La idiotez de lo perfecto

I found out I have a favourite song. Doesn't matter in which state of mind am I, the deceivement of the week, or the flavour of the ice-cream; the song reaches me.

It is a bit of a guilty pleasure to say I heard it on a mixed CD that Rasmusmyex mailed me. Almost everybody liked Jeff Buckley when he drawned (+2 million copies of 'Grace' sold post-mortem), and as happens with García Márquez, one should sometimes surrender to the massive demonstrations of common sense.

So my idiotic perfection is 'Hallelujah'. I got chills this morning on my borrowed car when I heard that love is not a victory march, it's a cold and it is a broken hallelujah. From the 15 verses that supposedly L.Cohen interchanged, just some of them have made it to the washout of the covers by practically anyone with a guitar and a voice with an ample register. I just love the song in all colours and shapes - Old Testament, sex, and the holy dove was moving too.

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!

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, she cut your hair,
and from your lips she drew the 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

There was a time you let me know
What's real and 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

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

http://www.lastfm.es/music/Jeff+Buckley/_/Hallelujah