Τετάρτη 3 Ιουλίου 2013

Dance me to the End of Love

Oils on canvas board 50x60 cm, title inspired by Leonard Cohen's poem / song , composed and performed for first time on 1984, by himself.


Lyrics :
Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin
Dance me through the panic 'til I'm gathered safely in
Lift me like an olive branch and be my homeward dove
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the end of love

Oh let me see your beauty when the witnesses are gone
Let me feel you moving like they do in Babylon
Show me slowly what I only know the limits of
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the end of love

Dance me to the wedding now, dance me on and on
Dance me very tenderly and dance me very long
We're both of us beneath our love, we're both of us above

Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the end of love

Dance me to the children who are asking to be born
Dance me through the curtains that our kisses have outworn
Raise a tent of shelter now, though every thread is torn
Dance me to the end of love

Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin
Dance me through the panic till I'm gathered safely in
Touch me with your naked hand or touch me with your glove
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the end of love

Colours :
Titanium White
Payne Grey
French Ultramarine
Alinzarin Crimson
Burnt Umber
Raw Umber
Burnt Sienna
Yellow Ochre