“One is given to self-dramatization from time to time,” he said in the signature baritone rasp that defined his later recordings and live performances. The Telegraph (U.K.) described it as “a bleak masterpiece for hard times from pop’s longest-serving poet,” and Entertainment Weekly lauded Cohen as “a lion in winter, his lyrics heavy with God and sex and death and his legendary voice scraped down to a subterranean rumble.”ĭuring an album release event for that collection held in Los Angeles at the Canadian consulate about three weeks before his death, Cohen playfully disputed a recent interview in which he had told a writer, “I’m ready to die.” On second thought, he told a small audience of writers and well-wishers, “I may have exaggerated. “You Want It Darker” received near universal acclaim, scoring a 92 (out of a possible 100) on the aggregate review site. Cohen recorded his vocals for the subsequently completed songs during the period he was working on the final album released during his lifetime, “You Want It Darker,” which came out about seven weeks before his death on Nov. Full and accurate LYRICS for The Goal from Leonard Cohen: I cant leave my house, Or answer the phone, Im going down again, But Im not alone. Work is underway on a series of videos for various songs, the first of which, for “The Goal,” can be seen here.
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