Leonard Cohen — I Didnt Know

I knew that I was weak I knew that you were strong I did not dare to kneel Where I did not belong And if I meant to touch Your beauty with my hand Then come the boils and blood Which I would understand You tore your knees apart The loneliness revealed That drew this unborn heart From chains that would not yield But weakened by your exercise You fell against my soul The stricken soul the mind denies Until you make it whole So I can love your beauty now Though seeming from afar Until my neutral world allow How intimate you are Sometimes it gets so lonely I don't know what to do I'd trade my stash of boredom For a little hit of you I didn't know I didn't know I didn't know How much you needed me