Hallelujah

Words & music by Leonard Cohen

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

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, she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Baby I've been here before, I've seen this room
I've walked this floor
I used to live alone before I knew you
But I've seen your flag on the Marble Arch
Our love is not a victory march
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Maybe there's a God above, that all I ever learned from love
was how to shoot at somebody who outdrew you
And it's not a cry you can hear at night
It's not somebody who's seen the light
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah
Hallelujah