Reviews for Hallelujah Lyrics

Nothing has ever moved me like this song. The words indicate sorrow and woe..... but also refer to sad love. I wish that there is another song like this timeless piece of music!

This song is so beautifull. It touch us deeply. I can see myself trying to please the Creator - God. But man cannot do that. "Only by grace can we enter, only by grace can we stand"; as Don Moen sings. The unique way to be free from melancholy and receiving His Salvation is trough Jesus.

You don't have to know the Bible to be moved by this song. But you do have to possess some understanding of Old Testament Biblical history to see why Leonard Cohen used these Bible stories. This song borrows from Samson & Delilah, as well as David & Bathsheba. Love representing a broken & cold Hallelujah is quite Biblically accurate. In Eccl. 7:2-4 talks about how it is better to attend a house of mourning, than a house of feasting. By sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. All throughout the Bible, True Love is shown to be of self surrender, one who serves & love can very well be quite broken. This song interprets many feelings.

No one is wrong and everyone is right. This is loaded with literary devices and i love the discussions it generates. As long as you can support your answer then you are right. It is about relationship between God and Man and two lovers... our lives a filled with so many broken hallelujahs -in spite of the brokenness we can still find or recall some happiness. This man is embracing his journey. Wonderful piece of literature and a beautiful song!

I have heard many songs and I swear no song have ever moved me like Hallelujah. I at least listen to this song at leats twice a day. It is sooths. Burke has not included the third and forth stanzas.

He is stating that Music is who he turned to in his time of loss. Praise the music. After he broke down he began to sing.."And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah." Another example: "And even though it all went wrong,
I'll stand before the Lord of Song
with nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah." Which is what enables everyone to share this song. Music is what heals, and he has all of us looking to this song.

OK, the person who said how can "hallelujah" be "broken" . sERIOUSLY??? I means that the faith in the lord is broken or lost. Comeon I'm a ninth grader and I can figure that out.Over all this is my favorite song and, don't question it just enjoy.

The truth is no one will ever know the true meaning of this song but the man who wrote it so stop talking rubbish people and enjoy the song the man gave to us and for all those religious people out there why do use always have to look for some stupid meaning behind it he even says in the song stand before the lord of song not meaning god because there is no such thing look into the true past of your religion and ul find nothing but scams and devil worship god is a man made creation to make themselves feel there is life after death so stupid get a grip people enjoy your lifes and the songs that are in it because when your dead your dead

This song seemed amazing to me in that visceral, from the gut feeling everyone talks about. Of course, like so many of you I had to take a look at the lyrics. The lyrics are at odds with the "religious" theme of the song, but that is exactly why I adore it. I get Cohen's sarcasm, frustration, and defeat. The whole package is nothing but amazing. Remember how "Born in the USA" was not about patriotism? "Hallelujah" is not so much about the lord as it is about man's pithiness in the context of his world full of hope, sadness, failed love, lack of intimacy, acceptance, etc. As such, the song is made so more more significant by the dichotomy and irony of the chorus, music and lyrics. It's a complicated song, but life is complex if you're a thinking person.

I don't know if Jeff Buckley sang the third and last stanzas or not, but they are NOT included in the above posted lyrics.

Third one:

You say I took the name in vain
I don't even know the name
But if I did, well really, what's it to you?
There's a blaze of light in every word
It doesn't matter which you heard
The holy or the broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah

And the last one, without which the song cannot be understood as Leonard Cohen wrote it:

I did my best, it wasn't much;
I couldn't feel so I learned to touch.
I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool you.
And even though it all went wrong,
I'll stand before the Lord of Song
with nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah.

Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah

This song is about HUMILITY. Every huamn attempt at anything is flawed, always has been, always will be. Even so, the singer will still stand before the universe and sing hallelujah, as imperfect as his/her attempts at loving or anything else have been, not as a sniveling wretch, but with courage and dignity intact for having taken a RISK and made his/her flawed effort, but EFFORT nonetheless.

This song is one of a kind. soothing and touching, but people need to stop making a big deal about this song and enjoy it.. who cares what the lyrics mean. you know it than thats great and if you don't that shouldnt stop you from listening to an amazing song. music is suppose to be unique and creative, not strict and having to mean everything or understood (if that makes sense). so yeah just enjoy. REALLYY!!!! :]

I am nearly 50 years old and have a great passion for music all my life but never in my life any form of music moved me like Halleluja, actually no words known to me can describe this piece,

and that includes all versions of this song. I am a uge Leonard Cohen fan and thank God to give this humble man the talent to wright such a historicle piece of music.

I totally agree with some of the wrighters that music is an art and not be took apart with certain meanings atachet to the words
If the shoe fits put it on.
Sorry for my bad English as it is only my second language.

I heard this song and could not stop there. I googled all information on the song and listened to everyone who has sung it that i could find. I am not finished yet either. I going to get the book also. This song touched me. It is my all time favorite.

While the music is soothing, the words are kind of lame, especially by the fact that the artist is employing spiritual themes. He also doesn't seem to understand what the word "hallelujah" means. Hallelujah means "Praise the LORD." How can "hallelujah" be "broken?"

The music is nostalgic. Don't listen to the words and the sound is soft lilting. WIth the words, the music becomes different. You hear the melancholy in it. It points to a person's troubles. While there are biblical references, this is really about a relationship. The first initial "honeymoon" stage until the broken part... where it's gone. It wasn't meant to last, etc. etc. Whatever. It's a man's lament.