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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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Music to slit your wrists to
"They said he wrote music to slit your wrists to, which in this week of all weeks feels timely. As it happens, I never felt that barb was fair to Leonard Cohen." (The Guardian.)
Does "They said he wrote music to slit your wrists to..." mean that Leonard Cohen's music is so depressing that it makes you slit your wrists when listening to it or it is you who uses his music to slit your wrist when in depression?
Does "They said he wrote music to slit your wrists to..." mean that Leonard Cohen's music is so depressing that it makes you slit your wrists when listening to it or it is you who uses his music to slit your wrist when in depression?
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Neither. If you intend to slit your wrists, and decide that you would like some music to accompany your actions, then Leonard Cohen's music would be a likely choice.
- Neither.
- If you intend to slit your wrists, and decide that you would like some music to accompany your actions, then Leonard Cohen's music would be a likely choice.
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Neither.
If you intend to slit your wrists, and decide that you would like some music to accompany your actions, then Leonard Cohen's music would be a likely choice.
If you intend to slit your wrists, and decide that you would like some music to accompany your actions, then Leonard Cohen's music would be a likely choice.
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[ I have to comment that Leonard's songs have legions of loving fans. I'm one of them. 
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When my wife decides it's time for me to go home when I have visited her (we live apart), she simply starts playing Cohen. It works every time.
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AlpheccaStarsNeither.If you intend to slit your wrists, and decide that you would like some music to accompany your actions, then Leonard Cohen's music would be a likely choice.Indeed. Music suitable to listen to while committing suicide. There is no shortage of it from singers and groups of the last few decades.
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