Villanelle For Our Time Lyrics

The song Villanelle For Our Time is performed by Leonard Cohen in the album named Dear Heather in the year 2004 .



From bitter searching of the heart,
Quickened with pa*sion and with pain
We rise to play a greater part.
This is the faith from which we start:
Men shall know commonwealth again
From bitter searching of the heart.
We loved the easy and the smart,
But now, with keener hand and brain,
We rise to play a greater part.
The lesser loyalties depart,
And neither race nor creed remain
From bitter searching of the heart.
Not steering by the venal chart
That tricked the ma*s for private gain,
We rise to play a greater part.
Reshaping narrow law and art
Whose symbols are the millions slain,
From bitter searching of the heart
We rise to play a greater part.



Leonard Cohen - Dear Heather

Oct 2004

  1. Go No More A-Roving
  2. Because Of
  3. The Letters
  4. Undertow
  5. Morning Glory
  6. On That Day
  7. Villanelle For Our Time
  8. There For You
  9. Dear Heather
  10. Nightingale
  11. To A Teacher
  12. The Faith
  13. Tennessee Waltz- Live

Villanelle For Our Time