From the recording American Dream
Music by Mackenzie Kristjon. Lyrics by Leonard Cohen.
Produced by Mackenzie Kristjon.
Vocals, guitars, vibraphones: Mackenzie Kristjon
Bass: Gerald Taylor
Cello: Sarah Honeyford Austin
Percussion and drums: Jim Perry
Mastered by Phil Demetro at Lacquer Channel in Toronto, Canada.
Lyrics
One night I burned the house I loved
It lit a perfect ring
In which I saw some weeds and stone
Beyond, not anything
Certain creatures of the air
Frightened of the night
They came to see their world again
And perished in the light
Now I sail from sky to sky
And all the blackness sings
Against the boat that I have made
Of mutilated wings
One night I burned the house I loved
It lit a perfect ring
In which I saw some weeds and stone
Beyond, not anything
Certain creatures of the air
Frightened by the night
They came to see their world again
And perished in the light
Now I sail from sky to sky
And all the blackness sings
Against the boat that I have made
Of mutilated wings
Now I sail from sky to sky
And all the blackness sings
Against the boat that I have made
Of mutilated wings
LYRICS BY LEONARD COHEN