Night Comes On (Live at Mönchengladbach Show, 2012)-Leonard Cohen

[00:00.00]Night Comes On （夜降临）（at Mönchengladbach Show ,2012）-Leonard Cohen （昂纳德·科恩） [00:09.547]I went down to the place [00:12.404]Where my mother lay waiting [00:15.184]Under the marble and the snow [00:19.302]I said mother I'm frightened [00:22.52]The thunder and the lightning [00:24.502]I'll never come through this alone [00:29.131]She said I'll be with you [00:31.360]My shawl wrapped around you [00:33.629]My hand on your head when you go [00:38.368]And the night comes on [00:40.668]And it's very calm [00:42.997]I wanted the night to go on and on [00:47.576]But she said go back back to the world [01:01.787]We were fighting in Egypt [01:04.145]When they signed this agreement [01:06.632]That nobody else had to die [01:10.101]There was this terrible sound [01:12.948]And my father went down [01:15.317]With a terrible wound in his side [01:19.575]He said try to go on [01:21.854]Take my books take my gun [01:24.543]Remember my son how they lied [01:28.981]And the night comes on [01:31.29]And it's very calm [01:33.408]I'd like to pretend that my father was wrong [01:37.767]But you don't want to lie not to the young [01:51.17]We were locked in this kitchen [01:53.736]I took to religion [01:55.875]And I wondered how long she would stay [02:00.303]I needed so much [02:02.222]To have nothing to touch [02:04.801]I've always been greedy that way [02:08.900]But my son and my daughter [02:11.528]Climbed out of the water [02:13.707]Crying Papa you promised to play [02:17.936]And they lead me away [02:20.165]To the great surprise [02:22.182]It's Papa don't peek Papa cover your eyes [02:26.319]And they hide hide in the world [02:39.503]Now I look for her always [02:41.802]I'm lost in this calling [02:43.950]I'm tied to the threads of some prayer [02:47.988]Saying when will she summon me [02:50.577]When will she come to me [02:52.986]What must I do to prepare [02:56.745]When she bends to my longing [02:59.223]Like a willow like a fountain [03:01.461]She stands in the luminous air [03:05.479]And the night comes on [03:07.809]And it's very calm [03:09.809]I lie in her arms she says when I'm gone [03:13.778]I'll be yours yours for a song [03:26.566]Now the crickets are singing [03:29.575]The vesper bells ringing [03:31.815]The cat's curled asleep in his chair [03:35.644]I'll go down to Bill's Bar [03:38.141]I can make it that far [03:40.300]And I'll see if my friends are still there [03:44.518]And here's to the few [03:46.787]Who forgive what you do [03:48.936]And the fewer who don't even care [03:53.225]And the night comes on [03:55.164]And it's very calm [03:57.362]I want to cross over I want to go home [04:01.279]But she says go back [04:05.89]Back to the world [04:57.448]I went down to the place [04:59.647]Where my mother lay waiting [05:02.446]Under the marble and the snow [05:05.895]I said mother I'm frightened [05:08.413]The thunder and the lightning [05:10.470]I'll never come through this alone [05:14.480]She said I'll be with you [05:16.929]My shawl wrapped around you [05:19.147]My hand on your head when you go [05:23.515]And the night comes on [05:25.592]It's very calm [05:27.760]I want to cross over I want to go home [05:31.777]But she says go back back to the world