Hallelujah! With all thanks to leonard cohen, e.g.
Now I’ve heard there was a secret cave
That David dived and it eased his pain
But you don’t really care for scuba, do you?
It goes like this, the reg, the mask
The long inhales, the long swims back
The brand-new caver attempting hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Your breath was slow but you couldn’t nav
You thought you saw a quick way back
The cavern light was only an illusion
I tried to give you the caving line
You finned up silt, you crapped the dive
And we watched you as you recited Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Well, maybe there’s another dive
As for me, I can’t watch them die
I can’t be liable just ‘cause I outbreathed you
But it’s not a crime to swim to the light
It’s someone’s son or husband tonight
Who inspires a cold and very broken hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Well, people, I’m not teaching now
I know the risks, I know the how
Of sites I used to dive before I trained you
And I’ve seen the flowers on the strand
But diving, love, is not that grand
It’s a cold and it’s a wet and dark delusion
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
You should have said when your air was low
We could have made a deco blow
But you never showed your gauge to me, no, did ya?
And though helium helped in your tank too
The dark narc it was moving you
Then every single priceless breath we drew was
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Now I laid the lines, I mucked it up
I couldn’t see so I tried to touch
I found my way out, but not just to accuse you
And even though it all went sour
I can’t blame silt or tidal hour
I stand before my judge without illusion
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah