I remember how we met

But your name, my forget

Like the door that I have kept unopened

I remember it was wet

And the swelter, and the sweat

And the shelter of the bed we were cloaked in

You were stroking me like a pet

But you didn't own me yet

And the tape in the cassette deck was choking

Spat out a broken "Hallelujah"

But I've seen the way the earth

Throws its aces with a curve

You were waiting for the words to come to ya

Just to say that you prefer

To be lonely, to be cursed

And to do the very worst you can do

Yeah, I remember you like a verse

That I didn't want to learn

I just looked into your eyes and I knew ya

Now the thought of you is burned

On my body from the first

Time you did rewind that line from Hallelujah

The original Leonard Cohen version

Well, I wish that I'd never met you the day

You said "I have a room, I have music to play

I have a room, let me show you the way"

I wish that I'd never come

But now that I have, I would do it again

And I would forget like I'd piss on a grave

I would forget like I'd piss on a grave

How the words as they came to my tongue

Were "Hallelujah, hallelujah!"

And the sky was so much bluer

"Hallelujah, hallelujah!"

And the world was so much newer

You said "I have a room at the top of the stairs

I have a room with a view

I know we all have a cross that we bear

And I'd like to show it to you"

And you left me in the light

And you met me in the light

And we only had a night between the two

You were waiting for the worst

You were listening for a curse

But the only thing I heard was 'Hallelujah!'

"'Hallelujah, hallelujah!"

And the sky was so much bluer

"Hallelujah, hallelujah!"

And the world was so much newer

You said "I have a room, top of the stairs

I have a room with a view

I know we all have a cross that we bear

And I'd like to give it to you"

And I won't forget how the sky was set

You said "I have a place to go back to

La-la-la, I will have you yet

I will carry you there if I have to"

And I won't forget

No, I won't, no

I won't forget

No, I won't, no

I won't forget

No, I won't, no

I won't forget

No, I won't, wow

Woah-woah

First love