最近﹐想起了這首歌。我想﹐我真的越來越喜歡這一首歌。喜歡的是JEFF BUCKLEY的版本。



去年聖誕前夕﹐這首曾經瘋魔一時的金曲再次在英國﹑愛爾蘭的街頭響起。都跟此間最受歡迎的一個電視節目《X FACTOR》有關。那是一個歌唱比賽。是仿照《AMERICAN IDOL》那個藍圖而來的節目。都是參賽者每個星期現場唱一首歌﹐然後由電視觀眾投票。每個禮拜最少票數的那一位都會給淘汰。到了最後一個星期﹐得票最多的﹐自然是勝利者。

那是一個很受歡迎的節目。英國電視臺ITV就是靠著這一個皇牌節目﹐繼續吸引到廣告客戶。去年夏天的時候﹐代表倫敦在北京奧運閉幕裡獻唱的LEONA LEWIS﹐便是兩年前的冠軍。

去年﹐主辦單位就選了《HALLELUJAH》這首歌為冠軍首張細碟的歌曲。於是﹐這首曾經瘋魔一時的金曲再次在英國﹑愛爾蘭的街頭響起。

決賽當天﹐《泰晤士報》其中一篇社評也提及了這一首歌。原來﹐原唱者LEONARD COHEN就足足花了兩年心血寫成這一首經典。他共寫了八十個版本﹐足足填滿了兩本筆記本。

Now 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 you?
It goes like this
The fourth, the fifth
The minor fall, the major lift
The baffled king composing Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Your faith was strong but you needed a proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you
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

Baby I have been here before
I know this room, I've walked this floor
I used to live alone before I knew you.
I've seen your flag on the marble arch
Love is not a victory march
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

There was a time you let me know
What's really going on below
But now you never show it to me, do you?
And remember when I moved in you
The holy dove was moving too
And every breath we drew was Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Maybe there's a God above
And all I have ever learnt from love
Was how to shoot someone who outdrew you?
It's not a cry you can hear at night
It's not somebody who's seen the light
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah