Saturday, 19 November 2016

LEONARD COHEN "The Future" lyrics & phonetics "ðə ˈfjuːʧə"


gɪv miː bæk maɪ ˈbrəʊkən naɪt  
maɪ ˈmɪrəd ruːmmaɪ ˈsiːkrɪt laɪf  
ɪts ˈləʊnli hɪə
ðeəz nəʊ wʌn lɛft tuː ˈtɔːʧə  
gɪv miː ˈæbsəluːt kənˈtrəʊl  
ˈəʊvəˈɛvri ˈlɪvɪŋ səʊl  
ænd laɪ bɪˈsaɪd miːˈbeɪbi
ðæts ən ˈɔːdə
gɪv miː kræk ænd ˈeɪnəl sɛks  
teɪk ði ˈəʊnli triː ðæts lɛft  
ænd stʌf ɪt ʌp ðə həʊl  
ɪn jɔː ˈkʌlʧə  
gɪv miː bæk ðə bɜːˈlɪn wɔːl  
gɪv miː ˈstɑːlɪn ænd St pɔːl  
aɪv siːn ðə ˈfjuːʧəˈbrʌðə
ɪt ɪz ˈmɜːdə

Give me back my broken night 
my mirrored room, my secret life 
it's lonely here, 
there's no one left to torture 
Give me absolute control 
over every living soul 
And lie beside me, baby, 
that's an order! 
Give me crack and anal sex 
Take the only tree that's left 
and stuff it up the hole 
in your culture 
Give me back the Berlin wall 
give me Stalin and St Paul 
I've seen the future, brother: 
it is murder. 

θɪŋz ɑː ˈgəʊɪŋ tuː slaɪdslaɪd ɪn ɔːl dɪˈrɛkʃənz  
wəʊnt biː ˈnʌθɪŋ  
ˈnʌθɪŋ juː kæn ˈmɛʒəˌɛniˈmɔː  
ðə ˈblɪzədðə ˈblɪzəd ɒv ðə wɜːld  
hæz krɒst ðə ˈθrɛʃˌhəʊld  
ænd ɪt hæz ˌəʊvəˈtɜːnd  
ði ˈɔːdəɒv ðə səʊl  
wɛn ðeɪ sɛd ˈriːpənt ˈriːpənt  
 ˈwʌndə wɒt ðeɪ mɛnt  
wɛn ðeɪ sɛd ˈriːpənt ˈriːpənt  
 ˈwʌndə wɒt ðeɪ mɛnt  
wɛn ðeɪ sɛd ˈriːpənt ˈriːpənt  
 ˈwʌndə wɒt ðeɪ mɛnt  

Things are going to slide, slide in all directions 
Won't be nothing 
Nothing you can measure anymore 
The blizzard, the blizzard of the world 
has crossed the threshold 
and it has overturned 
the order of the soul 
When they said REPENT REPENT 
I wonder what they meant 
When they said REPENT REPENT 
I wonder what they meant 
When they said REPENT REPENT 
I wonder what they meant 


juː dəʊnt nəʊ miː frɒm ðə wɪnd  
juː ˈnɛvə wɪljuː ˈnɛvə dɪd  
aɪm ðə ˈlɪtl ʤuː  
huː rəʊt ðə ˈbaɪbl  
aɪv siːn ðə ˈneɪʃənz raɪz ænd fɔːl  
aɪv hɜːd ðeə ˈstɔːrizhɜːd ðɛm ɔːl  
bʌt lʌvz ði ˈəʊnli ˈɛnʤɪn ɒv səˈvaɪvəl  
jɔː ˈsɜːvənt hɪəhiː hæz biːn təʊld  
tuː seɪ ɪt klɪətuː seɪ ɪt kəʊld
ɪts ˈəʊvəɪt eɪnt ˈgəʊɪŋ  
ˈɛni ˈfɜːðə  
ænd naʊ ðə wiːlz ɒv ˈhɛvn stɒp  
juː fiːl ðə ˈdɛvlz ˈraɪdɪŋ krɒp  
gɛt ˈrɛdi fɔː ðə ˈfjuːʧə
ɪt ɪz ˈmɜːdə  

You don't know me from the wind 
you never will, you never did 
I'm the little jew 
who wrote the Bible 
I've seen the nations rise and fall 
I've heard their stories, heard them all 
but love's the only engine of survival 
Your servant here, he has been told 
to say it clear, to say it cold: 
It's over, it ain't going 
any further 
And now the wheels of heaven stop 
you feel the devil's riding crop 
Get ready for the future: 
it is murder 


θɪŋz ɑː ˈgəʊɪŋ tuː slaɪd ... 

ðeəl biː ðə ˈbreɪkɪŋ ɒv ði ˈeɪnʃ(ə)nt  
ˈwɛstən kəʊd  
jɔː ˈpraɪvɪt laɪf wɪl ˈsʌdnli ɪksˈpləʊd  
ðeəl biː ˈfæntəmz  
ðeəl biː ˈfaɪəz ɒn ðə rəʊd  
ænd ðə waɪt mæn ˈdɑːnsɪŋ  
juːl siː ə ˈwʊmən  
ˈhæŋɪŋ ˈʌpsaɪd daʊn  
hɜː ˈfiːʧəz ˈkʌvəd baɪ hɜː ˈfɔːlən gaʊn  
ænd ɔːl ðə ˈlaʊzi ˈlɪtl ˈpəʊɪts  
ˈkʌmɪŋ raʊnd  
ˈtraɪɪn tuː saʊnd laɪk ˈʧɑːli ˈmæns(ə)n  
ænd ðə waɪt mæn ˈdɑːnsɪn  

Things are going to slide ... 

There'll be the breaking of the ancient 
western code 
Your private life will suddenly explode 
There'll be phantoms 
There'll be fires on the road 
and the white man dancing 
You'll see a woman 
hanging upside down 
her features covered by her fallen gown 
and all the lousy little poets 
coming round 
tryin' to sound like Charlie Manson 
and the white man dancin' 


gɪv miː bæk ðə bɜːˈlɪn wɔːl  
gɪv miː ˈstɑːlɪn ænd St pɔːl  
gɪv miː kraɪst  
ɔː gɪv miː ˌhɪrɒˈʃiːmə  
dɪsˈtrɔɪ əˈnʌðə ˈfiːtəs naʊ  
wiː dəʊnt laɪk ˈʧɪldrən ˈɛnɪhaʊ  
aɪv siːn ðə ˈfjuːʧəˈbeɪbi
ɪt ɪz ˈmɜːdə  

θɪŋz ɑː ˈgəʊɪŋ tuː slaɪd ... 

wɛn ðeɪ sɛd ˈriːpənt ˈriːpənt ... 

Give me back the Berlin wall 
Give me Stalin and St Paul 
Give me Christ 
or give me Hiroshima 
Destroy another fetus now 
We don't like children anyhow 
I've seen the future, baby: 
it is murder 

Things are going to slide ... 

When they said REPENT REPENT ..


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