Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley

This Jeff Buckley's version of Leonard Cohen's song, "Hallelujah," features the paintings and artwork of Peter Paul Rubens, William Adolphe Bouguereau, J.M.W. Turner, and Spadecaller. (See lyrics below)

Hallelujah (Lyrics)

I 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 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 you
She tied you to her kitchen chair
She broke your throne and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the hallelujah

Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah

Baby Ive been here before
I've seen this room and Ive 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 when 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
And the holy dove was moving too
And every breath we drew was hallelujah

Well, maybe there's a god above
But all Ive ever learned from love
Was how to shoot somebody 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

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• Paintings
• Fine
• Arts
• Bouguereau
• Turner
• Rubens
• Spadecaller

[lloydhofer]

A beautiful song that I had somehow never come across before. Thank you for adding the artwork, it always plays well with whatever you care to share.

[Pillgrimer]

actually it's Leonard Cohen's song... very good cover and the artwork too...

[MrBuckwilliam]

Hallelujah

[newbtuber333]

Fuck.Yes.

[sjwo12344321]

forgiveness and love, this song destroys the demons of the past, im not the most relgious person on earth but it feels good to know im forgiven for my sins

[MyCarla27]

Great cover in this Chrismas Time !!....Thank you !!

[base320]

thats one firearm for every 12 people on the planet.....the only question is 'how can we are the other 11'.......nice.

[gazrobbo53]

As always a very moving video to a beatiful song

[pherdman]

I just discovered your work today, Spadecaller. Beautiful, interpretation of Cohen's song and Jeff Buckley's version is my favorite ~ Thank you for your artists ear ~

[UntitledArts]

Excellent video !

[ChristianAbbott2]

Fuck Yes Shrek.