How would you describe the feeling of being in love? For Ed Sheeran, the word is “Magical.” in HIS three-minute album opener, he makes an attempt to capture the beauty and delicacy of true love with words. He describes the magic of it all over a bright Pop song produced by Aaron Dessner.
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, she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Maybe I've 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'd let me know
What's real and going on below
But now you never show it to me do you?
And remember when I moved in you?
The holy dark was moving too
And every breath we drew was Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Maybe there's a God above
And all I 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's seen the light
It's a cold and its a broken Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
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, she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Maybe I've 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'd let me know
What's real and going on below
But now you never show it to me do you?
And remember when I moved in you?
The holy dark was moving too
And every breath we drew was Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Maybe there's a God above
And all I 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's seen the light
It's a cold and its a broken Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
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This song is simply AMAZING. I have to thank all the prior comments on this song. When really sitting down to pick the lyrics apart, it really strikes me and makes me want to cry. I shall reveal my interpretation of this song.
If you read everything that had been posted earlier than you will see how the Bible referances go. There is no better referance then going to God when something like "Hallelujah" is a main theme. According to Wikipedia, Hallelujah is translated into "Praise Yah" which is short for Yahweh (God.) It is concidered a very joyful form of praise but, sang in this song, it almost sound sad or amazed... or perhaps the hallelujah is will always hurt because of the sin or feelings that are unable to be named. For this reason, instead of being speechless, there is a simple hallelujah.
As far as the other words go, there is the story about David. Before he was King he was a shepard that often wrote songs (Psalms) and when he came and played for the king it was so beautiful all he could think was hallelujah (in the book of Psalms in the Bible, hallelujah is commonly used) How could a boy who has so little could worship God with all he has? Hallelujah.
David became King and desired the wife of his general and so he sent for her. They slept together and he had the general secretly killed. Actions such as this would take honor away. It "broke your throne" and "cut your hair" which is a symbol of honor and pride but David just said "Praise Yahweh!" in of course the same sad hallelujah. (And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah this is his feeling when they were in love)
The rest of the song is comparing his love to a person. It doesn't change in the good or bad situations, he will be in love with them forever. It's a sorrow sounding and broken praise to God for such a blessing. Amazment.
In the last verse he is saying that the connotation for hallelujah is Biblical, he doesn't even know if he believes in God let alone if this song is about Him. It's about love, how simply complex it is - beautiful and sad.
--Alyssa