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. Since then, the song was covered over 300 times. Hallelujah Verse 3 Well, baby, Ive been here before Ive seen this room and Ive walked this floor You know, I used to live alone before I knew ya And Ive seen your flag on the marble arch. 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. Was how to shoot at someone who outdrew you Its not somebody whos seen. But if I did, well really, whats it to you Theres a blaze of light in every word. Jeff Buckley, a hungry young singer-songwriter from California, first heard 'Hallelujah' on a Leonard Cohen tribute album he discovered in a friends home while cat-sitting in Brooklyn in 1992.He. King David’s “hallelujah,” in the book of Psalms, is said to have pleased the Lord. Additional Lyrics Maybe theres a God above But all Ive ever learned from love. By some interpretations, Cohen is in an argument with God.
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