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Hallelujah Lyrics

Artist: Jeff Buckley
Album: Grace

(L. Cohen)
Originally contained in Leonard Cohen's Various Positions

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 overthrough ya
She tied you to her kitchen chair
She broke your throne and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the 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 ya
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

There was a time when you let me know
What's really going on below
But now you never show that to me do ya
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 ya
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...

Comments/Interpretations
by Jessi on 5/14/2008 3:28pm Kate voegele sings it BETTER
by christina on 5/15/2008 5:00pm I agree. Kate Voegele sings it a whole lot better!
by sham on 5/22/2008 1:17pm jason castro song it better
by Koko on 6/7/2008 8:42pm Yes i love the way Kate Voegele sings it also!
by emma on 7/2/2008 1:15pm she has such a pretty voice! in one hour im gonna go see her sing! im sooo excited!
by emily on 7/3/2008 2:32pm i totally love this song and its smart and deep and well thought out lyrics its genuis and i also really like the way jeff buckley sings it
by JoAnne on 7/5/2008 8:00pm I love the way Jeff Buckley sings it. It is awesome the way it reaches way down and touches your soul. That's what his version does to me. I have heard his version on both E.R. and Without a Trace television shows.
by Stephanie on 7/18/2008 1:55pm I love the way Kate Voegele sings it she has such an amazing voice and one tree hill is the best :D:D
by Nikole Jordyn Nevin on 7/28/2008 6:44am Kurt nilsen, Espen Lind, Askil holm og nd Alejandro fuentes sing this song perfectly!!
by Donna on 8/3/2008 8:41am Have a new artist you all might want to check out, Hana Pestle at Hana Pestle.com she sings this song with such feeling and her voice is amazing, she's touring w Blues Traveler, Live, Collective Soul, went to this concert, gifted young woman, also belts Janis Joplin tunes. Give her a listen.
by Emily on 8/18/2008 9:52pm Listen to Brandi Carlile's cover---it is beautiful, haunting and will give you chill bumps.
by jordan on 10/12/2008 10:36pm You are all morons, Jeff Buckleys version is by far the best out of the many attempts at this song. Cohen's lyrics are incredible but Buckley deserves the credit for making this song such a classic. His version is number 250 in Rolloing Stones top 500 songs of all time, pretty conclusive evidence that Buckleys version is superior. His lyrical guitar work and the falsetto at the end of the song combined is the most beautifully haunting musical arrangement i have ever heard.
by Hanr on 11/30/2008 9:09am Kate voegele doesnt sing it better. Sorry but i really think jeff does it the best, i can listen to him sing it so many times, but with kate voegele i really cant, she makes it way to fancy and seems to try to hard, pushing her voice out or whatever. Jeff buckleys version is the best.
by Sandra on 12/7/2008 8:17pm The Kate Voegele version is majestic...
by JB on 12/14/2008 7:14am No way! Jeff Buckley's Version Is Awesome!!!!!!!!!
by Mister P on 12/22/2008 3:36am Leonard sings it, Jeff sang it......now leave it be.......
by -_- on 1/4/2009 8:34pm ok seriously this is getting annoying.. this is jeff buckley- classic this isnt Kate Voegele so seriously go oogle over her lyrics than this one
by Jenna on 1/16/2009 10:59am Best version. !!
by Oliver William Sharpe on 2/6/2009 1:10pm I looked 4 this song all over the net then I found it here its really awesome.I heard it first on the x factor alexandra burke 2008.
by Megan on 2/6/2009 4:54pm i agree Jeffs is better. but savanna milbee on you tube does an amazing cover version.
by CF on 6/26/2009 8:21am Bon Jovi's version is the best
by marg on 10/1/2009 4:40am can any of you explain the meaning of this song PLEASE
by christian on 10/7/2009 4:17am alexandra burke version is amazing i think is the best as she got nice voice

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