The Flame

by Leonard Cohen

word your deep concern fuck this valley

Since I no longer wish to explain myself I have become a stone Since I no longer long for anyone I am not alone

here with the glory here with the hoof here with the wisdom {knowledge} here with the proof

Now lest I be the juda’s lamb & lead you to the knife This is not a parable It’s but a human life The man who tells this story he is sitting on a bed chair wondering where to go and how to get from here to there

So come and gather round me but do not sit too near The closer that you sit to me The less that you will hear