true love leaves no traces

Leonard Cohen

As the mist leaves no scar
On the dark green hill
So my body leaves no scar
On you and never will


Through windows in the dark
The children come, the children go
Like arrows with no targets
Like shackles made of snow


True love leaves no traces
If you and I are one
It's lost in our embraces
Like stars against the sun


As a falling leaf may rest
A moment on the air
So your head upon my breast
So my hand upon your hair


And many nights endure
Without a moon or star
So we will endure
When one is gone and far


True love leaves no traces
If you and I are one
It's lost in our embraces
Like stars against the sun