"Democracy" by Leonard Cohen
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- Leonard Cohen, more widely known as a musician, shows off his skill as a poet and a spoken-word artist with his poem "Democracy."
From The United States of Poetry episode "The American Dream."
Copyright Washington Square Arts, 1995.
It's coming through a hole in the air,
from those nights in Tiananmen Square.
It's coming from the feel
that it ain't exactly real,
or it's real, but it ain't exactly there.
From the wars against disorder,
from the sirens night and day;
from the fires of the homeless,
from the ashes of the gay:
Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.
It's coming through a crack in the wall,
on a visionary flood of alcohol;
from the staggering account
of the Sermon on the Mount
which I don't pretend to understand at all.
It's coming from the silence
on the dock of the bay,
from the brave, the bold, the battered
heart of Chevrolet:
Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.
It's coming from the sorrow on the street,
the holy places where the races meet;
from the homicidal bitchin'
that goes down in every kitchen
to determine who will serve and who will eat.
From the wells of disappointment
where the women kneel to pray
for the grace of G d in the desert here
and desert far away:
Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.
It's coming to America first,
the cradle of the best and of the worst.
It's here they got the range
and the machinery for change
and it's here they got the spiritual thirst.
It's here the family's broken
and it's here the lonely say
that the heart has got to open
in a fundamental way:
Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.
Sail on, sail on
o mighty Ship of State!
To the Shores of Need
past the Reefs of Greed
through the Squalls of Hate
Sail on, sail on
I'm sentimental, if you know what I mean:
I love the country but I can't stand the scene.
And I'm neither left or right
I'm just staying home tonight,
getting lost in that hopeless little screen.
But I'm stubborn as those garbage bags
that Time cannot decay,
I'm junk but I'm still holding up
this little wild bouquet:
Democracy is coming to the U.S.A. - บันเทิง
RIP to one of musical heroes. Thank you, Leonard.
Love you Leonard. Thank you for sharing the gift that will always be you, always life, always love. Never to be forgotten. Sail on...
"The cradle of the best and of the worst".
Respect.
There's a sort of dark events and days, where I find myself magically drawn to some Cohen lyrics, like today...
... the cradle of the best and the worst....
yea thats my favorite part too, great words, its actualy 'the cradle of the best OF the worst'
Another of our treasures - gone now. We will always have his music, and his poetry tho - and that surely is a keepsake! RIP
From the 5-part PBS series "The United States of Poetry" (1996).
rip ,,see your soul in another life Leonard ...
R.I.P. great artist.
it gives me the chills
Leonard said it all.......before we even knew it. God bless you Leonard. Your kisses linger.......and you remain in our hearts ...Forever!
Love it
Genius
Exactly! That is one reason this American loves Canadian comedians (and musicians of course). They have the perfect vantage point for looking at the American experment as it really is.
we often get a far more objective perspective from canada... when you're saturated in the soup, it can be tough to see clearly...
nature freak weird, I thought Americans were supposed to the arrogant ignorant ones
Sublime, like everything else from LC
This is one of the only two times in my life that someone reading their poem has not pissed me off.
i had never seen this version before of Cohen Reading out !
whos here after watching the Mr. Robot trailer ?
No Owen Benjamin
I don't get why that trailer disappeared off the face of the earth. I'm glad I'm not the only one who knows that trailer. Thought it was a dream.
R.I.P Sir ~
Thanks for sharing this. In my view the spoken version is even more powerful than the song.
that´s poetry
R.I.P.
mr robot has brought me here
"Democracy" is shorthand for a system that values human rights, individual rights, as well as collective rights. It not only has voting rights, but a fair and equatable system of courts to iron out both small and large squabbles,and other institutions such as the press to help make things fair. Of course, its messy, but its better than the fascism we have now, which is the rule of the rich.
Hello, friends.
here now March 2021
Leonard as MTV's Max Headroom
Wow how true is this!!! and this was wriiten a decade ago..............................
Three decades ago. Democracy, from Leonard Cohen's The Future album, published in 1992.
@jimbonepdx Amen to that.
Anybody knows where can I get the complete series... ?
Who's here after watching the U.S Capitol Siege?
We're so happy to feature this video in A DELIGHT A DAY. Read what Leonard Cohen said to me after I wrote him: conta.cc/2A1Zcqr It's how "Suzanne" came to be the theme song to my podcast: suespeakspodcast.com/
These glasses of my Master Cohen will help you to see clear. Order them.....! Look at the holes inside the glasses!!! /;)
Who's here by the Mr. Robot teaser?? :3
DEP poet
Some important words on the screen are incorrect.... get lyrics elsewhere such as on the album.
It sounds like a monologue from House of Cards.
Mr robot brought me here
THAT'S FOR YOU DONALD TRUMP
lc check out my flag on youtube under don shearer "ALLEGIANCE TO LOVE" you might want to use it
Our new president thinks that the massacre of the democracy protesters in Tiananmen Square was the correct use of power by the Chinese government.
galolito welcome to Murikkka
I'm pretty sure the recent protests were not met with authoritarian force
***** you haven't been paying attention to the DAPL clearly
Eh good point. But I get the feeling OP referring to Trump
Fools.
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Blah blah blah blah.