Hallelujah Hallelujah
Bob Long Lyrics

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D. Matinal Chan I've heard there was a secret chord That David played, and…
Giovanni Un vero amico sa parlarti con sincerità E se un giorno…
Giovanni Zarrella Un vero amico sa parlarti con sincerità E se un giorno…
Jeff Buckley Jeff Buckley Well I've heard there was a secret chord That David played…

Love & Reverie I keep on counting up the blessings Woo Hallelujah I just ke…
Love and Reverie I keep on counting up the blessings Woo Hallelujah I just ke…

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@DocBuzzkill

5y↑7

They say there was a secret chord
That David played, and pleased the Lord
You don't really care for music, do you?
It goes like this the fourth, the fifth
The minor fall, the major lifts
The baffled king composing Hallelujah

Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah

You saw her bathing on the roof
Your faith was strong but you needed proof
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you
She tied you to a kitchen chair
She broke your faith, and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the
Hallelujah

Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah

Well you say I took the name in vain
I didn't even know the name
And if I did, well really, what's it to you?
There's a blaze of light in every word
It doesn't matter what you heard
The broken or the holy 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 though it all went wrong
I'll stand before the Lord of Song
With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah

@IWISHIWERETHEMANIKNO

46w↑1

By some interpretations, Cohen is in an argument with God. King David’s “hallelujah,” in the book of Psalms, is said to have pleased the Lord. Cohen addresses God: “But you don’t really care for music, do you?”

For others, we talk about the evolution of a relationship through a metaphor that mixes sex and religion.

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.

The song wasn’t all that popular when it first came out. However, it was covered by John Cale, in 1991, for a tribute album. He used the modified lyrics, based on Cohen’s 1988 live version. Jeff Buckley heard Cale’s version and did his own cover on his 1994 album Grace. Buckley’s version went on to become the most well-known recording of the song.

Since then, the song was covered over 300 times. It is today emblematic and figures among a multitude of film soundtracks and television shows. It became a contemporary standard. Many versions change the lyrics, especially Christian versions that tone down all the ambiguities of the song.

All comments from YouTube:

@lauramariailea4235

3y↑37

His voice is like an arrow which strikes the heart to let the light gets in! 💙

@tvviewer4500

2y↑1

Are you referencing Cohen's Anthem??

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@davamort3096

3y↑58

Usually I don't like a cover but Dylan is a lyrical genius and he recognised Cohen's song as a masterpiece.

@niallswaine2436

2y↑5

Dylan and Cohen at one time in conversation was Dylan asking how long did it take to write Hallelujah, Cohen says 30 years, and asks Dylan how long did it take him to write I and I and Dylan answers 15 minutes. Both songs are masterpieces. I believe both answers to be true.

@thescoobymike

1y↑27

I'm so thankful that someone recorded this

@howardstevenson7646

7y↑325

Dylan was the very first person other than Cohen to sing this song. One genius discovering and promoting another.

@elainemochula1

7y↑11

And what a fabulous rendition!

@halloweenjack9548

7y↑20

Jeff Buckley nailed it, Too !

@billlloyd4029

4y↑5

@@halloweenjack9548 John Cale

@MrYomomoto

4y↑8

It's Jewish tradition 😄

@StarreChilde

4y↑8

I personally don't like Bob's rendition.

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@tangobango9653

7y↑166

Dylan was the first to realize what a treasure this song really was. RIP L. Cohen.

@RobertMenefee

3y↑3

Not true. This is from Wikipedia: “‘Hallelujah’ is a song written by Canadian singer Leonard Cohen, originally released on his album Various Positions (1984). Achieving little initial success, the song found greater popular acclaim through a recording by John Cale, which inspired a recording by Jeff Buckley.”

@kylebookout1789

3y↑9

This was recorded not long after Leonard released it. In his hometown I believe. Before John Cale and Jeff.

@yarongita

3y↑2

Not true, I was the first one

@aaronaaron5968

3y↑1

then why trash it lol

@marknpatterson

2y↑5

@@RobertMenefee This performance was in 1988. Cale's version was recorded in 1991.

Whether or not Dylan was actually the "first" to cover this song is...well, it's unlikely - it had existed for four years at this point, and I'm sure there'd been at least a few attempts at it, even if none of them were notable enough to have lingered in anyone's consciousness. But he was certainly there before Cale or Buckley.

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@Endrit719

37w↑2

I am a very big big fan of both Dylan and Cohen, and I love the fact that Dylan appreciated this song enough to put effort to it

@smartalek180

5y↑65

A yuge "Thank You" to everyone who was involved in whatever chain of physical or electronic possession
preserved this performance for posterity and put it here for all of us to hear and for all time.
Thank you all so much.

@melinacharlet4649

4y↑29

Perfect cover! He made a rocknroll version whereas many singers make it like a gospel song! There’s a lot of passion in it

@naith1984

6y↑25

Incredible vocal delivery, such passion. reduces me to tears, if im in that kinda mood

@johnmalcolm9980

8y↑203

There's a blaze of light in every word
It doesn't matter which you heard
The Cohen or the Dylan Halleluja

@giovannimarsala1547

Reparation verruca

@naturj2444

7y↑2

There is only Cohen Halleluja, not ???

@daughterofjerusalem8483

7y↑5

John Malcolm
You win Best Comment
הללו יה
Hallelu Yah.

@isabelarcher2924

bravo

@gijonsantos777

5y↑4

or Jeff Buckley's version

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@TM-vq1bf

6y↑57

No one sings like bob Dylan . He’s the fuckin best

@bobmctamaney9872

25w↑1

Most might say Jeff Buckley for Hallelujah and Rolling Stone for Dylan, but I think Dylan’s mastery of Cohen’s masterpiece could not be surpassed.

@RMT192

6y↑28

Dylan's greatest vocal by a long long way for me. Also, the most angry and passionate version of this classic - and as good as Cohen's live in London or J. Buckley's.

@sweetmelindacor7776

3y↑12

Brings tears to my eyes - such raw emotions

@ApocalypseKurtz

7y↑77

The only Cohen song he ever covered. He did it twice in 1988. I thought it was sloppy at first but I have grown to really appreciate it.

@libbychecks1001

7y↑29

Dylan does that to one. I don't care how badly people think he sings...his voice always comforts me.

@ginalafond1814

7y↑5

me too, especially these days

@Theimbennn

7y↑17

+Libby Checks a voice doesn't need to sound "pretty" to provoke emotion and speak the truth I pity the people who don't get the emotion and the truth in his voice

@normatible9795

7y↑1

Angry Gen X'er dylan does not sing others songs ecxcept one he truly admires and that is leonard cohen. Poet to poet

@MichaelFlemingNY

6y↑2

Dylan is a baby boomer.

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@paulyoungblood7484

5y↑9

Such a fantastic version with raw emotion and soul.

@careyw3161

8y↑145

Bob Dylan, honoring Leonard Cohen. Perfect. Congratulations to Bob on his well-deserved Noble Prize.

@robinlabouche2230

7y↑3

Err it's NOBEL ...not NOBLE !!!!

@KerryCism

7y↑4

Let's see yours. Let's see your poems and songs.

@MrRavmoor

I feel it's important to point out that the "Nobel peace prize" is not the same as the other Nobel prizes, other than sharing the "Nobel" part of the name. It's not strictly the same institution. So, no. It hasn't lost any credibility. The peace prize may have, but the peace prize never really had any to begin with, given the nature of such a prize.

@GD-me2lv

6y↑1

Kerry Cassidy He wasnt criticizing Dylan

@bluecadillac

5y↑5

@@MrRavmoor Bob Dylan was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for 2016 (Not the Peace Prize).

@RalphDratman

4y↑9

Dylan's singing style seems to mesh with Cohen's song. Both artists write poetry that reaches for symbolism, assuming a shared vocabulary with the audience. I can't exactly say I like Dylan's rendition at first hearing, but it might help me understand the lyrics better over time.

@PreacherofArrakeen

7y↑7

I am not a huge huge fan of a lot of Leonard Cohen's music, but I had the highest respect for him as a human being, for his integrity, gentleness of spirit, playfulness, and the depth of his lyrics. I am also from Montreal, and I feel his passing a bit more than I did with the earlier deaths this year.

Shalom, Leonard and Bob.

@sitpahtb4731

7y↑14

Wow! My two lifetime idols together in a single song....this is beyond my best imagination! and what a version!! Halleluja to the one who posted it!

@lennysapin2780

stuckinthepastandhappytobe 😏😝😎

@olefosshaug5565

My favorite version as well, amazing!

@fortheluv7132

7y↑44

Wow! His Bobness performing Cohen's greatest song as only Bob Dylan can. Simply amazing on so many levels. Thanks for sharing it.

@dezs.5202

3y↑6

I adore this song and I love Bob Dylan’s work, even if I’m not really super into him as a performer, this cover being no exception. However I think it’s just amazing that he was out here acknowledging the gorgeous brilliance of this song long before anyone else.
Not to get super dorky or anything, but it kind of reminds me of the Ralph Bakshi LOtR movie. The way artists will find each other’s work and help it towards the level of success and admiration it deserves is just wild to me, and I love it when that sort of thing happens.

@danielcropp8553

6y↑6

This is amazing! Love both Cohen and Dylan.

@BrianDornTFP

7y↑32

Nobody writes better lyrics than Bob Dylan (except maybe Leonard Cohen).

@daviddevdariani

1y↑1

And Townes Van Zandt is number 3 after Dylan and Cohen

@TheEsprits

8y↑36

Bob Dylan singing Hallelujah - awesome!

@michaelmcloughlin8237

1y↑8

Michael McLoughlin
It's really.great hearing Bob Dylan do this song. He adds feeling to it.
He means it as much as Leonard Cohen does.

@lesandrews2317

7y↑52

Just simply one great lyricist paying respect to another great lyricist.

@sarclobootleg2472

7y↑2

no. it's a poet poet singing a useful and beautiful song. don't look for more

@givey972

5y↑2

@@sarclobootleg2472 how is that looking for more

@michaelbochenski3841

1y↑4

One genius affirming another. Brilliant.

@RatatRatR

5y↑11

This is exactly what Dylan covering this song in 1988 was guaranteed to sound like.

@PaulTraces

2y↑4

In terms of song writing I honestly believe they’re on par with each other, I haven’t seen anyone else of that era or beyond that’s even in their league. I think a big reason Dylan is more popular and caught fire was the style of his folk music getting away from the 40s and 50s style especially in his early days at Newport etc. and he had built such a huge following that were happy to go with him when he went electric, Cohen was in his 30s when he released ‘Songs of Leonard Cohen’ and started to gain popularity for music but to nowhere near the same degree (especially in the US) he has a far larger European audience but 50 years later you gotta just appreciate the legendary genius of each of them and it’s well known that they both had huge respect for one another. Two utter geniuses.

@marilynelkin

41w

Joni is a stellar lyricist and I daresay equal to them

@joinerbuilder2856

6y↑9

bob at his most sublime, a great vocal

@CarbonDoggie

8y↑12

I love the amount of mutual respect these two musical Gods of old, have for one another.

@daughterofjerusalem8483

7y↑3

CarbonDoggie
Both Leonard and Bob Dylan know well that there's only one true God
And that it's not them
Therein lies their true greatness
You gotta serve Somebody

@brendareed7000

7y↑4

Is there any footage of him singing this song? Absolutely beautiful 💜

@silvanagili4343

7y↑7

una versione incredibile!!!cosi' diversa da quella di Cohen e cosi' ugualmente bella e pungente!!!!

@jhmremme

5y↑6

In my eyes, the reason he so very much deserved the noble prize for literature is that knew to use familiar words in a way that made the meaning jump out to you.

@carnack53

7y↑12

This is an amazing reading of the song...

@jayleavitt6602

2y↑3

Never heard Bob give his heart like this. I fall in love more and more with both of them....and all things. Tears flow, joy? pain? I don't know. Perfect. 'I told the truth.... I didn't come to fool ya...and even tho...it all went wrong.....I stand before... the Lord of Song...with nothing...on my tongue.... but Hallelujah' ~~~ Blessings y'all**

@pufmama

5y↑3

Hallelujah! Just love how he feels this.

@daniellefrack8756

3y↑2

Bob Dylan ❤️..super...très belle chanson ☘️

@Lewis5078

8y↑32

My favourite version of this song

@Cefdfsacq

6y↑23

Nails it. Dylan’s is the only guy who covered this that gets what Cohen ‘s lyrics were evoking. Ten million covers that are Either sad sack weepers or bathetic attempts at a virtuoso show piece.

@GeoffWilde

AMEN

@tessachristie964

5y↑2

Jeff Buckley’s rendition was beautiful too

@KoolKinchishKat

4y↑3

@@tessachristie964 I feel like Buckley's version is the best of the sad-sack ones... I just wish he hadn't set off a chain reaction of terrible, terrible covers of this song

@addymatthew8203

3y↑3

@@KoolKinchishKat that’s the thing about Jeff’s cover - he’s incredibly virtuosic and his voice is smooth as butter but you can still hear the pain manifest itself in his tone somehow... it sounds like a desperate plea (as Cohen intended, I’m sure) and for some reason you can tell Jeff didn’t have to have lived Leonard’s life to know what he meant by Hallelujah. The same goes for Dylan’s version too which is more explicitly despairing than Jeff’s and you can just tell he’s mesmerised by the poetry of it! But you’re right, all the cringe X Factor versions and Instagram singer/songwriters trying too hard to sound “talented” rather than convey the message of a song that took its writer nearly a decade to write...

@thebacons5943

@@addymatthew8203 well said dude

@abelpintos1879

3y↑5

Bob Dylan, the first to rate this work of art

@25756881

3y↑30

Of all the covers only Dylan seems to understand the song.

@kevfieldmusic9591

3y↑4

Perfect comment

@pjom4191

3y↑5

Yea, he sings it like his love is burnt out ashes turned cold

@johnnyflash2564

3y↑3

100%, love it when he sings from the gut like this, chills

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@kilimanjarno

44w

Dylan transforms this into a masterpiece.

@zoomonkeydotcom2005

3y↑7

When this dude actually wanted to sing something, he was soooooo good !!!!!!!

@pauljudd9825

4y↑6

Dylan touch is always gold

@boppob1343

2y↑2

His 80s arrangements for his live shows were so fucking epic

@GD-me2lv

6y↑7

I want to be among those who say Hallel everyday.

@adamgentry6239

Slays me every time.

@dylanwillms2438

8y↑1

bob Dylan é foda

@djstarr-lowery4047

3y↑1

I did not know that. Thank you for telling me. I have noticed several lyrics that between them are similar..."everything is broken, ring the bell" 2 amazing artists

@denisehart7104

I love Bob, and Leonard, and also LOVE Pentatonix version of Halleluiah, fabulous, made me cry... :)

@thiagoviolaoevoz7963

haleluiaaaa ao criador do céu e terra! YESHUAHAMASHIA

@GladysJovellar

7y↑4

Great tribute!

@marakaretsos5204

UNE ÉTOILE ⭐️🎼🎹

@marakaretsos5204

3y↑1

Formidable
Belle et Gradiose!!
🎶🎼⭐️⭐️⭐️

@isabelarcher2924

E' una magnifica interpretazione. Bob Dylan ovviamente riscrive a modo suo il brano celeberrimo di Leonard Cohen e ne tira fuori tutta la rabbia, la sfida e l'amarezza che le cover più edulcorate - e forse perfino le interpretazioni eleganti, appassionate e profonde dello stesso Cohen - non mettono in evidenza. Bob Dylan urla il suo broken Hallelujah con la sua voce graffiante, senza un briciolo di sdolcinatezza. Mi piace moltissimo, è un omaggio di rara potenza alla grandezza di Leonard Cohen, poeta e musicista e mistico

@david1955layne

7y↑2

Sounds great by Bob Dylan-- Thanx.

@DocBuzzkill

5y↑7

@blackcrow7049

4y↑1

Thanks for the hard work ( beautiful Cohen's intro) and for the lyrics . Today every mother's son knows the song , but in 1988 ... how could i forget my beloved friends trying to play this song with a spanish guitar in the school years ??

@awfelia

8y↑1

Awesome! ♡

@BritPopLivesOn72

7y↑2

This is great

@ZabKov

6y↑1

The best !

@KoolKinchishKat

4y↑7

Man Dylan sounds frantic singing this! Like he's high on the poetry of the damn thing (as well as whatever else was in his system)

@davidcarlson1208

Awesome!

@user-tb5hs6pf2m

4y↑2

i was listening to hallelujah then i said oh i wish bob made a cover then i searched for and i found that the goat did it 😍😍

@IAmNoeyes

I'm just listening to the Bob Dylan covers and they are all very thought about.

@karmenjazbec7743

GREAT INTERPRETATION THIS LEONARD COHEN S SONG

@daneediorio6311

Beautiful!

@anderssundgren7199

8y↑4

AMAZING......

@Zimium

7y↑14

It's Montreal 1988.
Bob only covered this twice, both 1988, once in Montreal, LC's native place, and the second time in LA, where LC lived... tribute to a friend in his home towns, crowd pleaser... :))

@vittoriocolombo8473

I was in LA, 2 August 1988. It was as good as this one. I was sitting near Dennis Hopper and the raw in front the U2s. The Alarm on stage before bob. What a nite

@majaneralic4407

4y↑1

Genious Dylan.

@triscat

4y↑3

Bobby and Lenny. What a pair!

@Bobjb999

7y↑6

Dylan doing this song in Montreal may itself have a meaning, as it's Leonard Cohen's home town, one he continued to keep a home at through the years. And hey, maybe Leonard was even in the audience, who knows?

@andreaalmeari5639

Andrea

@Theimbennn

7y↑2

Bob and Leonard were friendly throughout the years. I'm sure around the time of the rolling thunder review bob tried to get Leonard to come and perform think he sent his wife Sara to his house to convince him also recently they both had I interviews talking about each other a google search of their names should find them

@dellisj9127

Sara, in 1988? THEIMBENNN, you do know that Bob & Sara split in the mid-70's, right? Yes, I thought you did. Shalom

@Bobjb999

7y↑1

Theimbenn was referring to the mid-seventies Rolling Thunder Review tour when he wrote of Bob sending Sara to Leonard's house. I don't know how you could have read his post but mistaken his meaning, one that seems obvious to me.

@Theimbennn

7y↑1

+Hermesacat thanks mate. I Don't know how that guy got confused or worse got condescending. Some weird people about I guess

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@francogasparini4606

3y↑3

Bravo bob

@muhammadbakhtiar3253

Cohen and Dylan, if only they could play together someday.

@Komicklepto

5y↑2

Well I hate to break this to you but it will never happen now as Cohen died in 2016.

@bazoinga2747

4y↑12

ewwwwww...Yaaaaaaaaahhhh! I love this! Just the way he sings that...like spitting fire!

@graywarrior

7y↑1

Wow, that hit me....hard.

@jimbrown195

4y↑4

Montreal Forum 1988. I was there. Bob also premiered Blind Willie McTell in Montreal at the Jarry Tennis Stadium several years later. Just brilliant.

@Bullwhipseb7

Dylan singing any song is epic! Listen to Justin Timberlake & Matt Morris - Great!

@jonnijames

Wow he looks like Jacob Dylan there, great rendition of the song too, WOW!!!!

@thescoobymike

4y↑3

Fits Dylan perfectly

@vincentkline5338

7y↑2

his art is as real as his cowboy accent.

@mulliniks51

7y↑6

This is new to me . A
Dylan homage to LC .

@karriemichelle3844

Lisa

@pauljudd9825

4y↑1

He was Elected by God

@jarikuukasjarvi8198

Theres many reasons to say hallelujah, for example Leonard and Bob

@NH43282

i like how every version is so diffarent but jeff buckley still wins this one

@debbyledbetter4434

8y↑8

Perfect fit....

@petrtomsicek1588

7y↑1

We will see. All together. This year 2016 is too bad. RIP Leonard.

@jerryshunk7152

26w

Translation ~~~ PRAISE JEHOVAH !!!

@michaeltammaro482

It sounds to me that although he, Cohen led a sad and unhappy life by drawing examples from David and Sampson. Despite them being betrayed by what they thought was love in the End realize despite being in utter depression found peace, happiness and fulfillment in the presence of the Lord and Praising Him.

@kathrynramsay5104

6y↑2

The ONE and ONLY definitive version- END OF

@ragqueen

7y↑26

R.I.P. Leonard Cohen

@jerseiferth3127

@@davidsimmons5685 Sad.

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@mikelynch7271

4y↑11

Dylan dedicated “Isis “ to Cohen who was backstage @ the 1975 Rollin Thunder Show in Montreal. ...” this is a song about marriage . This is for Leonard, if he’s still here “...