The Traitor-Leonard Cohen

[00:00.00]The Traitor -Leonard Cohen （昂纳德·科恩） [00:00.000] 作曲 : Leonard Cohen [00:22.736]Now the swan it floated [00:25.246]On the english river [00:32.96]Ah the rose of high romance [00:37.66]It opened wide [00:42.196]A sun tanned woman yearned me [00:46.506]Through the summer [00:51.236]And the judges watched us [00:54.246]From the other side [01:01.186]I told my mother mother [01:05.496]I must leave you [01:10.606]Preserve my room [01:12.846]But do not shed a tear [01:19.906]Should rumour of a shabby [01:24.116]Ending reach you [01:28.785]It was half my fault [01:31.595]And half the atmosphere [01:38.315]But the rose I sickened [01:41.335]With a scarlet fever [01:47.694]And the swan I tempted [01:50.544]With a sense of shame [01:57.114]She said at last [01:59.584]I was her finest lover [02:06.434]And if she withered [02:08.894]I would be to blame [02:16.364]The judges said you missed it [02:21.74]By a fraction [02:25.694]Rise up and brace [02:27.994]Your troops for the attack [02:34.404]Ah the dreamers ride [02:37.124]Against the men of action [02:43.994]Oh see the men of action [02:48.134]Falling back [02:52.804]But I lingered on her thighs [02:56.604]A fatal moment [03:02.193]I kissed her lips [03:04.393]As though I thirsted still [03:11.153]My falsity had stung me [03:15.33]Like a hornet [03:20.13]The poison sank [03:21.923]And it paralysed my will [03:29.53]I could not move to warn [03:32.63]All the younger soldiers [03:37.903]That they had been [03:40.103]Deserted from above [03:46.322]So on battlefields [03:49.82]From here to barcelona [03:55.832]I'm listed with the enemies of love [04:07.171]And long ago she said [04:10.541]I must be leaving [04:16.401]Ah but keep my body here to lie upon [04:25.461]You can move it up [04:27.691]And down and when I'm sleeping [04:34.481]Run some wire through [04:37.61]That rose and wind the swan [04:44.21]So daily I renew my idle duty [04:53.30]I touch her here and there [04:57.120]I know my place [05:02.20]I kiss her open mouth [05:05.50]And I praise her beauty [05:10.980]And people call me traitor to my face