One of the most beautiful, moving, and spiritual songs I have ever heard has lyrics some here may object to
Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen, song by nearly anyone, even by Lucy Ricardo or Homer Simpson, moves the heart to the praise and joy in God. It is irresistible to me. Moth to a flame. The frame of Hallelujah repeated over and over again was all I needed to feel that light and love of God grow and fill me. Loved singing it! Then I looked for the lyrics. Here they are:
"Now 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 and the moonlight overthrew you
She tied you to a kitchen chair
She broke your throne, and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
You say I took the name in vain
I don't even know 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 which you heard
The holy or the broken Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
I did my best, it wasn't much
I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch
I've told the truth, I didn't come 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
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah
For me this stanza tells the real story: "There's a blaze of light in every word, It doesn't matter which you heard, The holy or the broken Hallelujah."
rumitoid wrote:
Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen, song by nearly anyone, even by Lucy Ricardo or Homer Simpson, moves the heart to the praise and joy in God. It is irresistible to me. Moth to a flame. The frame of Hallelujah repeated over and over again was all I needed to feel that light and love of God grow and fill me. Loved singing it! Then I looked for the lyrics. Here they are:
"Now 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 and the moonlight overthrew you
She tied you to a kitchen chair
She broke your throne, and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
You say I took the name in vain
I don't even know 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 which you heard
The holy or the broken Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
I did my best, it wasn't much
I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch
I've told the truth, I didn't come 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
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah
For me this stanza tells the real story: "There's a blaze of light in every word, It doesn't matter which you heard, The holy or the broken Hallelujah."
Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen, song by nearly anyone... (
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Why would anyone object to this song???
proud republican wrote:
I love this song too...
It is wonderful. Thank you.
rumitoid wrote:
Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen, song by nearly anyone, even by Lucy Ricardo or Homer Simpson, moves the heart to the praise and joy in God. It is irresistible to me. Moth to a flame. The frame of Hallelujah repeated over and over again was all I needed to feel that light and love of God grow and fill me. Loved singing it! Then I looked for the lyrics. Here they are:
"Now 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 and the moonlight overthrew you
She tied you to a kitchen chair
She broke your throne, and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
You say I took the name in vain
I don't even know 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 which you heard
The holy or the broken Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
I did my best, it wasn't much
I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch
I've told the truth, I didn't come 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
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah
For me this stanza tells the real story: "There's a blaze of light in every word, It doesn't matter which you heard, The holy or the broken Hallelujah."
Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen, song by nearly anyone... (
show quote)
Did you know that Bob Dylan recorded this song back in the 80s? Every Sabbath (Saturday) it is broadcast at 2am by the Israeli defense force's radio channel.... Interesting song...
rumitoid wrote:
Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen, song by nearly anyone, even by Lucy Ricardo or Homer Simpson, moves the heart to the praise and joy in God. It is irresistible to me. Moth to a flame. The frame of Hallelujah repeated over and over again was all I needed to feel that light and love of God grow and fill me. Loved singing it! Then I looked for the lyrics. Here they are:
"Now 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 and the moonlight overthrew you
She tied you to a kitchen chair
She broke your throne, and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
You say I took the name in vain
I don't even know 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 which you heard
The holy or the broken Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
I did my best, it wasn't much
I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch
I've told the truth, I didn't come 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
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah
For me this stanza tells the real story: "There's a blaze of light in every word, It doesn't matter which you heard, The holy or the broken Hallelujah."
Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen, song by nearly anyone... (
show quote)
I prefer the Jeff Buckley version personally, the first 2 verses are the same, it veers after that with different lyrics.
Pennylynn wrote:
Did you know that Bob Dylan recorded this song back in the 80s? Every Sabbath (Saturday) it is broadcast at 2am by the Israeli defense force's radio channel.... Interesting song...
Wow. Thank you. The point of "interesting song" had me wonder how well it was accepted by the religious. You helped clear up that question.
Common_Sense_Matters wrote:
I prefer the Jeff Buckley version personally, the first 2 verses are the same, it veers after that with different lyrics.
I like K.D.Lang's rendition, but Cohen's best.
rumitoid wrote:
I like K.D.Lang's rendition, but Cohen's best.
Haven't tried the K.D. Lang version yet, perhaps I should.
rumitoid wrote:
Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen, song by nearly anyone, even by Lucy Ricardo or Homer Simpson, moves the heart to the praise and joy in God. It is irresistible to me. Moth to a flame. The frame of Hallelujah repeated over and over again was all I needed to feel that light and love of God grow and fill me. Loved singing it! Then I looked for the lyrics. Here they are:
"Now 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 and the moonlight overthrew you
She tied you to a kitchen chair
She broke your throne, and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
You say I took the name in vain
I don't even know 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 which you heard
The holy or the broken Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
I did my best, it wasn't much
I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch
I've told the truth, I didn't come 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
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah
For me this stanza tells the real story: "There's a blaze of light in every word, It doesn't matter which you heard, The holy or the broken Hallelujah."
Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen, song by nearly anyone... (
show quote)
Whoever wrote the song didn't know the Bible.
It was David who saw Uriah's wife bathing.
It was Delilah who cut Samson's hair.
As for repetition, read Matthew 6:7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
I have always hated pseudointellectualism in any field.
rumitoid wrote:
Wow. Thank you. The point of "interesting song" had me wonder how well it was accepted by the religious. You helped clear up that question.
The accepted song is the one you posted.... but, 10 years after he wrote that one... (Stranger music 1993), he produced the song with totally different lyrics. I like the one you posted well enough, but it takes a strong voice to do it justice. I heard it performed at the Mormon Tabernacle in DC during their Christmas performance... the choir did a very fine job. Perhaps I am just looking for the same perfection in other performers.
rumitoid wrote:
Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen, song by nearly anyone, even by Lucy Ricardo or Homer Simpson, moves the heart to the praise and joy in God. It is irresistible to me. Moth to a flame. The frame of Hallelujah repeated over and over again was all I needed to feel that light and love of God grow and fill me. Loved singing it! Then I looked for the lyrics. Here they are:
"Now 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 and the moonlight overthrew you
She tied you to a kitchen chair
She broke your throne, and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
You say I took the name in vain
I don't even know 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 which you heard
The holy or the broken Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
I did my best, it wasn't much
I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch
I've told the truth, I didn't come 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
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah
For me this stanza tells the real story: "There's a blaze of light in every word, It doesn't matter which you heard, The holy or the broken Hallelujah."
Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen, song by nearly anyone... (
show quote)
Rumitoid,
I am amazed. Your picture irritates me so much, I rarely read anything you write. What I have read, I disagree w/ but I bless you for sharing this.
I played in The Atlanta Chamber Orchestra for years. Way back then, classical religious songs were accepted as some of the greatest music ever written. I can assure you it is some of the hardest to play. I can’t think of a one where a missed note would not ruin the whole performance.
Thank you.
I like the Christmas version put out by Cloverton.
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