Sharon Robinson - Alexandra Leaving - Leonard Cohen - Trailer (Music, Documentary) - video Dailymotion

Sharon Robinson - Alexandra Leaving - Leonard Cohen - Trailer (Music, Documentary)

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00:00with a kiss. Do not say this moment was imagined. Do not stoop to strategies like

00:10this. As someone long prepared for this to happen, go firmly to the window, drink

00:21it in. Exquisite music, Alexandra laughing, your first commitments tangible again. This

00:34is the song, Alexandra leaving homage to the great Greek poet Constantine Cavafy, sung

00:45by the co-writer Sharon Robinson.

01:15Suddenly the night has grown colder. The god of love preparing to depart. Alexandra

01:34leaving homage to the great Greek poet Constantine Cavafy, sung by the co-writer Sharon Robinson.

01:58They gain the light, they formlessly entwine and radiate beyond your widest measure. They

02:16fall among the voices and the wine. It's not a trick, your senses are deceiving. A

02:34fitful dream, the morning will exhaust. Say goodbye to Alexandra leaving. Then say goodbye

02:54to Alexandra lost. Even though she sleeps upon your setting. Even though she wakes

03:16you with a kiss. Do not say this moment was imagined. Do not stoop to strategies like

03:36this. As someone long prepared for this to happen, go firmly to the window, drink it

03:56in. Exquisite music, Alexandra laughing, your first commitments tangible again. And

04:16you had the honor of her evening. And by that honor, had your own store. Say goodbye

04:36to Alexandra leaving. Alexandra leaving with her lord. Even though she sleeps upon your

04:56setting. Even though she wakes you with a kiss. Do not say this moment was imagined.

05:18Do not stoop to strategies like this. As someone long prepared for the occasion. In full command

05:42of every plan you read. Do not choose a coward's explanation. That hides behind the cause and

06:02the effect. And you were bewildered by a meeting whose code was broken. Crucifix uncrossed.

06:22Say goodbye to Alexandra leaving. Then say goodbye to Alexandra lost. Say goodbye to

06:44Alexandra leaving. Then say goodbye to Alexandra lost.

07:14Say goodbye to Alexandra lost.