I swear I thought that line was "I used to live *alone* before I knew ya."
Yeah, me too. I'm pretty sure it is. Also, "the holy dove was moving too"--I've always heard it as "the holy dark", but I could be wrong.
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heh, lots of different mishearings. I think I like my version best too.
I'm not sure I've ever heard the Cohen version, but there are two verses that aren't in the Wainwright version (the one I'm most familiar with), and now I wish they were. The Wainwright version also doesn't have the last verse ("It's not what you're told, it's not her face") from the Buckley version.
The version in my head has the singer living alone, and the king baffled.
I'm pretty sure it's "holy dove" in the Cale version....
someone have an open italics tag?
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SA "Buffista Music II: Wrath of Chaka Khan" Nov 29, 2004 8:11:24 am PST
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I had the singer living alone, the baffled king (which was always such beautiful phrasing to me), and the holy ghost, not the holy dove.
I don't particularly like the Cohen version either, as it's too theatrical for me. I love Cohen normally, but that song just doesn't cut it. I think Hallelujah simultaneously changed my perspective on music, made me a huge Buckley fan, and forced me to listen to lyrics really really hard, all in one go.
Nope, no italics tag on my end.
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, halle... It’s not what you’re told It’s not her face It’s not his touch In the room you both share Where he’s gone when he loved When your time and your memory fills your dreams When you’re honest and together Together no more No more Hallelujah, until you’re nothing Hallelujah, baby, until she’s everywhere Hallelujah, until together you are somewhere I’d lost Hallelujah, hallelujah
This is from the live version, right? It doesn't seem to be on the one from "Grace," which I have on my iPod.
FWIW, John Cale largely sings the Buckley lyrics.
Nope, no italics tag on my end.
Um, actually...
I fixed the open italics tag in SA's original post.
This is from the live version, right?
Dunno, I pulled it off a lyrics site.
I fixed the open italics tag in SA's original post.
Well, I didn't see it. Thanks.
Well, I didn't see it. Thanks.
It was displaying OK on IE, but not on Firefox.
It's "I used to live alone," "the baffled king" and "holy dove."
