More songs by Jeff Buckley
Description
Guitar, Associated Performer, Vocal: Jeff Buckley
Composer, Lyricist: Leonard Cohen
Mixing Engineer, Engineer, Producer: Andy Wallace
Executive Producer: Steve Berkowitz
Assistant Engineer: Chris Laidlaw
Assistant Engineer: Steve Cisco
Assistant Engineer: Bryant Jackson
Assistant Engineer: Reggie Griffith
Mastering Engineer: Emily Lazar
Lyrics and translation
Original
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,
Hallelujah,
Hallelujah,
Hallelujah.
Well, your faith was strong, but you needed proof.
You saw her bathing on the roof.
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you.
And she tied you to her kitchen chair, and she broke your throne, and she cut your hair, and from your lips she drew the
Hallelujah.
Hallelujah, Hallelujah,
Hallelujah, Hallelujah.
Well, 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,
Hallelujah,
Hallelujah, Hallelujah.
Well, 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,
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah.
Well, maybe there is a God above, but 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, Hallelujah,
Hallelujah, Hallelujah.
Hallelujah,
Hallelujah,
Hallelujah,
Hallelujah.
Hallelujah,
Hallelujah,
Hallelujah,
Hallelujah.