[Verse 1]
I heard there was a secret choir
That David played, and pleased the Lord
But I didn't know really
Do you care for the music, do you?
It goes like this, a fourth, a fifth
A minor fall, a major lift
A baffled king composing "Hallelujah"

[Chorus]
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

[Verse 2]
Maybe I've been here before
I knew this room, I walked this floor
I used to live alone before I knew you
I've seen the flag on the marble arch
I love not the victory march
A cold and broken Hallelujah

[Chorus]
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

[Verse 3]
And all I've ever learned from love
Was how to shoot somebody that outdrew you
Maybe not a cry is ever heard at night
It's somebody who's seen in the light
A cold and broken Hallelujah
[Chorus]
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah