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