Hallelujah Lyrics by Shawn Mendes
Cover of Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen.
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 a 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
Theme and Concept
The lyrics of “Hallelujah” explore themes of love, faith, and inner conflict through a tone of spiritual yearning and vulnerability. It reflects on love’s challenges and heartbreaks, the search for meaning, and the complex, often painful nature of human connection. This is expressed through religious imagery, presenting both reverent and broken “hallelujahs” as symbols of life’s emotional highs and lows.
Shawn Mendes, born on August 8, 1998, in Toronto, Canada, gained fame in 2013 by posting song covers on Vine. His debut EP, The Shawn Mendes EP (2014), hit No. 5 on the charts, followed by his first album, Handwritten,... Read more about Shawn Mendes