My cousin sent me a link to an Italian "Free Hugs" video on youtube today. It made me cry. Alot. And the music, the song, Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah, moved me hard. I looked it up again and listened to k.d.langs version. I cried a good deal more. I looked up the lyrics so I got it right . I read someone's comments somewhere that Bon Jovi's version was their favorite, so I went there, too. While I was listening and crying to Bon Jovi, I read these lyrics and my ex-wife came to mind. And then the rivers flowed from my eyes.
And remember when I moved in you
The holy dove was moving too
And every breath we drew was Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, 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
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, 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
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
I wasn't very truthful about my gender and there were a lot of lies from there. But I always told the truth about loving her. And when I stand before my Poppa, there will be nothing on my tongue for her but Halleluja.
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Hi Shannon.
ReplyDeleteJust so you know...waking up is hard to do. But it beats the alternative and over time, you will get used to it.
Eventually, if yiu keep doing it, you will look forward to it.......Just rememeber,
"If you are not busy being born,
You are being dying..." -B. Dylan