Nevermind: A Selection from Leonard Cohen’s The Flame (2019)

NEVERMIND:

The war was lost
The treaty signed
I was not caught
I crossed the line

I was not caught
Though many tried
I live among you
Well disguised

I had to leave
My life behind
I dug some graves
You’ll never find

The story’s told
With facts and lies
I have a name
But nevermind . . .

There’s truth that lives
And truth that dies
I don’t know which
So nevermind . . .

My woman’s here
My children too
Their graves are safe
From ghosts like you

In places deep
With roots entwined
I live the life I left behind

The war was lost
The treaty signed
I was not caught
I crossed the line

I was not caught
Though many tried
I live among you
Well disguised

—Leonard Cohen, The Flame (2019)