LEONARD COHEN - Story Of Isaac lyrics

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The door it opened slowly,<br>My father he came in,was nine years old.<br>And he stood so tall above me,<br>His blue eyes they were shining<br>And his voice was very cold.<br>He said, I've had a vision<br>And you know I'm strong and holy,<br>I must do what I've been told.<br>So he started up the mountain,<br>I was running, he was walking,<br>And his axe was made of gold.<br><br>Well, the trees they got much smaller,<br>The lake a lady's mirror,<br>We stopped to drink some wine.<br>Then he threw the bottle over.<br>Broke a minute later<br>And he put his hand on mine.<br>Thought I saw an eagle<br>But it might have been a vulture,<br>I never could decide.<br>Then my father built an altar,<br>He looked once behind his shoulder,<br>He knew I would not hide.<br><br>You who build these altars now<br>To sacrifice these children,<br>You must not do it anymore.<br>A scheme is not a vision<br>And you never have been tempted<br>By a demon or a god.<br>You who stand above them now,<br>Your hatchets blunt and bloody,<br>You were not there before,<br>When I lay upon a mountain<br>And my father's hand was trembling<br>With the beauty of the word.<br><br>And if you call me brother now,<br>Forgive me if I inquire,<br>Just according to whose plan? <br>When it all comes down to dust<br>I will kill you if I must,<br>I will help you if I can.<br>When it all comes down to dust<br>I will help you if I must,<br>I will kill you if I can.<br>And mercy on our uniform,<br>Man of peace or man of war,<br>The peacock spreads his fan.