Leonard Cohen - Come Healing (Lyrics)

Come Healing

O gather up the brokenness
And bring it to me now
The fragrance of those promises
You never dared to vow

The splinters that you carry
The cross you left behind
Come healing of the body
Come healing of the mind

And let the heavens hear it
The penitential hymn
Come healing of the spirit
Come healing of the limb

Behold the gates of mercy
In arbitrary space
And none of us deserving
The cruelty or the grace

O solitude of longing
Where love has been confined
Come healing of the body
Come healing of the mind

O see the darkness yielding
That tore the light apart
Come healing of the reason
Come healing of the heart

O troubled dust concealing
An undivided love
The heart beneath is teaching
To the broken heart above

Let the heavens falter
Let the earth proclaim
Come healing of the altar
Come healing of the name

O longing of the branches
To lift the little bud
O longing of the arteries
To purify the blood

And let the heavens hear it
The penitential hymn
Come healing of the spirit
Come healing of the limb

O let the heavens hear it
The penitential hymn
Come healing of the spirit
Come healing of the limb

Looking forward...

May the past that lives within your heart
hold only memories you treasure.
And may the future that you're dreaming of
you receive in full measure.

Happy 50th Birthday Dear!
I wish you much happiness, peace and success.

All I Need

Thirty years of living,
same soul by my side.
Thirty years of loving,
can't say we haven't tried.

Sometimes there is no end,
joined as one for all time.
Sometimes that's what we intend,
but then it's not our will but thine.

There were some good years,
but lately mostly bad.
There were such happy tears,
but lately mostly sad.

If you can smile in the end,
knowing we shared love for a little bit,
then I'll know peace without end,
and I'll know happy when I find it.

And of all we possess, I want nothing.
Because even though I have now lost it, I did know your love for a brief moment in eternity. That memory is my most valued possession. That, and the love I still have for you, is all I need.

Amen

I attended Mass today for the first time in a very, very long time.

The Homily referenced the parable of the Good Samaritan, which has long been one of my favorites.

I was pleasantly surprised to discover it felt really good to be there, to hear and share in His Word again.

I had forgotten how beautiful it can be, what a gift it can be. I am so thankful.

Amen

I Once Believed

Alone again. Alone this night.

Dwelling on my dreams and fears.

Alone again, no more light.

So many failures bring the tears.

I once could dream.

I once believed.

I fear I will never dream again.

No Answers Here

Sitting at the bar, a pint of courage in my hand.
Joe Cocker's Unchain My Heart being butchered by the band.
But I don't care, cause the words are so true.
Let me go, I want to (need to) start anew.

Would you like another? She asks as she tells me her name.
I nod that I would and I smile at her game.
If she only knew, that's the last thing I need.
I've been playing too long, I've nothing left to bleed.

So I call to her that I've changed my mind.
Just bring me the check, I've run out of time.
It didn't take me long, just one quick beer,
to know that there are no answers for me here.

I am alone

Sometimes the past is better left in the past.

But always that advice comes from one who speaks from experience.

People always want more in their life

and when part of their past is missing it is natural to want to discover it.

Sometimes at any cost.

I have a hidden past.

Not hidden as much as it once was, but still hidden.

The parts I have learned, uncovered,

are proof positive that the past is better left in the past.

Still, I cannot seem to leave well enough alone.

Surely acquiring knowledge you were better off not knowing

does not entice one to continue on down that path? So why then?

Why must I continue this journey?

I suppose, because it is MY journey.

It is the only journey I have travelled.

I think it is natural, it is compelling,

to want to know all about each and every stop I made

on the journey that brought me to this point in my life.

Perhaps in doing this I will be more able to carry on, positively.

Perhaps not.

There is risk. Always.

But I have always liked taking risks.

Perhaps because I never knew the comfort of the known,

the unknown was just as enticing?

One regret. No matter how many people surround me, I am alone.

Why have I been burdened with such a curse as loneliness?