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........too sweet....too real.....afraid to feel.....
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'.......all I ever learned from love
was how to shoot somebody who outdrew ya......' *
you'd think that I'd have known by now
to stick around and see somehow
the truest love's the one that sees right through ya
the one who's searched behind your eyes
and touched your heart with sweet surprise
and all the while was singing Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
this crowded floor is covered by
the ones who chased the buzzin' fly
found porpoise in the sea and overflew ya
but the mountain wasn't all that high
and the canyons echo with reply
to a beating heart that's crying Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
the agony, the ecstacy
you know they've had their way with me
and I can tell you've felt them running through ya
those things have made your voice so strong
and added colors to your song
so that every note you sing is Halelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
you sang your song so clear and true
I trembled at the soul in you
Guess you don't believe me now, or do ya....?
I say it now, I know it well
if ever peals that joyous bell
I'd ride through hell to hear that Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Thankyou Tim and Jeff Buckley and Leonard Cohen for your inspiration and for letting me borrow some of your words and music......and add some of my own.........with love, D.
*melody is L. Cohen's tune 'Hallelujah'
words in quotes at top of page are by L. Cohen/J. Buckley
(most of the rest are mine, such as they are) ; =: }
not what I usually do, but I love that tune and just hadda do a little something......it's beautiful, quite beyond my words to describe...as sung by Jeff Buckley...you can find it on youtube as:
Jeff Buckley-Hallelujah
delilah contrapunctal.... yes, that's how I intended to spell it.........
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Alison Cassidy (1/4/2008 12:35:00 AM)
Thanks sweet soul, for this creative adaptation of Cohen's memorable song that happens to be going round and round in my head at the moment. How blissful when souls connect through music and a shared compassion and agony/ecstasy. Your words add another dimension to the original. Never underestimate your talent. Love, Allie ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ |
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