Jeff BUCKLEY "Hallelujah"

Extrait du Live donné en France en 1996 où Jeff BUCKLEY reprend la chanson de Léonard COHEN.
Une version belle et fragile filmée en clair obscur...






"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

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Well your faith was strong but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty and the moonlight over threw you
And she tied you to her kitchen chair
She broke your throne and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

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 you
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

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

Hallelujah , Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Well, maybe there's a God above
But all ever learned from love
Was how to shoot somebody who out drew 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
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah..."


Jeff BUCKLEY "Hallelujah"
Album Grace - 1994