Leonard Cohen, Hallelujah (1984)
I've heard there was a secret
chord
That David played, and it
pleased the Lord
But you don't really care for
music, do you?
Well it goes like this
The fourth, the fifth
The minor fall, the major
lift
The baffled king composing
Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Well your faith was strong
but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the
roof
Her beauty in the moonlight
overthrew you
Well she tied you to a
kitchen chair
She broke your throne, and
cut your hair
And from your lips she drew
the Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Baby I've been here before
I've seen this room, and I've
walked this floor
I used to live alone before I
knew you.
I've seen your flag on the
marble arch
Our love is not a victory
march
It's a cold and it's a broken
Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
There was a time when you let
me know
What's really going on below
But now you never show it to
me, do you?
And remember when I moved in
you
The holy dove was moving too
And every breath we drew was
Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Maybe there�s a God above
But all I�ve ever learned
from love
Was how to shoot at somebody
who outdrew you
It�s not a cry that you can
hear at night
It�s not someone who has seen
the light
It�s a cold and broken
Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
You say I took the name in
vain
I don't even know the name
But if I did, well really,
what's it to you?
There's a blaze of light in
every word
It doesn't matter which you
heard
The holy or the broken
Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
I did my best, it wasn't much
I couldn't feel, so I tried
to touch
I've told the truth, I didn't
come to fool you
And even though it all went
wrong
I'll stand before the Lord of
Song
With nothing on my tongue but
Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah