Anthem

Song Anthem
Artist Leonard Cohen
Album Opus Collection

Lyrics

[00:11.47] The birds they sang
[00:14.71] at the break of day
[00:18.84] Start again
[00:22.22] I heard them say
[00:26.27] Don't dwell on what
[00:30.54] has passed away
[00:33.57] or what is yet to be.
[00:36.35]
[00:41.20] Ah the wars they will
[00:44.73] be fought again
[00:48.37] The holy dove
[00:52.00] She will be caught again
[00:57.03] bought and sold
[01:00.44] and bought again
[01:03.43] the dove is never free.
[01:07.64]
[01:11.10] Ring the bells that still can ring
[01:19.12] Forget your perfect offering
[01:25.77] There is a crack in everything
[01:33.21] That's how the light gets in.
[01:39.89]
[01:48.26] We asked for signs
[01:51.93] the signs were sent:
[01:55.75] the birth betrayed
[01:59.51] the marriage spent
[02:03.64] Yeah the widowhood
[02:06.74] of every government
[02:10.99] signs for all to see.
[02:14.45]
[02:17.93] I can't run no more
[02:21.86] with that lawless crowd
[02:26.27] while the killers in high places
[02:29.51] say their prayers out loud.
[02:33.27] But they've summoned, they've summoned up
[02:38.50] a thundercloud
[02:42.90] and they're going to hear from me.
[02:46.55]
[02:48.52] Ring the bells that still can ring
[02:56.24] Forget your perfect offering
[03:03.06] There is a crack, a crack in everything
[03:10.61] That's how the light gets in.
[03:13.37]
[03:25.36] You can add up the parts
[03:30.13] but you won't have the sum
[03:33.02] You can strike up the march,
[03:37.02] there is no drum
[03:41.24] Every heart, every heart
[03:46.75] to love will come
[03:48.61] but like a refugee.
[03:51.12]
[03:56.08] Ring the bells that still can ring
[04:03.67] Forget your perfect offering
[04:10.78] There is a crack, a crack in everything
[04:17.83] That's how the light gets in.
[04:20.74]
[04:33.03] Ring the bells that still can ring
[04:41.03] Forget your perfect offering
[04:47.91] There is a crack, a crack in everything
[04:55.33] That's how the light gets in.
[04:58.88] That's how the light gets in.
[05:02.82] That's how the light gets in.