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Rhythm 10.0
Melody 10.0
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Vocal 8.0
This song has been reviewed 5 times. Overall score for this song, 9.6.
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Leonard Cohen - Hallelujah (Original) Lyrics

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TitleHallelujah (Original)
ArtistLeonard Cohen
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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, she cut your hair 
And from your lips she drew the hallelujah 

Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah 

Maybe I've 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 
And love is not a victory march 
It's a cold and its 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 
And the holy dove was moving too 
And every breath we drew was hallelujah 

Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah 

Maybe there's a god above 
All I ever learned from love 
Was how to shoot at someone who outdrew you 
And it's not a cry you can hear at night 
Not somebody who's seen the light 
It's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah 

Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah...
lyrics submitted by Suzanne
lyrics corrected by Darryl on 04-11-2006




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07-04-2005 12:26danastasia is offline danastasia 
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Wooooah I didn't know there was an original!

I'm off to find that one!

Thanks!
26-05-2006 03:08caleby is offline caleby 
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This is not the "original"..... The verses used by Cohen on his original studio version on Various Positions, are listed here.

Though Leonard Cohen did write all 15 verses, including these ones.

Amazing song whoever sings it.
26-05-2006 04:10DolphinStarr is offline DolphinStarr 
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well i prefer teh Jeff Buckley version, but this version is also awesome, its a great song.
26-12-2007 12:15Petroviic is offline Petroviic 

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Don't even now why this man is called a singer but the song is good
04-06-2009 15:30BLoNDeDEvIL is offline BLoNDeDEvIL 
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OKAY now i have to say SOMETHING!!!
even though Leonard Cohen sounds HORRIBLE singing it, (i saw the live thingy on youtube) it has something to it. and we need to give him credit for writing this amazing song!!!! It's my favorite song of all times...i still need to fully figure out what it's true meaning is, but even if you don't think about the meaning it's beautiful!!!!

SO LOTS OF THANKS TO LEONARD COHEN FOR WRITING [b] SINGING THIS SONG!!!!!!


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