Hallelujah By Jeff Buckley (Writen By Leonard Cohen)

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
well it goes like this the fourth, the fifth
the minor fall and the major lift
the baffled king composing hallelujah

hallelujah...

well 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 her kitchen chair
she broke your throne and she cut your hair
and from your lips she drew the hallelujah

hallelujah...

baby I've been here before
I've seen this room and I've walked this floor
I used to live alone before i knew you
I've seen your flag on the marble arch
but love is not a victory march
it's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah

hallelujah...

well there was a time when you let me know
what's really going on below
but now you never show that to me do you
but remember when i moved in you
and the holy dove was moving too
and every breath we drew was hallelujah

well, 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 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...

With this song I believe it depends on the version you are listening to. over 200 artists have covered this song. Cohen wrote this presenting the idea that there is more then one Hallelujah "Glory to the Lord" he said that all the different types were of the same value. Jeff Buckley described his version as being the "Hallelujah to the orgasm" Alison Crowe took it as a very sexual song of a relationship. The song refers to many biblical stories such as Samson, Delilah, King David and Bathsheeba. When I listen to Jeff Buckley's version it sounds very passionate and sexual. But then If I listen to Rufus Wainwrights version it sounds more so filled with sorrow. Seems like its more directed toward a failed relationship. Either way I find this song beautiful. On a side note the beginning of the song "well it goes like this the fourth, the fifth the minor fall and the major lift" actually refers to the chords the artist is playing through the song.