Priest Covers 'Hallelujah' at Wedding

That song has a special place in my heart - it's the song that Romeo's vid is set to, and I always makes me cry.

This priest did an AMAZING job of it...and made me cry, too, even though I don't know the couple or the priest...just beautiful.

Halleluiah indeed.

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I just love this...have watched a couple of times
The priest did this as a surprise...I love when he does his little smile and raised eyebrows...he is precious and the song was exquisite..what a gift for the young couple...
I love crying when it's the "feel good" kind....
thanks for sharing... A bright patch of human beauty and love on an otherwise rather dreary day...

Here are the "real" lyrics to Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" (although the priest's cover was wonderful indeed)...

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 in 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

Baby I have been here before
I know this room, I've walked this floor
I used to live alone before I knew you.
I've seen your flag on the marble arch
Love is not a victory march
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

There was a time when you let me know
What's really going on below
But now you never show it to me, do you?
And remember when I moved in you
The holy dove was moving too
And every breath we drew was Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Maybe there’s a God above
But all I’ve ever learned from love
Was how to shoot at someone who outdrew you
It’s not a cry you can hear at night
It’s not somebody who has seen the light
It’s a cold and it’s a broken 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
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah


Most of the covers I've seen do only the first, second and last verses...but it's a very touching song indeed...

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Absolutely beautiful. I love this song. My favorite versions are ones sung by the late, great Jeff Buckley, and KD Lang.

http://youtu.be/y8AWFf7EAc4

one of my all time favourite songs...love it best by leonard cohen

I'm a huge fan of Jeff Buckley and that's why I know this song. A beautiful rendition. Thanks for the smile!