Glen Hansard e Javier Mas - Who By Fire



      The song is a modern adaptation of the Unetanneh Tokef, an 11th-century piyyut (liturgical poem) traditionally recited on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. The original prayer lists various ways people may pass away (e.g., "who by fire, who by water, who by plague"). Cohen maintained the theme of listing ways to die, while adding his own lyrical variations, such as "who by barbiturate" and "who in her lonely slip". The repeated line "And who shall I say is calling?" introduces a sense of doubt about a higher power, shifting the prayer from divine certainty to a personal question.

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