One Thousand Kisses Deep
The ponies run, the girls are young,
The odds are there to beat.
You win a while, and then it's done ?
Your little winning streak.
The ponies run, the girls are young,
The odds are there to beat.
You win a while, and then it's done ?
Your little winning streak.
And summoned now to deal
With your invincible defeat,
You live your life as if it's real,
A Thousand Kisses Deep.
With your invincible defeat,
You live your life as if it's real,
A Thousand Kisses Deep.
I'm turning tricks, I'm getting fixed,
I'm back on Boogie Street.
You lose your grip, and then you slip
Into the Masterpiece.
I'm back on Boogie Street.
You lose your grip, and then you slip
Into the Masterpiece.
And maybe I had miles to drive,
And promises to keep:
You ditch it all to stay alive,
A Thousand Kisses Deep.
And promises to keep:
You ditch it all to stay alive,
A Thousand Kisses Deep.
And sometimes when the night is slow,
The wretched and the meek,
We gather up our hearts and go,
A Thousand Kisses Deep.
The wretched and the meek,
We gather up our hearts and go,
A Thousand Kisses Deep.
Confined to sex, we pressed against
The limits of the sea:
I saw there were no oceans left
For scavengers like me.
The limits of the sea:
I saw there were no oceans left
For scavengers like me.
I made it to the forward deck
I blessed our remnant fleet ?
And then consented to be wrecked,
A Thousand Kisses Deep.
I blessed our remnant fleet ?
And then consented to be wrecked,
A Thousand Kisses Deep.
I'm turning tricks, I'm getting fixed,
I'm back on Boogie Street.
I guess they won't exchan exchange the gifts
That you were meant to keep.
I'm back on Boogie Street.
I guess they won't exchan exchange the gifts
That you were meant to keep.
And quiet is the thought of you
The file on you complete,
Except what we forgot to do,
A Thousand Kisses Deep.
The file on you complete,
Except what we forgot to do,
A Thousand Kisses Deep.
And sometimes when the night is slow,
The wretched and the meek,
We gather up our hearts and go,
A Thousand Kisses Deep.
The wretched and the meek,
We gather up our hearts and go,
A Thousand Kisses Deep.
The ponies run, the girls are young,
The odds are there to beat
You win a while, and then it's done
Your little winning streak.
The odds are there to beat
You win a while, and then it's done
Your little winning streak.
And summoned now to deal
With your invincible defeat
You live your life as if it's real,
A thousand kisses deep.
With your invincible defeat
You live your life as if it's real,
A thousand kisses deep.
캐나다 태생의 시인 겸 소설가였던 레너드 코헨은
60년대에 나타난 가장 개성있는 시적인 가수였다.
그의 약하고 단조로운 음성과 빈약한 가락은
음악적 호소력에 제한적인 요소로 작용하였음에도 불구하고,
또 그의 시어가 실제로 황량하고 굳어져 있으며,
때로는 침울한 것으로 묘사되었음에도 불구하고
그러한 약점을 보상하듯이 그의 노랫말은
그 곳에 내재된 밀도있는 휴머니티를 통해서
궁극적으로는 성공을 거두었다.
1934년 9월 21일, 캐나다 몬트리얼에서 출생하여 성장한 레너드 코헨은
맥길 대학과 컬럼비아 대학에서 영문학을 전공하였고,
1955년에는 그의 첫 시집을 출판하였다.
60년대를 통해 그는 많은 시집들을 발표하였을 뿐만 아니라
『The Favorite Game』과 『Beautiful Losers』라는 두 권의 소설도 출판하였다.
이제는 대학의 교재가 된 그의 두 번째 작품은 1966년에 출판된 것인데,
10년이 채 못되어서 30만부 이상 팔렸었다.
어려서부터 클래식 음악을 배운 레오나드 코헨은
15세 때부터 자신의 기타 반주로 노래를 부르기 시작했으며,
성년이 되기 전까지 창고 극장을 무대로 한 벅스 보이즈라는 댄스 그룹과 함께 연주를 하였다.
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