Hallelujah – Leonard Cohen：歌詞及意思

Hallelujah (1984) – Leonard Cohen

You say I took the Name in vain
I dont 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 doesnt matter which you heard
The holy or the broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah (1984) – Leonard Cohen

歌曲 Hallelujah，由加拿大歌手 Leonard Cohen 在 1984 年唱出。歌曲長達4分39秒，類型屬於民謠搖滾，填詞作曲由 Leonard Cohen，歌曲被收錄於專輯《Various Positions》。

歌曲因為2001年動畫 《Shrek》/ 《史力加》/《史瑞克》作電影配樂而受到關注。在當時，歌曲登上美國流行歌曲排行榜，更被《滾石》雜誌列入 500 首最佳歌曲之一。

歌詞方面

填詞作曲由 Leonard Cohen

Now I’ve heard there was a secret chord
That David played, and it pleased the Lord
But you dont really care for music, do you?
It goes like this, the fourth, the fifth
The minor falls, the major lifts
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 her
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
Its a cold and its a broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

You say I took the Name in vain
I dont 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 doesnt matter which you heard
The holy or the broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

I did my best, but it wasnt much
I couldn’t feel, so I tried to touch
I’ve told the truth, I didnt 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…

流行文化

《Shrek》/ 《史力加》/《史瑞克》版本

Jeff Buckley 版本 (2007)