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Wow, Bob!  What an interesting interpretation of both "Famous Blue Raincoat" and "Master Song."  I had never considered anything remotely like the possibility of a Gnostic-reminiscent dualistic self-understanding on the part of Cohen himself.  At first I thought:  "That's a very clever interpretation, to be sure, but . . . no, it can't be right."  Then I considered those lines from FBR:  "Now what can I tell you, my brother, my klller, what can I possibly say? / I guess that I miss you. I think I forgive you. I'm glad that you stood in my way."  Hmmmm, I then thought, Bob could be right about this.  My "brother" could be my "other self" -- the one that sometimes takes over, replacing the self I want to be (hence, "my brother, my kller"), with all sorts of tragic consequences (wrecking relationships, etc.).  However that may be, I suspect that LC himself would probably not resist the claim that there is something Cathar or Albigensian in flavor in the sensibility he expresses in some of his songs.

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