©Leonard Cohen, released on Various Positions (1984)
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I greet you from the other side
Of sorrow and despair
With a love so vast and shattered
It will reach you everywhere
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And I sing this for the captain
Whose ship has not been built
For the mother in confusion
Her cradle still unfilled
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For the heart with no companion
For the soul without a king
For the prima ballerina
Who cannot dance to anything
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Through the days of shame that are coming
Through the nights of wild distress
Tho' your promise count for nothing
You must keep it nonetheless
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You must keep it for the captain
Whose ship has not been built
For the mother in confusion
Her cradle still unfilled
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For the heart with no companion ...
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I greet you from the other side ...
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