Leonard Cohen - First We Take Manhattan Meaning
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Song Released: 1988
First We Take Manhattan Lyrics
For trying to change the system from within
I'm coming now, I'm coming to reward them
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin
I'm guided by a signal in the heavens
I'm guided...
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Leonard said this was about the mind of an extremist. Prophetically, 9/11 was soon after this released. If you watch some of the interviews with him he will give a great deal of insight into many of this songs.
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