Different Sides

Leonard Cohen

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We find ourselves on Different Sides of a line nobody drew Though it only be one in the higher eye down here where we live it is two I to my side call the meek and the mild you to your side call the Word By virtue of suffering I claim to have won you claim to have never been heard Both of us say there are laws to obey yeah but frankly I don't like your tone You want to change the way I make love but I want to leave it alone - alone The pull of the moon the thrust of the sun thus the ocean is crossed The waters are blessed while a shadowy guest kindles a light for the lost Both of us say there are laws to obey yeah but frankly I don't like your tone You want to change the way I make love but I I want to leave it alone Down in the valley the famine goes on famine up on the hill I say that you shouldn't you couldn't you can't you say that you must and you will You want to live where the suffering is I want to get out of town C'mon baby give me a kiss stop writing everything down Both of us say there are laws to obey yeah but frankly I don't like your tone You want to change the way I make love but I I want to leave it alone Both of us say there are laws to obey yeah but frankly I don't like your tone You want to change the way I make love but I I want to leave it alone

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La chanson évoque un profond désaccord entre deux individus qui se trouvent de chaque côté d'une ligne invisible, représentant des visions du monde opposées. Chacun revendique ses propres vérités et souffrances, ce qui les éloigne davantage. L'un prône une approche plus douce et contemplative, tandis que l'autre se veut plus assertif et exigeant, créant ainsi un dialogue difficile où les jugements et les reproches fusent. Le contexte laisse entrevoir un monde où les inégalités et la douleur sont omniprésentes, symbolisées par le contraste entre la famine dans la vallée et la richesse sur la colline. Cela souligne une tension entre le désir d’évasion et la responsabilité face aux souffrances des autres. En somme, la chanson met en lumière le défi de communiquer et de comprendre au-delà de nos différences, dans un monde souvent divisé.

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