Leonard Cohen

 

I heard there was a secret chord     

that David played and it pleased the Lord

But you don't really care for music do ya

It goes like this the fourth the fifth

the minor fall and the major lift

The baffled king composing Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah.

 

Your faith was strong but you needed proof

You saw her bathing on the roof

Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew ya

She tied you to a kitchen chair

She broke your throne, and she cut your hair

And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah.

 

Maybe Ive been here before

I know this room Ive walked this floor

I used to live alone before I knew you

Ive seen your flag on the marble arch

Love is not a victory march

It’s a conan it’s a broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah.

 

There was a time you let me know

Whats real and going on below

But now you never show it to me do you?

I remember when I moved in you

The holy dark was moving too

And every breath we drew was Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah.

 

Maybe there’s a better bow

Then all I ever learned from love

Was how to shoot at someone while I drew you

Its not a cry you can hear at night

Its not somebody whos seen the light

It’s a conan it’s a 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 ya?

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 ya

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.