Hallelujah

This is king David's hallelujah words for Leonard Cohen's beautiful melody hallelujah Have you ever heard the song That rang above the battle’s throng Or has no minstrel ever played it to you The notes are pure, the words are clear The writer wrote for God to hear The king of praise who praised in hallelujah Hallelujah, hallelujah Hallelujah, hallelujah Your faith was strong, and your heart was bold But both upon one night you sold For the beauty and the lust that overthrew you You shut your eyes, you held your hands And blood was spilled by your demands And silent was your song, the hallelujah Hallelujah, hallelujah Hallelujah, hallelujah Then one day you heard a tale Upon the head it hit the nail Yet still your eyes were shut and all dark to you You judged the crime of the unknown But then you found it was your own And you cried to God a broken hallelujah Hallelujah, hallelujah Hallelujah, hallelujah You stood condemned, your hands were red From the innocent blood that you had shed You stood before the throne of Him who knew you Your sin was judged, you could not run For you had sinned against but one The one to whom you sang the hallelujah Hallelujah, hallelujah Hallelujah, hallelujah So you knelt upon your knees And you prayed the prayer of centuries My Lord forgive this crime I’ve done before You For I have sinned against You alone Against Your name, against Your throne You sang the broken, broken hallelujah Hallelujah, hallelujah Hallelujah, hallelujah Your judgement came, with death begun Your crown was taken by your son And trails and bitter battles set before you Yet still you sang to God above Who still you served and sought to love To Him you sang the holy hallelujah Hallelujah, hallelujah Hallelujah, hallelujah He stood beside you through it all He brought you back after your fall And gave, once more, your crown and kingdom to you He placed the sceptre in your hand You saw your people, saw your land And you sang to God in heaven hallelujah Hallelujah, hallelujah Hallelujah, hallelujah Hallelujah, hallelujah Hallelujah, hallelujah Hallelujah, hallelujah Hallelujah, hallelujah Hallelujah, hallelujah Hallelujah, hallelujah Hallelujah