Leonard Cohen - Hallelujah - a couple of versions of Lyrics...

An imposing and  controversial song by the Canadian composer and singer, Leonard Cohen...

You have below a couple of versions of Lyrics...

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Hallelujah

(Various Positions (1985), also live in 1985)

~*~

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 Hallelujah

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!

Hallelujah Hallelujah

Hallelujah Hallelujah

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!

Hallelujah Hallelujah

Hallelujah Hallelujah

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!

Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Hallelujah - Cohen Live (1994) - live tours 1988 and 1993

Baby, I’ve been here before.

I know this room, I’ve walked this floor.

I used to live alone before I knew you.

I’ve seen your flag on the marble arch,

but (listen) love is not some kind of victory march,

no, it’s a cold and it’s a very broken Hallelujah!

Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah

(Hallelujah)

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?

(But) I remember when I moved in you,

And the holy dove (she) was moving too,

[And] every single breath that we drew was Hallelujah!

Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah

[Now] Maybe there’s a G-d above

As for me, all I’ve ever seemed to learn from love

is how to shoot at someone who outdrew you.

But it’s not a complaint that you hear tonight,

It’s not the laughter of someone who (claims to) have seen the light –

no, it’s a cold and it’s a very lonely Hallelujah!

Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah

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.

(And) Even though it all went wrong

I’ll stand (right here) before the Lord of Song

with nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah!

Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah

~*~

Leonard Cohen...

Sursa: John Gionea