Regina Spektor - Hallelujah (09-13-2005)

Regina singing "Hallelujah", a cover of the Leonard Cohen song, at the 2005 Jewish Heritage Festival in NYC.

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Well, I 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: the fourth, the fifth
The minor fall and 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 ya
And she tied you to her kitchen chair
And she broke your throne and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Well, baby, I've been here before
I've seen this room and I've walked this floor
You know, I used to live alone before I knew ya
And I've seen your flag on the marble arch
And 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 when you let me know
What's really going on below
But now you never show that to me, do ya
But remember when I moved in you
And the holy dove was moving too
And every breath we drew was Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Well, maybe there is a God above
But all I've ever learned from love
Was how to shoot somebody who outdrew ya
And 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, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Hallelujah

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[Yaara1115]

If someone can sing a broken Hallelujah, it's her. I always shudder when I listen to her songs.

[caseykwilson]

Within 30 seconds of listening to this, I was in tears. Regina makes me want to paint a masterpiece while sitting in a sunlit bathtub with blue candles. :D

[sunshinefuntime]

i always thought anyone singing Hallelujah except Leonard Cohen wouldn't be quite right. I officially take this back.

[a1m05tg0n3]

she cracks the heart so effortlessly, DEFENSES DOWN!!!!

[Cabsmell]

Makes a man think....

[AlexaLusader]

come check out my cover of samson by regina!! :)

[roniQ2112]

If only Regina and Jeff Buckley had made babies what an amazing voice would have came from that child, I can only dream maybe in heaven after all that's where they both came from.

[FieryDeb]

Her phrasing is beautiful! Stunning... a truly unique take on this timeless classic.

[roniQ2112]

I so wish I could tie my love to the kitchen chair and cut his hair, that day will draw the most amazing Hallelujah.

[milkenobi]

Damn! This song was already spectacularly heart wrenching before the best singer in the world, Regina Spektor went and sung it.

[vickyg690]

i love her version it`s so cute like her , beautiful