Thanks for the highs, the lows, the sweetness, the bitterness, the tragedy, the comedy, the beauty, the sourness, the lightness… it’s what he would have called it. 22 Nov 2019 12:34 PM. RELATED: Leonard Cohen’s Posthumous Music Video For ‘Happens To The Heart’ Released. Thanks for the dance I hear that we're married One-two-three, one-two-three, one Thanks for the dance And the baby you carried It was almost a daughter or a son And there's nothing to do But to wonder if you Are as hopeless as me And as decent We're joined in the spirit Joined at the hip Joined in the panic Wondering if We've come to some sort Of agreement That’s what he referred to it as. Thanks for the Dance dropped on Friday, Nov. 22. Thanks for the dance I'm sorry you're tired The evening has hardly begun Thanks for the dance Try to look inspired One two three, one two three, one There's a rose in my hair My shoulders are bare I've been wearing this costume forever Turn up the music Pour out the wine Stab at the surface The surface is fine We don't need to go any deeper Thanks for the dance I hear that we're married One two three, one two … “At the time [Cohen] sang these, he knew we wouldn’t be very alive for very long,” says Feist the doc. Cardi B Reveals Offset Was With Her When She Posted Topless Photo On Instagram Live, Valerie Bertinelli Shares Throwback Family Photos With Eddie Van Halen And A Pregnancy Pic, Meghan Markle Explains Why She’s Hasn’t Been On Social Media ‘For A Very Long Time’: ‘It’s Not Easy’, Kristen Bell Opens Up About Husband Dax Shepard’s Relapse: ‘He’s Doing Really Great’, ‘Two And A Half Men’ Star Conchata Ferrell Dead At 77, Clare Crawley Addresses Rumours That She 'Quit' 'The Bachelorette', Kristen Bell Opens Up About Dax Shepard's Relapse, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Hudson Share Their Worst On-Screen Kisses, Olivia Newton-John Says Kelly Preston Was 'A Beautiful Human'. “And with all of that lifetime of truth-telling, soothsaying, he presents these new ideas that are very much about living and not about dying.”, RELATED: Leonard Cohen’s Love Letters To Woman Who Inspired ‘So Long Marianne’ Sell For 5 Times More Than Expected, Adam Cohen explains the meaning behind the album’s title: “Thanks for the dance of life. As a companion to the album, a new mini-documentary has also been released, “The Story of Thanks for the Dance”. Three years after his death in November 2016, Leonard Cohen’s posthumous album Thanks for the Dance was released on Friday. Beck, Leslie Feist, Damien Rice, Daniel Lanois, members of Death Cab for Cutie and Arcade Fire, and more. By Brent Furdyk. In the doc, the music icon’s son, Adam Cohen, reveals how the album came to be. Prior to his death, Cohen recorded the vocals, which were then enhanced by the posthumous addition of instrumentation and special guests including Beck, Leslie Feist, Damien Rice, Daniel Lanois, members of Death Cab for Cutie and Arcade Fire, and more. Adam Cohen explains the meaning behind the album’s title: “Thanks for the dance of life. Finish the songs that we started,’” says Adam Cohen. “When my father saw the success of You Want It Darker right before he passed, he asked me, ‘Complete the task. ‘This dance.’ How lightly we’re all here.”. Prior to his death, Cohen recorded the vocals, which were then enhanced by the posthumous addition of instrumentation and special guests including. Thanks for the dance I'm sorry you're tired The evening has hardly begun Thanks for the dance Try to look inspired One two three, one two three one There's a rose in your hair Your shoulders are bare You've been wearing this costume forever So turn up the music Pour out the wine Stop at the surface The surface is fine We don't need to go any deeper