Dance Me to the End of Love
Leonard Cohen * Track #1 On Various Positions
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Album Various Positions
Dance Me to the End of Love by Leonard Cohen
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Performed by
Leonard CohenProduced by
John LissauerAbout
From the 1984 album Various Positions, this classic by poet Leonard Cohen generated much debate and discussions as to the meaning and the background of the song.
While different people find different meanings, Leonard Cohen himself describes his motive for writing this fantastic piece –
‘Dance Me...
Dance Me to the End of Love Lyrics
[Instrumental Intro]
[Verse 1]
Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin
Dance me through the panic 'til I'm gathered safely in
Lift me like an olive branch and be my homeward dove
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the end of love
[Verse 2]
Oh, let me see your beauty when the witnesses are gone
Let me feel you moving like they do in Babylon
Show me slowly what I only know the limits of
Oh, dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the end of love
[Verse 3]
Dance me to the wedding now, oh, dance me on and on
Dance me very tenderly and dance me very long
We're both of us beneath our love, we're both of us above
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the end of love
[Verse 4]
Dance me to the children who are asking to be born
Dance me through the curtains that our kisses have outworn
Raise a tent of shelter now, though every thread is torn
Dance me to the end of love
[Instrumental]
[Verse 5]
Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin
Dance me through the panic 'til I'm gathered safely in
Touch me with your naked hand, touch me with your glove
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the end of love
Dance Me to the End of Love Q&A
Who wrote Dance Me to the End of Love's ?
Dance Me to the End of Love was written by David Campbell & Leonard Cohen.
Who produced Dance Me to the End of Love's ?
Dance Me to the End of Love was produced by John Lissauer.
When did Leonard Cohen release Dance Me to the End of Love?
Leonard Cohen released Dance Me to the End of Love on Tue Dec 11 1984.
what is this song about?
Despite sounding like a love song, Cohen says his inspiration for “Dance Me to the End of Love”:
came from just hearing or reading or knowing that in the death camps, beside the crematoria, in certain of the death camps, a string quartet was pressed into performance while this horror was going on,...
Is this song referring to the holocaust.
Read the song bio and annotations!