The magic of this song is the simplicity ... The only accompaniment here is the piano ...

 

This song was written by Leonard Cohen and performed by Jeff Buckley and Sheryl Crow, but Rufus' version is by far the best version of this song ...

 

You might recognize this song from the soundtrack of Shrek ... I'm including the lyrics below ...

 

 

 

Hallelujah 

 

I 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 Hallelu----jah

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, she cut your hair, and from your lips she drew the Hallelujah

Hallelujah Hallelujah
Hallelujah Hallelu----jah

Maybe I have been here before, I know this room; I have 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 its a broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah Hallelujah
Hallelujah Hallelu----jah

There was a time you let me know whats really going on below, but now you never show it to me, do you? (and)
Remember when I moved in you; the holy dark was moving too, and every breath we drew was Hallelujah

Hallelujah Hallelujah
Hallelujah Hallelu----jah

Maybe there's a God above, and all I ever learned from love was how to shoot at someone who outdrew you
And its not a cry you can hear at night, its not somebody who's seen the light, its a cold and its a broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah Hallelujah
Hallelujah Hallelu--jah

Hallelujah Hallelujah
Hallelujah Hallelu---u---jah