Leonard Norman Cohen was a Canadian singer, songwriter, musician, poet, novelist, and painter.

His work explored religion, politics, isolation, sexuality, and personal relationships.

In the 1960’s, Cohen lived in Greece with Marianne Ihlen in an apartment with intermittent electricity that he was renting for $14 a month.

When she died of leukemia three months before Cohen, ‘… our bodies are falling apart and I think I will follow you very soon.

Know that I am so close behind you that if you stretch out your hand, I think you can reach mine.’

In the 1970’s, Cohen lived in a relationship with artist Suzanne Elrod.

Cohen and Elrod separated in 1979, later stating that cowardice and fear prevented him from marrying her.

Their relationship produced two children: a son, Adam and a daughter, Lorca.

In the 1980’s, Cohen lived in a relationship with French photographer Dominique Issermann.

They worked together on several occasions: she shot his first two music videos and her photographs were used for the covers of his albums.

In the 1990’s, Cohen was romantically linked to actress Rebecca De Mornay.

Everybody knows that the dice are loaded
Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed
Everybody knows the war is over
Everybody knows the good guys lost
Everybody knows the fight was fixed
The poor stay poor, the rich get rich
That’s how it goes
Everybody knows

Everybody knows that the boat is leaking
Everybody knows that the captain lied
Everybody got this broken feeling
Like their father or their dog just died
Everybody talking to their pockets
Everybody wants a box of chocolates
And a long-stem rose
Everybody knows

Everybody knows that you love me baby
Everybody knows that you really do
Everybody knows that you’ve been faithful
Ah, give or take a night or two
Everybody knows you’ve been discreet
But there were so many people you just had to meet
Without your clothes
And everybody knows

Everybody knows, everybody knows
That’s how it goes
Everybody knows

Everybody knows, everybody knows
That’s how it goes
Everybody knows

And everybody knows that it’s now or never
Everybody knows that it’s me or you
And everybody knows that you live forever
Ah, when you’ve done a line or two
Everybody knows the deal is rotten
Old Black Joe’s still pickin’ cotton
For your ribbons and bows
And everybody knows

And everybody knows that the Plague is coming
Everybody knows that it’s moving fast
Everybody knows that the naked man and woman
Are just a shining artifact of the past
Everybody knows the scene is dead
But there’s gonna be a meter on your bed
That will disclose
What everybody knows

And everybody knows that you’re in trouble
Everybody knows what you’ve been through
From the bloody cross on top of Calvary
To the beach of Malibu
Everybody knows it’s coming apart
Take one last look at this Sacred Heart
Before it blows
And everybody knows

Everybody knows, everybody knows
That’s how it goes
Everybody knows

Everybody knows, everybody knows
That’s how it goes
Everybody knows

Everybody knows, everybody knows
That’s how it goes
Everybody knows

Everybody knows