Lyrics to
Our Lady Of Solitude

This version of Our Lady Of Solitude was released by Leonard Cohen in 1979.

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All summer long she touched me
She gathered in my soul
From many a thorn, from many thickets
Her fingers, like a weaver’s
Quick and cool
And the light came from her body
And the night went through her grace
All summer long she touched me
And I knew her, I knew her
Face to face

And her dress was blue and silver
And her words were few and small
She is the vessel of the whole wide world
Mistress, oh mistress, of us all

Dearly dead; Queen of Solitude
I thank you with my heart
for keeping me so close to thee
while so many, oh so many, stood apart

And the light came from her body
And the night went through her grace
All summer long she touched me
I knew her, I knew her
Face to face

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About Lyrics and Our Lady Of Solitude by Leonard Cohen

The lyrics for Our Lady Of Solitude are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1979 song by Leonard Cohen. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Our Lady Of Solitude have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Our Lady Of Solitude - Leonard Cohen and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Our Lady Of Solitude by Leonard Cohen in multiple ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Our Lady Of Solitude" means the words set to the music of Our Lady Of Solitude, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Leonard Cohen. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Our Lady Of Solitude and the lyrics to Our Lady Of Solitude are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Leonard Cohen who came here looking just for the lyrics to Our Lady Of Solitude, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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