Different Sides Lyrics - Old Ideas - Leonard Cohen

We find ourselves on different sides 

Of a line nobody drew 

Though it all may be one in the higher eye 

Down here where we live it is two 

I to my side call the meek and the mild 

You to your side call the Word 

By virtue of suffering I claim to have won 

You claim to have never been heard 

Both of us say there are laws to obey 

But frankly I don't like your tone 

You want to change the way I make love 

I want to leave it alone 

The pull of the moon, the thrust of the sun 

And thus the ocean is crossed 

The waters are blessed while a shadowy guest 

Kindles a light for the lost 

Both of us say there are laws to obey 

But frankly I don't like your tone 

You want to change the way I make love 

I want to leave it alone 

Down in the valley the famine goes on 

The famine up on the hill 

I say that you shouldn't, you couldn't, you can't 

You say that you must and you will 

Both of us say there are laws to obey 

But frankly I don't like your tone 

You want to change the way I make love 

I want to leave it alone 

You want to live where the suffering is 

I want to get out of town 

C'mon baby give me a kiss 

Stop writing everything down 

Both of us say there are laws to obey 

Yeah, but frankly I don't like your tone 

You want to change the way I make love 

I want to leave it alone 

Both of us say there are laws to obey 

But frankly I don't like your tone 

You want to change the way I make love 

I want to leave it alone