Everybody tells me
"Benjamin your light
Shines a million kinds of bright
A million kinds, a million kinds"
And everybody tells me
"Benjamin, you're strong
Sing us one more golden song
To last the night, the lonely night"
Mmm
And everybody asks me
"Have you heard the latest news?
All the violence we use against our brothers?"
And everybody tells me
"I know just the ones to blame!"
But somewhere I am just the same
As all the killers, oh, we sinners
And nobody has any real illusion
The world is every ugly kind of wrong
And I can't offer any real solutions
If this rock in outer space
Is the promise of a place
Or if "Mercy, mercy!" is the only song
Everybody tells me
"What matters most is love
Find a girl; she'll be the one to make you happy"
And everybody tells me
"We're too young to lose the war"
But all my friends, they get divorced
'Cause they're unhappy, so what does that mean?
And maybe I am just no good at numbers
I add it up, it always comes out wrong
The world is full of tragedies and wonders
Oh, the things we've done
But we still believe in love
Maybe "Hallelujah!" is the only song
Maybe "Hallelujah!" is the only song