“A Bird on a Wire”
A Bird on a Wire
(L. Cohen – An Interpretation)
Art – Matt Chambliss
Where is your habitation
Origins unknown
Destiny’s dull desire dances out of reach
Longing lures
Lost, looking toward the next horizon
Drama of I played out once more
Familiar plots and themes and resolutions mingle with matter
Spirit and form and substance coalesce
Life again given to the Play
Like a bird on a wire
Held by grasping feet
Like a drunk in a choir
Finally at rest, secure
Safely stoned, at one with the Sacred
Fleeing frightening Freedom
Habitation is just habits
Origins, the Silent Stillness
Destiny done, already
Longing for what Is, already
Lost, lingering in the Mirror
Drama’s dance, Dread and Delight
Creature become Creator
Disconnected from Self
Seeking something Else
Surrender Godhood and see God
Let go grasping feet
Sacred Soul is the Lover
Freedom found when seeking surrendered
BIRDS ON THE WIRE
Oh, Jenny
Recalling yet
How we’d sing it together back then
Swapping the words back and forth
… drunk …
… choir …
… tried …
… way …
… free
Leonard has passed
Me, I stagger on
Wondering
Where you are now
And even
If …
Oh, Jenny
Oh, Miss Jones
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I’d been wanting/needing to commemorate this particularly precious and significant part of my history for a while and coming up null so heartfelt thanks for this.
Thank you for sharing
One of my favourite LC tracks. You’ve played with it well Plato.
Nice play with words and lyrics. I read that Cohen would labor for days and weeks over his lyrics. Worthy.
He taught me much during a time I needed it. Found the hallelujah in some dark grief. I did not know they went together at times.