Leonard Norman Cohen, era nato a Montréal (Canada) il 21 settembre 1934, è stato poeta, scrittore, cantautore.
Lo definirei il poeta della musica, capace di raccontare la solitudine, la religione e la sessualità come pochi altri.
La sua voce bassa, pareva prendere vigore dalla sua anima. Nella sua carriera ha ricevuto vari premi e riconoscimenti, come Compagno dell’Ordine del Canada, Premio Principe delle Asturie, oltre che l’ inserimento nelle Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, nella Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame e nella Canadian Music Hall of Fame.
Instancabile lavoratore, Cohen aveva pubblicato il suo ultimo lavoro, “You Want It Darker“, il 21 ottobre scorso.
Per ricordarlo, ho pensato di postarvi la canzone capolavoro “Hallelujah“, scritta e composta da lui stesso per l’ album “Various Positions” del 1984.
Testo: Leonard Cohen – Hallelujah
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…
Video ufficiale Vevo: Leonard Cohen – Hallelujah
