Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen
There are two different versions of this song recorded by Cohen himself, the original (which is the version here) from 1984, and a live version from 1988 published on his 1994 album “Cohen Live”. The stark difference between this version and the second version is his removal of almost every biblical...
Baby, 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
But listen love, love is not some kind of victory march
No, it’s a cold and it’s a very broken hallelujah
Hallelujah, hallelujah
Hallelujah, hallelujah
There was a time you let me know
What’s really going on below
Ah, but now you never show it to me, do you?
Ah, but I remember, yeah, when I moved in you
And the holy dove, she was moving too
Yes, and every single breath that we drew was hallelujah
Hallelujah, hallelujah
Hallelujah, hallelujah
Maybe there’s a God above
As for me, all I ever seem to learn from love
Is how to shoot at someone who outdrew you
Yeah, but it’s not a complaint that you hear tonight
It’s not the laughter of someone who claims to have seen the light
No, it’s a cold and it’s a very lonely hallelujah
Hallelujah, hallelujah
Hallelujah, hallelujah
Ooh
Hallelujah, hallelujah
Hallelujah, hallelujah
I did my best, it wasn’t much
I couldn’t feel, so l learned to touch
I’ve told the truth, I didn’t come all this way to fool you
Yeah, and even though it all went wrong
I’ll stand right here before the Lord of Song
With nothing on my tongue but hallelujah
Hallelujah, hallelujah
Hallelujah, hallelujah
Hallelujah, hallelujah
Hallelujah, hallelujah
Hallelujah (Live in Austin) was written by Leonard Cohen.
Hallelujah (Live in Austin) was produced by Bob Metzger & Leanne Ungar.