I ventured into the place
where I knew she was waiting for me lying
beneath the marble and the snow.
I said: "Mother I'm afraid
the thunder and the lightning
I will never make it on my own."
She said: "I'll stay with you
my shawl wrapped around you
my hand resting on your head."
And the night advances
very quietly.
I wished the night would never end
but she said: "Return to the world."

We were afraid in Egypt
when they signed that treaty
that said no one else should die.
There was a terrible sound
and my father fell
with a deep wound in his side.
He said: "Try to go on
take my books, take my gun
remember, my son, how they lied."
And the night advances
very quietly.
I would like to believe my father was right
but you can't lie, not to the young.

We were locked in that kitchen
took on a religion
and I wondered how long it would last.
I needed so much
to have nothing to touch.
I've always been so greedy
but my son and my daughter
climbed out of the water
screaming: "Dad, you promised to play."
And they took me away
to my great surprise
"It's dad, don't look, close your eyes."
And they hid, they hid in the world.

Now I always search for her
I am lost on this mission
I am tied to the threads of a prayer
that says: "When she calls me
when she comes for me
how must I prepare?"
When she bends to my desire
like a willow, like a fountain
she is wrapped in a luminous air.
And the night advances
very quietly.
I lie among her arms saying: "When I am gone
I will be yours, yours for a song."

The crickets are singing
and the evening bells toll.
The cat is curled asleep on the chair.
I will go already to Bill’s Bar
I can make it there
and I will see if my friends are still there.
Yes, and this toast is for the few
who forgive what you do
for the few who don’t care.
And the night advances
very quietly.
I want to change sides, I want to go home
But she said: "Return to the world." Leonard Cohen The night comes on.