Hum Hallelujah Lyrics
It's all a game of this or that, now versus then
Better off against worse for wear
And you're someone who knows someone who knows someone I once knew
And I just want to be a part of this
The road outside my house is paved with good intentions
Hired a construction crew 'cause it's hell on the engine
[Pre-Chorus 1]
And you are the dreamer and we are the dream
I could write it better than you ever felt it
[Chorus]
So hum "Hallelujah" just off the key of reason
I thought I loved you, but it was just how you looked in the light
A teenage vow in a parking lot, 'til tonight do us part
I sing the blues and swallow them too
[Verse 2]
My words are my faith, to hell with our good name
A remix of your guts, your insides x-rayed
And one day we'll get nostalgic for disaster
We're a bull, your ears are just a china shop
I love you in the same way, there's a chapel in a hospital
One foot in your bedroom and one foot out the door
Sometimes we take chances, sometimes we take pills
I could write it better than you ever felt it
[Chorus]
So hum "Hallelujah" just off the key of reason
I thought I loved you, but it was just how you looked in the light
A teenage vow in a parking lot, 'til tonight do us part
I sing the blues and swallow them too
[Bridge]
Hallelujah, hallelujah
Hallelujah, hallelu...
Hallelujah, hallelujah (Hum hallelujah, hum hallelujah)
Hallelujah, hallelu... (Hum hallelujah, hum hallelujah)
A teenage vow in a parking lot, 'til tonight do us part
I sing the blues and swallow them too
[Chorus]
So hum hallelujah, just off the key of reason
I thought I loved you, but it was just how you looked in the light
A teenage vow in a parking lot, 'til tonight do us part
Vow in a parking lot, 'til tonight do us part
A teenage vow in a parking lot, 'til tonight do us part
I sing the blues and swallow them too...
About
“Hum Hallelujah” is the fifth track on Infinity on High.
Although never directly referenced, it can be safely assumed that Pete Wentz wrote “Hum Hallelujah” with his suicide attempt still fresh in mind, as he has stated in an interview:
“I got in my car. I remember I was listening to Jeff Buckley doing Leonard Cohen’s ‘Hallelujah’ and sat there and took a bunch of Ativan in a Best Buy parking lot.”
The song focuses on pressing on with life – even when its regular melodies hit off-key notes. It acknowledges frustrating experiences and failed attempts to cope with them and urges listeners to keep going anyways.
The bridge of the song features a rerecorded sample of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” with a heavier rock background before reverting to the reprisal of the chorus.
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