Now I've heard there was a secret chord
That David played, and it pleased the Lord
But you don't really care for this kind of 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
Ah, there was a time that you let me know
What's really going on below
But now you never show it to me, do you?
I remember when I moved in you
And the holy dove, she was moving too
And every single breath that we drew was Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah.
Well, maybe there's a god above
As for me, all I ever learned from love
Is how to shoot at someone who outdrew you
But it's not a cry that you hear tonight,
It's not some pilgrim who claims to have seen the light
No, its a cold and it's a very broken Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah
I did my best, it wasn't much
I couldn't feel, so I learned to touch
I told the truth, I didn't come all this way just to fool you
And even though it all went wrong
I'll stand right here before the Lord of Song
With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah.
