Nevermind Lyrics - Popular Problems - Leonard Cohen

The war was lost 

The treaty signed 

I was not caught 

I crossed the line 

I was not caught 

Though many tried 

I live among you 

Well disguised 

I had to leave 

My life behind 

I dug some graves 

You'll never find 

The story's told 

With facts and lies 

I have a name 

But nevermind 

Nevermind 

Nevermind 

The war was lost 

The treaty signed 

There's truth that lives 

And truth that dies 

I don't know which 

So nevermind 

Your victory 

Was so complete 

Some among you 

Thought to keep 

A record of 

Our little lives 

The clothes we wore 

Our spoons, our knives 

The games of luck 

Our soldiers played 

The stones we cut 

The songs we made 

Our law of peace 

Which understands 

A husband leads 

A wife commands 

And all of this 

Expressions of 

The sweet indifference 

Some call love 

The high indifference 

Some call fate 

But we had names 

More intimate 

Names so deep and 

Names so true 

They're blood to me 

They're dust to you 

There is no need 

That this survive 

There's truth that lives 

And truth that dies 

Nevermind 

Nevermind 

I live the life 

I left behind 

There's truth that lives 

And truth that dies 

I don't know which 

So nevermind 

I could not kill 

The way you kill 

I could not hate 

I tried I failed 

You turned me in 

At least you tried 

You side with them 

Whom you despise 

This was your heart 

This swarm of flies 

This was once your mouth 

This bowl of lies 

You serve them well 

I'm not surprised 

You're of their kin 

You're of their kind 

Nevermind 

Nevermind 

I had to leave my life behind 

The story's told 

With facts and lies 

You own the world 

So nevermind 

Nevermind 

Nevermind 

I live the life 

I left behind 

I live it full 

I live it wide 

Through layers of time 

You can't divide 

My woman's here 

My children too 

Their graves are safe 

From ghosts like you 

In places deep 

With roots entwined 

I live the life I left behind 

The war was lost 

The treaty signed 

I was not caught 

I crossed the line 

I was not caught 

Though many tried 

I live among you 

Well disguised