Lyrics Humbled in Love - Leonard Cohen
Do
you
remember
all
of
those
pledges
That
we
pledged
in
the
passionate
night?
Ah,
they're
soiled
now,
they're
torn
at
the
edges
Like
moths
on
a
still
yellow
light
No
penance
serves
to
renew
them
No
massive
transfusions
of
trust
Why
not
even
revenge
can
undo
them?
So
twisted
these
vows
and
so
crushed
And
you
say
you've
been
humbled
in
love
Cut
down
in
your
love
Forced
to
kneel
in
the
mud
next
to
me
Ah,
but
why
so
bitterly
turn
from
the
one
Who
kneels
there
as
deeply
as
thee
Children
have
taken
these
pledges
They
have
ferried
them
out
of
the
past
Oh,
beyond
all
the
graves
and
the
hedges
Where
love
must
go
hiding
at
last
And
here
where
there
is
no
description
Oh,
here
in
the
moment
at
hand
No
sinner
need
rise
up
forgiven
No
victim
need
limp
to
the
stand
You
say
you've
been
humbled
in
love
Cut
down
in
your
love
Forced
to
kneel
in
the
mud
next
to
me
Ah,
but
why
so
bitterly
turn
from
the
one
Who
kneels
there
as
deeply
as
thee
And
look
dear
heart,
look
at
the
virgin
Look
how
she
welcomes
him
into
her
gown
Yes,
and
mark
how
the
stranger's
cold
armour
Dissolves
like
a
star
falling
down
Why
trade
this
vision
for
desire
When
you
may
have
them
both
You
will
never
see
a
man
this
naked
I
will
never
hold
a
woman
this
close
And
you
say
you've
been
humbled
in
love
Cut
down
in
your
love
Forced
to
kneel
in
the
mud
next
to
me
Ah,
but
why
so
bitterly
turn
from
the
one
Who
kneels
there
as
deeply
as
thee
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