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Monday, December 23, 2013

Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah

Some of you who attended my seminars in Europe this past fall 2013 may remember me talking about the beautiful song-- Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen. You can watch it being performed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrLk4vdY28Q. 

4 comments:

  1. Dearest Judy
    Oh thank you so for the link
    I love Leonard Cohen so and spezial this christmas song. But i don't understand all. You have the text. I like to sing this too with my teacher and my piano. I love you !!
    Eva

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  2. Here are the lyrics to the song, Eva. Enjoy!

    "Hallelujah"

    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, 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 in 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

    Baby I have 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
    It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah

    Hallelujah, Hallelujah
    Hallelujah, Hallelujah

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

    Hallelujah, Hallelujah
    Hallelujah, Hallelujah

    Maybe there’s a God above
    But all I’ve ever learned from love
    Was how to shoot at someone who outdrew you
    It’s not a cry you can hear at night
    It’s not somebody who has seen the light
    It’s a cold and it’s a broken 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, Hallelujah
    Hallelujah, Hallelujah
    Hallelujah, Hallelujah
    Hallelujah, Hallelujah
    Hallelujah, Hallelujah
    Hallelujah, Hallelujah
    Hallelujah

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  3. My deatest Judy
    Oh thank you so !!
    Yes i enjoy this song. It seems me like message from Bernd. He knows, that i llove this song so much- and than- in the center of my tears yesterday comes your message and the link. It is so a very spezial gift for me and this hole christmas.
    Iove you
    Eva

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  4. You are very welcome, Eva. I wish you a holy holly Christmas too! Love is eternal. Hallelujah!

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