重拾<hallelujah>
在大二左右的样子，听到了Kathryn Williams版本的，喜欢的不得了，这是位并不算很出名的民谣歌手，有着浑厚但温暖的嗓音，她演绎的真的很动情。我尤其喜欢的是她歌曲里前后的串场，一开始木吉他演奏响起，她说：“我想还有一点时间，让我们继续吧。”开始缓缓的唱，曲终紧接着最后一遍hallelu~jah，是一句浅浅的“good night”，然后是欢呼声和掌声……
深夜的我仰躺在宿舍的床上，这是无论如何都不会让我睡着的姿势，黑暗中上铺床的木板依然让人能辨别出那些熟悉的纹路，我在想象着这个歌曲的场景：一个深夜里的小酒馆，几个忠实的客人，微胖的Kathryn Williams在台上，暖暖的的灯光，一把木吉他。歌曲完毕，Kathryn转身离开话筒下台，表情淡然。众人从歌曲里回味过来，欢呼鼓掌，然后散去。灯灭了。我摘下耳机，侧身面向墙壁，抱住身边的毛绒玩具，这也才慢慢睡去。
后来知道，这首原来是1984年的Leonard Cohen创作的。后来有很多的演绎版本，Kathryn Williams是其中之一。还有Jeff Buckley版本的，不过我不太喜欢。而且这首歌也有很多的版本，Kathryn Williams是结合了两个版本的歌词演唱的，
下面摘抄一段，这样就比较明白了： 《Hallelujah》自1984年发表以来供有三个不同版本出现，分别是录音室版，现场版和全球巡演版。前两者在歌词方面差异较大，但都是1993年之前的版本；全球巡演版则是综合了前两个版本，于2008年问世。1984 年在专辑《Various Positions》中版本（第五首歌）为录音室版，而在1994年发行的Cohen现场合辑《Live In Concert》 中的（第七首歌，录制于1988年10月31日 Austin City的现场）为现场版。区别何在？两个版本的歌词只有最后一段是相同的，其余三段则大相径庭。Leonard Cohen 本人在演出时一般演唱现场版本，仅在1985年的几场演出中唱过录音室版本。其实，现场版本的歌词早在1985年Cohen巡演正式开始前完成，还在当时一部介绍 Cohen 的德语纪录片拍摄过程中有过彩排，但是在当年的巡演中 Cohen 还是演唱了录音室版，直到1988年的现场演出中才启用后来的这个现场版本的歌词,个中缘由却无人知晓。为何会有第二个版本的歌词呢？Cohen在两次访谈中提到此事——（1988年4 月）“这首歌是我大约在五、六年前写成的，其中的高潮段落就是‘Hallelujah’，当时的这首歌从头至尾尽是圣经故事的缩影。后来，我慢慢意识到没有必要提及那么多圣经里的故事，所以我写了另一首，也就是现在的这首我认为更加真实持久的‘Hallelujah’”；（1988年6月）“是的，我替换了歌曲前面部分的歌词。现在，我已录好了这首新的。我想将‘Hallelujah’带进平常的生活中，带进这个平凡的世界。那首以David为题的《Hallelujah》是首宗教意味的圣歌。我想告诉人们，‘Hallelujah’，（赞美和感激）就在我们身边，与宗教无关。”1993年，Leonard Cohen结束了他在20世纪的的最后一次巡演（欧洲，美国和加拿大）。在之后的15年内，这首Hallelujah再没有被Cohen本人演唱过，但这首歌非但没有被埋没，反而被更多人所熟知。
===== 录音室版本 =====
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...
Your faith was strong but you needed 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
You say I took the name in vain I don't even know the name But if I did,
well really, what's it to you?
There's a blaze of light In every word It doesn't matter which you heard The holy or the broken Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah
I did my best, it wasn't much I couldn't feel,
so I tried to touch I've told the truth,
I didn't come to fool you And even though It all went wrong I'll stand before the Lord of Song With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah...
===== 现场版本=====
Baby, I've been here before.
I know this room, I've walked this floor.
I used to live alone before I knew you.
Yeah I've seen your flag on the marble arch,
But listen, love is not some kind of victory march, No it's a cold and it's a very broken Hallelujah. Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, (Hallelujah...)
There was a time you let me know What's really going on below,
Ah but now you never show it to me, do you?
Yeah but I remember, yeah when I moved in you,
And the holy dove,
she was moving too,
Yes every single breath that we drew was Hallelujah. Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah. Maybe there's a God above, As for me, all I've ever seemed to learn from love Is how to shoot at someone who outdrew you.
Yeah but it's not a complaint that you hear tonight, It's not the laughter of someone who claims to have seen the light No it's a cold and it's a very lonely Hallelujah. Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah.
I did my best, it wasn't much.
I couldn't feel, so I learned to touch.
I've told the truth,
I didn't come all this way to fool you.
Yeah even tough it all went wrong I'll stand right here before the Lord of Song With nothing on my lips but Hallelujah. Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah. Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah.
深夜的我仰躺在宿舍的床上，这是无论如何都不会让我睡着的姿势，黑暗中上铺床的木板依然让人能辨别出那些熟悉的纹路，我在想象着这个歌曲的场景：一个深夜里的小酒馆，几个忠实的客人，微胖的Kathryn Williams在台上，暖暖的的灯光，一把木吉他。歌曲完毕，Kathryn转身离开话筒下台，表情淡然。众人从歌曲里回味过来，欢呼鼓掌，然后散去。灯灭了。我摘下耳机，侧身面向墙壁，抱住身边的毛绒玩具，这也才慢慢睡去。
后来知道，这首原来是1984年的Leonard Cohen创作的。后来有很多的演绎版本，Kathryn Williams是其中之一。还有Jeff Buckley版本的，不过我不太喜欢。而且这首歌也有很多的版本，Kathryn Williams是结合了两个版本的歌词演唱的，
下面摘抄一段，这样就比较明白了： 《Hallelujah》自1984年发表以来供有三个不同版本出现，分别是录音室版，现场版和全球巡演版。前两者在歌词方面差异较大，但都是1993年之前的版本；全球巡演版则是综合了前两个版本，于2008年问世。1984 年在专辑《Various Positions》中版本（第五首歌）为录音室版，而在1994年发行的Cohen现场合辑《Live In Concert》 中的（第七首歌，录制于1988年10月31日 Austin City的现场）为现场版。区别何在？两个版本的歌词只有最后一段是相同的，其余三段则大相径庭。Leonard Cohen 本人在演出时一般演唱现场版本，仅在1985年的几场演出中唱过录音室版本。其实，现场版本的歌词早在1985年Cohen巡演正式开始前完成，还在当时一部介绍 Cohen 的德语纪录片拍摄过程中有过彩排，但是在当年的巡演中 Cohen 还是演唱了录音室版，直到1988年的现场演出中才启用后来的这个现场版本的歌词,个中缘由却无人知晓。为何会有第二个版本的歌词呢？Cohen在两次访谈中提到此事——（1988年4 月）“这首歌是我大约在五、六年前写成的，其中的高潮段落就是‘Hallelujah’，当时的这首歌从头至尾尽是圣经故事的缩影。后来，我慢慢意识到没有必要提及那么多圣经里的故事，所以我写了另一首，也就是现在的这首我认为更加真实持久的‘Hallelujah’”；（1988年6月）“是的，我替换了歌曲前面部分的歌词。现在，我已录好了这首新的。我想将‘Hallelujah’带进平常的生活中，带进这个平凡的世界。那首以David为题的《Hallelujah》是首宗教意味的圣歌。我想告诉人们，‘Hallelujah’，（赞美和感激）就在我们身边，与宗教无关。”1993年，Leonard Cohen结束了他在20世纪的的最后一次巡演（欧洲，美国和加拿大）。在之后的15年内，这首Hallelujah再没有被Cohen本人演唱过，但这首歌非但没有被埋没，反而被更多人所熟知。
===== 录音室版本 =====
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...
Your faith was strong but you needed 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
You say I took the name in vain I don't even know the name But if I did,
well really, what's it to you?
There's a blaze of light In every word It doesn't matter which you heard The holy or the broken Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah
I did my best, it wasn't much I couldn't feel,
so I tried to touch I've told the truth,
I didn't come to fool you And even though It all went wrong I'll stand before the Lord of Song With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah...
===== 现场版本=====
Baby, I've been here before.
I know this room, I've walked this floor.
I used to live alone before I knew you.
Yeah I've seen your flag on the marble arch,
But listen, love is not some kind of victory march, No it's a cold and it's a very broken Hallelujah. Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, (Hallelujah...)
There was a time you let me know What's really going on below,
Ah but now you never show it to me, do you?
Yeah but I remember, yeah when I moved in you,
And the holy dove,
she was moving too,
Yes every single breath that we drew was Hallelujah. Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah. Maybe there's a God above, As for me, all I've ever seemed to learn from love Is how to shoot at someone who outdrew you.
Yeah but it's not a complaint that you hear tonight, It's not the laughter of someone who claims to have seen the light No it's a cold and it's a very lonely Hallelujah. Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah.
I did my best, it wasn't much.
I couldn't feel, so I learned to touch.
I've told the truth,
I didn't come all this way to fool you.
Yeah even tough it all went wrong I'll stand right here before the Lord of Song With nothing on my lips but Hallelujah. Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah. Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah.
