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Leonard Cohen - It Seemed The Better Way (Official Audio)
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Lyrics:
Seemed the better way
When first I heard him speak
Now it's much too late
To turn the other cheek
Sounded like the truth
Seemed the better way
Sounded like the truth
But it's not the truth today
I wonder what it was
I wonder what it meant
First he touched on love
Then he touched on death
Sounded like the truth
Seemed the better way
Sounded like the truth
But it's not the truth today
I better hold my tongue
I better take my place
Lift this glass of blood
Try to say the grace
Seemed the better way
When first I heard him speak
But now it's much too late
To turn the other cheek
Sounded like the truth
Seemed the better way
Sounded like the truth
But it's not the truth today
I better hold my tongue
I better take my place
Lift this glass of blood
Try to say the grace

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@marcosvanessa2705 3 года назад

I was a soldier in a long terrible war. The war was over, and I thought I survived the worst. But I was suddenly diagnosed with brain cancer. Through all these years Leonard’s music offered me spaces for my small retreats. I had two divorces and bunch of other problems. But Mr Cohen always comforted me. I saw him at the very end of his life and off course, he didn’t know why I was crying. Thanks Leonard.

@dmitrynevisevich3384 3 года назад

Jesus, i hope u are okay, if u need some help about word's, we can try man. Goods luck to u

@jef6080 3 года назад

Would you like to tell about your encounter with mr Cohen?

@yvonnelemme7019 3 года назад

If isome how i can help you feel a little better, i would be glad to do so. All the best to you

@Ulimi2211 3 года назад

All the best for you

@bapibala5349 3 года назад

May your pain get cool blessing

@azerty3501 2 месяца назад

The sound of the violin makes me want to cry, it reaches deep into the soul

@lindayuan5332 2 месяца назад

Yes!!! The violin makes me want to cry! I repeated this song again and again and again! Leonard is forever!

@davidkeogh1570 7 лет назад

if anybody deserved the Nobel prize for writing its Leonard Cohen.

@KickiQ 7 лет назад

They both deserve it!

@flungingpictures 7 лет назад

Agreed "it's"

@suesjoy 7 лет назад

David Keogh hell ya

@Elodio05 7 лет назад

maybe they both deserve it, but Cohen probably didnt exist as singer and songs composer without Dylan.

@samuelgoldring9691 7 лет назад

Let's live their songs if we can. Put competition and rivalry aside . We insult the song if we try to beat each other up using our "superior " musical taste as a weapon. I apologize for preaching which could also be a form of aggression -its damn difficult to do anything perfectly right including the making of this comment.

@takmaps 9 месяцев назад

Has the doubt of the believing man ever been articulated better. "...its not the truth today. But Lord knows tomorrow it might be the truth again."

@kimlersue 7 лет назад

Teaching us to live .................teaching us to die. Thank you old friend I never met.

@hugohuybrechts9598 7 лет назад

Yes. Leaving the table, the gentleman he was. I hope I will able to do it as gracefully as he did. I don't say RIP Leonard, because you were already in peace! Thanks Friend!

@volative4407 7 лет назад

Романс Сплин Клен денсми Сплин рома на Срлтн Ромас С Клен

@larrylinn8589 5 лет назад

To me, Cohen’s “You want it Darker” album, was Leonard writing his own epitaph.

@frankmettner6106 4 года назад

Let this sweet music wash over your soul. This song is on my playlist for 2019, more on my RU-vid channel.

@riccardorossetti5627 7 лет назад

Leonard, sei sempre con me. Mi accompagnerai ancora per gli ultimi momenti della vita che mi rimane.

@750vfrman 7 лет назад

So, so sad. I shed a tear when shaving this morning, on hearing the news. Then I remembered how my, late wife (2015) used to say, lets have a little Leonard tonight. I will have to dust off the album in memory. RIP my friend.

@jasonwillard3568 7 лет назад

Leptotila wellsi God that's pouring salt in an open wound! I'm sorry

@camabelu1 7 лет назад

I'm so sorry. That is a very hard loss to bear. I hope you know your wife is still with you and always will be.

@vanstiller5219 7 лет назад

Yes , dust it off. Pour a glass of something you like, perhaps candles, sit or lay back, remember her. Remember how Leonard helped you two be closer. Maybe shed tears. This I do from time to time. As I remember. Peace to your heart.

@soniagomes5069 5 лет назад

Lovely reply, you are a poet yourself!

@RipTheJackR 4 года назад

Man that hit home, hope youre holding up alright, im a couple of years late

@lenahughes7867 3 года назад

We all die, our living lives make the difference, Leonard did just that

@quivirgiliob 4 года назад

Un Figlio di Dio potrebbe eguagliare queste e altre sue armonie, questo e altri suoi canti, queste e altri suoi versi. Leonard: appena pure io saluterò il mondo, fra non così tanto, ricordati di venire ad accogliermi nel tuo verde prato fiorito di note, di suoni profondi. Ti aspetto.

@noeldocrpsych2966 7 лет назад

you will be missed Mr Cohen

@abrahamlinkinpark 7 лет назад

Noeldoc Rpsych I can't believe it :(

@AnnaCarline 7 лет назад

Really? That's what you bring to the death of a genius?

@martinanderson211 7 лет назад

Got that right ; )

@TheDean28 7 лет назад

So is Justin Bieber and he is still with us! Clearly something went really wrong if we still have bieber but no cohen!

@roberttuiten8858 7 лет назад

who the fuck is justin bieber??

@kyleloren1789 6 лет назад

Leonard Cohen deserved a Nobel prize for Literature.

@Rravibaba 3 года назад

Poetry

@aldavis2641 5 лет назад

The man wrote the greatest songs for over 50 years and produced these last songs for a farewell to all that appreciated and loved him. His tour at 80 years of age and flat broke netting more that $8 million tells all about the man and his message to all that will listen. Bob Dylan's comment when he recieved the prize tells all that needs to be said.

@GioTube. 2 года назад

The way his voice wavers at 1:39 when he's talking about hearing what sounded like the truth is so devastating. I hear him revisiting a deep emotional investment into what he needed to be true, and struggling to vocalize his crushing realization that it was, in fact, not. It's so universally human to lose faith in that which once provided answers.

@awaliwu 2 года назад

The only answer is in ourselves and our ability to retake responsibility for every single thing in our lives. Every giving up of it opens the possibility for self destruction. This is where we are at...and while I am writing this the redefine advert for artificial meat comes on...one of the selling phrases is "kinder to animals" haha!! They are killing animals every day, with their lab experiments, their polluting practises, killing the soil they depend on!! It's just another way to weaken us and destroy life on earth

@dwightyokum3700 Год назад

Amen, I was at the zen center with him, our roshi seemed wise he turned out to be a serial sexual abuser

@joanglasner6549 Год назад

@@dwightyokum3700 what?

@tessitoretesse 7 лет назад

Many singers of this generation are going away. It never happened to me, however, that the last album sounded as clearly as a salute to life, a preparation for the trip, a prayer. It 'a sad and solemn album. Thanks Leonard, we will miss you very much.

@dangervich 7 лет назад

Increasingly true of all his later albums. "Old Ideas" was also wonderful.

@user-zq2fv3gj8x 7 лет назад

The Nobel committee missed a greater opportunity here

@silverwhistle 5 лет назад

I agree: a greater poet than Dylan.

@evelynevantol4814 3 года назад

😘😘

@andrewmair7371 3 года назад

Why not both❔🤷🏻‍♂️

@Prospect.1 3 года назад

Could still award it to him ,,

@Prospect.1 3 года назад

@@silverwhistle I met Dylan ,,not just met ,, long story never thought I'd trade that night for just a few minutes with LC ,, but I'd trade it

@woodykopec9778 7 лет назад

I loved Him from the first song i Heard long time when I was still live in communist redzim in Poland and from this time He was my inspiration and Hope for the future and believe in external live with God "I'm ready my Lord" so do I !! Slip in pice and God blessYou my old Friend

@davidsonexp 7 лет назад

sitting here, and listening in your memory Mr Cohen.

@johnhill5588 7 лет назад

This man SHOULD have won the Nobel Peace Prize for LITERATURE. Here is the evidence, his work is as touching with his beautiful words today as it was nearly 50 years ago

@belannasvoice6938 7 лет назад

Dear Leonard, you were the bard that sang my melancholy, pain and love with your songs - for all my life your songs were my secret garden. Now that you've moved on I wish that you've found eternal peace and happiness. Thank you for your songs and beautiful words. Your music will never fade. The magic of your special voice will always resonate within the hearts of your fans.

@AddLies 5 лет назад

Leonard never was eternal peace and happiness. He wasn't looking for that. "And please don't make me go there, though there be a God or not".

@quinto34 5 лет назад

@@AddLies word

@irenasincic6100 7 лет назад

Listening and crying - good bye Leonard

@MsSki123 7 лет назад

yeah me to

@annamariatome7609 7 лет назад

me too

@renalibbey4692 7 лет назад

me too....

@lasmilyunamelodias8766 7 лет назад

"Sólo" os Quiero... ..., ¡¡¡para hacer~{N}~os pasar Buenos momentos Junt@§!!! ~~~ P.S.: ...Un poco +HuérFanoöòõOH...!!! ~~~ ¡¡¡RIP, MASTER!!! {¡¡¡Hasta~SIemprrre!!!}.

@dbcampbell8739 7 лет назад

for everybody who sometimes tries and fails...and that's everybody

@fremtidenkommer 7 лет назад

Both Dylan and Cohen deserved the Nobel prize in literature. But none of them needed it. Greats songs that will outlast almost all novels of our time.

@andrewmair7371 3 года назад

Fair call… 👍😊

@pierre-bernardelsig9998 2 года назад

@@andrewmair7371 I'm a fool, but I would have given to Leonard Cohen the Nobel prize in peace for his constant search of that Good. But I'm a fool.

@larrylinn8589 7 лет назад

Physically you may have left us. However, the soul in your poetry lives on with us. Thank you for your gifts to all of us.

@charismaticart4644 7 лет назад

Reflects how many of us feel about what is happening today in our world - our faith is being tested big time!

@bingm8109 4 года назад

And in 2020! Trying to hold on to my faith. Leonard helps.

@andrewmair7371 3 года назад

Faith is cheap 😊 Hold on anyway!

@paulnotdownunder3172 3 года назад

2021 next week..post modern world is about to collapse....

@mohit0901 3 года назад

faith in what ?

@pakito961 2 года назад

@@bingm8109 But this Song is about losing faith by Leonard innit?

@Javier-oy8nu 7 лет назад

Sing to my parents and my brother up there Leonard please. R.I.P., Genius!!!

@nickkkyyy 7 лет назад

Leonard you're the man! A legend.....and this song is as good a refutation of Christianity as any

@McGigi666 7 лет назад

or buddhism. or islam. or anything else. so very dumb trying to pose smart...

@JBinOtown 7 лет назад

It's easy to spot the cowards. they always attacks Christianity and not Islam.

@nickkkyyy 7 лет назад

Doh! That is because this song is about Christianity not about Islam

@bgail7669 7 лет назад

Nick Cox I don't think it is against Yeshua, maybe 'religion' - it is a beautiful portrait of a person wrestling with their faith, quite natural really and Mr. Cohen painted the poignancy of being human when dancing with the divine

@lilise3965 7 лет назад

Because Christianity sets very high goals and ideals. Forgiveness and tolerance at all costs. But are they still valid, wonders Leonard? Or are they too demanding?

@corakearney8333 Год назад

The way , the truth and the light. The better way ❤️

@B0BN0D 7 лет назад

He had finished and he said goodbye. He has gone the way of all flesh. Nobody realized that more so than he himself.

@kalejamful 6 лет назад

Come here cause i recognized the voice of this song last Sunday on the serie THE SON...marvellous singer and compositor..R.I.P dear Leonard

@GeorgetaBlanaru 7 лет назад

Divin! God bless you on your way, here and in eternity!

@tatianaponomareva5774 7 лет назад

RIP. I am crying about you, Mr. Cohen

@leepritchard2104 7 лет назад

Another singer/writer has left us this year. RIP Leonard your music and will live on.

@stanleybeckerchicpix 7 лет назад

"lift this glass of blood, try to say the grace"

@helenphan6496 7 лет назад

Pain is pain. Death is not easy to stare in the face. You are so honest about it Joseph. Rest In Peace ❤️

@soniaalex3773 7 лет назад

So sad today....will never forget you

@doomben 7 лет назад

Tears running down my cheek as I listen to this. R.I.P Leonard.

@robertabile578 5 лет назад

he will never die.

@marjanmarianne 7 лет назад

Seemed the better way When first I heard him speak Now it's much to late To turn the other cheek Sounded like the truth Seemed the better way Sounded like the truth But it's not the truth today I wonder what it was I wonder what it meant First he touched on love Then he touched on death Sounded like the truth Seemed the better way Sounded like the truth But it's not the truth today I better hold my tongue I better take my place Lift this glass of blood Try to say the grace Seemed the better way When first I heard him speak But now it's much to late To turn the other cheek Sounded like the truth Seemed the better way Sounded like the truth But it's not the truth today I better hold my tongue I better take my place Lift this glass of blood Try to say the grace

@ThreeAMWoman 7 лет назад

RIP, Leonard...

@venitabanerjee 7 лет назад

Farewell & thank you Leonard .

@zoharhalfon4105 7 лет назад

RIP amazing man. real poet, real love, true man. the world will be missing you. i thank you for all your words. love.

@larrylinn8589 5 лет назад

To me, Cohen’s “You want it Darker” album, was Leonard writing his own epitaph.

@tinussie76 7 лет назад

I discovered his music just recently and it screamed at me... now he's gone... Rest in peace mr. Cohen... thank you...

@roberth4688 7 лет назад

You may also dig some of Tom Waits and Nick Cave if you are unfamiliar with them. They can be a bit more experimental, but have voices that are distinct like Cohen.

@tinussie76 7 лет назад

Robert Hinrichs gonna look em up. thanks for the tip

@tinussie76 7 лет назад

hmm very interesting indeed... late work especialy

@peterr.6787 7 лет назад

Isn't that a great thing about music?! I love discovering new artists but am enamored by finding old ones

@sonicfoxxmusic4281 7 лет назад

Jasmine Lamport...STRONG.

@matthewcuellar7879 Месяц назад

This is one of the best albums I've ever listened to, and I like to think I've heard a lot of good ones.

@manjimask 6 лет назад

Leonard Cohen was a genius of this and the past century. Words. Words. Words. So many simple words, formed into such a beautiful complexion of the shades of grey and black (not the movie or book). May you rest in peace, mister Cohen.

@ruudvanelck7083 7 месяцев назад

Leonard Cohen, never dies....

@saidhassanieh1566 7 лет назад

Great songs. Sorry for not hearing about him long ago.

@thehoff1793 7 лет назад

Seemed the better way When first I heard him speak Now it’s much too late To turn the other cheek Sounded like the truth Seemed the better way Sounded like the truth But it’s not the truth today I wonder what it was I wonder what it meant First he touched on love Then he touched on death Sounded like the truth Seemed the better way Sounded like the truth But it’s not the truth today I better hold my tongue I better take my place Lift this glass of blood Try to say the grace Seemed the better way When first I heard him speak But now…

@lanacain Год назад

Better than most ways. 😢

@MsABee1 7 лет назад

This song was played at the end of the episode of This American Life...:The sun comes up" it sent chills through me. It was the perfect ending to the episode... I had to look it up online to play it over and over.... his voice is beautiful. Its the perfect mix of perfection!! RIP... I am sadden that I was not fully aware of the body of work that he had while he was alive. Thankfully I can learn and listen to more of his music.

@lestki 7 лет назад

Exactly what I did. :)

@camabelu1 7 лет назад

Prepare to be amazed. And to experience real joy.

@samuelgoldring9691 7 лет назад

Thanks for reference to This American Life

@sidarkleis 7 лет назад

Samuel Goldring hu

@sueciechanowski8522 7 лет назад

Sidar Kleis Donduian

@dimitarkoprinkov7301 8 месяцев назад

Every single word!

@Tonyfrancisrees 7 лет назад

See you in my Dreams Leonard Cohen.

@nadyataneva458 7 лет назад

I love to speak with Leonard... :)

@b0ntr4g3r3 4 года назад

I was born Canadian and am glad an ex couldn't believe I hadn't heard of you and gave me an induction. Forever suprised and grateful for another soul, sorry you passed my friend.

@mikidomeny1677 3 года назад

thats what I call masterclass poetry DEAR LORD

@samuelgoldring9691 7 лет назад

Beautiful haunting violin.

@tripnotico 7 лет назад

Thank you for having been with me for so many years Leonard.You'll continue speaking to my soul.See you down the road...so long...

@thanoscondylis2851 7 лет назад

I discovered your music when I was a student in Oxford in 1969. Rest in peace Leonardo... thank you...

@routeoz02 7 лет назад

Love, you, Leonard Cohen. Always have, always will. xxx

@Imran-Emu 3 года назад

Wish you a very happy birthday. We're so lucky to found you. You'll live forever in million people's heart. Love you Legend!

@JeanPaul7 7 лет назад

Legend.

@sebbe91 7 лет назад

Literally

@Argha07Chakraborty Год назад

Love you Leonard ❤❤❤

@imaginaryfriend5991 7 лет назад

So much regret. "Sounded like the truth. But it's not the truth today" I better hold my tongue. Too late. My soul shall miss your voice.

@irinanicolaevici1046 7 лет назад

This album was the swan song of his life

@adrianvolker1505 7 лет назад

RIP Leonard, you've touched so many souls during your life, thanks for all the poetry and songs.

@chantalmarmor5831 7 лет назад

so long Leonard, hope to meet you again , in the travelling light .

@maryedwards9371 7 лет назад

Mr Cohen you touch my heart with your beautiful words

@siewwasley3872 7 лет назад

Mary Edwards and

@rejeangirard7373 6 лет назад

Moi quand j.écoute de la musique comme ça je suis au ciel reg777

@stevemuller8320 6 лет назад

Mary Edwards ... and his voice!

@dgphdeutschegesellschaftfu9756 7 лет назад

Yes. one of the greatest has passed away, he was part of my life

@salome3049 4 года назад

I better hold the tongue, it sounded like the truth but it’s not the truth today...I better take my place, raise this glass of blood, try to say the grace...🙏❤️

@jerryjohnson8485 2 года назад

It truly does seam a better way,but think deeply it first

@heinzsteinmeyer8461 3 года назад

the unbeatable voice - unforgotten

@ludwigkort9838 7 лет назад

every song more than fantastic

@toastertoasterson3282 6 лет назад

A final step towards the ledge. Toes hanging over the abyss. A violin plays in the rotten brain and cool idle words fall from dry cracked lips: 'It's time baby... it's time. It seems a better way...' One moment in time and space. Then the scull cracks on the pavement. Finally it is dark enough for him. R.I.P. my little brother and all the others sharing his fate.

@freddybuggenhout9350 7 лет назад

If there is one poet capable of touching mu heart, it's Leonard. This is really great poetry and worth a Nobel Price. Divine, the text and the music.

@johnorson6907 2 года назад

This stuff is really transcendental, Cohen deserves equal credit for the beautiful orchestration in my opinion

@genyagen6198 7 лет назад

Thank you for leaving us your treasure. RIP in peace my old friend.

@amandablum4669 7 лет назад

He has become better and better with the years , I wonder how more perfect he could have been with 10 more years!

@stevemuller8320 7 лет назад

Nath Blum Zen

@vannskranke 7 лет назад

Great dark song. The main melody is the same as Xasthur - prison of mirrors, so go listen to that if you want a metal version of it.

@margaretlow5310 7 лет назад

vannskranke k

@tiagofernandes6338 7 лет назад

Leonard Cohen, I love you! Thank you for your music!

@georgeshimanovich217 8 месяцев назад

Best refutation of the so called Peace Process

@patrickmcdonald3461 7 лет назад

It is one of those terrible events; one of those which you always remember exactly, exactly where you were when you heard about it

@anahill9012 7 лет назад

the same for me.

@goodbyecruelworld8857 7 лет назад

I was about to see Obama give the Veteran's Day address when I heard he had died.

@mateapiplica3034 5 лет назад

King of melancholy ❤️❤️❤️🙏

@patriciadavidson6765 4 года назад

An incredible poet and musician. He delivers the spoken word like a fervent prayer of guidance along life’s journey. You were a unique man Mr Leonard Cohen, you will live among us forever 💚🇮🇪🍷

@stuarthenderson6426 6 лет назад

Mr Cohen, I hear you with my heart. There can never be another.

@warriorrose4 7 лет назад

His music will never be forgotten, I always loved his music from an early age... these last songs make me cry... the man had so much dignity, grace, and humility, along with talent and sensuality and his own search, and pain. God be with you . x Shalom

@frankmettner6106 4 года назад

Let this sweet music wash over your soul. This song is on my playlist for 2019, more on my RU-vid channel.

@sammi4982 7 лет назад

...as long as there is a day that is called today...you are a poet and you did not hold your tongue and made many the better for it. 'Til one day❤

@kaisardopaishi1355 7 лет назад

Truly amazing. The best poet of the 20th century (and now 21st) is no more. RIP Leonard Cohen.

@esakarkkainen8934 4 месяца назад

Lenny just got with age, This is an unbreakable diamond.

@daonow5481 7 лет назад

living a noble life is prize enough

@ethicscannie5716 Год назад

*OMG!* This is sooo appropriate today, years after his death, during the dark times of the global Covid pandemic! Everything that this brilliant, humble, beautiful soul wrote stirs me in so many ways. Love from Montréal!

@95...8 Год назад

The real Dark Time Is coming

@tatianaponomareva5774 7 лет назад

I am crying about you, dear Mr. COHEN! My mom pass away last month, and you now...RIP

@Incredible14U 3 года назад

Avi Cohen - he was a footbeller played for liverpool he was good. But Leonard Cohen wrote and sang beautifil songs - Pamwe Chete.

@exittiming2789 7 лет назад

From the very beginning to the end of time, his music lives forever.

@wanderer3987 7 лет назад

GOSH It was yesterday i first heard him..loved him...

@jmdevagramme7956 7 лет назад

rip Léonard, il nous reste ta voix mélancolique et poétique qui nous fait vibrer depuis 1968

@madelinehall8944 7 лет назад

Thank You, God, and Leonard.

@Skwid-Lives 9 месяцев назад

It’s still the Truth today

@outtamaway 4 года назад

No comments. Only goosebumps... Masterpiece.

@jimmynorton1001 7 лет назад

i personally found Mr. Cohen in 1994 with the natual born killers movie. been a fan ever since. rip

@esrefozkal8787 7 лет назад

R.I P LC! Your light is going to travel until the end of the world... We will miss your words, your waves...

@teresagaliano7040 7 лет назад

gratitude très cher poète. J'ai impression de vibrer sur le même son avec vos créations . J’espère que vous avez trouvez le bonheur........

@pipsouster 7 лет назад

I grew up listening to this true,true talent of a man since the age of ten.....he has inspired my style....we have been so lucky to have had you Mr Cohen....thank you and god bless.....Pip Souster