“Oh let me see your beauty when the witnesses are gone
Let me feel you moving like they do in Babylon”
A song about Dance or Dancing is called for this week by Helen at This Thing Called Life One Word At A Time, so here is a well-known example from what I call ‘second-stage’ Leonard Cohen, released in 1984. It’s actually inspired by the Holocaust, relating to the fact that the Nazis would sometimes force a string quartet to play while they carried out their mass murder.
As Cohen himself said, however, it’s “able to embrace all passionate activity.”
Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin
Dance me through the panic ’til I’m gathered safely in
Lift me like an olive branch and be my homeward dove
Dance me to the end of love
Oh let me see your beauty when the witnesses are gone
Let me feel you moving like they do in Babylon
Show me slowly what I only know the limits of
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the wedding now, dance me on and on
Dance me very tenderly and dance me very long
We’re both of us beneath our love, we’re both of us above
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the children who are asking to be born
Dance me through the curtains that our kisses have outworn
Raise a tent of shelter now, though every thread is torn
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin
Dance me through the panic till I’m gathered safely in
Touch me with your naked hand or touch me with your glove
Dance me to the end of love
Written by Leonard Cohen
the only deadhead in the hameau 
What a beautiful song. I enjoyed the video, with the stunning horses, too. Thanks for posting this! 😉
Got to love a bit of Leonard Cohen – brilliantly mournful!
I agree with kirstwrites – brilliantly mournful. Thanks for sharing!