Leonard Cohen - Night Comes On 1984
I went down to the place
 Where I knew she lay waiting
 Under the marble and the snow
 I said, mother Im frightened
 The thunder and the lightning
 Ill never come through this alone
 She said, Ill be with you
 My shawl wrapped around you
 My hand on your head when you go
 And the night came on
 It was very calm
 I wanted the night to go on and on
 But she said, go back to the world
 
We were fighting in egypt
 When they signed this agreement
 That nobody else had to die
 There was this terrible sound
 And my father went down
 With a terrible wound in his side
 He said, try to go on
 Take my books, take my gun
 Remember, my son, how they lied
 And the night comes on
 Its very calm
 Id like to pretend that my father was wrong
 But you dont want to lie, not to the young
 
We were locked in this kitchen
 I took to religion
 And I wondered how long she would stay
 I needed so much
 To have nothing to touch
 Ive always been greedy that way
 But my son and my daughter
 Climbed out of the water
 Crying, papa, you promised to play
 And they lead me away
 To the great surprise
 Its papa, dont peek, papa, cover your eyes
 And they hide, they hide in the world
 
Now I look for her always
 Im lost in this calling
 Im tied to the threads of some prayer
 Saying, when will she summon me
 When will she come to me
 What must I do to prepare
 When she bends to my longing
 Like a willow, like a fountain
 She stands in the luminous air
 And the night comes on
 And its very calm
 I lie in her arms and says, when Im gone
 Ill be yours, yours for a song
 
Now the crickets are singing
 The vesper bells ringing
 The cats curled asleep in his chair
 Ill go down to bills bar
 I can make it that far
 And Ill see if my friends are still there
 Yes, and heres to the few
 Who forgive what you do
 And the fewer who dont even care
 And the night comes on
 Its very calm
 I want to cross over, I want to go home
 But she says, go back, go back to the world