You want it darker Leonard Cohen Charlotte Adigéry cover

From the full concert Radio1 Cohen Sessie online at If you are the dealer Im out of the game If you are the healer Means Im broken and lame If thine is the glory Then mine must be the shame You want it darker We kill the flame Magnified and sanctified Be Thy Holy Name Vilified and crucified In the human frame A million candles burning For the help that never came You want it darker Hineni Hineni Im ready, my Lord Theres a lover in the story But the storys still the same Theres a lullaby for suffering And a paradox to blame But its written in the scriptures And its not some idle claim You want it darker We kill the flame Theyre lining up the prisoners And the guards are taking aim I struggled with some demons They were middleclass and tame I didnt know I had permission To murder and to maim You want it darker Hineni Hineni Im ready br, br,