hallelujah
Cale John Lyrics

I've heard there was a secret chord
I know of a special chord that people are unaware of

That David played, and it pleased the Lord.
David played this chord and pleased God

But you don't really care for music, do you?
However, you don't seem to be interested in music

It goes like this:
The sound is like this:

The fourth, the fifth.
The interval between the fourth and fifth notes.

The minor fall, the major lift.
The shift from minor to major sound.

The baffled king composing Hallelujah.
The king was amazed and confused while composing the Hallelujah song.

Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah.
Praise the Lord, Praise the Lord, Praise the Lord, Praise the Lord.

Your faith was strong but you needed proof.
You have strong faith, but you need evidence to believe.

You saw her bathing on the roof.
You witnessed her taking a bath on the roof.

Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you.
Her beauty and the moonlight made you fall in love with her.

She tied you to a kitchen chair.
She restrained you to a kitchen chair.

She broke your throne, she cut your hair.
She destroyed your authority and cut your hair.

And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah.
She made you utter Hallelujah by kissing you.

Maybe I've been here before.
Maybe I have been in a similar situation before.

I know this room, I've walked this floor.
I am familiar with this room and have walked around here.

I used to live alone before I knew you.
I lived alone until I met you.

I've seen your flag on the marble arch.
I have noticed your mark on the marble arch.

Love is not a victory march,
Love is not always triumphant,

It's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah.
It can be a sad and unsuccessful Hallelujah.

There was a time you'd let me know
There was a time when you would inform me

What's real and going on below.
What's actually happening beneath the surface.

But now you never show it to me, do you?
But now, you don't reveal it to me anymore, do you?

Remember when I moved in you?
Do you remember when I came into your life?

The Holy Dove was moving too.
At that time, a holy dove was also present and moving in some way.

And every breath we drew was hallelujah.
Each breath we took was joyful and deserving of praise.

Maybe there's a God above.
It's possible that there is a God above us.

And all I ever learned from love
And all I have ever learned from love

Was how to shoot at someone who outdrew you.
Is how to attack someone who defeated you.

It's not a cry you can hear at night.
It's not a sound that can be heard at night.

It's not somebody who's seen the light.
It's not someone who has experienced divine revelation.

It's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah.
It's a flawed Hallelujah, which can be painful and sad.

Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelu...
Praise the Lord, Praise the Lord, Praise the Lord, Praise the Lord.

Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah.
Praise the Lord, Praise the Lord, Praise the Lord, Praise the Lord.