There's a blaze of light in every word
It doesn't matter which you heard
The holy or the broken hallelujah
Hallelujah, qui signifie en hébreu Hallelou « Rendez louange » Yah, Yahweh « à Dieu », est une chanson écrite par Leonard Cohen. Elle a été enregistrée pour la première fois sur son album de 1984 intitulé Various Positions. Elle a été l'objet de multiples reprises, notamment par Jeff Buckley en 1994.
Elle traite de sujets assez ambigus et amène à de nombreux débats au sujet des intentions ou des messages que Cohen veut faire passer. Cette chanson fait appel aux thèmes de la religion et du sexe ; de cette manière, elle traite la dynamique d'une relation en utilisant une métaphore.
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
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 a kitchen chair
She broke your throne, and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the 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
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
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