I heard there was a secret chord

That david played and it pleased the lord

But you don't really care for music, do you

Well it goes like this the fourth, the fifth

The minor fall and the major lift

The baffled king composing hallelujah



Hallelujah...



Well your faith was strong but you needed proof

You saw her bathing on the roof

Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you

She tied you to her kitchen chair

She broke your throne and she cut your hair

And from your lips she drew the hallelujah



Hallelujah...



Baby i've been here before

I've seen this room and i've walked this floor

I used to live alone before i knew you

I've seen your flag on the marble arch

But love is not a victory march

It's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah



Hallelujah...



Well there was a time when you let me know

What's really going on below

But now you never show that to me do you?

But remember when i moved in you

And the holy dove was moving too

And every breath we drew was hallelujah



Oh mother, i can feel the soil falling over my head

And as i climb into an empty bed - oh well, enough said

I know it's over still i cling, i don't know where else i can go, over and over...

Oh mother, i can feel the soil falling over my head

See the sea it wants to take me, the knife wants to slit (cut) me

Do you think you can help me?



Sad veiled bride please be happy - handsome groom give her room

Loud loutish lover treat her kindly though she needs you

More than she loves you - and i know it's over - still i cling

I don't know where else i can go - over and over.....

Oh mother, i can feel the soil falling over my head

Oh mother, i c