bilbeny's log

The Darkness (Leonard Cohen, Old Ideas)

• I caught the darkness
• It was drinking from your cup
• I caught the darkness
• Drinking from your cup
• I said, "Is this contagious?"
• You said, "Just drink it up."
• I've got no future
• I know my days are few
• The presemt's, not that pleasant
• Just a lot of things to do
• I thought the past would last me
• But the darkness got there too.
• I should've seen it coming
• It was red behind your eyes
• You're young and it was summer
• I just had to take a dive
• Winning you was easy
• But darkness was the price.
• I don't smoke no cigarette
• I don't drink no alcohol
• I ain't had much loving yet
• But that's always been your call
• I don't miss it baby
• I got no taste for anything at all
• I used to love the rainbow
• And I used to love the view
• Another early morning
• I pretend that it was new
• But I caught the darkness, baby
• And I got it worse than you.
• I caught the darkness
• It was drinking from your cup
• I caught the darkness
• Drinking from your cup
• I said, "Is this contagious?"
• You said, "Just drink it up."