A poignant reflection on the human condition and the struggles one goes through in life. The lyrics seem to revolve around the theme of atonement and the need for redemption.
[Verse 1]
I bleed like a millionaire
My bones lay with dust in your care
Just don't leave this old dog to go lame
This life requires another name
[Chorus]
Oh, so low
(I got lucky this time in the hunt for atonement)
Oh
(I got lucky this time in the hunt for atonement)
(I got lucky this time in the hunt for atonement)
So low
Hallelujah
[Verse 2]
You sold me a second hand joke
Young man, where there's fire there's smoke
Just don't leave this old dog to go lame
This life requires another name
[Chorus]
(I got lucky this time in the hunt for atonement)
Oh
(I got lucky this time in the hunt for atonement)
(I got lucky this time in the hunt for atonement)
So low
(I got lucky this time in the hunt for atonement)
(I got lucky this time in the hunt for atonement)
Oh
(I got lucky this time in the hunt for atonement)
(I got lucky this time in the hunt for atonement)
So low
(I got lucky this time in the hunt for atonement)
Hallelujah
[Bridge]
Just don't leave this old dog to go lame
Just don't leave this old dog to go lame
[Verse 3]
I bleed like a millionaire
Cause my bones lay with dust in your care
Just don't leave this old dog to go lame
This life requires another name
Hallelujah (So Low) was written by Edward Lay & Elliott Williams & Justin Lockey & Russell Leetch & Tom Smith.
Hallelujah (So Low) was produced by Leo Abrahams & Editors.
Editors released Hallelujah (So Low) on Thu Feb 22 2018.
Tom Smith in an interview with Billboard:
I wrote the words to “Hallelujah (So Low)” when I got back from a trip with Oxfam, visiting refugee camps in Northern Greece. It was obviously an incredibly moving trip, seeing people living in dust, surviving only on the help of others was very moving. Mus...