Choir Of Hard Knocks - Hallelujah lyrics

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I 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.

Well you faith was strong but you needed proof

You saw her bathing on the roof

Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you.

Well she tied you to a kitchen chair

She broke your throne and cut your hair

And from your lips she drew 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 thought it all went wrong

I’ll stand before the lord of song

With nothing on my tongue but hallelujah.

Hallelujah, hallelujah.

Hallelujah, hallelujah.

Baby, I’ve been here before

I’ve seen this room and I’ve walked the floor

I used to live alone before I knew you.

But 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.

Hallelujah, hallelujah.

Hallelujah, hallelujah.

Maybe there’s a god above

But all I’ve ever learned from love

Was how to shoot somebody who outdrew you.

It’s not a cry you hear at night

It’s not someone who’s seen the light

It’s a cold and it’s a broken hallelujah.

Hallelujah, hallelujah.

Hallelujah, hallelujah.

Hallelujah, hallelujah.

Hallelujah, hallelujah.