album cover
The Future (Live)
20,264
Pop
The Future (Live) was released on March 31, 2009 by Columbia as a part of the album Live In London
album cover
Release DateMarch 31, 2009
LabelColumbia
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM144

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Edward Sanders
Edward Sanders
Producer
Steven Berkowitz
Steven Berkowitz
Co-Producer
Stephen J. Spencer
Stephen J. Spencer
Recording Engineer
Michael Brauer
Michael Brauer
Mixing Engineer
Will Hensley
Will Hensley
Assistant Engineer
Leanne Ungar
Leanne Ungar
Engineer
Russell Wilson
Russell Wilson
Engineer
John Van Nest
John Van Nest
Engineer
Bob Ludwig
Bob Ludwig
Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
It's wonderful to be gathered here on just the other side of intimacy
So, I'm so pleased that you're here, I know some of you have
Undergone financial and geographic inconvenience
We're, we're honored to play for you tonight
[Verse 2]
Gimme back my broken night
My mirrored room, my secret life
It's lonely here
There's no one left to torture
Give me absolute control
Over every living soul
And lie beside me, baby
That's an order
[Verse 3]
Give me crack and careless sex
Take the only tree that's left
And stuff it up the hole
In your culture
Give me back the Berlin wall
Give me Stalin and St. Paul
I've seen the future, brother
It is murder
[Verse 4]
Things are going to slide (Slide in all directions)
Won't be nothing
Won't be nothing you can measure anymore
The blizzard, the blizzard of the world
Has crossed the threshold
And it's overturned
The order of the soul
[Verse 5]
When they said (They said) repent (Repent), repent (Repent)
I wonder what they meant
When they said (They said) repent (Repent), repent (Repent)
I wonder what they meant
When they said (They said) repent (Repent), repent (Repent)
[Verse 6]
You don't know me from the wind
You never will, you never did
I'm the little Jew
Who wrote the Bible
I've seen the nations rise and fall
I've heard their stories, heard them all
But love's the only engine
Of survival
[Verse 7]
Your servant here, he has been told
To say it clear, to say it cold
It's over, it ain't going any further
And now the wheels of heaven stop
You feel the devil's riding crop
Get ready for the future
It is murder
[Verse 8]
Things are gonna slide (Slide in all directions)
Won't be nothing
Won't be nothing you can measure anymore
The blizzard, the blizzard of the world
Has crossed the threshold
And it's overturned the order of the soul
[Verse 9]
When they said (They said) repent (Repent), repent (Repent)
I wonder what they meant
When they said (They said) repent (Repent), repent (Repent)
I wonder what they meant
When they said (They said) repent (Repent), repent (Repent)
[Verse 10]
There'll be the breaking of the ancient western code
Your private life will suddenly explode
There'll be phantoms, there'll be fires on the road
And the white man dancing
You'll see your woman hanging upside down
Her features covered by her fallen gown
And all your lousy little poets coming around
Trying to sound like Charlie Manson
Yeah, the white girls dancing
[Verse 11]
Give me back the Berlin wall
Give me Stalin and St. Paul
Give me Christ
Or give me Hiroshima
Destroy another fetus now
We don't like children anyhow
I've seen the future, baby
It is murder
[Verse 12]
Things are going to slide (Slide in all directions)
Won't be nothing
Won't be nothing you can measure anymore
The blizzard, the blizzard of the world
Has crossed the threshold
And it's overturned
The order of the soul
[Verse 13]
When they said (They said) repent (Repent), repent (Repent)
I wonder what they meant
When they said (They said) repent (Repent), repent (Repent)
I wonder what they meant
When they said (They said) repent (Repent), repent (Repent)
I wonder what they meant
When they said (They said) repent (Repent), repent (Repent)
[Verse 14]
Thank you
Written by: Leonard Cohen
instagramSharePathic_arrow_out􀆄 copy􀐅􀋲

Loading...