Shawn Mendes
Hallelujah lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2024
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 3:46
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 ya?
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
Your faith was strong, but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew ya
She tied you to the kitchen chair
She broke your throne and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Well, maybe there's a God above
As for me, all I've ever learned from love
Is how to shoot somebody who outdrew ya
But it's not a crime that you'll hear tonight
It's not some pilgrim who claims to have seen the light
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
(Hallelujah, Hallelujah)
(Hallelujah, Hallelujah)
(Hallelujah, Hallelujah)
(Hallelujah) Hallelujah
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Key vocabulary
- i've
- I have
- heard
- listened toB1
- chord
- musical note group
- david
- a common male nameA1
- ya
- informal: yes
- played
- took part in a gameA1
- really
- in factA1
- somebody
- a personA1
- tied
- fastened with a knotA2
- tonight
- this nightA1
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About this song
Shawn Mendes is a Canadian pop and R&B singer-songwriter known for charting hits and introspective albums that moved from teen pop to adult contemporary themes. He rose from Vine cover videos and became widely recognized for releases like Handwritten, Illuminate, and his 2018 self-titled album.