WHO BY FIRE 
Leonard Cohen


And who by fire, who by 
water, 
who in the sunshine, who in the 
night time, 
who by high ordeal, who by 
common trial, 
who in your merry merry month 
of may, 
who by very slow decay, 

and who shall I say is 
calling? 
And who in her lonely slip, who 
by barbiturate, 
who in these realms of love, who by 
something blunt, 
and who by avalanche, who by 
powder, 
who for his greed, who for 
his hunger, 
and who shall I say is 
calling? 

And who by brave assent, who by 
accident, 
who in solitude, who in 
this mirror, 
who by his lady's command, who by 
his own hand, 
who in mortal chains, who in 
power, 
and who shall I say is 
calling?