"Who By Fire / As The Mist Leaves No Scar" lyrics
First Aid Kit, Nina Zanjani & Maia Hansson-Bergqvist Lyrics
(originally by Leonard Cohen)
And who by fire, who by water
Who in the sunshine, who in the night time
Who by high ordeal, who by common trial
Who in your merry merry month of May
Who by very slow decay
And who shall I say is calling?
And who in her lonely slip, who by barbiturate
Who in these realms of love, who by something blunt
And who by avalanche, who by powder
Who for his greed, who for his hunger
And who shall I say is calling?
As the mist leaves no scar
On the dark green hill
So my body leaves no scar
On you
Nor ever will
When wind and hawk encounters
What remains to keep
So you and I encounter
Then turn
Then fall to sleep
As many nights endure
Without a moon or star
So will we endure
When one is gone and far
And who by brave assent, who by accident
Who in solitude, who in this mirror
Who by his lady's command, who by his own hand
Who in mortal chains, who in power
And who shall I say is calling?
Who in the sunshine, who in the night time
Who by high ordeal, who by common trial
Who in your merry merry month of May
Who by very slow decay
And who shall I say is calling?
And who in her lonely slip, who by barbiturate
Who in these realms of love, who by something blunt
And who by avalanche, who by powder
Who for his greed, who for his hunger
And who shall I say is calling?
As the mist leaves no scar
On the dark green hill
So my body leaves no scar
On you
Nor ever will
When wind and hawk encounters
What remains to keep
So you and I encounter
Then turn
Then fall to sleep
As many nights endure
Without a moon or star
So will we endure
When one is gone and far
And who by brave assent, who by accident
Who in solitude, who in this mirror
Who by his lady's command, who by his own hand
Who in mortal chains, who in power
And who shall I say is calling?
Writer(s): Leonard Cohen, Phil Spector
