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?
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It goes like this: the fourth, the fifth
The minor fall, the major lift
The baffled king composing Hallelujah
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Your faith was strong, but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you
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She tied you to a kitchen chair
She broke your throne and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah
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Baby, I have been here before
I know this room, I've walked this floor
I used to live alone before I knew you
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I've seen your flag on the marble arch
Love is not a victory march
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah
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There was a time you let me know
What's really going on below
But now you never show it to me, do you?
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And remember when I moved in you
The holy dove was moving too
And every breath we drew was Hallelujah
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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?
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There's a blaze of light in every word
It doesn't matter which you heard
The holy or the broken Hallelujah
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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
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And even though it all went wrong
I'll stand before the Lord of Song
With nothing on my tongue