On that day

On that day
Some people say
It's what we deserve
For sins against g-d
For crimes in the world
I wouldn't know
I'm just holding the fort
Since that day
They wounded New York
Some people say
They hate us of old
Our women unveiled
Our slaves and our gold
I wouldn't know
I'm just holding the fort
But answer me this
I won't take you to court
Did you go crazy
Or did you report
On that day
On that day
They wounded New York

En esta canción de Leonard Cohen, titulada 'On that day', el cantautor reflexiona sobre los terribles eventos del 11 de septiembre en Nueva York. Cohen plantea la pregunta de si lo sucedido fue un merecido castigo por los pecados cometidos o crímenes en el mundo, pero él mismo admite que no tiene la respuesta...