The work underwent significant transformation over several years :
Leonard Cohen's is widely considered one of his most profound late-career works, existing both as a lush musical collaboration with Sharon Robinson on the 2001 album Ten New Songs and as an expansive poem published in his 2006 collection, Book of Longing . Themes and Interpretation A Thousand Kisses Deep
At its core, the piece explores the "invincible defeat" of aging and the shift from hot, youthful passion to a more seasoned, profound awareness of love and mortality . youthful passion to a more seasoned