Dance Me to the End of Love

Album: Various Positions (1984)
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  • Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin
    Dance me through the panic 'til I'm gathered safely in
    Lift me like an olive branch and be my homeward dove
    Dance me to the end of love
    Dance me to the end of love

    Oh, let me see your beauty when the witnesses are gone
    Let me feel you moving like they do in Babylon
    Show me slowly what I only know the limits of
    Dance me to the end of love
    Dance me to the end of love

    Dance me to the wedding now, dance me on and on
    Dance me very tenderly and dance me very long
    We're both of us beneath our love, we're both of us above
    Dance me to the end of love
    Dance me to the end of love

    Dance me to the children who are asking to be born
    Dance me through the curtains that our kisses have outworn
    Raise a tent of shelter now, though every thread is torn
    Dance me to the end of love

    Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin
    Dance me through the panic 'til I'm gathered safely in
    Touch me with your naked hand or touch me with your glove
    Dance me to the end of love
    Dance me to the end of love
    Dance me to the end of love Writer/s: Leonard Cohen
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Comments: 5

  • Paul from Western AustraliaWhat is the old movie playing as Cohen sings Dance me to the end of love
  • Johnny 100 Pesos from TorontoI just read an article on this song, and the writer points out that there aren’t many rhymes for the word love as opposed to, say, the French word amour. There’s above, dove… uhm…glove…

    The writer supposes the song supposes Cohen challenged himself to use the word love and rhyme to it. Glove even makes it in, and contrasted to naked hand seems quite erotic.
  • Diana from Melbourne AustraliaThe most evocative and haunting song I've ever heard in relation to the Holocaust. It seems to bring to life the horrors of the Holocaust like nothing else. Connecting true love and loss of loved ones and even one's own life is reflected stunningly in this magnificent song.
  • Sam Biafore from Las VegasTo know The Cruel History of The Holocaust that inspired the lyrics. Without question the most heartfelt song forever May they R.I.P.
  • AnonymousOne of the best song I have to listen every night before going to bed and dream maybe after 30 or 40 years I can dance with my love one he passed away 29 years ago. I love Cohen voice and his song bravo to him.
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