Hallelujah / Leonard Cohen

J'ai entendu dire qu'il y avait un accord secret
Que David jouait et qui plaisait au Seigneur
Mais tu ne t'intéresses pas vraiment à la musique, n'est-ce pas
Ça faisait comme ça :
 La quarte, la quinte
L'accord mineur tombe et le majeur monte
Le roi perplexe composant un Hallelujah

Hallelujah...

Ta foi était forte mais tu avais besoin de preuves
Tu l'as vue se baigner sur le toit
Sa beauté et le clair de lune t'ont renversé
Elle t'a attaché
à une chaise de cuisine
Elle a brisé ton trône, et t'a coupé les cheveux
Et de tes lèvres elle a tiré l'Hallelujah

Hallelujah...

Vous dites que j'utilise le Nom* en vain
Mais je ne connais même pas le Nom
Mais si je le fait, bon vraiment, qu'est ce que ça peut te faire ?
Il y a un éclat de lumière
Dans chaque mot
Qu'importe que tu entendes
Le saint Hallelujah ou le brisé

Hallelujah...

J'ai fait de mon mieux, ce n'était pas beaucoup
Je ne pouvais pas sentir, alors j'ai essayé d'effleurer
J'ai dit la vérité, je ne suis pas venue pour te duper
Et bien que
Tout ait mal tourné
Je me tiendrai devant le Seigneur du Chant
Avec rien d'autre à mes lèvres qu'Hallelujah

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...
 
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...
 
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...

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...

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...

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