Brandi Carlile - Hallelujah & Forever Young- Live At Benaroya Hall W/ The Seattle Symphony w/ lyrics

Brandi Carlile album Live At Benaroya Hall With The Seattle Symphony 2011

Lyrics

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

Well Darling I have been here before
I know 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
Love is not a victory march
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

There was a time you let me know
What's really going on below
But now you never show it to me, do you?
And remember when I moved in with you
The holy dove was moving too
And every breath we drew was Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Maybe there's a God above
But all I've ever learned from love
Was how to shoot at someone who outdrew you
It's not a cry you can hear at night
It's not somebody who has seen the light
It's a cold and it's a broken 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

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Let's dance in style, let's dance for a while
Heaven can wait we're only watching the skies
Hoping for the best but expecting the worst
Are you gonna drop the bomb or not?

Let us die young or let us live forever
We don't have the power but we never say never
Sitting in a sandpit, life is a short trip
The music's for the sad men

Can you imagine when this race is won
Turn our golden faces into the sun
Praising our leaders we're getting in tune
The music's played by the, the mad men

Forever young, I want to be forever young
Do you really want to live forever?
Forever, or never

Forever young, I want to be forever young
Do you really want to live forever?
Forever young

Some are like water, some are like the heat
Some are a melody and some are the beat
Sooner or later they all will be gone
Why don't they stay young?

It's so hard to get old without a cause
I don't want to perish like a fading rose
Youth like diamonds in the sun
And diamonds are forever

So many adventures couldn't happen today
So many songs we forgot to play
So many dreams are swinging out of the blue
if let 'em come true

Forever young, I want to be forever young
Do you really want to live forever?
Forever, or never

Forever young, I want to be forever young
Do you really want to live forever?
Forever, or never

Forever young, I wanna be forever young
Do you really want to live forever?

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[wickedmrpickett]

I've heard Brandie on NPR stations for years, but I'm really just starting to "listen". I'm blown away. She reminds me so much of Jeff Buckley (and not just because she did the Buckley version of Cohen's Hallelujah). She has that beautiful and tormented voice that just seems to echo out into the ethos. Truly remarkable and very, very talented.

[papagriz33]

Hmmm...I think I've figured out the difference between this & Buckley's (for me at least). Buckley's is truly haunting, calling forth emotions that rip your heart out. Carlile's is somehow uplifting, I think due to the warm/soft strings & the ever-so-slight country twang in her voice. Her version calls forth emotions that make your heart soar. Is one better than the other? No, just different emotional interpretations of the same arrangement. Man, I love when music can do that!

[leomayo44]

This made my day, i got so much more happier. :)

[klee3310]

@wickedmrpickett I've seen her live three times and her voice echos in your soul. You can feel it from the inside out. 

[spudone1000]

I love Brandi and I love this Leonard Cohen song.. K.D Lang also performs this with enough chutzpah to bring tears to my eyes..... wonderfull song.. Thank you..

[stevil1300]

Prior to hearing this I really liked Brandi's singing/songs. Now, I'm truly amazed.

[Jleigh225]

This is the first version I've heard that has gotten even close to Jeff Buckley's...beautifully done.

[80tidepride]

@ericjaames

you couldnt have said this better. I too am blown away by her talent. I Iisten to this Angel's songs constantly and never get tired of them...NEVER!! It am fortunate to be seeing her live next week and if I had the good fortune of meeting her face to face, I honestly don't have any idea what I would say to her. Im afraid i would say something stupid! So yes, i admit i would be intimitdated! I think I would just stand there and smile and be happy to even shake her hand!

[ericjaames]

I remember hearing this for the first time. It was almost painful to listen to, because she sings with such pure emotion and such honest artistry. It was as if it was so real I couldn't handle it. My favorite version of this song was KD Lang's and she sings it amazingly but there is nobody who does it like Brandi does. So beautiful and so musical, I feel like she has interpreted the song the best.

[dgmisal1979]

@JacobFCO

Frankly I would put Rufus Wainright ahead of Leonard Cohen... and yes, I am aware that Cohen wrote the song.