Tonight Will Be Fine
Tonight Will Be Fine - meaning Summary
Comfort in Transient Intimacy
Cohen’s poem presents a speaker caught between past vows and present solitude, seeking brief reassurance in an intimate encounter. Sparse rooms, a single bed and a recurrent prayer set a confined emotional scene. Refrain-like assurance—"tonight will be fine"—functions as a temporary balm against memory, longing and fading youth. The final stanza frames erotic imagination as a consoling, yet ultimately transient, memory that makes the present bearable for a while.
Read Complete AnalysesSometimes I find I get to thinking of the past We swore to each other then our love would surely last You kept right on loving, I went on a fast Now I am too thin and your love is too vast But I know from your eyes And I know from your smile That tonight will be fine Will be fine, will be fine, will be fine For a while I choose the rooms that I live in with care The windows are small and the walls almost bare There's only one bed and there's only one prayer I listen all night for your step on the stair But I know from your eyes And I know from your smile That tonight will be fine Will be fine, will be fine, will be fine For a while Oh sometimes I see her undressing for me She's the soft naked lady love meant her to be And she's moving her body so brave and so free If I've got to remember that's a fine memory And I know from her eyes And I know from her smile That tonight will be fine Will be fine, will be fine, will be fine For a while
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