Iodine

LEONARD COHEN, PHIL SPECTOR

Lyrics Translation

I needed you, I knew I was in danger
Of losing what I used to think was mine
You let me love you till I was a failure,
You let me love you till I was a failure
Your beauty on my bruise like iodine
I asked you if a man could be forgiven
And though I failed at love, was this a crime?
You said, Don't worry, don't worry, darling
You said, Don't worry, don't you worry, darling
There are many ways a man can serve his time

You covered up that place I could not master
It wasn't dark enough to shut my eyes
So I was with you, O sweet compassion
Yes I was with you, O sweet compassion
Compassion with the sting of iodine

Your saintly kisses reeked of iodine
Your fragrance with a fume of iodine
And pity in the room like iodine

Your sister fingers burned like iodine
And all my wanton lust was iodine
My masquerade of trust was iodine
And everywhere the flare of iodine

[Letra de "Leonard Cohen - Iodine (Traducción al Español)"]

Yo te necesitaba, sabía que estaba en peligro
De perder lo que solía pensar que era mío
Me dejaste amarte hasta ser un fracaso
Me dejaste amarte hasta ser un fracaso
Tu belleza sobre mi herida como yodo

Te pregunté si se podía perdonar a un hombre
Y ya sé que fallé en el amor, pero ¿fue esto un crimen?
Tú dijiste "no te prеocupes, cariño"
Dijiste "no te prеocupes, cariño
Hay muchas maneras en las que un hombre puede cumplir su tiempo"

Tú tapaste ese lugar que no pude dominar
No estaba lo suficientemente oscuro como para cerrarme los ojos
Así que estaba contigo, oh dulce compasión
Sí, estaba contigo, oh dulce compasión
Compasión con la punzada del yodo

Tus santos besos apestaban a yodo
Tu fragancia con humos de yodo
Y pena en la habitación como yodo

Y tus dedos quemados de yodo
Y toda mi lujuria desenfrenada era yodo
La farsa de mi confianza era iodo
Y en todos lados el destello del yodo

Trivia about the song Iodine by Leonard Cohen

On which albums was the song “Iodine” released by Leonard Cohen?
Leonard Cohen released the song on the albums “Death of a Ladies' Man” in 1977 and “The Complete Studio Albums Collection” in 2011.
Who composed the song “Iodine” by Leonard Cohen?
The song “Iodine” by Leonard Cohen was composed by LEONARD COHEN, PHIL SPECTOR.

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