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Artist/Band: Leonard Cohen
Lyrics for Song: Master Song
Lyrics for Album: Complete Studio Albums Collection [2011]



I believe that you heard your master sing

When I was sick in bed

I suppose that he told you everything

That I keep locked away in my head

Your master took you travelling

Well at least that's what you said

And now do you come back to bring

Your prisoner wine and bread?



You met him at some temple

Where they take your clothes at the door

He was just a numberless man in a chair

Who'd just come back from the war

And you wrap up his tired face in your hair

And he hands you the apple core

Then he touches your lips now so suddenly bare

Of all the kisses we put on some time before



And he gave you a German Shepherd to walk

With a collar of leather and nails

And he never once made you explain or talk

About all of the little details

Such as who had a word and who had a rock

And who had you through the mails

Now your love is a secret all over the block

And it never stops not even when your master fails



And he took you up in his aeroplane

Which he flew without any hands

And you cruised above the ribbons of rain

That drove the crowd from the stands

Then he killed the lights in a lonely lane

And, an ape with angel glands

Erased the final wisps of pain

With the music of rubber bands



And now I hear your master sing

You kneel for him to come

His body is a golden string

That your body is hanging from

His body is a golden string

My body has grown numb

Oh now you hear your master sing

Your shirt is all undone



And will you kneel beside this bed

That we polished so long ago

Before your master chose instead

To make my bed of snow?

Your eyes are wild and your knuckles are red

And you're speaking far too low

No I can't make out what your master said

Before he made you go



Then I think you're playing far too rough

For a lady who's been to the moon;

I've lain by this window long enough

To get used to an empty room

And your love is some dust in an old man's cough

Who is tapping his foot to a tune

And your thighs are a ruin, you want too much

Let's say you came back some time too soon



I loved your master perfectly

I taught him all that he knew

He was starving in some deep mystery

Like a man who is sure what is true

And I sent you to him with my guarantee

I could teach him something new

And I taught him how you would long for me

No matter what he said no matter what you'd do



I believe that you heard your master sing

While I was sick in bed

I'm sure that he told you everything

I must keep locked away in my head

Your master took you travelling

Well at least that's what you said

And now do you come back to bring

Your prisoner wine and bread?


Master Song - Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen's "Master Song" stands as a profound meditation on spiritual authority and human frailty, delivered with his signature baritone and poetic lyricism. Recorded for his comprehensive studio discography, the track exemplifies Cohen's ability to blend religious imagery with secular introspection, characteristic of his work spanning from his early folk period to his later jazz-infused explorations. The song reflects his ongoing engagement with themes of redemption and the complexities of faith, utilizing sparse arrangements to highlight the weight of his verses. As a key component of his catalog, "Master Song" invites listeners to contemplate the nature of divinity through the lens of a deeply personal and universally resonant voice.


Album Lyrics: Complete Studio Albums Collection [2011]


Leonard Cohen
"Complete Studio Albums Collection [2011]"


1. Dance Me To The End Of Love
2. Bird On The Wire
3. Everybody Knows
4. Joan Of Arc
5. There Is A War
6. Sisters Of Mercy
7. Hallelujah
8. I'm Your Man
9. One Of Us Cannot Be Wrong
10. If It Be Your Will
11. Heart With No Companion
12. Suzanne
13. Master Song
14. Winter Lady
15. The Stranger Song
16. So Long, Marianne
17. Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye
18. Stories Of The Street
19. Teachers
20. Coming Back To You
21. The Law
22. Night Comes On
23. The Captain
24. Hunter's Lullaby
25. First We Take Manhattan
26. Ain't No Cure For Love
27. Take This Waltz
28. Jazz Police
29. I Can't Forget
30. Tower Of Song
31. The Future
32. Waiting For The Miracle
33. Be For Real
34. Closing Time
35. Anthem
36. Democracy
37. Light As The Breeze
38. Always
39. Tacoma Trailer
40. In My Secret Life
41. A Thousand Kisses Deep
42. That Don't Make It Junk
43. Here It Is
44. Love Itself
45. By The Rivers Dark
46. Alexandra Leaving
47. You Have Loved Enough
48. Boogie Street
49. The Land Of Plenty
50. Story Of Isaac
51. A Bunch Of Lonesome Heroes
52. The Partisan
53. Seems So Long Ago, Nancy
54. The Old Revolution
55. The Butcher
56. You Know Who I Am
57. Lady Midnight
58. Tonight Will Be Fine
59. Avalanche
60. Last Year's Man
61. Dress Rehearsal Rag
62. Diamonds In The Mine
63. Love Calls You By Your Name
64. Famous Blue Raincoat
65. Sing Another Song, Boys
66. Is This What You Wanted
67. Lover Lover Lover
68. Field Commander Cohen
69. Why Don't You Try
70. A Singer Must Die
71. I Tried To Leave You
72. Who By Fire
73. Take This Longing
74. Leaving Green Sleeves
75. True Love Leaves No Traces
76. Iodine
77. Memories
78. I Left A Woman Waiting
79. Don't Go Home With Your Hard-On
80. Fingerprints
81. Death Of A Ladies' Man
82. The Guests
83. The Window
84. Came So Far For Beauty
85. The Traitor
86. Our Lady Of Solitude
87. The Gypsy's Wife
88. Ballad Of The Absent Mare
89. Go No More A-Roving
90. Because Of
91. The Letters
92. Undertow
93. Morning Glory
94. On That Day
95. Villanelle For Our Time
96. There For You
97. Dear Heather
98. Nightingale
99. To A Teacher
100. The Faith