Bird on the Wire Lyrics

von Leonard Cohen

Worum geht es in dem Song?

"Bird on the Wire" ist ein Lied, das sich mit Themen wie Freiheit, Schuld, Reue und Hoffnung auseinandersetzt. Der Sänge...

Like a bird on the wire
Like a drunk in a midnight choir
I have tried in my way to be free
Like a worm on a hook
Like a knight from some old fashioned book
I have saved all my ribbons for thee

If I, if I have been unkind
I hope that you can just let it go by
If I, if I have been untrue
I hope you know it was never to you

Like a baby, stillborn
Like a beast with his horn

I have torn everyone who reached out for me
But I swear by this song
And by all that I have done wrong

I will make it all up to thee
I saw a beggar leaning on his wooden crutch
He said to me, "You must not ask for so much."
And a pretty woman leaning in her darkened door
She cried to me, "Hey, why not ask for more?"
Oh like a bird on the wire

Like a drunk in a midnight choir
I have tried in my way to be free