Oh I hope you run into them, you who've been travelling so long
Yes you who must leave everything that you cannot control
It begins with your family, but soon it comes round to your soul
Well I've been where you're hanging, I think I can see how you're pinned:
When you're not feeling holy, your loneliness says that you've sinned
Well they lay down beside me, I made my confession to them
They touched both my eyes and I touched the dew on their hem
If your life is a leaf that the seasons tear off and condemn
They will bind you with love that is graceful and green as a stem
When I left they were sleeping, I hope you run into them soon
Don't turn on the lights, you can read their address by the moon
And you won't make me jealous if I hear that they sweetened your night:
We weren't lovers like that and besides it would still be all right
We weren't lovers like that and besides it would still be all right
Leonard Cohen is arguably a  feminist  but definitely a true lover and admirer of women, as is also revealed in  “I’m Your Man”  and many other of his songs. 
 Here he declares simply that the subject(s) of the songs have as much right as he does to choose her (their) lovers. 
 He repeats a similar line in the song  “Winter Lady”  when he says: 
 I’m just a station on your way, I know I’m not your lover 
 These lines follow the theme of the passing, fleeting, yet deeply meaningful encounter.
Sisters of Mercy