"Our bodies are falling apart and I think I will follow you very soon. Know that I am so close behind you that if you stretch out your hand, I think you can reach mine"...
Leonard Cohen to Marianne Ihlen, in his farewell letter, just before her death, in August 2016.
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'Well Marianne, it's come to this time when we are really so old and our bodies are falling apart and I think I will follow you very soon. Know that I am so close behind you that if you stretch out your hand, I think you can reach mine.
And you know that I've always loved you for your beauty and for your wisdom, but I don't need to say anything more about that because you know all about that. But now, I just want to wish you a very good journey.
Goodbye old friend. Endless love, see you down the road.'
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Leonard Cohen - 'Bird on the Wire'
'So Long, Marianne' by Leonard Cohen
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