This is a cover of Jeff Buckley's version of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah"
I may rerecord the mediocre vocals track and the music programme was kind of crappy which expalins volume swings
1.-Music is spiritual, the business is not.-.-.-: quote by Van Morrison...
2.The 80's were inarguably the best years of music...
3.For some, music wakes feeli
I enjoy playing the acoustic guitar but also electric and miscellaneous six-string-instruments.
I am also working on the piano.
But I always like an instrument that fits where it is in a song.
But another favorite however is Synth Atmosphere...
Story behind the song
I wanted to make a cover of this song because it is a challenging 'chord' on the guitar, and it's fun to play... Besides I love the song in general, the composition, and the lyrics... It appeals to me...........
Lyrics
I 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, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Halleluuuuujah
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 Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Halleluuuuujah
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 marbled arch
Love is not a victory march
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Halleluuuuujah
There was a time you'd let me know
What's really going on below
But now you never show it to me, do you?
But remember when I moved in you
The holy dark was moving too
And every breath we drew was Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Halleluuuuujah
(Bridge)
Maybe there's a god above
But all I ever learned from love
Was how to shoot at someone who outdrew you
It's not a cry you can hear at night
It's not somebody who's seen the light
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Halleluuujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Halleluuuuujah
Verses removed from this version of the song:
[You say I took the name in vain
I don't even know the name
But if I knew, 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, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Halleluuuuujah]
[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 all this way to fool you
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, Halleluuujah...]
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The lyrics are slightly different in the other versions (it has also been covered by Rufus Wainwright (among others?)).
