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
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
Maybe 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
Our love is not a victory march
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah
Maybe there's a God above
But all I ever learned from love
Was how to shoot at someone who outdrew you.
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 Halleluja
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
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
Maybe 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
Our love is not a victory march
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah
Maybe there's a God above
But all I ever learned from love
Was how to shoot at someone who outdrew you.
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 Halleluja
lyrics by Rufus Wainwright
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