I fled to the edge/Of the Mighty Sea of Sorrow/Pursued by the riders/Of a cruel and dark regime/But the waters parted/And my soul crossed over/Out of Egypt/Out of Pharaoh’s dream
from Born in Chains lyrics by Leonard Cohen
The story of exodus explained in plain English. You can practically hear Moses in the background stroking his beard nodding in approval. What makes it definitively Cohen is that It all comes together in a strange barroom sort of way. Romantic, a bit drunken and righteous like only a poet could do.
