There is a crack in everything

Sometimes you're listening to the radio and a song comes up that just rattles you. Maybe because it's new and shiny and exciting. Or maybe because you hadn't heard it in forever but somehow it captures exactly what you're feeling. Well, I was rattled this morning.

I remembered "Anthem" from Natural Born Killers, but hadn't listened to it since I last saw the movie more than a decade ago. And today, while driving to work, on a very very sad time, Leonard Cohen starts singing:

The birds they sang
at the break of day
Start again
I heard them say
Don't dwell on what
has passed away
or what is yet to be.

Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in.



Thank you Leonard.

Oh, and for those of you that come to this blog to learn new things and not listen to old songs, Leonard Cohen has said that he is releasing a brand new album called "Old Ideas" sometime in 2012. It will be his first since 2004.