Leonard Cohen - Anthem (w/lyrics) London 2008

UPDATE: HD 1080 version now uploaded here: Update 2020: There is nothing I can do about the adverts, YouTube inserts them. Leonard Cohen: (21 Sep 1934 – 7 Nov 2016) Music from Leonard Cohen, ’Live in London’ 2008 Concert (DVD) Images from BBC ’Earthflight’, John Downer Productions. Anthem Lyrics: The birds they sang at the break of day Start again I seem to hear them say Do not dwell on what has passed away or what is yet to be. Ah the wars they will be fought again The holy dove She will be caught again bought and sold and bought again the dove is never free. Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering There is a crack A crack in everything That’s how the light gets in. We asked for signs and the signs were sent: the birth betrayed the marriage spent Yeah the widowhood of every single government signs for all to see I can’t run no more with that lawless crowd While the killers in high places Say their prayers out loud Ah but they’ve summoned, they’ve summoned up a thundercloud and they’re going to hear from me. Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering There is a crack A crack in everything That’s how the light gets in You can add up the parts but you won’t have the sum You can strike up the march on your little broken drum Every heart, every heart to love will come but like a refugee Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering There is a crack, a crack in everything That’s how the light gets in. Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering There is a crack, a crack in everything That’s how the light gets in That’s how the light gets in That’s how the light gets in