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. It goes like this the fourth the fifth, the minor fall and the major lift The baffled king composing hallelujah Halleluja, Halleluja, Halleluja, Halleluja 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 Baby I've beeen here before. I know this room 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, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah There was a time you let me know whats really going on below but now you never show it 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 Now maybe there's a god above but all I ever learned from love is how to shoot at someone who outdrew you And it's no complaint you hear tonight and it's not some pilgrim who's seen the light it's a cold and it's a lonely Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah I did my best it wasn't much. I couldn't feel so I learned 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

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