About this song
Anthem is a track by Leonard Cohen, taken from the album “Hallelujah & Songs from His Albums”, released June 3, 2022 on Columbia/Legacy. It runs 6:06. Use the Deezer link above to stream the full song.
Lyrics
Find another songThe birds they sang
at the break of day
Start again
I heard them say
Don't dwell on what
has passed away
or what is yet to be.
Ah the wars they will
be fought again
The holy dove
She will be caught again
bought and sold
and bought again
the dove is never free.
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in.
We asked for signs
the signs were sent:
the birth betrayed
the marriage spent
Yeah the widowhood
of every government --
signs for all to see.
I can't run no more
with that lawless crowd
while the killers in high places
say their prayers out loud.
But they've summoned, they've summoned up
a thundercloud
and they're going to hear from me.
Ring the bells that still can ring ...
You can add up the parts
but you won't have the sum
You can strike up the march,
there is no drum
Every heart, every heart
to love will come
but like a refugee.
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack, a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in.
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack, a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in.
That's how the light gets in.
That's how the light gets in.
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More from Hallelujah & Songs from His Albums
- 01 Hallelujah (Live at Glastonbury) 7:33
- 02 Suzanne 3:47
- 03 Bird on the Wire 3:26
- 04 Famous Blue Raincoat 5:07
- 05 Chelsea Hotel #2 3:06
- 06 Who by Fire 2:33
- 07 Dance Me to the End of Love 4:38
- 08 I'm Your Man 4:26
- 09 The Future 6:41
- 10 In My Secret Life 4:53
- 11 Recitation w/ N.L. (A Thousand Kisses Deep) 3:53
- 12 Show Me the Place 4:09