Hallelujah

leonard cohen

now 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 • Hallelu-u-jah

your faith was strong but you needed proof
you saw her bathing on the roof
her beauty and the moonlight overthrew ya
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 • Hallelu-u-jah

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 ya?
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 • Hallelu-u-jah

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 ya
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 • Hallelu-u-jah