There is a crack, a crack in everything That's how the light gets in

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There is a crack, a crack in everything That's how the light gets in

Leonard Cohen

Anthem · 1992

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Healing Human frailty The human condition

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Cohen, Leonard. "Anthem." The Future. Columbia Records, 1992.

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