Hallelujah – English Lyrics

• By: Pentatonix
• Album: THE GREATEST CHRISTMAS HITS

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

♪ 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 ya. ♪

♪ Well it goes like this ♪

♪t he fourth the fifth the minor

♪ fall, the major lift ♪

♪ The baffled king composing ♪

♪ Hallelujah ♪

♪ Hallelujah, Hallelujah, ♪

♪ Well your faith was strong ♪

♪ but you needed proof ♪

♪ You saw her bathing ♪

♪ on the roof ♪

♪ Her beauty and the ♪

♪ moonlight overthrew you ♪

♪ She tied you to ♪

♪ the kitchen chair ♪

♪ She broke your throne ♪

♪ and she cut your hair ♪

♪ And from your lips she drew ♪

♪ the Hallelujah ♪

♪ Hallelujah, Hallelujah, ♪

♪ Baby I've been here before ♪

♪ I've seen this room ♪

♪ and I've walked this floor

♪ I used to live alone ♪

♪ before I knew you ♪

♪ And I've seen your flag ♪

♪ on that marble arch, ♪

♪ and Love is not ♪

♪ a victory march ♪

♪ It's a cold and it's a broken

♪ Hallelujah ♪

♪ Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah ♪

♪ Maybe there's a God above ♪

♪ But all I've ever ♪

♪ learned from love ♪

♪ was how to shoot somebody ♪

♪ who outdrew you. ♪

♪ And its not a cry ♪

♪ that you hear at night ♪

♪ Its not somebody ♪

♪ who's seen the light ♪

♪ Its a cold and it's a broken ♪

♪ Hallelujah ♪

♪ Hallelujah, Hallelujah ♪

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
chord /kɔːrd/ B2	noun - a combination of musical tones sounded simultaneously.
lord /lɔːrd/ B1	noun - a male ruler; God.
faith /feɪθ/ B2	noun - complete trust or confidence in someone or something.
proof /pruːf/ B1	noun - evidence or argument establishing or helping to establish a fact.
beauty /ˈbjuːti/ A2	noun - a combination of qualities, such as shape, color, or form, that pleases the aesthetic senses, especially the sight.
overthrow /ˌoʊvərˈθroʊ/ C1	verb - violently defeat and overthrow (a government or ruler).
broke /broʊk/ A2	verb - past tense of break - to separate into pieces.
lips /lɪps/ A1	noun - either of the two fleshy parts forming the edge of the mouth.
drew /druː/ A2	verb - past tense of draw - pull or drag (something) so as to move it toward oneself or along a surface.
room /ruːm/ A1	noun - a part of a building, typically one that is enclosed by walls.
floor /flɔːr/ A1	noun - the lower surface of a room, typically made of wood, concrete, or tile.
alone /əˈloʊn/ A2	adjective - having no one else present.
flag /flæɡ/ A2	noun - a piece of cloth with a distinctive design that is used as a symbol of a nation, organization, or group.
arch /ɑːrtʃ/ B1	noun - a curved structure over an opening, typically forming part of a wall.
victory /ˈvɪktəri/ B2	noun - an achievement that is won or obtained.
cold /koʊld/ A1	adjective - of or at a low or relatively low temperature.
shoot /ʃuːt/ B1	verb - fire a gun.
light /laɪt/ A1	noun - the natural agent that makes things visible.