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By Pages:   1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9    10   Next 10 Pages Add Your New Review About The Song The Reviews about Hallelujah (page 8/ 20) ------ performed by Jeff Buckley My interpretation of this song | Reviewer: Anonymous | 9/1/07 A lot of people have speculated on the meaning of this song. Someone said he knew for a fact what it was about, but wouldn't tell anyone because he didn't want anyone to stop liking the song. That person presumably thinks this song is about sex. An earlier analysis said the same thing, except explicitly. Of course, it is partly about sex, but I think there's more to it. The only overtly sexual verse is the second-to-last one where he speaks of "moving in you". More to the point, this song is about love, not just sex. The sex is part of the love, but it goes hand-in-hand with it. "Remember when I moved in you? And the holy dove was moving too", for example, where both sex and holiness are combined together, because they move together. So if we then take religion to be an allegory for love, then much more of the song makes sense. The "secret chord" that David plays that pleases the lord is a symbol for love, again, but "You don't care for music", so the person he's singing to doesn't believe in the holiness of love. This is also seen by the author saying that "Your faith was strong," meaning you could love at one point, but "her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you" (i.e. the lover was seduced by something else, and is no longer interested in the pure love the singer sings of). The seducer brings forth a "Hallelujah" from the lips of the lover, which indicates the lover has forsaken the old "god" (love) for the new god (the seducer). The singer doesn't like this and, feeling alone ("I've been here before, I’ve seen this room and I've walked this floor, I used to live alone before I knew you", which means he feels now as he did before he met his lover) admonishes his lover, ("Love is not a victory march"). Apparently, part of the seduction of the lover is that the lover believes she has some claim on the singer. Thus, we end up in the last verse where the lover has staked a claim on the singer. The singer doubts his faith in love "Maybe there's a god above", but he also seems to have left the relationship. "All I've ever learned from love was how to shoot somebody who outdrew you" (the outdrawing refers to the claim staked on the singer by the lover). In the final lines, he speaks of how his love is not a cry that you hear at night (think sex) and it's not someone who's seen the light (someone who believes in love as he does), but it's cold and broken and pleading. It's a very sad song about loss of faith, disappointment, and maybe even hope (the "secret" chord he's heard of that might yet please the lord). All in all, a very deep and beautiful song. Lyrics confusion | Reviewer: Hattie | 8/28/07 As for the holy dark v. holy dove thing - apparently rufus wainwright changed it to dark but it was originally dove, and it seems Cohen himself (let alone everyone else, inc buckley, of whom i'm a fan) changed the lyrics in a later version! It's weird - i think some versions are more biblical, some more sexual, in their allusions, but wikipedia it for more info anyway. Also i knew it originally from shrek - despite the fact the actual film and the soundtrack have different people singing it... memories | Reviewer: Natalia | 8/27/07 this lyrics, this song, his voice remind me so many things, thoughts and situations from the past...When I firstly heard this song I was crying...I made so many mistakes, so many people I disapoint. Anyway I like this song bery much, this is a song of my life. hallelujah questions | Reviewer: nikki | 8/19/07 the version i have seems to skip the first two verses and jump straight into Baby i've been here before.... then at the end, there's another verse that doesnt appear on these lyrics. what's up with that??? i want the ORIGINAL song....please help! email me and tell me which version is the REAL version please lyrics correction | Reviewer: Will | 8/14/07 "i thought the holy dog was movin', but the verse sounds so much deeper now that i kno9w its a dove" Unfortunately, Im fairly sure its neither. Its the 'Holy Dark' which is moving. Leonard Cohen meant it as complex but beautiful imagery portray sex as quasi-divine. Uplifting | Reviewer: kate | 8/10/07 Jeff Buckley's version makes me tear up every time. I admit that I'm partial to him (if you don't have Grace, get it), but really his rendition of this song is uplifting and quite lovely. dove vs dog | Reviewer: hot t | 8/10/07 i thought the holy dog was movin', but the verse sounds so much deeper now that i kno9w its a dove. Sweet | Reviewer: Voi Perkele | 8/6/07 I heard this song first time when they promoted the 24-series' fourth season on tv here in Finland. As Jeff sings about marble arch ect, Jack Bauer looks like his in agony and crying and everybodys dying and so forth --- Very touchy moment. At that moment I desided that I must get the song and watch the serie. Good decisions both :) Hallelujah | Reviewer: Colin | 7/29/07 This song seems to strip me to the bone it says so much more than just the lyrics,been through some really tough times a few years ago and I think I know where L cohen was at when he wrote it. Some people on here say it gives them hope i'm not so sure but all the best songs mean different things to the people who listen to them Anyway great great song sung beautifly by J Buckley Edukators | Reviewer: Wendy | 7/22/07 I even almost cried during the movie "The Edukatos" because of this song, Hallelujah. I know Leonard Cohen, but don't know Buckley so well. Gotta listen to more of his music. Add Your New Review About The Song By Pages:   1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9    10   Next 10 Pages