There are religious hallelujahs, but there are many others. However, Cohen emphasized that this is not a song about faith in God and religion: The text of Hallelujah in the original version, published in 1984, is full of references to biblical stories: Samson and Delilah, David and Bathsheba, as well as some others. But there are times when we are able to … come to an agreement and accept this whole mess. This world is full of conflicts and things that cannot be reconciled with. He also explained his understanding of the word “Hallelujah” as follows:
It is a desire to affirm faith in life, but not in some formal, religious way, but with enthusiasm, with emotions.” I say: “All the perfect and defiled hallelujahs are equal. “Hallelujah” is a Hebrew word that means “glory to the Lord.” The song explains that there are actually many types of hallelujah. Cohen briefly explained the main idea of the Hallelujah song in an interview: The author was often asked what “Hallelujah” was about. As he later recalled, it got to the point that he literally hit his head on the floor, sitting in his shorts on the carpet in the hotel room. It is known that Leonard Cohen composed “Hallelujah” for several years and wrote about eighty verses, of which he later chose four. But his “snowball”, rolling down the mountain, began to acquire cover versions that conquered numerous charts and, in the words of the same Cale, turned Hallelujah into “one of the most beloved, most performed and most misunderstood compositions of all time.” Story of Hallelujah song The author of the composition Leonard Cohen, having performed his creation, did not impress the public.
Welsh musician John Cale compared the history of the Hallelujah song to a “lingering snowball effect”.
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