I'll be holding Warin tightly tonight

[omimouse]

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 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
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Now maybe there's a God above
But all I've ever learned from love
Is how to shoot at someone who outdrew you
And it's not complaint you hear tonight
And it's not some pilgrim who's seen the light
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah.

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



If I get nothing else out of the past year, I'll have gotten at least this much: Several excellent examples of how *not* to handle a relationship, whether it be romantic or not. I grant all and sundry permission to whack me several times with a blunt object if I start to show signs of having communication problems. In fact, I'm *begging* folks to smack me if I start being uncommunicative and letting problems fester.

I've lost count of the number of relationships that I've watched implode over the last year because the people involved would not talk with each other. My New Year's resolution is to communicate, even when it's painful and/or embarrassing to do so.

Comments

[chaiya.livejournal.com]

*hugs* Self-flaggelation aside, that's a great resolution. :)

Hallelujah

[cristovau.livejournal.com]

"Hallelujah" is Leonard Cohen song. You might have a cover of it though.

More communication is good. Clear communication is best of all. I'm gonna try to take two deep breaths before saying anything serious. In the space of ten seconds I could discover I was wrong, or at least diffuse the anger/hurt I sometimes speak from.

Re: Hallelujah

[ceelove.livejournal.com]

And the most beautiful version, in my opinion (I have four or five covers) is by Jeff Buckley.

Hi, by the way. :)