Reviews for Hallelujah Lyrics

this song is AMAZING!! i listen to it whenever i can because its sooooooo amazing. The weird thing is, this isn't my type of music. Im more into metal but this song is just simply incredible and i would recomend it to anyone

hi im 13 so i kinda wsnt around wen he released this song but its such a gr8 song, i found out bout this song off the teenage drama series The OC. im rly curious and i rly wna no how did jeff buckley die? cud sum1 gt bk 2 me??

Well I first heard this song back when I was about 14 years old and I loved it, sadly Jeff isn't with us anymore. And I wished I could have met him, now my grandma is dying and I was thinking about playing it for her funneral cus I made my own version. I've always wanted to be able to play this song perfectly But I can't and I'll envey Jeff's work all my life in my future careers as a guitarist and vocalist. I love you like a brother Jeff.

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Nick

One of those songs that puts my mind at rest and makes me content. I could close my eyes anywhere in the world, in any situation and hear this song, and still feel the same emotions.

I heard this on The O.C. last year and have been listening to it almost every since then. Why? because it reminds me about a lot of things i need to work on in relationships.

i'm not that of a great fan of The OC but MAN the soundtrack's just PERFECT..in fact the only thing I'd watch The OC for would be the music..AND for marissa's sister..lol

it makes me feel a bit sad.. I dont know why. Probably the best song ive ever heard.

This song..is just unbeliveable. It makes you feel emotions so strong that words cannot describe it.
When i listen to it i want to cry and laugh at the same time. Truly powerful.

i just watched the edukators tonight and it was revolutionary. i'd heard this song before on the leonard cohen tribute but it made the movie come alive when it played at the exact right moment.

Jeff was a genius. That song it's very motive and touching. It's amazing like all Jeff's songs. I can listen it over and over.
Sorry for my english (;

Sitting in the soft amber glow, I watch my three ya ya sisters, and drink fine ruby port in a stout green bottle, playing this song, I quickly realize that this vision of beauty will never leave my mind, and every time I hear this song I will always be reminded of the glorious I am dying.

(Audible sigh.) The more I think on the lyrics, ironically, the more I hear my own story in them. Don't know if that makes me love the song more or hate it...

My interpretation... with the first few paragraphs below based loosely on another post on this site, which I really found impressive.

The song is about love; but not necessarily LOVE like the forever and ever and marriage kind of thing. It's about new love and passion… lust and desperation… and the kind of sex that makes you keep coming back for more… again and again and again.... definitely drug-like. A situation reminiscent of a moth to a flame; you know that it's going to kick your ass but you can't help but keep going back. It's risky; but somehow it's worth it. And all you can hope is that, though you are nearly certain to get burned, some way you'll end up stronger for the journey with no regrets… (I myself have not yet found the strength… but I guess I'm still hoping the journey isn't over.)

It's about finding someone you connect with on an extraordinary plane. It's excitement and pleasure and a primal, sexual connection with the potential to be something simply incredible… then all of the sudden it's gone. And you're instantly left in a hole; full of emptiness and longing you just don't know what to do with.

The first stanza starts out immediately talking of someone trying to walk away from a relationship... and someone who is not ready to let go. For practical purposes and to show my allegoric thought-process (and also because this is my blog and I can) I'm going to say the one walking away is the HE.

She tries to eloquently arrange her thoughts into words in order to convince him to stay. He doesn't really care to hear her rationale. She pours her heart out; confused and trying to determine what it is he really wants… Isn't it something she can offer?

She thought that all had been well between them; the passion was there. But he is distracted… and you know what they say about the grass is always greener. He thinks that perhaps he's taken the wrong path. Maybe another woman is where his heart really lies…even though that previous relationship nearly broke him.

She tells him she knows heartache; she knows what it is like to be alone and restless because that's what her life was before she met him. She says she can see that he's trying to be honorable by leaving; but love isn't always that easy.

She can feel him pulling away from her when she used to feel so close to him. She calls him on it. Why is he so eager to disconnect? She asks him to remember their passion for each other; the nights, the way they moved together, the connection they shared. She doesn't want to go back to the way it was before.

She says she's losing faith in love. That all the men in her life have broken her heart and, as bitter as it sounds, she's learned to put up her guards and not let anyone in…. save herself from the heartache. She says it's not really the tears or the fact that he is choosing someone else over her… it's the loss of that passion… and feeling like she's lost a piece of herself along the way.

Hallelujah…

I first heard this song performed by one of my favorite local artists. I couldn't get it out of my head from that point forward. I don't know if it is because of the aforementioned haunting nature of the song or if it is because despite the biblical references it seems to drip with the emotion that I am feeling.

I think the most incredible explanation of the lyrics has been below... about the love/lust aspect. Nail on the head in my opinion.

I've heard a dozen versions of this song I think. My favorite still being my local musician's (Greg Boerner - www.gregboerner.com) but Jeff Buckley comes in a close second.

I first heard the Rufus Wainwright (sp?) version on Shrek and loved it. The more I listen, the more this moves me (to tears) and the more layers of haunting & tragic (but not desperate) beauty I detect in it. I am grateful just that this piece of music exists.

It is a beautiful song, ruined by Jeff Buckley. Have listened to Grace several times and I just don't get it - he can't sing, simple as that.