Jeff Buckley (né à Orange County le 17 novembre 1966 et mort à Memphis, Tennessee, le 29 mai 1997) était un chanteur et guitariste compositeur américain, fils de Tim Buckley et de Mary Guibert, et auteur d'un seul album studio.<br /><br />Hallelujah(une chanson de Leonard Cohen, reprise en 1991 par John Cale. C'est la version de ce dernier que Jeff Buckley interprète à la perfection)<br /><br />PAROLES DE HALLELUJAH<br /><br />I heard there was a secret chord<br />That david played and it pleased the lord<br />But you don't really care for music, do you<br />Well it goes like this the fourth, the fifth<br />The minor fall and the major lift<br />The baffled king composing hallelujah<br /><br />Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah ....<br /><br />Well your faith was strong but you needed proof<br />You saw her bathing on the roof<br />Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you<br />She tied you to her kitchen chair<br />She broke your throne and she cut your hair<br />And from your lips she drew the hallelujah<br /><br />Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah .... .<br /><br />Baby i've been here before<br />I've seen this room and i've walked this floor<br />I used to live alone before i knew you<br />I've seen your flag on the marble arch<br />But love is not a victory march<br />It's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah<br /><br />Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah ....<br /><br />Well there was a time when you let me know<br />What's really going on below<br />But now you never show that to me do you<br />But remember when i moved in you<br />And the holy dove was moving too<br />And every breath we drew was hallelujah<br /><br />Well, maybe there's a god above<br />But all i've ever learned from love<br />Was how to shoot somebody who outdrew you<br />It's not a cry that you hear at night<br />It's not somebody who's seen the light<br />It's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah<br /><br />Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah ....
