Leonard Cohen: Dress Rehearsal Rag Meaning
Tagged:
No tags, suggest one.
Song Released: 1971
Dress Rehearsal Rag Lyrics
Play "Dress Rehearsal Rag"
on Amazon Music
and I didn't feel like very much.
I said to myself, "Where are you golden boy,
where is your famous golden touch?"
I thought you knew where
all of the elephants lie down,
I thought you were the...
-
anonymous Jun 6th, 2015 6:13am report
what is it about afternoons? the promise of the morning is so far away as to be non existent by this time of day and more than non existent but even false and 4 o'clock is reality. and with no holds barred he dissects the life he see's and exposes the bleakness of his charmed life. But nice, and fortunate too, that it was 4 o'clock and not earlier. Late afternoon must turn toward early evening...when it arrives he knows the night will save him, again. There is a slight change in tone, a sound of some relief and acknowledgement that he's been here before and will probably return to...but despair has departed, for now.
More Leonard Cohen song meanings ยป
Submit Your Interpretation
Trending:
Leonard Cohen Song Meanings
-
Hallelujah
-
Alexandra Leaving
-
You Want It Darker
-
Waiting for the Miracle
-
Avalanche
-
Show Me the Place
-
Democracy
-
The Darkness
-
The Future
-
Amen
-
Suzanne
-
Chelsea Hotel
-
Boogie Street
-
Going Home
-
Everybody Knows
-
I'm Your Man
-
Closing Time
-
Who by Fire
-
Joan of Arc
-
Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye
Related Blog Posts
The Twelve Best Movie-Ending Songs - Part 2
|
Songs of Unity, Songs of Labor
|
Just Posted
| All of Me | anonymous |
| Lily | anonymous |
| Hollywood's Bleeding | anonymous |
| Forever Autumn | anonymous |
| Six Feet From the Edge | anonymous |
| Wolf | anonymous |
| Porch | anonymous |
| Far Too Young To Die | anonymous |
| &Burn | anonymous |
| Blame It On Me | anonymous |
| No Quarter | anonymous |
| Daylight | anonymous |
| All of Me | anonymous |
| SOS | anonymous |
| When You Look Me in the Eyes | anonymous |
Weekly Most Popular
| 1 | Beatles |
|---|---|
| 2 | Alan Walker |
| 3 | Michael Jackson |
| 4 | Ed Sheeran |
| 5 | Billie Eilish |
| 6 | Melanie Martinez |
| 7 | Post Malone |
| 8 | Eminem |
| 9 | Queen |
| 10 | Bob Dylan |
Latest Releases
|
Getting Good Lauren Alaina |
|
Why We Drink Justin Moore |
|
Now You Know Jon Langston |
|
Stay High Brittany Howard |
|
I Hope You're Happy Now Carly Pearce |
|
we fell in love in october girl in red |
|
10,000 Hours Dan + Shay |
|
Right Where I Left It Cole Swindell |
