Hallelujah

Jeff Buckley

Grace (1994)

 

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
I used to live alone before i knew you
I've seen your flag on the marble arch
                                                                                                But 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

                                                                                    Well, maybe there's a god above
                                                                                    But all I’ve ever learned from love
                                                                        Was how to shoot somebody who outdrew you
                                                            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 ....