Thanks guys, oh, and one more. In "There is a War" (from NEW SKIN FOR THE OLD CEREMONY), Leonard writes: Yes, I rise up from her arms, she says "I guess you call this love"; I call it service. (at least that's how it's reproduced at LeonardCohenFiles.Com) What I'm unclear on here...

In “So Long Marianne” Leonard writes: “I'm standing on a ledge and your fine spider web / is fastening my ankle to a stone.” My question regarding this is, is the stone fixed (with the rope thereby preventing Leonard from falling or jumping), or is the stone to be thrown (by Marianne)? And in “Night...