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

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

Baby, I have 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

There was a time you let me know
What is 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

Maybe there's a God above
But all I ever learned from love
Was how to shoot somebody who outdrew you.
And it's not your cry that I hear at night
It's not someone who's seen the light
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah