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Hallelujah with Josh Rogan & Mike Michalowicz (The First Try)

19 Nov 2012 · 4 min

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The transcript captures a spontaneous, first‑try performance of an improvised version of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” by two speakers. One speaker (Speaker A) narrates a fragmented, poetic reinterpretation that mixes musical jargon ("fourth, fifth, major lift"), surreal imagery ("saw her bathing on the roof", "moonlight overthrew you"), and personal reflections on faith, love, and loss. The verses repeatedly echo the word “Hallelujah” in a broken, almost lamenting cadence, culminating in a self‑aware comment from a second speaker praising the effort: “Nice, bro. That was cool for the first try.” The piece is informal, experimental, and emphasizes the collaborative, playful nature of a first attempt at re‑creating a classic song.

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I heard there was a secret call that David played Please. Alone. But you don't really care for music, do you? Well, it goes like this. To the fourth, the fifth and the manifold. I don't. I don't know that part. Goes like this. The fourth, the fifth, the major lift. Hallelujah. Well, your faith was strong but you needed proof you saw her bathing on the roof the beauty, the moonlight overthrew you Dr. To the kitchen chair over thrown you. Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah. I've been here before I seen this room I walk this door I used to live alone before I leave you you I've seen your flag the marble arch I love is love the victory march it's cold and it's a broken hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah. Hal, There was a time when I thought. Moving too. And every breath we drew is hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah maybe there's a God above and all I ever learned from her was how to shoot somebody who I truly love. It's not a cry that you hear at night it's not somebody seeing the light It's a cold it's a broken hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah. Nice, bro. That was cool for the first try. That was fun. I'm gonna have to.