Steemit Open Mic Week 97: Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen / Jeff Buckley Cover)

Hello fellow Steemians!

This song probably needs no further introduction. It's the (in)famous Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen and for sure one of the most-covered songs of all time. I played it on several occasions as well - mostly weddings, though the lyrics are pretty sad and dark but nevertheless beautiful.

Hallelujah

Well 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?
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 ya
She tied you to her kitchen chair
And she broke your throne and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah

Hallelujah

But 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 ya
And I've seen your flag on the marble arch
And love is not a victory march
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Maybe there's a God above
But all I've ever learned from love
Was how to shoot somebody who outdrew ya
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


Thanks for watching!

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