Hallelujah Song Lyrics - Jeff Buckley

Hallelujah Lyrics,  Leonard Cohen, the writer of this song, said, "'Hallelujah' is a Hebrew word which means 'Glory to the Lord'. - Jeff Buckley Lyrics.

Singer	Jeff Buckley
Song Writer	Leonard Cohen

I'd heard there was a secret chord
That David played and it pleased the Lord
But you don't really care for music, do you?
Well, it goes like this

The fourth, the fifth, the minor fall and the major lift
The baffled king composing Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah...

Well, 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 the kitchen chair

She broke your throne and she cut your hair
And from your lips, she drew the Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Well, baby, I've been here before
I've seen this room and I've walked this floor (you know)
I used to live alone before I knew ya

And I've seen your flag on the marble arch
And love is not a victory march
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah

Well, maybe there's a God above
But all I've ever learned from love
Was how to shoot somebody who outdrew ya

And it's not a cry that you 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, Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

The song explains that many kinds of hallelujahs do exist. I say, 'All the perfect and broken hallelujahs have an equal value.' It's a desire to affirm my faith in life, not in some formal religious way but with enthusiasm.