《A Thousand Kisses Deep》（Leonard Cohen）

欢迎关注微信公众号：makerlog A Thousand Kisses Deep 作者/朗诵：Leonard Cohen You came to me this morning And you handled me like meat You’d have to be a man to know How good that feels, how sweet My mirrored twin, my next of kin I’d know you in my sleep And who but you would take me in A thousand kisses deep I loved you when you opened like a Lily to the heat You see I’m just another snowman Standing in the rain and sleet Who loved you with his frozen love His second hand physique With all he is, and all he was A thousand kisses deep I know you had to lie to me I know you had to cheat To pose all hot and hide behind The veils of sheer deceit Our perfect porn aristocrat So elegant and cheap I’m old but I’m still into that A thousand kisses deep I’m good at love, I’m good at hate It&`&s in between I freeze Been working out, but its too late It’s been too late for years But you look good, you really do The pride of Boogie Street, Somebody must have died for you A thousand kisses deep The autumn moved across your skin Got something in my eye A light that doesn’t need to live And doesn’t need to die A riddle in the book of love Obscure and obsolete Until witnessed here in time and blood A thousand kisses deep And I&`&m still working with the wine Still dancing cheek to cheek The band is playing Auld Lang Syne But the heart will not retreat I ran with Diz and Dante I never had their sweep But once or twice they let me play A thousand kisses deep I loved you when you opened Like a lily to the heat You see I&`&m just another snowman Standing in the rain and sleet But you don’t need to hear me now And every word I speak It counts against me anyhow A thousand kisses deep 对这首朗诵的背景如果感兴趣，可以看这里： http://genius.com/Leonard-cohen-a-thousand-kisses-deep-annotated/ (Note: this is the spoken-word version. For the version set to music on the Sharon Robinson-produced 10 New Songs) The song was first published in Leonard Cohen’s volume Book of Longing ************************************************************************************ A Thousand Kisses Deep 演唱：Leonard Cohen The ponies run, the girls are young, The odds are there to beat. You win a while, and then it’s done – Your little winning streak. And summoned now to deal With your invincible defeat, You live your life as if it’s real, A Thousand Kisses Deep. I’m turning tricks, I’m getting fixed, I’m back on Boogie Street. You lose your grip, and then you slip Into the Masterpiece. And maybe I had miles to drive, And promises to keep: You ditch it all to stay alive, A Thousand Kisses Deep. And sometimes when the night is slow, The wretched and the meek, We gather up our hearts and go, A Thousand Kisses Deep. Confined to sex, we pressed against The limits of the sea: I saw there were no oceans left For scavengers like me. I made it to the forward deck. I blessed our remnant fleet – And then consented to be wrecked, A Thousand Kisses Deep. I am turning tricks, I am getting fixed, I am back on Boogie Street. I guess they won&`&t exchange the gifts That you were meant to keep. And quiet is the thought of you, The file on you complete, Except what we forgot to do, A Thousand Kisses Deep. And sometimes when the night is slow, The wretched and the meek, We gather up our hearts and go, A Thousand Kisses Deep. The ponies run, the girls are young, The odds are there to beat . . .