Rufus Wainwright

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Rhythm	9.7
Melody	9.9
Instruments	9.8
Lyrics	9.9
Vocal	9.9
This song has been reviewed 37 times. Overall score for this song, 9.8.

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Rufus Wainwright - Hallelujah Lyrics

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Song details
Title	Hallelujah
Artist	Rufus Wainwright
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Song lyrics

Send "Hallelujah" ringtones to your cell

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 in 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
Love is not a victory march
It’s a cold and it’s a broken hallelujah

Hallelujah, hallelujah
Hallelujah, hallelujah

There was a time when you let me know
What’s real and going on below
But now you never show it to me, do you?

And remember when I moved in you
The Holy Dark was moving too
And every breath we drew was hallelujah

Hallelujah, hallelujah
Hallelujah, hallelujah

Maybe there’s a God above
And 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
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

Send "Hallelujah" ringtones to your cell

lyrics submitted by Andi

lyrics corrected by Sabiha on 22-07-2008

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06-07-2004 04:57 theduncanstein
320 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal Yeah, Rufus Rocks, but he didn't write that song.
06-07-2004 04:58 JenniGirly
3,632 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal it was jeff buckley. jeff buckley = god. this is my favorite song of all times
07-07-2004 03:08 __lerobotfou
1 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal It was actually Leonard Cohen who wrote this song. Not Jeff Buckley. Though he does a great rendition of it
12-07-2004 22:48 jeffyd
1 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal Leonard Cohen did write the original but the version seen here is Jeff Buckley's. The lyrics to Buckley's version are different in the second half from Leonard original.
07-09-2004 01:12 Yenni
51 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal such a sad melody!love it though!and since i love Shrek!!
20-09-2004 23:51 AdmireMyDaniel
1 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal I love this song.
31-10-2004 22:00 badlydrawnroy
685 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal this song never gets old, i heard it about a year ago and i still love it. i've heard the other versions, but rufus brings something special to this song
10-11-2004 05:28 Shibbywhoha
1 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal omg, i love this song so much
11-11-2004 02:02 overratedmisery
31 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal love it
11-11-2004 02:05 ellessilver
2,223 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal Surprisingly, for the amount that I've played it, I haven't gotten sick of it. Great song!
08-12-2004 09:50 leamarie
21 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal This guy has done a beautiful version of the song. It's really good. I adore it.
20-12-2004 21:50 Connery
1 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal John Cale wrote the alternate lyrics in 1991. Rufus's version is very similar to his, though Rufus's voice is much better. Jeff Buckley first recorded it in 1994, and his version is also beautiful. None of these sound all that much like the original by Leonard Cohen, but that's not such a bad thing. Also, k. d. lang's version from her album earlier this year is excellent.
30-12-2004 08:08 thirty_notes
12 posts	I love this song. And for whatever reason, I prefer Rufus's version. I don't know.
30-12-2004 17:14 megomoo
374 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal it is a beautiful song, although not many people have heard the full version as it contains something like 27 verses!
08-01-2005 13:49 lizzton
1 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal when I first heard this song I almost crashed my car and I immediately went and bought his album - never get sick of it however my family does so now is been banished to my car - needless to say consequently I do a lot of driving!
23-01-2005 10:06 ensorceler
45 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal hmmm, never heard any other version of this song, but it's good to know that they exist anyways, I love the way Rufus sings it... I fell in love with it when I saw Shrek, it's sooooooo beautiful
23-01-2005 14:28 i_eat_cats
316 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal move over, jeff buckley.
01-02-2005 01:24 123puNk
6 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal luv it
09-02-2005 07:05 prettypuppy7887
31 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal i dont no y, but this song means so much 2 me and is special. no other version comes close 2 rufus' one. he has a special, beautiful voice and made a wonderful song even more special and beautiful. i will NEVER get sick of it. NEVER EVER.
09-03-2005 17:10 Vilimir
1 posts	If Anyone have Notes Sheet for This Song Please send it to me at Neo@chicken-shit.dk Thakns
12-03-2005 02:34 spazyhyperist5
25 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal such a good song... i LOVE it... and as if i couldnt be any better... it does, my friends, it does... it was used as the last song in the last scene of the last episode of season one of the oc. Love is not a victory march It's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah <33Hallelujah...
22-03-2005 02:23 aquadreamangel
1 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal The first time I heard this song was in "shrek". A while back in december, a guy I liked played this song and sang too, but I din't recognize it. Some girls in my choir class were singing it, and I knew it sounded familiar. The girl had the sheet music, but the piano part wasn't correct. We have started singing this song in choir, and I really want to learn how to play it. If someone could show me wher to get the piano sheet music for this song, it would be greatly appreciated ^_^ thank you
22-03-2005 14:18 bondie
29 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal Can enybody hate this song? I can`t! I love it! <33
23-04-2005 15:45 DixDeminz
18 posts	rhythm melody instruments lyrics vocal it's make me like
23-04-2005 15:45 claristasia
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