Thanks Hydriot and Tom Your insights are really beneficial, and Cohen's words clarified many things for me. I was totally off track with my understanding of this lyric! I have couple more question. Who is Leonard Cohen referring to by saying " They sentenced me..." then saying "I'm co...

I'm a new member of the forum, and I have some questions as I'm analyzing the lyric "First We Take Manhattan". 1-What is the main theme of the lyric? Is it about terrorism? Since I'm trying to write a theme statement. 2- What are Manhattan and Berlin referring to (any historical allusions?...