Redacció
Bob Dylan estava molt interessat en l'Halleluyah (1984). Aleshores encara no era el fenomen en què s'acabaria transformant, però el cantautor estatunidenc ja va intuir l'ànima especial que tenia la cançó. Li va preguntar quant de temps havia trigat a crear-la. Cohen va respondre que dos anys. No era veritat: havia tardat cinc anys, i n'havia escrit desenes de versos abans que arribés l'oficial. El cantautor canadenc li va comentar que li agradava molt la cançó I and I (del disc Infidels, 1983), i quan li va preguntar el temps que havia estat a compondre-la, Dylan li va respondre que uns quinze minuts.
8 de juliol de 1988. La gira Dylan's Never Ending Tour arribava a Montreal. L'Hallelujah només tenia quatre anys de vida. Va ser aleshores quan Bob Dylan en va fer una interpretació d'un gran valor documental.
They say there was a secret chord
That David played, and 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 lifts
The baffled king composing Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
You saw her bathing on the roof
Your faith was strong but you needed proof
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you
She tied you to a kitchen chair
She broke your faith, and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Well you say I took the name in vain
I didn't even know the name
And if I did, well really, what's it to you?
There's a blaze of light in every word
It doesn't matter what you heard
The broken or the holy 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
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Foto: Bob Dylan
