LEONARD COHEN - HALLELUJAH

HALLELUJAH

LEONARD COHEN

SONGWRITER: LEONARD COHEN

COUNTRY: U.S.A.

ALBUM: VARIOUS POSITIONS

LABEL: CBS RECORDS INTERNACIONAL

GENRE: FOLK

YEAR: 1984

"Hallelujah" is a song written by Canadian Singer Leonard Cohen, originally released on his album Various Positions (1984). Achieving little initial success, the song found greater popular acclaim through a recording by John Cale, which inspired a recording by Jeff Buckley.

Following its increased popularity after being featured in the film Shrek (2001), many other arrangements have been performed by many and various singers, both in recordings and in concert, with over 300 versions known. The song has been used in film and television soundtracks and televised talent contests. "Hallelujah" experienced renewed interest following Cohen's death in November 2016 and appeared on multiple international singles charts, including entering the American Billboard Hot 100 for the first time.

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

And she broke your throne and she cut your hair

And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah

Hallelujah, hallelujah

Hallelujah, hallelujah

Now, maybe there's a god of love

As for me, all I ever learned from love

Is to how to shoot at someone who outdrew you

But it's not a crime that you're here tonight

It's not some pilgrim who claims to have seen the light, no

It's a cold and it's a very broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah, hallelujah

Hallelujah, hallelujah

Hallelujah, hallelujah

Hallelujah, hallelujah

Oh, people, I've been here before

I know this room and I've walked this floor

You see, I used to live alone before I knew you

And I've seen your flag on the Marble Arch

But listen love, love is not some kind of victory march, no

It's a cold and it's a very lonely Hallelujah

Hallelujah, hallelujah

Hallelujah, hallelujah

There was a time you let me know

What's really going on below

But now, now you never even show it to me, do you?

I remember when I moved in you

And the holy dove, she was moving too

And every single breath that we drew was Hallelujah

Hallelujah, hallelujah

Hallelujah, hallelujah

I've done my best, I know it wasn't much

I couldn't feel, so I learned to touch

I've told the truth, I didn't come here to fool you

And even though it all went wrong

I'll stand right here, before the Lord of Song

With nothing, nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah

Hallelujah, hallelujah

Hallelujah, hallelujah

Hallelujah, hallelujah

Hallelujah, hallelujah.