The Penultimate Word on Preaching?

I'm not a huge Leonard Cohen fan, but every once in a while I read/hear something by him that pierces my heart for its simplicity, or my imagination for its beauty. I found this Leonard Cohen song posted at the blog of a friend of a friend, and it pierced both. As I've been exposing a lot of my deepest thoughts about preaching lately (here, here, and here), I thought I'd share this profound prayer with you. Maybe none of us will ever truly preach until we've prayed sincerely a prayer like this one (especially the first verse). Beautiful.

If It Be Your Will
If it be your will
That I speak no more
And my voice be still
As it was before
I will speak no more
I shall abide until
I am spoken for
If it be your will

If it be your will
That a voice be true
From this broken hill
I will sing to you
From this broken hill
All your praises they shall ring
If it be your will
To let me sing

If it be your will
If there is a choice
Let the rivers fill
Let the hills rejoice
Let your mercy spill
On all these burning hearts in hell
If it be your will
To make us well

And draw us near
And bind us tight
All your children here
In their rags of light
In our rags of light
All dressed to kill
And end this night
If it be your will

If it be your will.

Amen, amen, and amen.