KD Lang - Hallelujah (LIVE at the Winter Olympics 2010)

This is a breathtaking rendition of Leonard Cohen's classic "Hallelujah", performed at Vancouver.
Best version i have heard... She has a fantastic voice.

LYRICS:

Now 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?
It goes like this
The fourth, the fifth
The minor fall, the major lift
The baffled king composing Hallelujah
Hallelujah Hallelujah
Hallelujah Hallelujah
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
You say I took the name in vain
I don't even know the name
But if I did, well really, what's it to you?
There's a blaze of light
In every word
It doesn't matter which you heard
The holy or the broken Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
I did my best, it wasn't much
I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch
I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool you
And even though
It all went wrong
I'll stand before the Lord of Song
With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah

Category:

Music

Tags:

• kd
• lang
• hallelujah
• winter
• olympics
• vancouver
• opening
• ceremony
• live

[bcvtwin]

if your proud to be candian give a big hallelujah

[BigTBodyBuilding]

she is one of the greatest singers i have ever heard in my LIFE. and she is so underrated/underappreciated. k.d. lang, eva cassidy, and annie lennox: 3 of my all time favorite singers!!!!

[MrGCHiker]

@saundy3

Is there more than 1 reason? Just asking...

[saundy3]

one more reason for me to be proud to say "I am Canadian!" 

[kfccanada]

No one will ever top kd's performance...it turned the entire Olympic experience into a haunting, magical and all encompassing event that enthralled the world.

[MizRoxy2005]

Absolutely spine tingling!! Love her - no adornment, not frills, nothing fancy - nothing but a pure & beautiful voice.

[alteregoash]

Oh yeah, I remember being happy about being from vancouver... then there was a riot... been a while...

[ginger8172]

I'm in love and I'm not even gay......but I could be! What an incredible voice she has and so good to look at too.....love you KD xxxx

[jacobeiserman]

I absolute love her rendition. But super-cheesy commentary. If you think this is nothing more than a "song of peace," you're not really listening to the lyrics.

[greengale1]

she just makes me cry uncontrollably throughout the whole song

[hullois]

@sassycat4u

saw her twice: once in her cowpunk days (Ottawa) and once after her act changed (Montreal) ... she was incrdible each time (what you hear on her records/cd's is what you get live). Amazing and another legandary Canadian .... love you, kd

[276merton]

was mesmerized when she performed this rendition...what a voice