Leonard Cohen - Anthem (w/lyrics) London 2008

Anthem

The birds they sang

At the break of day

Start again

I heard them say

Don't dwell on what

Has passed away

Or what is yet to be

Yeah the wars they will

Be fought again

The holy dove

She will be caught again

Bought and sold

And bought again

The dove is never free

Ring the bells that still can ring

Forget your perfect offering

There is a crack, a crack in everything

That's how the light gets in

We asked for signs

The signs were sent:

The birth betrayed

The marriage spent

Yeah the widowhood

Of every government

Signs for all to see

I can't run no more

With that lawless crowd

While the killers in high places

Say their prayers out loud

But they've summoned, they've summoned up

A thundercloud

And they're going to hear from me

Ring the bells that still ring

Forget your perfect offering

There is a crack, a crack in everything

That's how the light gets in

You can add up the parts

You won't have the sum

You can strike up the march

There is no drum

Every heart, every heart

To love will come

But like a refugee

Ring the bells that still can ring

Forget your perfect offering

There is a crack, a crack in everything

That's how the light gets in

Ring the bells that still can ring

Forget your perfect offering

There is a crack, a crack in everything

That's how the light gets in

That's how the light gets in

That's how the light gets in

  

Seguendo l'inno, e leggendo il testo che ho ripreso dal Web, mi pare che manchi qualche parola nei versi, cose da poco, ma non è proprio perfetta la riproduzione del lyric. 

Ringrazio il poeta Roberto Di Pietro per avermi indicato questo splendido Inno di Cohen, che non conoscevo, nonostante abbia goduto nell'ascolto di altre sue straordinarie interpretazioni. (Danila Oppio)