Leonard Cohen & Greece

Anyone who loves Leonard Cohen the way we do at Euphoria, knows Cohen lived for a stint of his 20’s on a little isle in Greece off the mainland called, Hydra. Iconic poetry and inspirations for songs like “Marianne” come to mind when we conjure images of Cohen living on this then little known Greek island. To fill in some of the details - and let your mind expand into the romance and dream of the beauty of Greece, have a read of this pictorial article: “Leonard Cohen’s Hydra.”

Days of Kindness

Greece is a good place
To look at the moon, isn’t it
You can read by moonlight
You can read on the terrace
You can see a face
As you saw it when you were young
There was good light then
Oil lamps and candles
And those little flames
That floated on a cork in olive oil
What I loved in my old life
I haven’t forgotten
It lives in my spine
Marianne and the child
The days of kindness
It rises in my spine
And it manifests as tears
I pray that a loving memory
Exists for them too
The precious ones I overthrew
For an education in the world

— Leonard Cohen

Hydra, 1985