Jo, jag vet att jag är tjatig och ointressant. Om man nu inte vill läsa hela ”drapan” jag bifogade – så har jag för att underlätta det hela, klippt ut ett intressant citat.

Och tänker speciellt på ”the famine up on the hill”. Någon som känner igen sig? Gör jag, i alla fall. 🙂 För inte är det väl ett så speciellt ”rikt” liv, det som vi i ”väst” ”erbjuds” idag?

”Down in the valley the famine goes on

The famine up on the hill”

Songwriters: COHEN, LEONARD

We find ourselves on different sides

Of a line nobody drew

Though it all may be one in the higher eye

Down here where we live it is two

I to my side call the meek and the mild

You to your side call the Word

By virtue of suffering I claim to have won

You claim to have never been heard

Both of us say there are laws to obey

Yeah, but frankly I don’t like your tone

You want to change the way I make love

(But) I want to leave it alone

The pull of the moon, the thrust of the sun

Thus the ocean is crossed

The waters are blessed while a shadowy guest

Kindles a light for the lost

[ Lyrics from: http://www.lyricsfreak.com/l/leonard+cohen/different+sides_20989504.html ]

Both of us say there are laws to obey

But frankly I don’t like your tone

You want to change the way I make love

(But) I want to leave it alone

Down in the valley the famine goes on

The famine up on the hill

I say that you shouldn’t, you couldn’t, you can’t

You say that you must and you will

You want to live where the suffering is

I want to get out of town

Come on, baby, give me a kiss

Stop writing everything down

Both of us say there are laws to obey

Yeah, but frankly I don’t like your tone

You want to change the way I make love

(But) I want to leave it alone

Both of us say there are laws to obey

Yeah, but frankly I don’t like your tone

You want to change the way I make love

(But) I want to leave it alone…