Leonard Cohen Lyrics

Album: Live Songs

Hallelujah Lyrics

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