![]() ![]() Some of Cohen’s best songs about death, though, are more oblique, or wrapped up in layers of metaphor to the extent that sussing out themes of mortality requires some guesswork. ![]() And the subjects of “A Bunch of Lonesome Heroes,” from the same album, are eager to tell their stories before they “turn into gold.” “Seems So Long Ago, Nancy,” off 1969’s Songs From a Room, is about the suicide of a friend from his native Montreal. Cohen has been writing dignified songs about death since he was a young man. But while his focus on the end is more pronounced (like a recent New Yorker profile quoting Cohen as saying he’s “ready to die,” though he did backtrack slightly), it’s not new. ![]() The 82-year-old’s last three albums are, in many ways, a coming to terms with his advancing age and the ever-nearer prospect of finding out what, if anything, comes next. As he has gotten older, Cohen’s lyrics have turned increasingly toward themes of mortality. ![]()
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