Letra
[Verse 1]
Oh, gather up the brokenness
Bring it to me now
The fragrance of those promises
You never dared to vow
[Verse 2]
The splinters that you carried
The cross you left behind
Come healing of the body
Come healing of the mind
[Verse 3]
And let the heavens hear it
The penitential hymn
Come healing of the spirit
Come healing of the limb
[Verse 4]
Behold the gates of mercy
In arbitrary space
And none of us deserving
Of cruelty or the grace
[Verse 5]
Oh, solitude of longing
Where love has been confined
Come healing of the body
Come healing of the mind
[Verse 6]
Oh, see the darkness yielding
That tore the light apart
Come healing of the reason
Come healing of the heart
[Verse 7]
Oh, troubled dust concealing
An undivided love
The heart beneath is teaching
To the broken heart above
[Verse 8]
Let the heavens falter
Let the earth proclaim
Come healing of the altar
Come healing of the name
[Verse 9]
Oh, longing of the branches
To lift the little bud
Oh, longing of the arteries
To purify the blood
[Verse 10]
And let the heavens hear it
The penitential hymn
Come healing of the spirit
Come healing of the limb
[Verse 11]
Oh, let the heavens hear it
The penitential hymn
(Penitential)
Come healing of the spirit
Come healing of the limb
Written by: Leonard Cohen, Patrick Leonard
