Rufus Wainwright Hallelujah Lyrics:
I've heard there was a secret chord,
That David played, and it pleased the Lord.
But you don't really care for music, do you?
It goes like this the fourth, the fifth,
The minor fall, 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 in 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.

Maybe I've been here before.
I know this room, I've walked this floor.
I used to live alone before I knew you.
I've seen your flag on the marble arch.
Love is not a victory march.
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah.

Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah.

There was a time you'd let me know
What's real and going on below.
But now you never show it to me, do you?
And remember when I moved in you?
The holy dark was moving too.
And every breath we drew was Hallelujah.

Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah.

Maybe there's a God above,
And all I ever learned from love,
Was how to shoot at someone who outdrew you.
And it's not a cry you can hear at night.
It's not somebody who's seen the light.
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah.

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Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah.
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah.


[HALLELUJAH [1] ]
[Written by: Leonard Cohen-1984]
[Performed by: Rufus Wainwright [2] ]
[Appears on: Shrek (Soundtrack)-2001* [3] , The L Word (TV Series)-2004 &
Want Two-2005 & The Saturday Sessions: The Dermot O'Leary Show-2007*.
(*Compilation of various artists.)]

[1] Regarding the song's melody, Rufus Wainwright has commented that, "It's
an easy song to sing. The music never pummels the words. The melody is
almost liturgical and conjures up religious feelings. It's purifying."
During the lyrics, "the fourth, the fifth, the minor fall, the major lift,"
the chords move as described: F ("the fourth"), G ("the fifth"), Am ("the
minor fall") and F ("the major lift").]

[2] Originally released by Leonard Cohen on his 1984 studio album, Various
Positions. A live recording of the song from 1988, appears on the 1994
album, Cohen Live. "Hallelujah" has experienced great popularity and has
now been recorded more than 170 times.]

COVERS FOR RELEASE: John Cale, Jeff Buckley, The New Guitar Buddies (aka:
Norwegian artists, Alejandro Fuentes, Askil Holm, Espen Lind and Kurt
Nilsen), Damien Rice, Jack L, and many others.]

COVERS FROM MOVIES: John Cale, in the 1996 film Basquiat, as well as in the
2001 animated film, Shrek (Rufus Wainwright's version of the song appears
on that film's soundtrack album rather than Cale's), St. Ralph, Deliver Us
from Evil, Kissed by Winter, Feast of Love, Barfuss, Lord of War & When
Night is Falling. Additionally, in 1994, Cale's cover was used for the
closing of The Stuff, a short film about John Frusciante by Johnny Depp and
Gibby Haynes.]

COVERS FROM TV: American Idol contestant Jason Castro (on American Idol
Season 7), Sheryl Crow (on Live and Unplugged), Holby City, House, Falcon
Beach, The L Word, The O.C. (twice by Jeff Buckley, once by Imogen Heap),
Hollyoaks, The West Wing, Scrubs, Third watch & Without a Trace (dealing
with events of 9/11), Cold Case, Criminal Minds, ER, The Shield, Nip/Tuck,
Crossing Jordan, Drama and Nicole, Rescue Me, LAX, Roswell, Ugly Betty,
Numb3rs, Nearly Famous and One Tree Hill.]

OTHER SPECIAL TRIBUTES: Alistair Griffin rewrote the lyrics to reference
the soccer player Mark Viduka. (Leonard Cohen gave permission for this to
be released as a charity download in support of The MacMillan Cancer
Fund)-2007. After the shooting massacre at NIU, the song was covered by
Christina Marie, during a montage of YouTube users' responses to the
massacre. On the September 29, 2008, broadcast of Late Show with David
Letterman, the song was played over a farewell montage for actor Paul
Newman, who had died three days earlier.]

[3] Transcribed from the track on this album.]
Lyrics: Hallelujah, Rufus Wainwright [end]