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2011 10:23 am
by zaidagal
Stamanita - Thank you so much for sending me that link!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I enjoyed reading all the posts, and was intrigued by all the different interpretations of the song. Im definitely going to post about my own interpretation.
Do all the songs have their own topic thread going -
all the best
zaidagal
Re: Just discovered "the window"
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2011 10:31 am
by zaidagal
Ok - my interpretation - as a newish christian (episcopalian) and someone sturglling with spirituality, I see it as a spiritual struggle...."why do you stand at the window"...its almost like someone looking, but afraid to go all the way.....stopped by pride, etc, from throwing themselves into God...."tangle of matter and ghost"...what a beautiful way to describe Jesus (God made man)...and "bless the continuous stutter of the word being made into flesh".....we, here on earth, are meant to be the "body" of the church, and yet we do such a poor job...it is a "continuous stutter"....the word is still being made into flesh, at an agonisingly slow rate!
really glad Ive found this forum!
zaidagal