Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley

 

Original Album: Grace (1994)

 

Well, 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 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

And she tied you to her kitchen chair

And she broke your throne and she cut your hair

And from your lips she drew the hallelujah...

 

Hallelujah...

Hallelujah...

Hallelujah...

Hallelujah...

 

Well, baby, I've been here before

I've seen this room and I've walked this floor

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

And I've seen your flag on the marble arch

And 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

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...

 

Hallelujah...

Hallelujah...

Hallelujah...

Hallelujah...

 

Maybe there is a God above

But all I've ever learnt from love

Was how to shoot somebody who outdrew you

And 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...

Hallelu...

 

Hallelujah...

Hallelujah...

Hallelujah...

Hallelujah...

 

Hallelujah,

Hallelujah,

Hallelujah

 

Hallelu...

-jah...

 

Hallelu...

-jah...