"Hallelujah" is a song written by
Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen, originally released on his studio
album Various Positions (1984). Achieving little initial success, the song
found greater popular acclaim through a cover by John Cale, which later formed
the basis for a cover by Jeff Buckley. In recent years several cover versions
have been performed by a large number and broad range of artists, both in
recordings and in concert. The song has also seen significant use in film and
television soundtracks, as well as televised talent contests such as The X
Factor.
Cohen's original version contains several
biblical references, most notably evoking the stories of Samson and traitorous
Delilah from the Book of Judges as well as the adulterous King David and
Bathsheba: "she cut your hair" and "you saw her bathing on the
roof, her beauty in the moonlight overthrew you".
Leonard Norman Cohen,
(born21 September 1934 ) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, poet and novelist. His
work often explores religion, isolation, sexuality and interpersonal
relationships.
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"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
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