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 ya 
It goes like this the fourth the fifth 
the minor fall and 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 ya 
She tied you to a kitchen chair 
She broke your throne, and 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 when 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 

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 ya? 
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, Hallelujah 

I did my best, it wasn't much 
I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch 
I've told the [bad word]  I [bad word] to fool ya 
And even though it all went wrong 
I'll stand before the Lord of Song 
With nothing on my tongue but 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 
And 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, Halleluja