Who by Fire
Leonard Cohen * Track #9 On New Skin for the Old Ceremony
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Who by Fire by Leonard Cohen
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“Who By Fire” is adapted loosely from the Hebrew prayer “ונתנה תוקף קדושת היום” [“U'Netaneh Tokef Kedushat Hayom” (“Let Us Tell How Utterly Holy This Day Is”)], chanted on Yom Kippur. The Jewish narrative says Rabbi Amnon of Mainz was punished for not converting to Christianity by having his hand an...
Who by Fire Lyrics
[Verse 1]
And who by fire, who by water
Who in the sunshine, who in the night time
Who by high ordeal, who by common trial
Who in your merry merry month of May
Who by very slow decay
And who shall I say is calling?
[Verse 2]
And who in her lonely slip, who by barbiturate
Who in these realms of love, who by something blunt
And who by avalanche, who by powder
Who for his greed, who for his hunger
And who shall I say is calling?
[Verse 3]
And who by brave assent, who by accident
Who in solitude, who in this mirror
Who by his lady's command, who by his own hand
Who in mortal chains, who in power
And who shall I say is calling?
Who by Fire Q&A
Who wrote Who by Fire's ?
Who by Fire was written by Leonard Cohen.
Who produced Who by Fire's ?
Who by Fire was produced by John Lissauer & Leonard Cohen.
When did Leonard Cohen release Who by Fire?
Leonard Cohen released Who by Fire on Sun Aug 11 1974.
What did Leonard Cohen say about "Who by Fire"?
Cohen introduced the song live in Melbourne, in March 1980, with a personal note about the melody:
The melody on which this next song is based I first heard when I was four or five years old, in the synagogue, on the Day of Atonement, standing beside my tall uncles in their black suits. It¹s a lit...