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Explain the Hallelujah lyrics to me
Posted on 12/7/16 at 10:26 am
Posted on 12/7/16 at 10:26 am
So many people have done this song, and now Pentatonix (spelling) is famous for it. Lyrics make no sense, nor do I see why it's played during Christmas
Hallelujah
Jeff Buckley
Lyrics
Well I heard there was a secret chord
That David played and it pleased the Lord
But you don't really care for music, do you?
Well it goes like this: the fourth, the fifth
The minor fall and the major lift
The baffled king composing Hallelujah
Hallelujah [x4]
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 her kitchen chair
She broke your throne and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah
Hallelujah [x4]
Baby I've been here before
I've seen this room and I've walked this floor (you know)
I used to live alone before I knew you
And I've seen your flag on the marble arch
And love is not a victory march
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah
Hallelujah [x4]
There was a time when you let me know
What's really going on below
But now you never show that to me, do you?
But remember when I moved in you
And the holy dove was moving too
And every breath we drew was Hallelujah
Hallelujah [x4]
Maybe there's a God above
All I've ever learned from love
Was how to shoot somebody who outdrew you
And it's not a cry that you hear at night
It's not somebody who's seen the light
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Jeff Buckley
Lyrics
Well I heard there was a secret chord
That David played and it pleased the Lord
But you don't really care for music, do you?
Well it goes like this: the fourth, the fifth
The minor fall and the major lift
The baffled king composing Hallelujah
Hallelujah [x4]
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 her kitchen chair
She broke your throne and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah
Hallelujah [x4]
Baby I've been here before
I've seen this room and I've walked this floor (you know)
I used to live alone before I knew you
And I've seen your flag on the marble arch
And love is not a victory march
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah
Hallelujah [x4]
There was a time when you let me know
What's really going on below
But now you never show that to me, do you?
But remember when I moved in you
And the holy dove was moving too
And every breath we drew was Hallelujah
Hallelujah [x4]
Maybe there's a God above
All I've ever learned from love
Was how to shoot somebody who outdrew you
And it's not a cry that you hear at night
It's not somebody who's seen the light
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah
Posted on 12/7/16 at 10:27 am to CatsGoneWild
It's by Leonard Cohen you fricking heathen
Posted on 12/7/16 at 10:27 am to CatsGoneWild
I absolutely HATE that song.
Posted on 12/7/16 at 10:29 am to Mir
quote:and the best version is by john cale
It's by Leonard Cohen you fricking heathen
frick jeff buckley
Posted on 12/7/16 at 10:29 am to CatsGoneWild
quote:
Leonard Cohen explained: "Hallelujah is a Hebrew word which means 'Glory to the Lord.' The song explains that many kinds of Hallelujahs do exist. I say: All the perfect and broken Hallelujahs have an equal value. It's a desire to affirm my faith in life, not in some formal religious way but with enthusiasm, with emotion.

Posted on 12/7/16 at 10:30 am to Kafka
I just looked up the lyrics and that was the first one to pop up
Posted on 12/7/16 at 10:30 am to CatsGoneWild
1. King David composed Hallelujah
2. Love sucks
The End
2. Love sucks
The End
Posted on 12/7/16 at 10:32 am to CatsGoneWild
Original 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
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
Posted on 12/7/16 at 10:33 am to CatsGoneWild
Cohen wrote something like 80 verses to the song originally.
Posted on 12/7/16 at 10:33 am to CatsGoneWild
quote:
nor do I see why it's played during Christmas
I don't understand how it's become a Christmas song either.
Posted on 12/7/16 at 10:35 am to Mo Jeaux
quote:
I don't understand how it's become a Christmas song either.
Hallelujah bro.
Posted on 12/7/16 at 10:35 am to Kafka
quote:
frick jeff buckley
Shut your whore mouth, Buckley's version is untouchable.
The lyrics are about the pitfalls of love, how it rarely lasts and usually ends up with two people in a shootout. Pretty obvious.
Posted on 12/7/16 at 10:36 am to Mo Jeaux
quote:it's a song of loss and regret
I don't understand how it's become a Christmas song either
I know a guy who had it played at his wedding
Posted on 12/7/16 at 10:36 am to CatsGoneWild
quote:
Hallelujah
Jeff Buckley

cohen just died you heathen. have you no respect?
Posted on 12/7/16 at 10:38 am to CatsGoneWild
quote:Jeff Buckley is famous for his cover. Pentatonix was famous before their cover.
Pentatonix (spelling) is famous for it.
quote:I've never noticed a Christmas correlation. It's been played more recently due to the passing of Cohen, I suspect.
nor do I see why it's played during Christmas
Posted on 12/7/16 at 10:38 am to TheDrunkenTigah
IIRC cohen actualy said cale was the best version
cale is also the one who unearthed the song from obscurity
cale is also the one who unearthed the song from obscurity
Posted on 12/7/16 at 10:38 am to Kafka
quote:
It's by Leonard Cohen you fricking heathen
Correct
quote:
and the best version is by john cale
frick jeff buckley
No, frick Kafka
Posted on 12/7/16 at 10:40 am to Kafka
KD Lang has a decent version too. Dude has a solid voice.
Posted on 12/7/16 at 10:40 am to Kafka
quote:
IIRC cohen actualy said cale was the best version
I don't really care who Dylan thinks covered All Along the Watchtower the best, it's Hendrix.
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