"Hallelujah"
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
Maybe I have 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
Love is not a victory march
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah.
Maybe there’s a God above
And all I ever learned from love
Was shoot at someone who outdrew you.
It’s not a cry you can hear at night
It’s not someone who’s seen the light
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah.
Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, poet, and novelist, Leonard Cohen, wrote around 80 verses of the song, referring to the song of praise King David wrote to the Lord in the Old Testament. He used a different selection of verses in the original recording and in live performance. There are more than 300 versions of this song, with many variations to the lyrics.