just because i love it

<p>Well I’ve heard there was a secret chord
That David played, and he 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, hallelujah
Hallelujah, hallelujah </p>

<p>Well your faith was strong, but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty in the moonlight overthrew you
And she tied you to her kitchen chair
And she broke your throne, and she cut your hair
And from your lips you drew the hallelujah
Hallelujah, hallelujah
Hallelujah, hallelujah </p>

<p>Well baby I’ve been here before
I’ve seen this room and I’ve walked this floor, you know,
I used to live alone before I knew you
And I’ve seen your flag on the marble arch
And love is not a victory march
It’s a cold, it’s a broken hallelujah
Hallelujah, hallelujah
Hallelujah, hallelujah </p>

<p>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?
I remember when I moved in you
And the Holy Dove was moving too
And every breath we drew was hallelujah
Hallelujah, hallelujah
Hallelujah, hallelujah </p>

<p>Maybe there is a God above
But all I’ve ever learned from love
Was how to shoot somebody who outdrew you
And it’s not a cry that you hear at night
It’s not somebody who’s seen the light
It’s a cold and it’s a broken hallelujah </p>

<p>Hallelujah, hallelujah
Hallelujah, hallelujah,
Hallelujah, hallelujah
Hallelujah, hallelujah
Hallelujah, hallelujah
Hallelujah, hallelujah
Hallelujah.</p>

<p>I love that song, too. What version do you like best? I like Rufus Wainwright’s, but that other guy who did it (I’m drawing a blank on the name) has a great voice, too.</p>

<p>Jeff Buckley? That’s the version I listen to most.</p>

<p>john cale?</p>

<p>but seriously, a whole thread?</p>

<p>Jeff Buckley, indeed!</p>

<p>(and yeah, I do sort of agree…)</p>

<p>Aren’t you supposed to wait until Easter Sunday to sing this?</p>

<p>the hallelujah chorus is sung on Easter Sunday. this is a song with allusions to the Bible but really a bitter love song.</p>