The Throne Of Desire Lyrics - Cohen Leonard

(Written By Cohen, Performed In "Night Magic") 

(Michael) Their bodies Triumphant 

Their power unfurled 

I know I am nothing 

And women the world! 

A slave to their favours 

Their no and their yes 

I'm crushed in the crease 

Of a cotton dress 

And I'm dead except 

In their company 

And I'm only at rest 

When they motion to me 

And night after night 

I turn to myself 

And I raise them 

Out of my panic 

And they come to me 

Willing at last 

Inflamed and fast 

Mutual and graphic. 

And suddenly they drill my heart 

With cavities of absence 

And they cover their thighs 

with cellophane 

And they cover their breasts 

with a shadow 

And they nail my good right hand 

to a wall in the attic 

O take me away 

From the thorns and the fire 

And let me recline 

On the Throne of Desire 

From the Throne of Desire 

I make this solemn decree 

Every woman I want 

Will want, will want, will want 

Will more than want me! 

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