I heard there was a secret chord That David played too pleased the lord But you don't really care for music do you It goes like this, the fourth the fifth The minor fall and the major lift The baffled king composing, hallelujah Hallelujah, 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, she cut your hair And from your lips she drew the hallelujah Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah
You say I took the name in vain Well 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
I did my best, it wasn't much I couldn't feel so I learned to touch I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool you And even though it all went wrong I'll stand before the lord of song With nothing on my lips, hallelujah Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah
Well, maybe there's a God above But all I ever learned from love Was how to shoot at someone who outdrew you? And it's no complaint you hear tonight It's not some pilgrim who's seen the light It's a cold and broken hallelujah Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah