Leonard Cohen & Sharon Robinson
Leonard Cohen & Sharon Robinson
Leonard Cohen & Sharon Robinson
Leonard Cohen & Sharon Robinson
Leonard Cohen & Sharon Robinson
Leonard Cohen & Sharon Robinson
Leonard Cohen & Sharon Robinson
Leonard Cohen & Sharon Robinson
Leonard Cohen & Sharon Robinson
Leonard Cohen & Sharon Robinson
Leonard Cohen
Apparently the entire album (10 new songs) is dedicated to Cohen’s Zen Buddhist teacher.
This song seems like fairly literal account of a significant spiritual awakening that Cohen experienced as a Buddhist monk (or possibly heard about from others). Probably “stream entry”. The little room sounds...
The light came through the window
Straight from the sun above
And so inside my little room
There plunged the rays of love
In streams of light I clearly saw
The dust you seldom see
Out of which the nameless makes
A name for one like me
I'll try to say a little more
Love went on and on
Until it reached an open door
Then love itself, love itself was gone
All busy in the sunlight
The flecks did float and dance
And I was tumbled up with them
In formless circumstance
I'll try to say a little more
Love went on and on
Until it reached an open door
Then love itself, love itself was gone
Then I came back from where I'd been
My room, it looked the same
But there was nothing left between
The nameless and the name
All busy in the sunlight
The flecks did float and dance
And I was tumbled up with them
In formless circumstance
I'll try to say a little more
Oh love went on and on
Until it reached an open door
Then love itself, love itself was gone
Love itself, love itself was gone
Love Itself was written by Sharon Robinson & Leonard Cohen.
Love Itself was produced by Sharon Robinson.
Leonard Cohen released Love Itself on Tue Oct 09 2001.