HALLELUJAH
Title:Hallelujah
Album:Grace
Artist:Buckley Jeff
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?
Well it goes like this:
The fourth, the fifth
The minor fall, the major lift
The baffled king
Composing Hallelujah
Hallelujah, 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 a kitchen chair
She broke your throne
And she cut your hair
And from your lips
She drew the Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Baby I've been here before
I've seen 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
But Love is not a victory march
It's a cold and
It's a broken Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Well there was a time
You let me know
What's really going on below
But now you never show
that to me, do you?
but remember when
I moved in, you
Your holy dove
Was moving too
And every breath we drew
Was Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Well maybe there's a God above
but all I ever
Learned from love
Was how to shoot
someone who outdrew you
It's not a cry
that you hear at night
It's not somebody
Who's seen the light
It's a cold and
It's a broken Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah
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Re: Hallelujah
So powerful
Thanx QT
Thanx QT
One of my favourite songs...sung by Stan...top 6? ...gosh I was freaking out that night coz he was in the bottom 2 with Kate...but I wasnt watching it live...haha....thats what flikky posted on youtube...haha....and then dissapeared to watch the show!!!...I remember going crazy coz...no one was online to tell me if it was kate or stan who had left...for about an hour I was posting everywhere frantically searching...but then the relief came...whew! and then Senchavanilla posted the video "halleluyah" first and I cried...so beautiful...and only a couple I know agreed with me that he was not flat in the low register during the first moments of this song(didn't care what Dicko or JD said)...what the?...he was simply the winner in my eyes!! I've listened to it on my mp3....on you tube like a million times...and ...still not flat!!
Thanks Renee! I love Stans version (on the show)the best!!
Thanks Renee! I love Stans version (on the show)the best!!
Thanx QT for the lyrics....absolutely brilliant, strong, powerful, thought provoking.
Loooove, looove, looove this song....only when Stan sings it...doesn't do anything for me when hear this song sung by someone else.
Stan's voice and the story that he's singing always resonates truth to me.....and I believe.....he makes that connection that speaks of freedom from pain, anger, hurt.....and that there are choices we can make to help ourselves.
Love...love...love ya Stan!!!...Thank you for being you!!!
Taichi
Loooove, looove, looove this song....only when Stan sings it...doesn't do anything for me when hear this song sung by someone else.
Stan's voice and the story that he's singing always resonates truth to me.....and I believe.....he makes that connection that speaks of freedom from pain, anger, hurt.....and that there are choices we can make to help ourselves.
Love...love...love ya Stan!!!...Thank you for being you!!!
Taichi
Stan has that wonderful gift of being able to take a song, interpret and breathe new life into it, in such a way that it really touches the heart and resonates truth, as Taichi said.
He has the power of God behind his voice as has been said elsewhere on this forum - and that's what makes what he does so amazing - God just reaches out to you from the song and touches your heart.
That's what I have experienced, and makes Stan so unique and special (to me anyway!).
He couldn't do that unless he'd been through all the stuff that he has, experienced the love and healing power of God in his life and love the Lord as much as we all know that he does.
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He has the power of God behind his voice as has been said elsewhere on this forum - and that's what makes what he does so amazing - God just reaches out to you from the song and touches your heart.
That's what I have experienced, and makes Stan so unique and special (to me anyway!).
He couldn't do that unless he'd been through all the stuff that he has, experienced the love and healing power of God in his life and love the Lord as much as we all know that he does.
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awww. No probs Kiwi, Kalaivani & Taichi, you are all welcome.
I agree i first heard this song sang on Shrek, and loved it, but of course it doesn't mean anything to me now since i heard Stan sing it.
as Nicola said (i have been saying since day 1 to, so i 200% agree) Stan has alway had a way of taking a song & interpreting it his own way.
Love this song now more than ever, & when i hear it it just makes me cry aswell.
I agree i first heard this song sang on Shrek, and loved it, but of course it doesn't mean anything to me now since i heard Stan sing it.
as Nicola said (i have been saying since day 1 to, so i 200% agree) Stan has alway had a way of taking a song & interpreting it his own way.
Love this song now more than ever, & when i hear it it just makes me cry aswell.
I've spent some time listening to every version of Hallelujah
Leonard Cohen (canadian) who wrote the song---his version, soft lullaby
Jeff buckley's version---
Bon jovi------
Sherly Crowe---
J.T and Matt Morris---Hope for haiti(excellent harmony)
Il Divo--- in spanish(Opera style)
K.D. lang---very good,i think the best version of the lot
STAN WALKER--His version will always stand out for me,the BESTEST EVER
I felt he had another presence around him when he was singing on Idol that night(please guys dont think i'm a cuckoo or something)It was so powerful, and brought everyone to tears in my house.I'm listening to his version right now,goosebumps!! OOps need to shave my legs!!!
Leonard Cohen (canadian) who wrote the song---his version, soft lullaby
Jeff buckley's version---
Bon jovi------
Sherly Crowe---
J.T and Matt Morris---Hope for haiti(excellent harmony)
Il Divo--- in spanish(Opera style)
K.D. lang---very good,i think the best version of the lot
STAN WALKER--His version will always stand out for me,the BESTEST EVER
I felt he had another presence around him when he was singing on Idol that night(please guys dont think i'm a cuckoo or something)It was so powerful, and brought everyone to tears in my house.I'm listening to his version right now,goosebumps!! OOps need to shave my legs!!!
kalaivani wrote:I've spent some time listening to every version of Hallelujah
Leonard Cohen (canadian) who wrote the song---his version, soft lullaby
Jeff buckley's version---
Bon jovi------
Sherly Crowe---
J.T and Matt Morris---Hope for haiti(excellent harmony)
Il Divo--- in spanish(Opera style)
K.D. lang---very good,i think the best version of the lot
STAN WALKER--His version will always stand out for me,the BESTEST EVER
I felt he had another presence around him when he was singing on Idol that night(please guys dont think i'm a cuckoo or something)It was so powerful, and brought everyone to tears in my house.I'm listening to his version right now,goosebumps!! OOps need to shave my legs!!!
Yes you are absolutely right about Stan having another presence around him when he sang Hallelujah - I felt it as well. At the end of the song Marcia Hines was looking like she felt it too and the other judges were trying to find words for what they'd experienced. As Stan prays before his performance, he's allowing God room to move in and through him during the performance. I experienced the physical presence of God turning up in my lounge - totally unexpectedly - on several occasions during the Australian Idol series during Stan's performances and I had a real sense of being wrapped up in God's love and peace each time it happened - and my husband felt it as well so it wasn't just my imagination.
By the way I love the comment about having goosebumps and needing to shave your legs!
Nic
Nicola mate, you've summed it up nicely
Thank you, ---i'm not crazy nor am i imagining??
Everytime he sang, he had something to keep you pondering????
God bless
Thank you, ---i'm not crazy nor am i imagining??
Everytime he sang, he had something to keep you pondering????
God bless
Stan is blessed with many god~given gifts...'wairua manaaki' caring and sharing spirit....'wairua awhi' helping spirit....'wairua aroha' loving spirit...I feel all of these when he sings most of his songs...and especially 'Halleluyah'...thats why this is my only Stan vid on facebook...and the first I downloaded to MP3 last year...thru him...a heavenly spirit is felt...listen to it everyday pretty much...xo
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