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   If you are the dealer, I’m out of the game
   If you are the healer, it means I’m broken and lame
   If thine is the glory then mine must be the shame
   You want it darker
   We kill the flame

   Magnified, sanctified, be thy holy name
   Vilified, crucified, in the human frame
   A million candles burning for the help that never came
   You want it darker

   Hineni, hineni
   I’m ready, my lord

   There’s a lover in the story
   But the story’s still the same
   There’s a lullaby for suffering
   And a paradox to blame
   But it’s written in the scriptures
   And it’s not some idle claim
   You want it darker
   We kill the flame

   They’re lining up the prisoners
   And the guards are taking aim
   I struggled with some demons
   They were middle class and tame
   I didn’t know I had permission to murder and to maim
   You want it darker

   Hineni, hineni
   I’m ready, my lord

   Magnified, sanctified, be thy holy name
   Vilified, crucified, in the human frame
   A million candles burning for the love that never came
   You want it darker
   We kill the flame

   If you are the dealer, let me out of the game
   If you are the healer, I’m broken and lame
   If thine is the glory, mine must be the shame
   You want it darker

   Hineni, hineni
   Hineni, hineni
   I’m ready, my lord

   Hineni
   Hineni, hineni
   Hineni

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   Songwriters: Leonard Cohen / Patrick Leonard

   You Want It Darker lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.