Listen to Hallelujah (Live April 17, 2009; Coachella Music Festival, Indio, California) by Leonard Cohen

Hallelujah (Live April 17, 2009; Coachella Music Festival, Indio, California)

Leonard Cohen

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Hallelujah (Live April 17, 2009; Coachella Music Festival, Indio, California)

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Leonard Cohen

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Leonard Cohen

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[Verse 1]

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, now the major lifts

The baffled king composing hallelujah

[Verse 2]

Hallelujah, hallelujah

Hallelujah, hallelujah

[Verse 3]

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

[Verse 4]

Hallelujah, hallelujah

Hallelujah, hallelujah

[Verse 5]

Well, maybe there's a god above

As for me, all, all I have learned from love

Is how to shoot at someone who outdrew you

But it's not a cry that you hear tonight

No it's not some pilgrim, who has claims to have seen the light

I know it's a cold and it's a very broken hallelujah

[Verse 6]

Hallelujah, hallelujah

Hallelujah, hallelujah

[Verse 7]

Oh, people, I've been here before

I know this room and I've walked this floor

You see, I used to live alone before I knew you

And I've seen your flag on the marble arch

But listen, love is not some kind of victory march

No, it's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah

[Verse 8]

Hallelujah, hallelujah

Hallelujah, hallelujah

[Verse 9]

There was a time you let me know

What's really goin' on below

I've heard now, you never show it to me, do you?

I remember when I moved in you

And the holy dove, she was movin' too

And every single breath that we drew was hallelujah

[Verse 10]

Hallelujah, hallelujah

Hallelujah, hallelujah

[Verse 11]

I did my best, it wasn't much

I couldn't feel, so I learned to touch

I've told the truth, I did not come here to Coachella to fool you

And even though it all went wrong

I'll stand right here before the lord of song

With nothing nothing on my tongue but hallelujah

[Verse 12]

Hallelujah, hallelujah

Hallelujah, hallelujah

Hallelujah, hallelujah

Hallelujah, ha-hallelujah

Written by: Leonard Cohen

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