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[nausicaa83]

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 and the moonlight overthrew you
She tied you to a kitchen chair
She broke your throne, she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah

Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah

Maybe 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 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 dark was moving too
And every breath we drew was Hallelujah

Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah

Maybe there's a God above
And all I ever learned from love
Was how to shoot at someone who outdrew you
And it's not a cry you can 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
Hallelujah, Hallelujah



This is maybe the one song I'm collecting every cover ever made out of, and I'm loving them all. I love the music, and most of all I worship the lyrics. Only Leonard Cohen could come out with such passionate lyrics, when he's clearly talking about having sex, but using images taken from the Bible. I could spend hours trying to catch the meaning of every verse (well, I actually did, a few times, for mom). I love how in the beginning he starts telling us how to play the right chord, the one that God likes, and how he goes on talking about Delilah, Bethsabea, Holy Mary, but it's all as through some glass, and in the end he's simply talking about the person he loves, but who doesn't love him anymore. Awesome. He's just a god.

Comments

[dragons-f-wolf.livejournal.com]

I agree with you that it's a beautiful song, and I also find it amusing that it was used in Shrek 2.

[nausicaa83.livejournal.com]

I love both Shrek soundtracks, they always use great songs, and beautiful covers too, as Frou Frou's Holding out for a Hero.

[nausicaa83.livejournal.com]

Thank you! *___________* I had to take that down because it was too depressing, and I needed something more kickass...

Manuel

[(Anonymous)]

Ahhhh, you always listen to songs I like very much but are so SAD to me, full of old feelings..... ;(

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