Leonard Cohen, Who by fire

 

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 ?

 

And who in her lonely slip, who by barbiturate,

who in these realms of love, who by something blunt,

Who by avalanche, who by powder,

who for his greed, who for his hunger  

and who shall I say is calling ?

 

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 ?

 

 

Leonard Cohen, Who by fire (1974)

 

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