The Future
Leonard Cohen
Am Dm E7 Am
Am Dm E7 Am
AmGive me back my broken night, my Dmmirrored room, my secret life
it's E7lonely here, there's no one left to Amtorture
AmGive me absolute control Dmover every living soul
And E7lie beside me baby, that's an Amorder!
AmGive me crack and anal sex, Dmtake the only tree that's left
and E7stuff it up the hole in your Amculture.
AmGive me back the Berlin Wall, Dmgive me Stalin and St. Paul
I've E7seen the future, brother: it Amis murder.
DmThings are gonna slide, Cslide in all directions
Won't be Dmnothing, (won't be) nothing you can't Cmeasure anymore.
The Dmblizzard, the blizzard of the Fworld has crossed the threshold
And it's Fmoverturned the order of the Csoul
When they Gsaid (they said) REPENT (repent) REPENT (repent)
I wonder Amwhat they meant
When they Gsaid (they said) REPENT (repent) REPENT (repent)
I wonder Amwhat they meant
When they Gsaid (they said) REPENT (repent) REPENT (repent)
I wonder Amwhat they meant
AmYou don't know me from the wind, you Dmnever will, you never did
E7I'm the little jew who wrote the biblAme
AmI've seen nations rise and fall, I've Dmheard their stories, heard them all
but E7love's the only Amengine of survival
AmYour servant here, he has been told, Dmto say it clear to say it cold
E7It's over, it ain't Amgoing any further
AmAnd now the wheels of heaven stop, you Dmfeel the devil's riding crop
E7Get ready for the future: it is Ammurder.
DmThings are gonna slide (Cslide) in all directions
Won't be Dmnothing (won't be) nothing you can't Cmeasure anymore.
The Dmblizzard, the blizzard of the Fworld has crossed the threshold
And it has Fmoverturned the order of the Csoul
When they Gsaid (they said) REPENT (repent) REPENT (repent)
I wonder Amwhat they meant
When they Gsaid (they said) REPENT (repent) REPENT (repent)
I wonder Amwhat they meant
When they Gsaid (they said) REPENT (repent) REPENT (repent)
I wonder Amwhat they meant
AmThere'll be the breaking of the ancient western code
DmYour private life will suddenly explode
There'll be Amphantoms, there'll be fires on the road
and the Fwhite man E7dancing
AmYou'll see your woman hanging upside down
Dmher features covered by her fallen gown
and all the Amlousy little poets coming around
trying to Fsound like E7Charlie Manson
and the Fwhite man Amdancing
AmGive me back the Berlin Wall, Dmgive me Stalin and St. Paul
E7Give me Christ or Amgive me Hiroshima
AmDestroy another fetus now, we Dmdon't like children anyhow
I've E7seen the future, baby: it is Ammurder.
DmThings are gonna slide (Cslide) in all directions
Won't be Dmnothing (won't be) nothing you can't Cmeasure anymore.
The Dmblizzard, the blizzard of the Fworld has crossed the threshold
And it has Fmoverturned the order of the Csoul
When they Gsaid (they said) REPENT (repent) REPENT (repent)
I wonder Amwhat they meant
When they Gsaid (they said) REPENT (repent) REPENT (repent)
I wonder Amwhat they meant
When they Gsaid (they said) REPENT (repent) REPENT (repent)
I wonder Amwhat they meant
When they Gsaid (they said) REPENT (repent) AmREPENT (repent)