Monday, April 05, 2010

And This One Goes Out To All The Obama Fans Out There, Especially The Congregants At Allen Chapel

NO! . . . WAIT! . . .
Leonard Cohen
Hallelujah




Well, I heard there was a secret chord
David played, and it pleased the Lord
But you don't really care for music, do ya
Well, 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 low on the roof
Her beauty in the moonlight overthrew ya
She tied you to her kitchen chair
she broke your throne she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Well, maybe there is a God above
But all I've ever learned from love
Was how to shoot somebody who outdrew ya
And it's not a cry that you 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

Well, Baby, I've been here before
I've seen this room and I've walked this floor
You know, I used to live alone before I knew ya
And I've seen your flag on the marble arch
And love is not a victory march
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Well, there was a time when you let me know
What's really going on below
But now you never show that to me, do ya
And remember when I moved in you
and the holy dove was moving too
And every breath we drew was Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah(x4)

I've done my best I know it wasn't much
I couldn't feel so I learned to touch
I've told the truth I didn't come here just to fool you
And even though it all went wrong
I'll stand right here before the Lord of Song
With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah

8 comments:

midnight rider said...

I know, Alexander, I know. Left escalator please. . .

Alexander Münch said...

===" This video contains content from Vevo, who has blocked it from display on this website."===

Good! Now go here :-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCrNORbMuR0&feature=player_embedded

midnight rider said...

Did you have trouble viewing it? I see it ok here.

midnight rider said...

Um, that alternate URL isn't quite the same Leonard Cohen version

:)

Alexander Münch said...

Nop!

"Vevo" is an antisemitic! NO ISRAELIS ALLOWED!!

I know that the alternative wasn't Leonard Cohen's stuff!...

But you must admit, your legs moved all by themselves!... Right?...

Alex.

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Total said...

I'm not sure if Vevo is overtly anti-semetic, but it is owned by Abu Dhabi Media Company. Based on that tidbit, I guess it would be fair to infer that they are.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Dhabi_Media_Company

revereridesagain said...

You read my mind, MR!

midnight rider said...

Yep, first thing I thought of.