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Hallelujah- Lindsey Stirling- #aSaviorIsBorn
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Posted on 12/26/2017 12:17:25 PM PST by PapaBear3625

Hallelujah- Lindsey Stirling- #aSaviorIsBorn

Lovely Christmas music


TOPICS: Unclassified
KEYWORDS: christmas; christmasmusic

1 posted on 12/26/2017 12:17:25 PM PST by PapaBear3625
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To: PapaBear3625

Lovely playing and a nice sentiment at the end but not a Christmas song. A great song by Leonard Cohen but nothing to do with Christmas.

Leonard Cohen – Hallelujah

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrLk4vdY28Q

[Verse 1]
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”

[Chorus]
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

[Verse 2]
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

[Chorus]
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

[Verse 3]
Baby 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

[Chorus]
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

[Verse 4]
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 you
The holy dove was moving too
And every breath we drew was Hallelujah

[Chorus]
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

[Verse 5]
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

[Chorus]
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

[Verse 6]
Maybe there’s a God above
But all I’ve ever learned from love
Was how to shoot somebody who outdrew you
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

[Chorus]
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

[Verse 7]
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

[Chorus]
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah


2 posted on 12/26/2017 12:33:24 PM PST by MD Expat in PA
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To: MD Expat in PA

I’ve been a big fan for a long time. What a talented lady! She just keeps getting better. Thanks for posting!


3 posted on 12/26/2017 1:23:11 PM PST by TStro (Better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6.)
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To: PapaBear3625

Remarkable rendition, cute little pixie of a girl.


4 posted on 12/26/2017 1:35:09 PM PST by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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To: MD Expat in PA

Hallelujah is one of those popular songs like Garfunkel’s Bridge over Troubled Water (which was actually about his taking heroin) that get misinterpreted so many times that the ostensibly mistaken interpretation becomes the commonly accepted one (e.g. in the film Shrek).

Leonard Cohen was pretty sanguine about it and said that the more pop interpretations of Hallelujah were fine with him.


5 posted on 12/26/2017 1:41:17 PM PST by Gideon7
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To: MD Expat in PA
I like Cloverton's lyrics better:

"A Hallelujah Christmas"
(originally by Leonard Cohen)

I've heard about this baby boy
Who's come to earth to bring us joy
And I just want to sing this song to you
It goes like this, the fourth, the fifth
The minor fall, the major lift
With every breath I'm singing Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah

A couple came to Bethlehem
Expecting child, they searched the inn
To find a place for You were coming soon
There was no room for them to stay
So in a manger filled with hay
God's only Son was born, oh Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah

The shepherds left their flocks by night
To see this baby wrapped in light
A host of angels led them all to You
It was just as the angels said
You'll find Him in a manger bed
Immanuel and Savior, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah

A star shown bright up in the east
To Bethlehem, the wisemen three
Came many miles and journeyed long for You
And to the place at which You were
Their frankincense and gold and myrrh
They gave to You and cried out Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah

I know You came to rescue me
This baby boy would grow to be
A man and one day die for me and you
My sins would drive the nails in You
That rugged cross was my cross, too
Still every breath You drew was Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Cloverton: A Hallelujah Christmas

6 posted on 12/26/2017 1:49:21 PM PST by P8riot (I carry a gun because I can't carry a cop.)
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To: P8riot

Well I guess they removed the audio track. Hmmm.


7 posted on 12/26/2017 1:54:07 PM PST by P8riot (I carry a gun because I can't carry a cop.)
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To: P8riot
Cloverton: A Hallelujah Christmas.....This one works
8 posted on 12/26/2017 1:58:27 PM PST by P8riot (I carry a gun because I can't carry a cop.)
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To: P8riot

Check out Father Ray Kelly’s Hallelujah on you tube.


9 posted on 12/26/2017 2:27:42 PM PST by FES0844 (G)
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To: FES0844

I found it very sad - everyone just pretended like she was not there - how could they not hear - know - understand . . . so sad . . .


10 posted on 12/26/2017 4:25:54 PM PST by impactplayer
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To: impactplayer

New Yorkers on the move.


11 posted on 12/26/2017 4:47:11 PM PST by FES0844 (G)
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