Just a shining artefact of the past
Leonard Cohen
Everybody Knows
Da I’ m Your Man (1988)
And everybody knows that the dice are loaded
everybody rolls with their fingers crossed
everybody knows that the war is over
everybody knows the good guys lost
everybody knows the fight was fixed
the poor stay poor, the rich get rich
that’s how it goes
and everybody knows
And everybody knows that the boat is leaking
everybody knows that the captain lied
everybody got this broken feeling
like their father or their dog just died
everybody talking to their pockets
and everybody wants a box of chocolates
and a long stem rose
and everybody knows.
And everybody knows that you love me baby
everybody knows that you really do
everybody knows that you’ve been faithful
ah give or take a night or two
everybody knows you’ve been discreet
but there were so many people you just had to meet
without your clothes
and everybody knows
and everybody knows, everybody knows
that’s how it goes
everybody knows
everybody knows, everybody knows
that’s how it goes
everybody knows.
And everybody knows that it’s now or never
everybody knows that it’s me or you
and everybody knows that you live forever
ah when you’ve done a line or two
everybody knows the deal is rotten
old Black Joe’s still pickin’ cotton
for your ribbons and bows
and everybody knows
and everybody knows that the plague is coming
everybody knows that it’s moving fast
everybody knows that the naked man and woman
are just a shining artefact of the past
everybody knows the scene is dead
but there’s gonna be a meter on your bed
that will disclose
what everybody knows.
And everybody knows that you’re in trouble
everybody knows what you’ve been through
from the bloody cross on top of Calvary
to the beach of Malibu
everybody knows it’s coming apart
take one last look at this Sacred Heart
before it blows…
…e così via.
Tutti sanno che il tempo volge alla fine
Che la luce che è stata più non torna
Che il sorriso ci rimane di una sera.
That’s how it goes.
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