"Steer Your Way" lyrics

"Steer Your Way"

Steer your way past the ruins of the Altar and the Mall
Steer your way through the fables of Creation and The Fall
Steer your way past the Palaces that rise above the rot
Year by year, month by month, day by day
Thought by thought

Steer your heart past the Truth that you believed in yesterday
Such as Fundamental Goodness and the Wisdom of the Way
Steer your heart, precious heart, past the women whom you bought
Year by year, month by month, day by day
Thought by thought

Steer your way through the pain that is far more real than you
That smashed the Cosmic Model, that blinded every view
And please don't make me go there, though there be a God or not
Year by year, month by month, day by day
Thought by thought

They whisper still, the ancient stones, the blunted mountains weep
As he died to make men holy, let us die to make things cheap
And say the Mea Culpa, which you probably forgot
Year by year, month by month, day by day
Thought by thought

Steer your way, O my heart, though I have no right to ask
To the one who was never, never equal to the task
Who knows he's been convicted, who knows he will be shot
Year by year, month by month, day by day
Thought by thought

They whisper still, the ancient stones, the blunted mountains weep
As he died to make men holy, let us die to make things cheap
And say your Mea Culpa, which you gradually forgot
Year by year, month by month, day by day
Thought by thought


Writer(s): Leonard Cohen
You May Also Like
Bob Dylan - "Girl From The North Country" If you're traveling the north country fair Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline Remember me to one who lives there For she once was a true love of mine If you go when the snowflakes storm...
Jefferson Airplane - "White Rabbit" One pill makes you larger And one pill makes you small And the ones that mother gives you Don't do anything at all Go ask Alice When she's ten feet tall And if you go chasing rabbits And you know...
Tindersticks - "Show Me Everything" Show me! Show me! Complexities, treacheries We watch through glass, we see nothing Latex on my fingertips We touch through glass, we feel nothing All we've carried, all we've owned Scattered like...
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - "We No Who U R" The tree don't care what the little bird sings We go down with the dew in the morning light The trees don't know what the little bird brings We go down with the dew in the morning And we breathe it...
The Divine Comedy - "Our Mutual Friend" No matter how I try I just can't get her out of my mind And I when I sleep I visualize her I saw her in the pub I met her later at the nightclub A mutual friend introduced us We talked about the...