The Letters Lyrics

The song The Letters is performed by Leonard Cohen in the album named Dear Heather in the year 2004 .



You never liked to get
The letters that I sent.
But now you've got the gist
Of what my letters meant.
You're reading them again,
The ones you didn't burn.
You press them to your lips,
My pages of concern.
I said there'd been a flood.
I said there's nothing left.
I hoped that you would come.
I gave you my address.
Your story was so long,
The plot was so intense,
It took you years to cross
The lines of self-defense.
The wounded forms appear:
The loss, the full extent;
And simple kindness here,
The solitude of strength.
You walk into my room.
You stand there at my desk,
Begin your letter to
The one who's coming next.



Leonard Cohen - Dear Heather

Oct 2004

  1. Go No More A-Roving
  2. Because Of
  3. The Letters
  4. Undertow
  5. Morning Glory
  6. On That Day
  7. Villanelle For Our Time
  8. There For You
  9. Dear Heather
  10. Nightingale
  11. To A Teacher
  12. The Faith
  13. Tennessee Waltz- Live

The Letters