After a long and successful career, he dares to look forward into the passage to “the other world.” This reflection on his mortality is really a dialogue with God. Now, at eighty-two, Cohen is contemplating death. He also incorporates Christian imagery in his songs. He often embeds biblical motifs in his songs, and some poems reflect a deep connection with Israel. However, his entire body of work is related closely to Judaism. Cohen is a Canadian Jew who leads a secular lifestyle.
On his eighty-second birthday, Leonard Cohen released, “You Want It Darker”-a somber reflective song on the perception of God and the inner world of the believer.
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