aphex twin - selected ambient works vol.2(esp. disk 2).
yes - close to the edge
alice coltrane - ptah, the el daoud
miles davis - sketches of spain
arvo part - fur alina
neil young - zuma

Maybe the person leonard is writing to isn't a person at all. Perhaps it is a quality/personality trait that he lacks or is unable to harness. Perhaps it is something that his lover desires or needs that he is unable to provide. It's a thorn in his side, a weakness that he can't stop thinking about,...

this one's my favorite as well. It's the perfect ending to a perfect album. The last stanza is perhaps the most powerful lyric I've ever heard in my entire life. Whenever I play a cover of this song I always sing the last line three times instead of once. I get goosebumps just thinking about it.

I was fourteen years old watching vh1 and saw the Manhattan video and thought - who the hell is this old weirdo trying to sing in a deep voice - but hey, I was fourteen and my favorite group at the time was NIRVANA.

maybe he was talking about jesus?