the lyrics to hallelujah by leonard cohen

She broke your throne, and she cut your hair,Īnd from your lips she drew the Hallelujah!īut if I did, well, really, what’s it to you? Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you. Your faith was strong but you needed proof. That David played, and it pleased the Lord,īut you don’t really care for music, do you?

Hallelujah - Various Positions (1985), also live in 1985 So, the additional verses were put in various orders by various performes who covered it.

Later, Leonard published Hallelujah in Stranger Music: Selected Poems and Songs as Version 1 + 'Additional Verses' (3 new ones from Cohen Live). Also, sparse piano sound comes from Cale's arrangements Leonard always did it with full band orchestrations (even, it's known that he was very keen about the chorus, trying to achieve 'the sound of Jewish choir', as he said to one journalist in early 80s). After that, many performers are doing Cale version (via Buckley's) or omitting some verses etc. That version was covered by Jeff Buckley. Cale then organised verses, sung them live for years, and made studio version for I'm Your Fan tribute album. He heard new Hallelujah in 1988 show and asked Leonard for ALL verses and Leonard faxed the lyrics to him. Leonard never performed both versions merged into one - that was done by John Cale. So there's many people around hearing only one of those versions by Leonard, and thinking that Jeff Buckley wrote other verses. First version was repeated on The Essential Leonard Cohen (2002), while second (from Cohen Live) was repeated on More Best Of (1997). The main confusion is that Leonard performed first version of Hallelujah in 1985 (Various Positions, world tour), and then new, second version on 19 tours (which was released on Cohen Live in 1994). If there ever was 15 verses, it was never published. Purple, I don't know which version you have - the order of verses isn't Leonard's. It would be much appreciated if anyone has any of the missing 8 I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool you

Was how to shoot somebody who outdrew youīut if I did, well really, what's it to you? Well there was a time when you let me know I've seen this room and I've walked this floor She broke your throne and she cut your hairĪnd from your lips she drew the hallelujah Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you Well your faith was strong but you needed proof Well it goes like this the fourth, the fifth That David played and it pleased the lordīut you don't really care for music, do you I am also searching for the rest of the verses.

The lyrics to hallelujah by leonard cohen