You saw her bathing on the roof.
You saw her on the roof bathin.
You saw her bathing on the roof her beauty and the moonlight overthrew ya she tied you to her kitchen chair she broke your throne and she cut your hair and from your lips she drew the hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah.
The king s palace would have been higher up the hill than all the other homes.
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you.
Well baby i ve been here before i ve seen this room and i ve walked this floor you know.
Your faith was strong but you needed proof you saw her bathing on the roof her beauty and the moonlight overthrew ya she tied you to a kitchen chair she broke your throne and she cut your hair.
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew her.
Hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelu jah.
The song written by leonard cohen refers to the story in which king david on his roof is watching batsheva bathsheba bathe on her roof.
Your faith was strong but you needed proof.
In the near east much activity happened on flat roofs that had a low wall around them including bathing and sleeping.
This is a typical depiction of bathsheba as a temptress in the tradtion.
I couldn t feel so i tried to touch.
She tied you to her kitchen chair.
And from your lips you drew an hallelujah.
You saw her bathing on the roof.
I did my best it wasn t much.
She broke your.