BEDRAGGLED GHOST OF A SONNET.
“I had to go crazy to love youHad to go down to the pitHad to do time in the towerNow I’m too tired to quitI had to go crazy to love youYou who were never the oneWhom I chased through theSouvenir heartacheMy braids and my blouse all undoneSometimes I’d head for the highwayI’m old and the mirrors don’t lieBut crazy has places to hide meDeeper than saying goodbyeI had to go crazy to love youHad to let everything fallHad to be people I hatedHad to be no one at allTired of choosing desireI’ve been saved by a blessed fatigueThe gates of commitment unwiredAnd nobody trying to leaveSometimes I’d head for the highwayI’m old and the mirrors don’t lieBut crazy has places to hide meDeeper than saying goodbye”
—Crazy to Love You, Leonard Cohen (NEW! from “Old Ideas” album, 2012)