Anthem

The birds they sang, at the break of day 

Start again, I heard them say

Don’t dwell on what has passed away 

Or what is yet to be. 

Ah the wars, they will be fought again 

The holy dove she will be caught again

Bought and sold and bought again 

The dove is never free. 

Ring the bells that still can ring 

Forget your perfect offering 

There is a crack in everything 

That’s how the light gets in. 

We asked for signs. The signs were sent

The birth betrayed, the marriage spent 

Yeah the widowhood of every government

Signs for all to see. 

I can’t run no more with that lawless crowd 

While the killers in high places say their prayers out loud. 

But they’ve summoned, they’ve summoned up a thundercloud and 

They’re going to hear from me. 

Ring the bells that still can ring… 

You can add up the parts but you won’t have the sum 

You can strike up the march, there is no drum 

Every heart, every heart to love will come 

But like a refugee. 

Ring the bells that still can ring 

Forget your perfect offering 

There is a crack, a crack in everything 

That’s how the light gets in. 

Ring the bells that still can ring 

Forget your perfect offering 

There is a crack, a crack in everything 

That’s how the light gets in.

Leonard Cohen