Hallelujah

Leonard Cohen

1. (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

R: Hallelujah, Hallelujah
   Hallelujah, Hallelu-uuuu-ujah

2. 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
   She broke your throne, and she cut your hair
   And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah
R:

3. 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 you?
   There's a blaze of light
   In every word
   It doesn't matter which you heard
   The holy or the broken Hallelujah
R:

4. 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 you
   And even though
   It all went wrong
   I'll stand before the Lord of Song
   With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah
   
   
verze 1989:
A. Baby (/Maybe), I've been here before.
   I know this room, I've walked this floor.
   I used to live alone before I knew you.
   (Yeah) I've seen your flag on the marble arch,
   (But listen,) love is not (some kind of) a victory march,
   (No) it's a cold and it's a (very) broken Hallelujah.
R:

B. There was a time you let me know
   What's really going on below,
   (Ah) but now you never show it to me, do you?
   (Yeah) but (I) remember, (yeah) when I moved in you,
   And the holy dove (/dark), (she) was moving too,
   And (/Yes) every (single) breath (that) we drew was Hallelujah.
R:

   (As for me,) (/But) all I've ever (seemed to) learn from love
   Is (/Was) how to shoot at someone who outdrew you.
   (Yeah) but it's not a complaint (/cry) that you hear tonight,
   It's not the laughter of someone who claims to have seen the light (/It's not somebody who's seen the light)
   (No) it's a cold and it's a (very) lonely (/broken) Hallelujah.
R:

D. I did my best, it wasn't much.
   I couldn't feel, so I learned to touch.
   I've told the truth, I didn't come all this way to fool you.
   Yeah even tough it all went wrong
   I'll stand right here before the Lord of Song
   With nothing on my lips but Hallelujah.
R: (2x)