Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah Lyrics

I 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 and 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 and the moonlight overthrew you

She tied you to her 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've been here before
I've seen this room and I've walked this floor
You know, I used to live alone before, I knew you

And I've seen your flag on the marble arch
And Love is not a victory march
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Well, there was a time when you let me know
What's really going on below
But now you never show that to me, do you?

But remember, when I moved in you
And 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 somebody who outdrew you?

And it's not a cry, that you hear at night
It's not somebody, who's seen the light
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
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• Anonymous

  re "i wonder why he didn't sing the original words":
  actually, he did, they are Cohen's words. Leonard Cohen originally wrote over 80 verses for this song, settled on 15, and recorded it/performs it with about seven or eight- and not always the same seven or eight. Cohen himself has apparently never settled on a final version of the song- which is wonderful, there's so much to choose from in interpreting it. Jeff picked from original Cohen verses- he just picked the ones that meant the most to him. One of the great things about this song is that it DOES have so many potential different meanings and interpretations.

• Anonymous

  I wonder why he didn't sing the original words?
  He's made it mean something different.

• Anonymous

  Love this song ... makes me think of several past girls

• Anonymous

  If this doesn't make you cry, then you've never been in love....

• Anonymous

  so pretty