Lyrics for Hum Hallelujah as interpreted by suchaxsucker

Hum Hallelujah Lyrics
It's all a game of this or that
Now verses 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
And you are the dreamer
And we are the dream
I could write it better
Than you ever felt it

So hum hallelujah
Just off the key of reason
I thought I loved you
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

My words are my faith to hell
With a 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

So hum hallelujah
Just off the key of reason
I thought I loved you
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

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelu
Hallelujah (Hum Hallelujah), Hallelujah (Hum Hallelujah)
Hallelujah (Hum Hallelujah), Hallelu (Hum Hallelujah)

A teenage vow in a parking lot
"Til tonight do us part"
I sing the blues
And swallow them too

So
Hum hallelujah
Just off the key of reason
I thought I loved you
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
Till tonight do us part
Teenage vow in a parking lot
"Til tonight do us part"
I sing the blues
And swallow them too

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_hideandseek
01-23-2007

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I love the little tribute to Leonard Cohen.

This song is so fun to sing along to.

Infinity On High, you have impressed me so much.

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you_know_me_21
01-24-2007

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a little off on the lyrics

so hum hallelujah
*just off the key of reason*
i thought i loved you
it was just how you looked in the light

and

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

there are some other differences on other sites but these sound mostly right to me

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softlyforsalvation
01-24-2007

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this song is awsome
best on the album in my veiw

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timmy_no7
01-24-2007

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tribute to Leonard Cohen??

explain?

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xswmx
01-24-2007

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haha you kids! leonard cohen wrote hallelujah you know 'i heard their was a secret chord that david played and it pleased the lord...'

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overoverme
01-24-2007

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*cough*

Our teenage love in a parking lot
Till tonight do us part
I sing the blues
And swallow them too

I dunno, maybe it is just me, but could this song be about Pete's parking lot overdose...maybe?

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_hideandseek
01-24-2007

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When the song goes "Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelu, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelu", it's in tribute to the Leonard Cohen song "Hallelujah". It's sung the same way in both songs.

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Brandanwithana
01-24-2007

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Beautiful song.
So upbeat and you can't not sing along with it.
I love the off key fading at the end.
I'm just impressed with Patrick's vocals.
They're phenominal on this album.

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Brandanwithana
01-24-2007

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I always thought it sounded like "Just start the key of reason."

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suchaxsucker
01-24-2007

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haha after i submitted these lyrics i started hearing everything how it was supposed to, but the lyrics were pending so i couldn't change them.

and yes, i think the song is not only a tribute to leonard cohen, but also about pete's overdose.

"i thought i loved you, it was just how you looked in the light"
maybe he saw the pills and thought it was his way out, hence loving them, but afterwards realized it was just the way everything looked at the time, and how it could have been an escape.
"teenage love in a parking lot"
since he od'd in the parking lot. and i can't tell if it's "love" or "vow", so obviously vow could add to this more.
"i sing the blues and swallow them too"
i think this line is like he is swallowing his fears and anxiety away.

"sometimes we take chances, sometimes we take pills."
self-explanitory. haha.

yeah. that's just how i see it. (:

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rust3dxh3art
01-24-2007

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For some reason most of the firstverse sounds kind of wrong? But the only correction I could offer is what i hear as the second line? "Now this is that"- but don't change it just yet- its just a suggestion? And instead of a game it sounds like theyre talking about 'guests' as in a guestlist- after all they are seemingly talking about a party of some sort with the whole 'Youre someone who knows someone'.

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egyptianmusk
01-24-2007

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I hear, "A teenage vow in a parking lot, till tonight do us part."

Makes more sense too.

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shrodes
01-24-2007

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Apparently Pete OD'd to Jeff Buckley's version of Hallelujah, at least that's what I heard from Kerrang!

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kellan6
01-24-2007

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I always thought it meant how Pete is trying to say not to try to be like him or achieve his life, but go off in your direction. Hum Hallelujah as the title is like, trying to get a hint of what the real life of his is, and "just off the key of reason" theyre trying to say like why would you want to be like us, there is no reason, your just thiking there is. Im not sure about the rest of the choras.


"And you are the dreamer
And we are the dream
I could write it better
Than you ever felt it"

first 2 lines explain they are dreaming to be them, the 3rd and 4th lines are saying kinda sarcasticly that they could explain there feelings better then the person themselves. you know, cuz so many people think that.

thats just my take

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ringinmyears
01-24-2007

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This song is probably one of my favorites on the new album. I haven't been able to pick one yet, but this is one up there pretty high.

"...who knows someone..."
sounds kind of like he's saying he wants to fit in with all the famous people he gets stuck around. most likely sarcastic, of course.

and then "the road outside my house..."
is like, he means well but can't pull it off so he's asking for help.

and then "Hum Hallelujah" makes me think of humming a song to get yourself through the day. " I thought I loved you..." is him realizing he took his love/problems a bit too seriously. So it was kind of teenager-ish of him. Since we're all so caught-up and full of drama...haha.

My words are my fate to hell
With a good name
[his lyrics get him into trouble alot...]
Remix of your guts,
Your insides x-rayed
[but he knows you secretly love it.]

I love you in the same way
There's a chapel in a hospital
[a little sanctuary of good in a place that sucks...]
One foot in your bedroom
And one foot out the door
[half of him is with her and half of him is gone. haha duh.]


And I never really thought of the O'Ding thing until I read that, but it makes perfect sense really. Listening to it now makes the part with the choir seem so...epic. It seems like another song from FOB telling you to keep your chin up. I love it.

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ringinmyears
01-24-2007

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Whoa... and I just remember that the boardies were talking about a Best Buy reference in this song and obviously the OD'ing is it.

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OneNightOneMoreTime
01-24-2007

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woah!! i'm someone who knows someone who knows someone they once knew! haha. it actually is that way for meh. i love the choir part. and then when patrick joins in.

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softlyforsalvation
01-25-2007

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isnt there something about your ears being a china shop somewhere in here

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BooshIsLoose
01-25-2007

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Oh, i havent actually heard this song yet :( but the lyrics are brilllint.

and i think i read an interview somewhere and pete said that it was called hum Hallelujah because that was the song that was playing on the radio when he took the pills..

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suchaxsucker
01-25-2007

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rust3dxh3art - i actually agree with what you hear after listening to it.

and i think it is "vow in a parking lot" so i'll change that too.

this song is so amazing.

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oxsamxo92
01-25-2007

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I love hum hallelujah i am basically fall out boys #1 fan and it its one of my major favorites

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you_know_me_21
01-25-2007

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And you are the dreamer
And we are the dream

every time i hear that it reminds me of that maroon clandestine pete always used to wear...

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you_know_me_21
01-25-2007

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shirt... i forgot a vital word.

the clandestine SHIRT.

lmao

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UncleJemima
01-26-2007

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"Hum hallelujah" is a reference to the song (Hallelujah by Jeff Buckley) that was playing in the car when Pete took all that Ativan.

I think "I sing the blues, and I've swallowed them too" is a play on words, saying that Pete swallowed the Ativan (even though Ativan isn't really blue).

I'm pretty sure the entire song is about Pete's overdose.

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starbucksgirl
01-26-2007

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"The road outside my house
Is paved with good intentions"

i think that's a play on a saying? as in "the road to hell is paved with good intentions." he had good intentions when he started out with the music but now it's gotten out of hand.

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