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+Bro Karl Buchanan, OE

Hallelujah - Leonard Choen

  • Hallelujah originally by Leonard Cohen


    "Hallelujah"


    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?

    It goes like this

    The fourth, the fifth

    The minor fall, 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 in the moonlight overthrew you

    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 ~


    Baby I have been here before

    I know this room, I've walked this floor

    I used to live alone before I knew you.

    I've seen your flag on the marble arch

    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 someone who outdrew you

    It’s not a cry you can hear at night

    It’s not somebody who has seen the light

    It’s a cold and 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 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

2 comments
  • +Bro Karl Buchanan, OE
    +Bro Karl Buchanan, OE I thought it was a good time for something with a little quiet grace and inspiration....Leonard Cohen
    June 2, 2013
  • Rev. Yoda  . Aka.. JG
    Rev. Yoda . Aka.. JG He was a Buddhist monk and lately, came out of seclusion. A fantastic Canadian poet.
    June 2, 2013