First Aid Kit, Nina Zanjani & Maia Hansson-Bergqvist - Twelve O'Clock Chant Lyrics

First Aid Kit, Nina Zanjani & Maia Hansson-Bergqvist Lyrics

"Twelve O'Clock Chant"
(originally by Leonard Cohen)

Hold me hard light, soft light hold me
Moonlight in your mountains fold me
Sunlight in your tall waves scald me
Ironlight in your wires shield me
Deathlight in your darkness wield me

In burlap bags the bankers sew me
In countries far the merchants sell me
In icy caves the princes throw me
In golden rooms the doctors geld me
In battlefields the hunters rule me

I will starve till prophets find me
I will bleed till angels bind me
Still I sing till churches blind me
Still I love till cog-wheels wind me

Hold me hard light, soft light hold me
Moonlight in your mountains fold me
Sunlight in your tall waves scald me
Ironlight in your wires shield me
Deathlight in your darkness wield me

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Writer(s): Leonard Cohen

live album: "Who By Fire (Live Tribute To Leonard Cohen)" (2021)

First Aid Kit, Nina Zanjani & Maia Hansson-Bergqvist - Who By Fire (Live Tribute To Leonard Cohen) live album cover

Tired

Suzanne

Sisters Of Mercy

Who By Fire / As The Mist Leaves No Scar

Famous Blue Raincoat / Anthem

Who By Fire (Reprise) / Letter To Marianne

So Long, Marianne

You'd Sing Too

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"Twelve O'Clock Chant" lyrics

First Aid Kit, Nina Zanjani & Maia Hansson-Bergqvist Lyrics