He did not mean to be so obtuse, but he has been asleep most of his life. She secretly knows it is because he is always dreaming of submitting to another. She realizes he is still being as vague as ever and she has no idea what he still wants from her. He is still unaware of himself.
She agrees to meet him again at a different place and time in their lives. In the end he gives the same excuse over and over. I warned you that when we met I would eventually leave.
They are like two satellites trapped in an orbit of their own making. Neither will ever really escape the gravitational pull of the other until one or both of them decide to claim their own power. This song is from so long ago so maybe by now they have found this with each other or someone else. Beautifully studied. Thank you. General Comment I feel this song is not so much a critique of men who use women, but of women who are attracted to these sorts of men. The woman in this song is in a cycle of bad relationships.
The repetition of those two verses is symbolic of that. It creates a loop where it becomes difficult to tell where one relationship starts and another one finishes.
The first three verses tell about the end of a relationship. The fourth verse starts with, "But now another stranger seems to want you to ignore your dreams The fact that the song ends with those repeated verses shows that it doesn't.
But the heart of the song tells us that the blame for this failure lies as much with the woman as the man. Simply put, she is looking for men who are unreliable "strangers". Consider the fifth verse, starting with "you hate to see another man lay down his hand". This woman is attracted to adventurous strangers. But the moment she has snared one, then he is no longer adventurous or a stranger.
She can see his dreams curling up like smoke above his shoulder and he becomes someone boring and unattractive. When she invites him to "come in sit down", she finds she can't close the door to her shelter.
The brilliant line "the handle of the road" instead of the handle of the door puts a different spin on things. From the POV of the men, she offers shelter and stability. Her door is the door to shelter. But from her POV her door is the door to the road and adventure and a neverending stream of strangers coming in and going out.
Ultimately, this is how she wants it. Next, the man is puzzled by her ambilvalence and starts to pull away. He says the he was sure they would meet between the trains they were waiting for. This is an oft-repeated Cohen idea about relationships being the things that happen while you're waiting for something better to come along see Waiting For The Miracle He says he is going but invites her to go along to meet him on the bridge.
She says she might but we know she never will. Thus we return to those two repeated verses, but whereas at the beginning she seems to be the jilted lover abandoned by a man who is "a player", we know now that she shares complicity in the failure of this relationship and the echoing of the beginning and the end tells us there will no doubt be many more relationships like this.
I really enjoyed your take on this song. I think Cohen is a great poet and I really like the verses you pointed out just as much "handle on the road" "another man lay down his hand" and I agree this does not sound to me like a hate song for a player, it is more of a sad look at a woman's life who can't quite get out of this habit.
I also really liked the sarcastic mention of a "joseph looking for a manger" that suddenly they all become a saint! I don't think he is puzzled. I think the end of the song is the new man leaving and that is all the set-up for him leaving her. Maya on January 28, He is a man preoccupied with something to such an extent that he is desirable to the woman. The comforting surrounding to his project.
Someone like that cannot truly be accompanied — you cannot hold their hand — they can only be admired from a distance and waited on by people like her, who secretly like the fact that he is preoccupied with something important. The card he is waiting for is the fantastic idea. He enjoys how he lives his life. He is not afraid to close his eyes and as mentioned above get "caught up in a dream". He sees life as a game, something fun and something that can be played, enjoyed and won.
Love, be it love for someone else, love for one self, love of life, etc is one of the prizes. Orion on September 02, Link. No Replies Log in to reply. There was an error. My Interpretation i think this song is about finding where you belong in society dakotabw98 on August 28, Link.
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You lose control; you lose perspective. You lose the ability to protect yourself. The greater the love, the greater the chaos. Take me, for instance. I am often heard saying that I love my mom and dad. I am also often heard saying that I love pizza. What am I saying when I say I love my mom and dad? I'm saying that I care about them.
I'm saying that I love spending time with them and that I talk to them every chance I get. I'm saying that if they needed me, I would do every humanly possible to help them. I'm saying that I always want what's best for them. What am I saying when I say I love pizza? Am I saying that I care deeply about pizza? Am I saying that I have a relationship with pizza? Am I saying that if pizza had a problem, I would be there for the pizza? Not enough pepperoni?
I'll be right there! Of course not. When I say I love pizza, I'm just saying that I enjoy eating pizza until I don't want any more pizza. Once I'm tired of the pizza, I don't care what happens to the rest of it. I'll throw it away. I'll feed it to the dog.
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