The short interpretation is that Leonard Cohen wrote this song to describe my first marriage...
Without dissecting ever word - It is a song about choosing a lover based upon physical beauty (infatuation) rather than inner beauty (true love) and what that mistake can do to your soul when you wake up and see the person you are sleeping/living in their true light, and beyond the superficial beauty of this person you have little in common and no substance to hold your relationship together, especially during the hard times, so it slowly fades into a personal hell that you feel trapped in, an ultimate loneliness that is worse then when you were alone and single. Yet, the sex was so good in the beginning, it was in itself a type of love, a type of hallelujah, and so it still feels bittersweet when you think back and reflect upon it, because as flawed humans we always imagine we can have it all, even perfect love, which does not exist.
The short interpretation is that Leonard Cohen wrote this song to describe my first marriage...
Without dissecting ever word - It is a song about choosing a lover based upon physical beauty (infatuation) rather than inner beauty (true love) and what that mistake can do to your soul when you wake up and see the person you are sleeping/living in their true light, and beyond the superficial beauty of this person you have little in common and no substance to hold your relationship together, especially during the hard times, so it slowly fades into a personal hell that you feel trapped in, an ultimate loneliness that is worse then when you were alone and single. Yet, the sex was so good in the beginning, it was in itself a type of love, a type of hallelujah, and so it still feels bittersweet when you think back and reflect upon it, because as flawed humans we always imagine we can have it all, even perfect love, which does not exist.
@Jdziu this is the absolutely perfect interpretation of how I hear the lyrics as well. Well done
@Jdziu this is the absolutely perfect interpretation of how I hear the lyrics as well. Well done