I didn’t grow up with Leonard Cohen songs, but poetry friends have been urging an acquaintance upon me for some time. His “Anthem” from the 1992 album The Future has words that reverberate today.
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.
If you’re cracked, damaged, imperfect? Arise and shine. That’s how the Light gets in.
He and Dylan have some of the most unique voices out there. I have several of his poetry books and re-read them a lot.
@divatobe: I need to catch up with allll the poetry books, it seems.
Beautiful! I’d heard quotes from this song, but never listened to the whole thing. Thanks for sharing!
@jama: Isn’t his voice something? Like pea gravel and soft gray ashes. It is the voice of… excess, and yet his message is so spare and true.