What does Leonard Cohen s Hallelujah mean

The literal meaning of hallelujah is praise yah, however the song uses it in different ways and i have always wondered what it really means in the song.In the one we're most familiar with, there are two stanzas referring to.The song grew into a reflection about love and loss and spirituality and empathy.So we know david played a 'secret chord', whatever that may be.To listen to hallelujah with an ear tuned for hits is to understand, at least a little, why cohen's record company initially refused to put out various positions..

In other words, he interprets the term as one.While hallelujah took him years to write, dylan told cohen that he wrote i.By urpal » wed dec 17, 2008 10:17 pm.Cohen says it doesn't matter whose hallelujah it is.General commentto me, this song is all about how love can be so wrong, such a mistake, and yet at the same time, when all's said and done.

The word « halloween » comes from »all hallows' eve » and means « hallowed evening.This is a very interesting song actually.It comes from a place of great pain, love turned sour, and from a broken man.To listen to hallelujah with an ear tuned for hits is to understand, at least a little, why cohen's record company initially refused to put out various positions. look, leonard, the label's.This song interleaves the love beween a man and a woman with the love between mankind and god.

Rufus wainwright's cover of hallelujah.The original song is from 1984, but the song's immense popularity.You've maybe even seen this room and walked this floor.It was 1984, and he had been out of the spotlight for quite a long time.