To A Teacher

[ti:To A Teacher] [ar:Leonard Cohen] [al:Dear Heather] [by:季风网-【http://www.ip21.cn】] [offset:0] To A Teacher - Leonard Cohen Hurt once and for all into silence A long pain ending without a song to prove it Who could stand beside you so close to Eden When you glinted in every eye the held-high razor Shivering every ram and son And now the silent loony bin Where the shadows live in the rafters like Day-weary bats Until the turning mind a radar signal Lures them to exaggerate Mountain-size on the white stone wall Your tiny limp How can I leave you in such a house Are there no more saints and wizards To praise their ways with pupils No more evil to stun with the slap Of a wet red tongue Did you confuse the Messiah in a mirror And rest because he had finally come Let me cry Help beside you Teacher I have entered under this dark roof As fearlessly as an honoured son Enters his father's house