Hallelujah - Pentatonix - Disappointment!

[10jeater]

I know this is probably not the place to post this, but if you have heard the new version of Pentatonix's Hallelujah and your display is Christmas messaged you may want to use a different version.

This is the original Lenard Cohen version lyrics, and while I think the song is beautiful, it is not a Christian (Christmas) song in my opinion.

Disappointing that they would put this out on their Christmas album - because it really is one of the most beautiful versions of the song I have heard.

Lyrics below:

Well 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?
Well it goes like this:
The fourth, the fifth, the minor fall and the major lift
The baffled king composing Hallelujah

Well 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 her kitchen chair
And she broke your throne and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah

But 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

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
But remember when I moved in you
And the holy dove was moving too
And every breath we drew was Hallelujah

Maybe there's 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

 

 

Edited October 29, 2016 by 10jeater
spell correction