You say I took the name in vain I don't even know the name But if I did, well, really, what's it to you? There's a blaze of light in every word It do… - Leonard Cohen

I did my best, it wasn't much
I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch
I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool you
And even though it all went wrong
I'll stand before the lord of song
With nothing on my tongue but hallelujah

You say I took the name in vain I don't even know the name But if I did, well really, what's it to you? There's a blaze of light in every word It doesn't matter which you heard The holy or the broken Hallelujah

I did my best, it wasn't much I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool you. And even though it all went wrong I'll stand before the Lord of Song With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah.

When my heart is broken as usual
over someone's evanescent beauty
and design after design
they fade like kingdoms with no writing

Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash.

My page was too white
My ink was too thin
The day wouldn't write
What the night pencilled in