All Star

Rufus Wainwright

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


Maybe I've been 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


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


What's real and going on below


But now you never show


It to me, do you?


I remember when


I moved in, you


Your holy dark


Was moving too


And every breath we drew


Was Hallelujah


Hallelujah, Hallelujah


Hallelujah, Hallelujah


Maybe there's a God above


And all I ever


Learned from love


Was how to shoot


At someone


Who outdrew you


It's not a cry


You can hear at night


It's not somebody


Who's seen the light


It's a cold and


It's a broken Hallelujah


Hallelujah, Hallelujah


Hallelujah, Hallelujah


Hallelujah, Hallelujah


Hallelujah, Hallelujah