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Artist: Leonard Cohen
Canonical path: /leonard-cohen/darkness
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Darkness
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Darkness
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I caught the darkness
It was drinking from your cup
I caught the darkness
Drinking from your cup
I said: Is this contagious?
You said: Just drink it up
I've got no future
I know my days are few
The present's, not that pleasant
Just a lot of things to do
I thought the past would last me
But the darkness got there too
I should've seen it coming
It was red behind your eyes
You were young and it was summer
I just had to take a dive
Winning you was easy
But darkness was the price
I don't smoke no cigarette
I don't drink no alcohol
I ain't had much loving yet
But that's always been your call
And I don't miss it baby
I got no taste for anything at all
I used to love the rainbow
And I used to love the view
Another early morning
I pretend that it was new
But I caught the darkness
And I got it worse than you
I caught the darkness
It was drinking from your cup
I caught the darkness
Drinking from your cup
I said: Is this contagious?
You said: Just drink it up
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