Come Healing by Leonard Cohen - First Unitarian Brooklyn

Come Healing
words and music by Leonard Cohen
First Unitarian Universalist Society in Brooklyn
Adam Podd, Music Director / Pianist
singers: Candice Helfand-Rogers, Abby Powell, Lindsay Elliott

recorded on November 28, 2016

[janeenbertschejohnson]

O gather up the brokenness and bring it to me now,
the fragrance of those promises you never dared to vow,
the splinters that you carried, the cross you left behind,
Come healing of the body, come healing of the mind.
And let the heavens hear it, the penitential hymn,
Come healing of the spirit, come healing of the limb.
Behold the gates of mercy in arbitrary space,
and none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace.
O solitude of longing when love has been confined,
Come healing of the body, come healing of the mind.
O see the darkness yielding, that tore the light apart,
Come healing of the reason, come healing of the heart.
Oh, troubled dust concealing an undivided love.
The heart beneath is teaching to the broken heart above.
Let the heavens falter, and let the earth proclaim,
Come healing of the altar, come healing of the name.
O longing of the branches to lift the little bud,
O longing of the arteries to purify the blood.
And let the heavens hear it, the penitential hymn,
Come healing of the spirit, come healing of the limb.

[KyPaMac]

Wow <3 the soprano is so clear, the alto has incredible depth, and the tenor is so gentle and light! Gorgeously balanced.

[jennifercole]

Stunning. This is easily my favorite version. Brava. ❤️

[davidlohmanmn]

Exquisite. The arrangement, the playing, the singing, all profoundly moving. Thank you.

[timothykalinowski]

Beautiful. Really needed this today. Thank you!

[nko]

Wonderful, congratulations! The lady singing the soprano voice is absolutely amazing!

[emgre]

The synergy and balance of the three singers is so pleasant to hear. Very interesting piano arrangement too. Bravo!

[RossM]

Cohen wrote the poem and his friend composer Patrick Leonard wrote the music. it was easy he said, he just followed the rhythm of Leonard's text.

[BIGREDDICE]

This was really amazing. Never heard a cover of this song so good. I would say this is as good as the original.

[Glock]

You are all beautiful. Thank you for reminding me of my love for BAL.

[sophialyons]

Can I add use this in our worship service? We are the good UU's in Haverhill, MA.

[chrischavez]

This is gorgeous and I'd love to perform it for my church. Where can I get the sheet music?