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? 
It goes like this: the fourth, the fifth 
The minor fall, the major lift 
The baffled [bad word] Hallelujah 

Hallelujah, Hallelujah 
Hallelujah, Hallelujah 

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, Hallelujah 

Maybe 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 marble arch 
Love is not a victory march 
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah 

Hallelujah, Hallelujah 
Hallelujah, Hallelujah 

There was a time you let me know 
What's real and going on below 
But now you never 
Show it to me, do you? 
And remember when I moved in you 
The holy dark was moving too 
And every breath we drew was Hallelujah 

Hallelujah, Hallelujah 
Hallelujah, Hallelujah 

Maybe there's a God above 
And 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, Hallelujah