The OFFICIAL video clip for “The Future”, single from the 1992 album of the same name. (c) 1993 SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT (Canada) IMPORTANT NOTE: There’s an INTENTIONAL “censorship” of words “crack” and “anal sex” to further underline the song’s contents. This was made probably by Cohen himself, and in any case, it’s present in the ORIGINAL video clip – my copy comes from the official The Future press kit. Cohen himself sings “careless sex” instead of “anal sex” – in 1993 tour, he was doing so when the concerts were broadcasted, in 2008-2010 tour, he’s singing “careless sex” constantly on every single show (except in two late 2010 shows in Europe). NOTE: The video follows *radio edit* version. The single version was shortened from 6:41 to 4:53, shortening chorus (REPENT lines), omitting the verse starting with line “Your servant here”, and in the end, by omitting the repeated first verse and shortened chorus (you can clearly hear the cut before the last chorus, at 4:01). Omitted verses are in [brackets]. THE FUTURE Give me back my broken night my mirrored room, my secret life it’s lonely here, there’s no one left to torture Give me absolute control over every living soul And lie beside me, baby, that’s an order! Give me ***** and **** *** Take the only tree that’s left and stuff it up the hole in your culture Give me back the Berlin Wall give me Stalin and St Paul I’ve seen the future, brother: it is murder. Things are going to slide, slide in all directions Won’t be …

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