The final verse is again King David talking to God basically admitting he was wrong, and he even standing behind the dark love is entirely wrong. With that stand point, even the dark Hallelujah has a "blaze of light" like the holy Hallelujah. This could be King David speaking to God denying that he didn't take his name in vain because he killed for love. However, in the bible Solomon (King David's son) was hurt by his father's actions.īut if I did, well really, what's it to you?" It could also be possible that Cohen sings "she broke your throne, and cut your heir." Throne and Heir are two words that would most likely be seen together as opposed to throne and hair. Symbolicaly speaking, he was tied to a kitchen chair, borke your throne and cut your hair, could be referring to a King David after he commited the murder and there was no turning back. This part of the song could refer to King David being stripped of his morals.
This second verse reinforces the biblical theory that this is about King David finding love. Supposedly King David commited his adulterous crime after gazing upon a woman in the moonlight on a balcony. This being because the Hallelujah is a dark and repressed praise created by death. The chords roll back and forward between F major and a minor creating a darker chorus. Obviously this Hallelujah isn't the typical Hallelujah that would be heard at Easter. Like, how can something good come out of murder and adultry. This establishes that King David is more interested in composing a dark Hallelujah and he is baffled by the dark love that came from his bloodshed. The music actually plays the 4th and 5th chord progression in the piece and Cohen plays an a minor chord when he says "minor."Īfter it is established that the subject doesn't care for music, Cohen goes on to explain the music anyway. The chord structure of the piece is exactly with the lyrics. (Still talkin about the first verse here) "You dont really care for music do you?" Possibly the subject in this verse is the woman that David killed for, and that the sarcasm is that the woman doesn't realize how great David's sacrifice was through breaking his relation with God by displeasing him. The first verse is very very fascinating. King David sacrificed his morals and his relation with God by killing a man to obtain love, and that is why the Hallelujah is so dark. Possibly this Hallelujah is a corrupted Hallelujah. Many people have already mentioned the biblical references to the story of King David (who supposedly was a composer of God) and his struggles with lusting over a woman and King David kills her husband and thus does the dirty deed. In a long long car trip my friend and I decided we should listen to the song and pause it, rewind, listen again, rewind, and analyze this song and here's what we came up with.
General CommentWow, everyone has such deep interpretations of these lyrics, and they're all a great read. I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool ya She broke your throne, and she cut your hairĪnd from your lips she drew the Hallelujahīut if I did, well really, what's it to ya? Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew ya Your faith was strong but you needed proof That David played, and it pleased the Lordīut you don't really care for music, do ya?
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