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re: Explain the Hallelujah lyrics to me
Posted on 12/7/16 at 10:41 am to CatsGoneWild
Posted on 12/7/16 at 10:41 am to CatsGoneWild
Its about sex.
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Posted on 12/7/16 at 10:42 am to PearlJam
quote:I have to admit, her/his/its version isn't bad
KD Lang has a decent version too. Dude has a solid voice
Posted on 12/7/16 at 10:43 am to CatsGoneWild
Gotta wonder if Buckley would be as famous as he is if not for drowning.
Posted on 12/7/16 at 10:43 am to CatsGoneWild
Just my interpretation - I think it's about finding one's own spirituality/meaning through life. The "Hallelujah" refrain symbolizes inspiration, fulfillment or contentment with life.
I think this is Cohen describing his own journey and finding is purpose/Hallelujah through his music.
Finding fulfillment through physical love of another
Finding fulfillment through helping another find theirs
Finding spirtuality in love with another (not necessarily physical)
Finding spirituality/fulfillment in the moderate, not the extremes.
quote:
Well I heard there was a secret chord
That David played and it pleased the Lord
But you don't really care for music, do you?
Well it goes like this: the fourth, the fifth
The minor fall and the major lift
The baffled king composing Hallelujah
I think this is Cohen describing his own journey and finding is purpose/Hallelujah through his music.
quote:
Your faith was strong but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you
She tied you to her kitchen chair
She broke your throne and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah
Finding fulfillment through physical love of another
quote:
Baby I've been here before
I've seen this room and I've walked this floor (you know)
I used to live alone before I knew you
And I've seen your flag on the marble arch
And love is not a victory march
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah
Finding fulfillment through helping another find theirs
quote:
There was a time when you let me know
What's really going on below
But now you never show that to me, do you?
But remember when I moved in you
And the holy dove was moving too
And every breath we drew was Hallelujah
Finding spirtuality in love with another (not necessarily physical)
quote:
Maybe there's a God above
All I've ever learned from love
Was how to shoot somebody who outdrew you
And it's not a cry that you hear at night
It's not somebody who's seen the light
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah
Finding spirituality/fulfillment in the moderate, not the extremes.
Posted on 12/7/16 at 10:43 am to Cap Crunch
now I know I'm right
I'm so happy you never got your N
I'm so happy you never got your N
Posted on 12/7/16 at 10:44 am to CatsGoneWild
quote:
Lyrics make no sense,
they do to me.
break it down a sentence at a time.
its a conversation you know.
do you know chords?
do you get the part about bathing on the roof?
how about this part?
quote:
And the holy dove was moving too
And every breath we drew was Hallelujah
have a blessed day.
Posted on 12/7/16 at 10:45 am to PearlJam
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KD Lang has a decent version too. Dude has a solid voice.
Damien Rice's cover is really good. The song fits his musical style.
Posted on 12/7/16 at 10:48 am to CatsGoneWild
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nor do I see why it's played during Christmas
A band called Cloverton did a much better Christmas version of it.
Cohen's version uses religious imagery but isn't very religious.
Posted on 12/7/16 at 10:53 am to Mir
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Explain the Hallelujah lyrics to meIt's by Leonard Cohen you fricking heathen
Thank you.
Posted on 12/7/16 at 10:57 am to CatsGoneWild
Whatever version they used in Shrek. That's the best version.
Posted on 12/7/16 at 11:07 am to RichardParker
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Whatever version they used in Shrek. That's the best version.
Rufus Wainright. My favorite version is his Irish performance.
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Posted on 12/7/16 at 11:08 am to slackster
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Hallelujah bro.
Still doesn't really explain it. And it's a relatively recent occurrence too.
Posted on 12/7/16 at 11:10 am to PearlJam
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I've never noticed a Christmas correlation.
As I mentioned, it's a relatively recent occurrence, but it's popping up on Christmas play lists, etc.
Posted on 12/7/16 at 11:12 am to Mo Jeaux
Because Hallelujah = Jesus and Jesus = Christmas.
Or something.
I don't know, it's not about Christmas at all and only metaphorically religious.
Or something.
I don't know, it's not about Christmas at all and only metaphorically religious.
Posted on 12/7/16 at 11:14 am to TheDrunkenTigah
quote:Agreed, I love his version the most.
Buckley's version is untouchable
I like the song, I dont need to understand it, but it puts me in a good mood when I listen to it and that is all that matters.
Posted on 12/7/16 at 11:16 am to LSUBoo
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Because Hallelujah = Jesus and Jesus = Christmas.
Or something.
I don't know, it's not about Christmas at all and only metaphorically religious.
Yeah, it doesn't "bother" me per se (there are plenty of other "Christmas" songs that aren't really about Christmas), I just find it odd (coupled with it happening relatively recently makes it even more odd).
Posted on 12/7/16 at 11:16 am to Mo Jeaux
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As I mentioned, it's a relatively recent occurrence, but it's popping up on Christmas play lists, etc.
The music (no lyrics) was played at the church I attend earlier this year. It's definitely spreading as of late since the music is so great. However, I can't help but sit in church and think of the original lyrics, since that's what I first associate it with. Even when the lyrics are changed to something else, I still think of the original intent which is not religious at all.
Posted on 12/7/16 at 11:18 am to DavidTheGnome
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Gotta wonder if Buckley would be as famous as he is if not for drowning.
I don't think he's very famous at all now in relative terms to begin with, but in my opinion he was a top 5 all-time singing talent and had the capacity to write really good songs. He had a very high ceiling.
Posted on 12/7/16 at 11:37 am to titmouse
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I don't think he's very famous at all now in relative terms to begin with, but in my opinion he was a top 5 all-time singing talent and had the capacity to write really good songs. He had a very high ceiling.
He's not a Kurt Cobain just died famous but I'd say he's at least famous with people that dig a bit deeper for their music than the top 40 charts. And with indie people they idolize both him and Nick Drake (whom I do like) as being godlike.
Posted on 12/7/16 at 12:13 pm to CatsGoneWild
quote:
Your faith was strong but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you
She tied you to her kitchen chair
She broke your throne and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah
References to Bathsheba and David as well as Samson and Delilah.
A woman's beauty will draw you in and at the same time imprison you, make you weak and in the end lose everything.
quote:
Baby I've been here before
I've seen this room and I've walked this floor (you know)
I used to live alone before I knew you
And I've seen your flag on the marble arch
And love is not a victory march
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah
He's been here before. He had a life before her. And she may have "won" the war, but what does a victory get you anyway? Pain.
quote:
There was a time when you let me know
What's really going on below
But now you never show that to me, do you?
But remember when I moved in you
And the holy dove was moving too
And every breath we drew was Hallelujah
Remember the honeymoon period? When everything is love, when you are so wrapped up in each other, when you chase each other's breath, when that love has your souls entwined.
It goes away eventually.
quote:
Maybe there's a God above
All I've ever learned from love
Was how to shoot somebody who outdrew you
And it's not a cry that you hear at night
It's not somebody who's seen the light
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah
Love is a bitch.
I probably listened to this song a thousand times during my separation and divorce.
It was very powerful to me.
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