Here's Style With A Capital 's'.

[sandyRoe]

Leonard Cohen sent this to a former lover/muse when he heard she was terminally ill.
I think it a powerful piece of writing.

“It said well Marianne it’s come to this time when we are really so old and our bodies are falling apart and I think I will follow you very soon. Know that I am so close behind you that if you stretch out your hand, I think you can reach mine.

“And you know that I’ve always loved you for your beauty and your wisdom, but I don’t need to say anything more about that because you know all about that. But now, I just want to wish you a very good journey. Goodbye old friend. Endless love, see you down the road.”

[andy-hughes]

That's Leonard - a gift for saying in a couple of sentences, everything he wants to convey to someone so important in his life.

A Master.

[whiskeryron]

Oh God the lump in my throat so hurts.

[Bathsheba]

So powerful.

Baths
x x x

[sandyRoe]

you're an old whiskery softie, Ron.

[Ellipsis]

The "It said" wasn't part of what it said, it's what the person being interviewed said in order to introduce it. So the full piece was:

"Well Marianne, it's come to this time when we are really so old and our bodies are falling apart and I think I will follow you very soon. Know that I am so close behind you that if you stretch out your hand, I think you can reach mine. And you know that I've always loved you for your beauty and your wisdom, but I don't need to say anything more about that because you know all about that. But now, I just want to wish you a very good journey. Goodbye old friend. Endless love, see you down the road…"

The person who read it to Marianne was Jan Christian Mollestad and he went on to say:

When I read the lines "stretch out your hand," she stretched out her hand. Only two days later she lost consciousness and slipped into death. I wrote a letter back to Leonard saying in her final moments I hummed "A Bird on a Wire" because that was the song she felt closest to. And then I kissed her on the head and left the room, and said "so long, Marianne."

More details here:

http://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-wednesday-edition-1.3705984/so-long-marianne-leonard-cohen-s-final-letter-to-his-muse-1.3705989

[Tilly2]

Lovely.


So long, Marianne. x

[EcclesCake]

He certainly was born with the gift of a golden voice.

He's my favourite singer/song writer.

[marval]

That is a lovely piece of writing.

[Tilly2]

Her favourite song:-

Like a bird on the wire
Like a drunk in a midnight choir
I have tried in my way to be free
Like a worm on a hook
Like a knight from some old-fashioned book
I have saved all my ribbons for thee
If I, if I have been unkind
I hope that you can just let it go by
If I, if I have been untrue
I hope you know it was never to you
For like a baby, stillborn
Like a beast with his horn
I have torn everyone who reached out for me
But I swear by this song
And by all that I have done wrong
I will make it all up to thee