What “Anthem” Means
On “Anthem” he sings:
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack in everything
That’s how the light gets in.“There is a position that embraces all the worlds we live in. That position is one of reconciliation, that’s our real appetite. Our real appetite is not for the victory of the white race. Our real victory isn’t Judaism over Islam, not conservatism over liberalism. There is another appetite that doesn’t involve victory but involves a reconciliation and that’s where we really long to be. Sometimes in the midst of a song you find yourself in that moment.”
Leonard Cohen in an interview with Gavin Martin in “Hello! I Must Be Cohen” in New Musical Express, January 9, 1993.
(Source: webheights.net)
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