tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8088717.post7327249308712710369..comments2023-10-18T02:03:42.145-07:00Comments on LEARNING TO LIVE FREE: Sometimes Words Fail: KD Lang SingingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8088717.post-27761423964837860302008-05-23T21:45:00.000-07:002008-05-23T21:45:00.000-07:00Trivia: Leonard Cohen (who wrote the song) and KD ...Trivia: Leonard Cohen (who wrote the song) and KD Lang are both Canadians. In an interview (magazine "Guitare et Claviers" 1985), Cohen said "Hallelujah is a Hebrew word which means Glory to the Lord.' The song explains that many kinds of Hallelujahs do exist. I say: 'All the perfect and broken Hallelujahs have an equal value.' It's, as I say, a desire to affirm my faith in life, not in some formal religious way but with enthusiasm, with emotion."Free2bmenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8088717.post-83192254261472045732008-05-23T21:53:00.000-07:002008-05-23T21:53:00.000-07:00Now I've heard there was a secret chordThat Da...Now I've heard there was a secret chord<br>That David played, and it pleased the Lord<br>But you don't really care for music, do you?<br>It goes like this<br>The fourth, the fifth<br>The minor fall, the major lift<br>The baffled king composing Hallelujah<br>Hallelujah<br>Hallelujah<br>Hallelujah<br>Hallelujah<br><br>Your faith was strong but you needed proof<br>You saw her bathing on the roof<br>Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you<br>She tied you<br>To a kitchen chair<br>She broke your throne, and she cut your hair<br>And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah<br><br>Baby I have been here before<br>I know this room, I've walked this floor<br>I used to live alone before I knew you.<br>I've seen your flag on the marble arch<br>Love is not a victory march<br>It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah<br><br>Hallelujah, Hallelujah<br>Hallelujah, Hallelujah<br><br>There was a time you let me know<br>What's real and going on below<br>But now you never show it to me, do you?<br>And remember when I moved in you<br>The holy dove was moving too<br>And every breath we drew was Hallelujah<br><br>Hallelujah, Hallelujah<br>Hallelujah, Hallelujah<br><br>You say I took the name in vain<br>I don't even know the name<br>But if I did, well really, what's it to you?<br>There's a blaze of light<br>In every word<br>It doesn't matter which you heard<br>The holy or the broken Hallelujah<br><br>Hallelujah, Hallelujah<br>Hallelujah, Hallelujah<br><br>I did my best, it wasn't much<br>I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch<br>I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool you<br>And even though<br>It all went wrong<br>I'll stand before the Lord of Song<br>With nothing on my tongue but HallelujahAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8088717.post-81762581575917733572008-05-24T13:23:00.000-07:002008-05-24T13:23:00.000-07:00Beautiful...voices like that...truly a gift given ...Beautiful...voices like that...truly a gift given for our enjoyment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8088717.post-46947928772603185472008-05-25T17:07:00.000-07:002008-05-25T17:07:00.000-07:00I think this is my favorite version of this song t...I think this is my favorite version of this song that I've heard yet! Beautiful!<br><br>Thanks, Free, for posting.daisyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03168831819807523569noreply@blogger.com