The future

Leonard Cohen

Transposer:

Give me back my broken night, my mirrored room, my secret life it's lonely here, there's no one left to torture Give me absolute control over every living soul And lie beside me baby, that's an order ! Give me crack an anal sex, take the only tree that's left and stuff it up the hole in your culture Give me back the Berlin Wall, give me Stalin and St. Paul I've seen the future, brother : it is murder. Things are gonna slide (slide) in all directions Won't be nothing (won't be) nothing you can't measure anymore. The blizzard, the blizzard of the world has crossed the threshold and it has overturned the order of the soul When they said (they said) REPENT (repent) REPENT (repent) I wonder what they meant When they said (they said) REPENT (repent) REPENT (repent) I wonder what they meant When they said (they said) REPENT (repent) REPENT (repent) I wonder what they meant You don't know me from the wind, you never will, you never did I'm the little jew who wrote the bible I've seen nations rise and fall, I've heard their stories, heard them all but love's the only engibe of survival Your servant here he has been told to say it clear to say it cold : It's over, it ain't going any further And now the wheels of heaven stop, you feel the devil's riding crop Get ready for the future : it is murder. Refrain There'll be the breaking of the ancient western code Your private life will suddenly explode There'll be phantoms, there'll be fires on the road and the white man dancing You'll see your woman hanging upside down her features covered by her fallen gown and all the lousy little poets coming around trying to sound like Charlie Manson and the white man dancing Give me back the Berlin Wall, give me Stalin and St. Paul Give me Christ or give me Hiroshima Destroy another fetus now, we don't like children anyhow I've seen the future, baby : it is murder. Refrain When they said (they said) REPENT (repent) REPENT (repent)

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La chanson évoque un sentiment de désespoir et de désillusion face à un avenir sombre. Elle dépeint une société en proie à la violence et à la déchéance morale, tout en questionnant les valeurs fondamentales de l'humanité. Les paroles évoquent le retour à des temps troublés, où le chaos semble prendre le pas sur l'ordre. Au fil des vers, il est question d'une quête de contrôle absolu, de souffrances individuelles et collectives, et d'une réflexion sur le sens du repentir dans un monde en décomposition. Dans le contexte des années 90, cette œuvre est le reflet d'une époque marquée par des crises politiques, des guerres, et un sentiment de perte de repères. Les références à des figures historiques et religieuses soulignent la lutte entre le bien et le mal, mais aussi la fragilité de la condition humaine face à des enjeux qui dépassent l'individu. C'est un appel à prendre conscience des réalités sombres qui nous entourent et de la nécessité de retrouver une lumière dans l'obscurité.

Le Chansonnier