Zephaniah Trust

"taking light into dark corners"

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Now I heard there was a secret chord

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,

the beauty and the moonlight overthrew you.

She tied you to the kitchen chair,

she broke your throne, she cut your hair,

and from your lips she drew your "Hallelujah".

Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah

You say I took the name in vain;

I never really knew the name

but 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 holy or the broken Hallelujah.

Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah

I tried my best but it wasn't much

I couldn't feel so I tried to touch

told the truth, I never tried 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".

Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah

Leonard Cohen

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