Paroles et traduction Tina Dickow - Halleluja

Halleluja

Historien fortæller at david engang
Behagede gud med en sjælden sang
Men musik har aldrig virkelig interesseret dig, vel?
Den går sådan her en kvart en kvint
En molnedgang, som ender blindt
Den slagne konge synger halleluja

David's tro var stærk, men han ville se bevis
Og hun dansede ud på den tynde is
Månen og hendes ansigt slog ham omkuld
Og hun bandt ham til et køkkenbord
Hun brød hans magt og hun skar hans hår
Og fra hans læber drog hun et halleluja

Men baby, du ved jeg har været her før
Jeg har åbnet det vindue og smækket den dør
Jeg boede her da jeg lærte dig at kende
Og jeg så dig marchere under flag og sang
Men kærlighed er ik en sejrsgang
Det' et vaklende og fortvivlet halleluja

Der var en tid hvor jeg ku se
Præcis hvad du følte indeni
Nu ser jeg kun en skygge af foragt
Men jeg husker dig blidt ind over mig
Og himlen viste os på vej
Vores åndedræt var et hviskende halleluja

Måske er der en gud et sted
Men alt hvad jeg véd om kærlighed
Er hvordan man piner livet ud af sig selv
Det hér er ikke et klageråb
En udbrændt pilgrims sidste håb
Det er et koldt og det' et ensomt halleluja

Jeg gjorde det bedste jeg ku gør'
Ved ikke hvad jeg følte men jeg prøved at rør'
Jeg talte sandt, jeg kom ikke for at svigte
Selvom alt gik galt alt hvad jeg gjorde og sag'
Vil jeg stå foran gud på den sidste dag
Med intet andet end et halleluja

Hallelujah

The story goes that David once
Pleased God with a song that couldn't be outdone
But music has never really been your thing, has it?
This one goes like this, a fourth, a fifth
A minor fall, a dead end twist
The broken king sings hallelujah

David's faith was strong, but he wanted proof
And she danced out onto the thinnest of ice
The moon and her face knocked him off his feet
And she tied him down to a kitchen seat
She broke his power and she cut his hair
And from his lips she pulled a hallelujah

But baby, you know I've been here before
I've opened that window and slammed that door
I was living here when I first met you
And I watched you marching with the flags and the bands
But love is not a victory march
It's a staggering, fumbling hallelujah

There was a time I could see
Exactly what you were feeling inside of me
Now all I see is a shadow of contempt
But I remember you softly leaning over me
And the sky showed us the way
Our breathing was a whispered hallelujah

Maybe there is a God somewhere
But all I know about love is
How to beat yourself to death with it
This is not a cry for help
A burnt-out pilgrim's final plea
This is a cold and this is a lonely hallelujah

I did the best that I could do
Didn't know what I was feeling but I tried to touch you
I told the truth, I didn't come to deceive
Still everything went wrong, all I did and said
I'll stand before God on the final day
With nothing more than a hallelujah