Context? I know he was a great poet, so there's probably layers of subtext and meaning with every stanza.

JUST WHEN I THOUGHT I WAS OUT, THEY PULL ME BACK IN

>>126899692
found it

>>126899863
Jews gonna Jew.

>>126899863
sorry i asked

>>126899863
>Jesus
>Freud
>Marx
>Einstein
>terrorists
was he just being contrarian or plain retarded

>>126899964
Vaguest possible relation to controversial influence but it's just name dropping his tribe. Same old.

>>126899947
it is what is...
>>126899964
no idea, but jews def don't like Jesus, Marx was kind of a self hating one s I get that...

>>126899964
>>126899972
Reminder that's an Irving Layton quote, not Cohen.
>>126899230 (OP)
It's about Jewish conquest.

>>126900064
I know what it is (cute name, certainly less obvious than his birth name). The reference was used as I described.

>>126899964
tbf, saying something like this in the 60s would have been as radical as saying "it's okay to be white" today

>>126900064
>It's about Jewish conquest.
I've seen interviews of him saying. "'If you though Stalinism was bad, wait for what's coming, communism will seem like paradise" he said with a smile.

Thought that was kind of weird

>>126900152
Why would imagining a dystopian future worse than communism be weird? Do you think man cannot sink lower than communism/marxism?

>>126900177
It's not but it seemed he liked that it's going to happen, that's the weird part

>>126900207
It was probably more of the wry, cynical smile of the jaded when imagining such things. "I've seen it all, but it's about to get worse." You're reading "a smile" as in yellow happy face, cheerful smile.

>>126900278
perhaps

>>126900333
>perhaps
>rubs hands furiously
lol, stop being a clown

>>126900527
I'm not in his head, what do you want me to say?

>>126900567
I'm in yours, and I can assure you, you're seeing things that aren't there. But if this is the worst you are off your meds, I'd rather you be unmedicated than in the thrall of pharmeceuticals.

>>126899230 (OP)
That song is so kino

>>126900610
I'm not on meds, I don't live in America. Get off my dick bro, stop acting like you know exactly what he meant...

Jewish supremacy taking over the world by first conquering the US (Manhattan) and then using that power to destroy the Aryan nations of Europe (Berlin)

>>126900696
>stop calling out my projection

>>126900806
Holy shit, are you on meds? I almost agreed with you, what is your problem?

>>126900847
No need to flip out. You're obviously trying to insinuate that he's part of some cabal, or simply seeing things that aren't there. I'm merely correcting you.

>>126900969
I'll think whatever I want to.

>>126899863
>>126899692
Are people too retarded to grasp he's playing a character in the song?

>>126900064
>conquest.
no need to take whats already yours

>>126899964
>>126899863
Its not that complicated, he's talking about the power of ideas. "the pen is mightier than the sword" basically

what a Cohencidence

>>126902086
>a character
how convenient

>>126899230 (OP)
that song goes so fucking hard, absolute banger

>>126902086
"A man is least himself when he speaks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he'll tell you the truth" - Wilde

>>126902290
this

>>126900207
>>126900278
>>126900333
I've seen Cohen talk about this stuff before and I don't think he was gleeful about what's coming next. The song 'the future' is all about the coming dystopia.

He also said in an interview 'you're not going to like what comes after America'.