Many versions change the lyrics, especially Christian versions that tone down all the ambiguities of the song. It is today emblematic and figures among a multitude of film soundtracks and television shows. Once you listen from the right perspective, things become very clear. Hallelujah drew from the broken love is a cold and a broken Hallelujah.' In fact, one of the verses he says It doesnt matter which you heard. Since then, the song was covered over 300 times. But if I did, well really, whats it to you Theres a blaze of light in every word. Cohen says it doesn’t matter whose hallelujah it is. Below are the somewhat confusing lyrics of the first verse of Leonard Cohen’s best known song, ‘ Hallelujah ’. Buckley’s version went on to become the most well-known recording of the song.
Jeff Buckley heard Cale’s version and did his own cover on his 1994 album Grace. He used the modified lyrics, based on Cohen’s 1988 live version. However, it was covered by John Cale, in 1991, for a tribute album. The song wasn’t all that popular when it first came out. Cohen addresses God: “But you don’t really care for music, do you?”įor others, we talk about the evolution of a relationship through a metaphor that mixes sex and religion.Ĭohen originally wrote around 80 verses of the song, and used a different selection of the verses in the original recording and in a 1988 live performance. King David’s “hallelujah,” in the book of Psalms, is said to have pleased the Lord. But in the new documentary ' Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song,' in theaters Friday, directors Dayna Goldfine and Dan Gellar examine how despite the odds, the song managed to take on a. By some interpretations, Cohen is in an argument with God.
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