There For You

(2004)

© 2007 photo by  Carmen Ezgeta:    Suho slano jezero; Chott el-Jerid; Tunis; Afrika; listopad 2007.
                                                                                                   Salt-Water; Chott el-Jerid; Tunisia; Africa; October, 2007

©   Copyright: graphic arts; animation & design by  Carmen Ezgeta

lyrics by Leonard Cohen          music by   Leonard Cohen & Sharon Robinson

(recorded by Leonard Cohen on "Dear Heather"   2004 )

CHOTT EL JERID: Dry salt lake

'Chott' is the word used in Tunisia for lakes that stays dry through the hot season, but which has some water in the winter.
The largest, the Chott el Jerid, covers 5,000 sq km at the most, and lies in the middle of Tunisia, close to the Algerian border.
Chott el Jerid was some thousand years ago part of the Mediterranean Sea.
The chott is easily accessed, as an elevated causeway has been built across it, from Kebili to Tozeur.

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   When it all went down
         And the pain came through
             I get it now
                                 I was there for you

             Don't ask me how
         I know it's true
   I get it now
                                 I was there for you

   I make my plans
         Like I always do
             But when I look back
                                           I was there for you

             I walk the streets
         Like I used to do
   And I freeze with fear
                                         But I'm there for you

I see my life
     In full review
         It was never me
                     It was always you

You sent me here
         You sent me there
     Breaking things
I can't repair

Making objects
     Out of thoughts
         Making more
               By thinking not

               Eating food
         And drinking wine
     A body that
I thought was mine

Dressed as Arab
     Dressed as Jew
         Or mask of iron
                                       I was there for you

               Moods of glory
         Moods so foul
     The world comes through
A bloody towel

And death is old
     But it's always new
         I freeze with fear
                           And I'm there for you

I see it clear
   I always knew
     It was never me

         I was there for you
         I was there for you

     My darling one
   And by your law
It all was done

         Don't ask me how
     I know it's true
I get it now
                 I was there for you

Don't ask me how
     I know it's true
         I get it now
                         I was there for you

         Don't ask me how
     I know it's true
I get it now
                   I was there for you
 

Don't ask me how
     I know it's true
         I get it now
                             I was there for you
 

Don't ask me how
     I know it's true
         I get it now
                   I was there for you

Leonard Cohen

(1934 - 2016)