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12 kwi 2008 · "Hallelujah" is the song that has had the greatest evolution, though if my memory serves me well, the later verses were first performed live, quite soon after the original recording on "Various Positions".
Cohen originally wrote around 80 verses of the song, and used a different selection of the verses in the original recording and in a 1988 live performance.
This song probably means the most to me. Ever since I first heard it, probably back in 2010, I've been studying the lyrics and the tune and the deeper I dug, the more I got astonished to discover...
Hallelujah Lyrics by Leonard Cohen from the The Essential Leonard Cohen album- including song video, artist biography, translations and more: Now, I've heard there was a secret chord That David played, and it pleased the Lord But you don't really care for mus….
The minor fall, the major lift. The baffled king composing Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Your faith was strong but you needed proof. You saw her bathing on the roof. Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew ya. She tied you to a kitchen chair. She broke your throne, and she cut your hair. And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah. Hallelujah.
The minor fall, the major lift. The baffled king composing 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, and she cut your hair. And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah.
Love is not a victory march. It's a cold and it's a broken 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? I remember when. I moved in you. The holy dove was moving too. And every breath we drew was Hallelujah. Hallelujah, Hallelujah.
