Halleluja

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 Halleluja





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


She cut your hair


And from your lips she drew the Halleluja





Halleluja


Halleluja


Halleluja


Halleluja





Maybe I have 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 Halleluja





Halleluja


Halleluja


Halleluja


Halleluja





There was a time you let me know


Whats real and going on below


But now you never show it to me do you?





Remember when I moved in you


The holy dark was moving too


And every breath we drew was Halleluja





Halleluja


Halleluja


Halleluja


Halleluja





Maybe theres a God above


And all I ever learned from love


Was how to shoot at someone who outdrew you.





And Its not a cry you can hear at night


its not somebody whos seen the light


its a cold and its a broken Halleluja





Halleluja


Halleluja


Halleluja


Halleluja