Hallelujah
Various Artists Lyrics

I've heard there was a secret chord
I have heard of a specific combination of musical notes that has a concealed power.

That David played, and it pleased the Lord
David discovered this chord and used it to make music that was pleasing to God.

But you don't really care for music, do you?
You do not seem to have an interest in this musical power and its effects.

It goes like this
The combination of notes is played as follows.

The fourth, the fifth
The fourth and the fifth notes in a particular scale are used.

The minor fall, the major lift
The notes played in a special sequence create a feeling of sadness and then upliftment.

The baffled king composing hallelujah
A king who feels perplexed by life’s events writes a song that expresses both despair and hope.

Hallelujah
Praise the Lord

Your faith was strong but you needed proof
You had an intense belief in something, but required evidence to support it.

You saw her bathing on the roof
You caught a glimpse of a woman washing on a rooftop.

Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you
The woman's stunning appearance and the setting moon disrupted your thoughts.

She tied you to a kitchen chair
She bound you to a chair in the kitchen.

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

And from your lips she drew the hallelujah
She was the cause of your exclamation of praise to the Lord.

Maybe I have been here before
I may have encountered this situation or place previously.

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

I used to live alone before I knew you
I was once a solitary individual before our paths crossed.

I've seen your flag on the marble arch
I have observed a symbol representing you in a particular location.

Love is not a victory march
Love cannot be reduced to a triumphant success story.

It's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah
Love is a bitter and incomplete exclamation of praise.

There was a time you let me know
In the past, you informed me of certain truths.

What's real and going on below
What is truly happening beneath the surface of things.

But now you never show it to me, do you?
Currently, you no longer reveal the truth to me.

And remember when I moved in you
Do you recall when I had an impact on you?

And the holy dark was moving too
When an unseen divine force was also in motion.

And every breath we drew was hallelujah
Every inhalation was, in effect, an exclamation of praise.

Maybe there's a God above
Perhaps there is a deity residing above us.

And all I ever learned from love
The only lesson I ever gained from love.

Was how to shoot at someone who outdrew you
Was how to hurt someone who overpowered you.

And it's not a cry you can hear at night
This sadness cannot be expressed audibly.

It's not somebody who's seen the light
It is not an individual who has acquired wisdom.

It's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah
It is an incomplete, disheartened shout of praise.