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

baby 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

hallelujah

hallelujah

hallelujah

hallelujah

there was a time you let me know

what's really going on below

but now you never show it to me

do you?

and remember when i moved in you

the holy dove was moving too

and every breath we drew was 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