“Hallelujah”
(the definitive version)

Baby I have been here before
I know this room, I’ve walked this floor
I used to live alone before I knew you.
Yeah, I’ve seen your flag on the marble arch
but listen Love, love is not some kind of victory march
It’s a cold and it’s a very broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah (x5)

There was a time when you let me know
What was really going on below
Ahh, but now you never show it to me, do you?
Yeah well, I remember it well when I moved in you
and the holy dove, she was moving too
Yes, and every breath we drew was Hallelujah

Hallelujah (x4)

Well, maybe there is a god above
As for me, all I ever seemed to learn from love
is how to shoot at some one who out drew you
Ah, but it’s not a complaint that you hear tonight
it’s not the laughter of someone who claims to have seen the light
No, it’s a cold and it’s a very lonely Hallelujah

Hallelujah (x4)
Guitar Solo
Hallelujah (x4)

I did my best, it wasn’t much
I could not feel, so I learned to touch
I’ve told the truth, I didn’t come all this way to fool you
And even though it all went wrong
I’ll stand right here before the Lord of Song
With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah

Hallelujah (x8)

WATCHMEN SPOILERS

I didn’t like the new ending. I’ll admit that I thought it made more sense, but the end result is markedly different. Both take advantage of human paranoia, but the new ending puts up boundaries that the original didn’t. Fearing the wrath of God versus the threat of a greater force stifles human nature. Which is why we get that cringe-inducing line from Dan that I’m pretty sure isn’t in the graphic novel, where he says something to similar effect. The original doesn’t discourage humanity’s violent nature, while the movie turns the world in to a panopticon.

The soundtrack, for me, was pretty indicative of Snyder’s directorial missteps in general. Thematically they all made sense, but he seems to have a habit of imposing his own atmosphere on to the story in an overbearing way. It’s one way to interpret the book, but the style of the film as a whole was pretty at odds with the way I imagined it.

That being said, I actually enjoyed the movie. This in spite of the fact that the guy sitting in front of me flew in to hysterics any time something mildly stimulating came on to the screen. Being a little drunk and having someone smash a rocking theater chair in to your knees more times then you can count does wonders for your mood.

Love the show, keep it up.

Sounds of Silence, Hallelujah, 99 Luftballons – Do you guys even know what these songs are about? They were right on the money. Karen’s taste – unreliable.

“And when Rorschach dies at the end…”

Less talkie talkie about Dollhouse and more stuff on BSG.