Now, maybe there's a God above
As for me all I've ever learned from love
Is how to shoot at someone who outdrew you
But it's not a cry that you're hear tonight
It's not some pilgrim who claims to have seen the light
No, it's a cold and it's a very broken Hallelujah

Leonard Cohen

Hallelujah

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Topic

The human condition

Speaker

Leonard Cohen

Source

Hallelujah

Medium

Song

Genre

Folk music

Language

English

Time

1984 1980s 20th century

Occupation

Singer-songwriter Musician

From

Canada

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Citation

Cohen, Leonard. "Hallelujah." Various Positions. Columbia Records, 1984.

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Genesis 3:19

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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Genesis 3:19).