Lover Lover Lover
Lover Lover Lover - fact Summary
From New Skin for the Old
Included in Cohen’s collection New Skin for the Old Ceremony, the poem stages a speaker pleading with a father-figure for renaming and renewal. The father replies that the body was meant as a trial and responsibility lies with the speaker. The repeated chorus—"lover, lover...come back to me"—turns personal failure into a longing for reconciliation, blending spiritual authority, erotic desire, and a hope that song can shield and restore.
Read Complete AnalysesI asked my father I said, "Father, change my name The one I'm using now it's covered up With fear and filth and cowardice and shame." He said, "I locked you in this body I meant it as a kind of trial You can use it for a weapon Or to make some woman smile." "Then let me start again," I cried "Please let me start again I want a face that's fair this time I want a spirit that is calm." Yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover Come back to me Yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover Come back to me "I never turned aside," he said "I never walked away It was you who built the temple It was you who covered up my face." "And may the spirit of this song May it rise up pure and free May it be a shield for you A shield against the enemy." Yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover Come back to me Yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover Come back to me
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