[Eugene Volokh] ‘Steer your way through the ruins / of the altar and the mall’

Leonard Cohen’s death reminded me that I hadn’t listened to his last few albums; here’s the opening of one song, “Steer Your Way,” that I much liked (though, as usual, the quoted lyrics can’t fully capture it):

Steer your way through the ruins Of the altar and the mall Steer your way through the fables Of creation and the fall Steer your way past the palaces That rise above the rot Year by year Month by month Day by day Thought by thought