(personal)(reminder) I want to try to work on a cover of this that’s harder, pro

(personal)(reminder)

I want to try to work on a cover of this that’s harder, probably relying on percussion, not voice — not sure it’s possible. Drop the chorus. make a replacement for Hallelujah that’s more literal. A little punk/hard-soft. Might take me a long time. But…

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The song, originally written by Leonard Cohen, is about love which has soured and gone stale. Cohen used a lot of religious imagery, including references to some of the more notorious women in the bible.

Well 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

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

Baby I’ve been here before

I’ve seen this room and I’ve walked this floor (you know)

I used to live alone before I knew you

And I’ve seen your flag on the marble arch

And love is not a victory march

It’s a cold and it’s a broken Hallelujah

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

Maybe there’s a God above

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