Now 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 and the major lift
The baffled king composing 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, and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Maybe there's a God above
but all I ever learned from love
Was how to shoot at someone who outdrew you
It's no complaint you hear tonight
It's not some pilgrim who's seen the light
It's a cold and it's a lonely (/very broken ) Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Baby 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
But love is not a victory march
No It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah
There was a time you let me know
What's really going on below
But now you never even show it to me, do you?
And remember when I moved in you
the holy dove she was moving too
And every single breath that 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 you?
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 truth, I didn't come to fool you
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 ...
Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen: a cloze exercise
Scritta dal cantautore canadese Leonard Cohen, e incisa nel 1984 per la prima volta con poco successo, il brano esplose nell'esecuzione di John Cale, e in seguito di Jeff Buckley. Negli ultimi anni versioni diverse sono state eseguite da una vasta gamma di artistii. Il testo è pieno di riferimenti biblici e complesso, ne esistono versioni con solo tre strofe. Nelle performance dal vivo Cohen spesso cambia o aggiunge qualcosa.Words and Verbs to insert:
baffled= sconcertato -- bathing= si bagnava -- below= in basso -- blaze= bagliore -- breath= respiro -- care= ti importa -- dove= colomba -- faith= fede -- fifth= quinta -- knew= conoscessi -- learned= ho imparato -- major= maggiore -- marble= di marmo -- march= marcia -- maybe= forse -- moonlight= luce della luna -- my best= del mio meglio -- pleased= allietava -- 's seen= ha visto -- secret= segreta -- shoot= sparare -- show= mostri -- though= se -- throne= trono -- tied= legò -- tongue= lingua -- took= ho pronunciato -- truth= verità -- walked= percorso -- when= quando -- which= quale
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