Emotionally I cant listen to this song anymore, my choir teacher passed away by suicide, and this was the very first song he had us sing.. this is his anthem, we played this song for him one last time the day of his funeral. RIP MR. HALANE, you're smile will always live in us
Fun fact: the note on the word "fourth" is a perfect 4th, "the fifth" is a perfect 5th, " minor fall" is sung on a minor chord, and "major lift" is sung on a major chord
Reading these lyrics, it seems like it was the Biblical Uriah speaking. He was a loyal soldier (officer in the army) of King David who was in the battlefield while David stayed in his palace banging Batsheba, Uriah’s wife. To cover a possible scandal, David called Uriah to come home and make love to his wife Bathseba in case David impregnated her in their fling. Uriah stayed in the battlefield because of his loyalty to fight for Israel. David then ordered his men to put Uriah in front of the battlefield and abandon him for an easy killing by the enemy army. Uriah was killed and King David took Bathsheba as his 8th wife. The fruit of their dark love affair? , King Solomon, who had 700 wives and 300 concubines in his lifetime. What a freaking messed-up sinful story. Uriah probably knew what was going and in his dying moment he was probably bitter, questioning the purpose of God or even his existence. He knew he became a pawn, to die so David can continue his “greatness”. in spite of his evil deeds. What an injustice to Uriah! 1 Chronicles, 2nd Samuel
There's a hand full of people on the planet that can sing and really capture both the text and the feel of this masterpiece. Rufus Wainwright is one of those people.
For those who wants to know the meaning of the lyrics, the song is being singed from the perspective of a soldier from Israel, whose wife was having an affair with king David, at the moment king David of the kingdom of Israel, Before starting the affair, the king David was able to see the soldiers wife from the window of hes room while she was showering at night (From here comes: you saw her bathing on the roof, the beauty and the moonlight overthrew you), from this moment the king David fell in love with her, and started to hit on her,) then ahead soldier says( and remember when i moved in you? the holly dark was moving too) which means sexually, she was being banged by her Husband and the king David too, and it describes how the passion of the wife for the soldier was dying while he was happy with her (Holly Dark) the big problem comes when King David fears the soldier is aware of the affair, and given to the laws of older Israel, the women who haves a affair when having a husband was condemned to be killed, so to avoid this, king David sent the husband (Soldier) to the front lines of a war they were having at the moment with another kingdom so that he was killed quickly and the king David in this way could continue hes romance with the women...very sad story
For me I believe its about all the temptations that come in our lives to destroy us, yes its talking about David but also talks about Samson when he fell in love with a evil woman that later betrayed him he told her what was the reason of his strength which was his hair and she ended it up cutting it off for money. Its all about the temptation that is suppose to destroy us, but in the end we become stronger and learn to put all our trust in God.
Actually if you read The Word (Bible) it is in reference to King David and his repentance. The Bible states, David was a man after God’s own heart...and then he does this... He committed a sin worthy of death in those days..(adultery) He slept with a married mans wife and then killed him because the shame and guilt was great. It’s a cry towards mercy. So it is about God. “Hallelujah” is the highest praise, therefore when one sins, as an act of reverence to God almighty who deserves our highest praise and repented heart we confess our downfalls and struggles and as an acceptance of frailty and a need for a savior.
Am I the only one that gets emotional when this song plays on Shrek because it’s genuinely a sad moment? Shrek is real love. No joke. He would do anything for her. Even let her go so she’d be happy. The movies are really good.. at least the first 2
It is my favorite part to I really like the fact that even though it is technically 6 words it explains a lot of the song and means a lot in the song? Also if you want to know the full story
My strings teacher sadly passed away yesterday, my heart stopped and dropped the moment i found out. Since were in quarantine right now i couldn't go to school and see him one last time. I'll forever miss him dearly, may he rest in peace ❤
My football coach died and we had his funeral today and his son and daughter came up and said that their father loved it when they sung this song. So they sang it and it was the most beautiful thing that I have ever heard!
I think this man is either singing about a broken hearted of his, or he is reveling in the bittersweetness that is true love itself... Full of tears and regrets, and you're gonna hurt like hell, but it's worth it every step of the way...
I think so too. And I think the part about the kitchen chair and cutting his hair etc. symbolizes the surrender and loss of control you can feel when you love. It's that moment when you give in to the love.
Refers to the Bible. Talks about David and how he pleased the Lord with his stringed harp, and talks about the mighty Samson and how Samson got his hair cut by his evil wife, which was his strength given by God which he killed wild animals with that power.
Also to the point where, when David became king that he spied a woman named Bathsheba bathing from his castle roof and committed a great sin to make her his wife.
Zethany most importantly music it what means to YOU and how it resonates in your soul and songs can evolve and change meaning to you over time for instance the music that made so happy when I was younger always hits me with a pang of sadness j remembering how things were and how they've changed so much...but the meaning of this to me or what I get out of it is how us as human beings always ache and yearn inside like David who in the bible was a man after GOD's own heart but still questioned and still yearned from something...there is a sadness for people in this world always chasing after something never feeling complete
Im not really sure what this song is actually about. But I had to come back to it tonight for some reason. I'm now thankfully almost a year into recovery from addiction and I played this song a lot during active addiction. I felt miserable just to feel normal and was in the midst of losing my wife to divorce because I couldn't stop. I wasn't a good father to my daughter either..I was literally broken and this song used to bring me to tears in hopes of a different life. Now after finally getting the help I needed and have been blessed enough to make it right with my wife and have since done everything I can to be a great father to my 4 year old I like to listen to this and it's amazing how different the song feels. It used to bring sad thoughts and feelings. Now it brings what I think this song was meant to bring. And for me that's in a word....victory.
Je suis actuellement en lutte contre la dépendance et cette magnifique chanson m'accompagne dans mon combat.. Merci à Léonard Cohen et à ses interprètes de savoir si bien toucher mon âme.
This song is so sweet and the meaning is so true. This song just makes me want to learn piano and sing this song myself,and i usually don't sing,but there are some songs you just wanna do things that u usually don't,tears to this song 💧✌️🌹
Entire song is from Books of the Bible. King David's wife hated him playing music for the Lord, said he looked like a fool. He was baffled why she so hated him playing for God. This is the part where the bring the Arc of the Covenant into town and play music and dance as they do so. King David stealing the soldier's wife (saw her on rooftop bathing), and sending him (the soldier) into the front lines so he would get killed and David could have his wife to himself). Samson and Delilah, where Delilah had him tied to the chair, then gave up his secret that his hair was the the secret to his strength. The part about living here before and the flag on the Marble arch may be referring to Elijah who was said to have come back multiple times as different people (some thought John the Baptist was Elijah reincarnated - OR - That part could be referring to the writer of Ecclesiastes, who calls himself the Teacher, was the man who had it all-rich, wise, powerful, and possessed of everything he needed to be happy. Except he wasn’t, and he took a whole book to write about all the things in life that couldn’t give him a sense of purpose. I also think the part about moving inside her could be talking about the baby Jesus in Mary before he was born (sharing the Holy darkness). - OR - Is the rather descriptive (and for the time graphic) love story of Solomon and a pheasant girl from Shulam (The Song of Solomon)
Its so crazy, Ive heard this songs so many times over the years. I liked the sound of it but never knew the words until today. And honestly, i was confused because I always thought it was a worship and praise type song. But understanding its true meaning now,(thanks to another commentor-awesome), definitly gave me a whole different perspective for me. On one hand, I was dissapointed that its not the worship and praise song I believed it to be, But on the other hand it made those people and thier situation so relatable to. I think this is the only song ever heard from the Bible days that wasnt directly about God. No disrespect to God, but its kinda interesting to hear about something different from that period of time.
I resisted the lyrics when I first heard it. Hallelujah screams religion to me and I was like how the Heck is this depressing (beautiful) song religious. I am also an atheist
So sometimes it is a praise song ... actually every time you say hallelujah, you are singing glory to god so no matter the lyrics, it is a praise song.
Lastly, that previous commenter only told of one story in the song. This version also tells the story of Sampson and delilah. Sampson was the one who was tied to the kitchen chair and she cut his hair, well I'm sure you know the rest. The song is actually supposed to be a song about life. No matter if it is a good moment or a bad moment, they are all still singing glory to God aka hallelujah.
me too, I never paid attention to lyrics except the first couple of lines and thought it was to praise our Heavenly Father and the birth of Christ our Savior, Hallelujah being the best parts of the song so, yikes. I will go back to singing the Christmas Hallelujah song. (edited to add link to the Christmas Hallelujah czcams.com/video/X6hOVEsPDco/video.html )
+x2eXu50x alright here's what google has to say... just to settle it: Leonard Cohen "Hallelujah" is a song written by Canadian recording artist Leonard Cohen, originally released on his album Various Positions (1984). Achieving little initial success, the song found greater popular acclaim through a cover by John Cale, which inspired a cover by Jeff Buckley.
+Morgan Smith Yeah. most of the song, he could just be making biblical references and relating them to his life, but the last verse kinda ruins that. Don't forget what the word "Hallelujah" means, it means "praise the lord". The last verse goes like this: I did my best, it wasn't much (I tried to do the right thing, but didn't really) I couldn't feel so I tried to touch ("touching"; was what I did, the wrong thing from the previous verse) I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool ya (I am reasserting to the listener that I did the wrong thing, and I am admitting it) And even though it wall went wrong (Even though what happened wasn't what should have happened) I'll stand before the lord of song with nothing on my tongue but hallelujah (I will make myself vulnerable to "the lord of song" and all I will be saying is "praise you") The only things you have to decide on are, what does "touch" mean, and who is "the lord of song". He says he could not feel, that's why he touched. Most people see this as emotional vs physical. Or, spiritual vs flesh for the more religious approach. We'll leave that for now, but moving on to "the lord of song". This person has to be some powerful person, I suppose it could be a parent or maybe an idol or someone you look up to. Whoever this person is, they find "touching" to be wrong. So do they find being physical over emotional to be wrong, or being worried about the flesh versus the spirit to be wrong? I think most people would agree that being concerned with physical only is bad, but this isn't something you would really have to apologize to anyone but yourself and your partner for. So, if your partner or yourself are "the lord of song", then that works. But, I don't think that makes sense to many people. Therefore it has to be flesh vs spirit, and therefore it has to be, at the very lest, some sort of god, most likely the christian one. This is reasserted by the line "Hallelujah". Who would you say that to? A god.
+Kakunapod ------------EDIT---------- sorry, I thought I was on the original artist's version! Haha, this version is certainly less religious. I think most people think it has to be, because the original is, but I don't think thats the case.
No matter how many times I’ve seen this song done. This is the one for me. I come and listen. Then I sing...until I can’t. I always come back to this rendition... To listen Then sing Until I can’t It fills my sadness And my loss And my heart Thank you Rufus ❤️
This was our song. On our second date we watched the sunset on the pier. It's been over a year I still can't listen through this song. Wherever you are, I'll never tell you I still listen.
Keep your head up high king. You’ll recover. Maybe never fully, as even mentally we get scars, but to the point of being able to love again maybe. And maybe you’ll never feel ready to love again, but you have your friends and family to support you.
I can't help but think of the fallen families. My nephew passed away from cancer, when he was three. The "cut your hair" gets me every time. At the funeral he had fuzz on the hairline where hair was growing back.
+Riquisima This song isn't really.... Religious.... I mean of course, it's a biblical story, but it's not a song of praise. It's not a hymn by any means.
David: *plays secret chord Lord: : ) you: : / it: going like this; the fourth then the fifth Minor: fallen Major: lifted the King (baffled but composed): *HALLELUJAH*
your faith: strong proof: needed Her: bathing on the roof Her beauty in the moonlight : Overthrew ya you: tied to a kitchen chair your throne: broken your hair: cut
sasha pieterse Why does it matter if you are Muslim, Christian, Buddhist, Hindu or any other religion? We are all still people here. Just because you like the song doesn't mean your religion should interfere. I'm not trying to go against any religion but if you like a song, don't let your religion interfere with that.
I'd like to point out that this isn't even a christian song? Let alone about religion. It's about love. And if you can love it, who is anyone else to judge
the song is more agnostic than Christian, "Maybe there is a God above", also Hallelujah is Hebrew for "God be praised" and it or a similar word was probably used by Ishmael's offspring (future Muslims) too.
Wow, I’ve sang this song before and I’ve been praying more and before I had prayed I sang this twice and I felt like I wanted to cry but it wasn’t coming and so I prayed to god and I played this song and I just broke down crying… glory to god!!!
I think it's about a man who just got dumped by his lover and he's heartbroken. "Love is not a victory march. It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah."
***** well it also references Samson. Both were guys that sinned against God and it resulted in bad relationships so it's essentially just about a bad relationship 😂
The correct meaning of the song is about how life is great no matter what that's why he says "she tied you to the kitchen chair she broke your throne and cut you hair. She drew from your lips hallelujah. Him saying he enjoys life even if he is being hurt and mistreated
In a very uncertain time for the world I listen to this song to find inner peace and pray for everyone, may The Lord know just how much He means to me, especially now in an unpredictable time, may faith help us all find peace within ourselves, Hallelujah!
i remember the old counselor i had at camp i went to back in 2012. he played this to us on his ukulele, even sung it, before we went to bed on our bunk beds and he had the sweetest voice ever. hope he's doing well
Dear Alice, I can't let you go I won't ever be able to let you go But i'm moving on and even though i feel you tugging at my feet every once and awhile, I can still walk fine. And I can still walk away from you, from everything before us, up to everything after us. I'll listen to our song and i'll listen to it until it's not our song anymore, until it's just a song. Hallelujah for you for me for us. Hallelujah for goodbye to you to me to us. Hallelujah for I love you, for I hate you, for I nothing you. But we'll always something each other but from a forever distance. And maybe I'm not ready for a forever distance but I'm getting there with help from the person I can be forever close with, from myself, and from you. From you staying a forever distance away. Hallelujah for I'm ok without you.
I actually didn’t come from Shrek, my dads friends wife died in December 2016 I’m pretty sure and their daughter who was 10 at the time sung this song at the moms funeral she died from leukemia if anyone was wondering. She sung this because it was her moms favorite song and I am obsessed with it too.
XFirefox45X Yes it was in Shrek, but the one in the movie was by John Cale. This version is in the Shrek album though and sometimes it confuses people.
The whimsy behind this song coupled with brooding but sincere sentiments is what has always made me feel at home hearing this song. The world is bleak but forgiving.
Just to clarify about the lyrics: Cohen's lyrical poetry and his view that "many different hallelujahs exist" is reflected in wide-ranging covers with very different intents or tones, allowing the song to be "melancholic, fragile, uplifting [or] joyous" depending on the performer: The Welsh singer-songwriter John Cale, the first person to record a cover version of the song (in 1991), promoted a message of "soberness and sincerity" in contrast to Cohen's dispassionate tone; The cover by Jeff Buckley, an American singer-songwriter, is more sorrowful and was described by Buckley as "a hallelujah to the orgasm". Crowe interpreted the song as a "very sexual" composition that discussed relationships; Wainwright offered a "purifying and almost liturgical" interpretation;and Guy Garvey of the British band Elbow made the hallelujah a "stately creature" and incorporated his religious interpretation of the song into his band's recordings. Ref: Wikipedia.
Afonso Abreu Just so many comments about lyrical interpretation. Pretty much every artist that has covered this song (There are quite a lot) has had different interpretations. So everyone is actually sort of correct and wrong at the same time if you think about it.
the best song and may it never change. Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujahhhhh. Never forget this song people........never forget it because I never will.
As i sit n listen to this song it camt help but remined me of my aunt i just found out she has stage 4 cancer and only has 3 weeks left to live things have been hard especially for my 2 cousins i love them both with everthing in me. To my aunt dana i lovebyou auntie thank you for beimg part of my life and watchimg me grow into the man amd father i am today it means so much that you were part of my life im so blessed thatvyou got to meet my kids thank you auntie for all the laughs and everthing you did for me 😞😢😢😭😭
This song is perfect for when you've gone through having a friendship go up in smoke & you find yourself wondering what went wrong. A perfect Hallelujah is a friendship that works for everyone involved & where everyone is happy with each other. A broken Hallelujah is when you start asking yourself why the people who broke off their friendship with you acted the way they did, why they feel no remorse for doing so & why they quit trusting you, even if you never gave them a reason not to trust you in the first place.
This song always brings me back to when I was a little 5th grader at the summer camp campfire where we sang songs till night fell and ate s’mores. Love this song.
Lupita Davila I can write a song and have someone else sing it doesnt mean u dont get my honor or that I'm being disrespected. I still get money for writing the song just as much as the person who sang it.
As I was listening to the song I it reminded me of a church member who passed away from COVID. This back some great memories that I have with in a short time I was at church with her before her passing
Emotionally I cant listen to this song anymore, my choir teacher passed away by suicide, and this was the very first song he had us sing.. this is his anthem, we played this song for him one last time the day of his funeral.
RIP MR. HALANE, you're smile will always live in us
Andrew Block seriously dude?
@Andrew Block don't be rude, that's a real damn mean thing to say to someone
I agree with you valueofapotato what @Andrew block said is rude.
That's sad Tony Hernandez, everytime I listen to this song it is a reminder making me remember all the bad things that have happened to me.😢
@Andrew Block just know something bad will happen to you
Fun fact: the note on the word "fourth" is a perfect 4th, "the fifth" is a perfect 5th, " minor fall" is sung on a minor chord, and "major lift" is sung on a major chord
Did you come form that video aboutprosody as well? 😅
@@midapita yea lol
Reading these lyrics, it seems like it was the Biblical Uriah speaking. He was a loyal soldier (officer in the army) of King David who was in the battlefield while David stayed in his palace banging Batsheba, Uriah’s wife. To cover a possible scandal, David called Uriah to come home and make love to his wife Bathseba in case David impregnated her in their fling. Uriah stayed in the battlefield because of his loyalty to fight for Israel. David then ordered his men to put Uriah in front of the battlefield and abandon him for an easy killing by the enemy army. Uriah was killed and King David took Bathsheba as his 8th wife. The fruit of their dark love affair? , King Solomon, who had 700 wives and 300 concubines in his lifetime. What a freaking messed-up sinful story. Uriah probably knew what was going and in his dying moment he was probably bitter, questioning the purpose of God or even his existence. He knew he became a pawn, to die so David can continue his “greatness”. in spite of his evil deeds. What an injustice to Uriah!
1 Chronicles, 2nd Samuel
A masterpiece
@Jay Green I think you may be right bro! Sent bro into battle because he wanted his wife 🤦🏽♂️
*It:* **goes like this**
*4th and 5th:* **exists consecutively**
*Fall:* minor
*Lift:* major
*King:* **baffled but composing** Hallelujah
Bruh🤣
That’s deep man. Real deep.
*secret cord: heard*
Love this
Sevin Martin david: *playing secret cord*
Lord: *pleased*
There's a hand full of people on the planet that can sing and really capture both the text and the feel of this masterpiece. Rufus Wainwright is one of those people.
Quite
For those who wants to know the meaning of the lyrics, the song is being singed from the perspective of a soldier from Israel, whose wife was having an affair with king David, at the moment king David of the kingdom of Israel, Before starting the affair, the king David was able to see the soldiers wife from the window of hes room while she was showering at night (From here comes: you saw her bathing on the roof, the beauty and the moonlight overthrew you), from this moment the king David fell in love with her, and started to hit on her,) then ahead soldier says( and remember when i moved in you? the holly dark was moving too) which means sexually, she was being banged by her Husband and the king David too, and it describes how the passion of the wife for the soldier was dying while he was happy with her (Holly Dark) the big problem comes when King David fears the soldier is aware of the affair, and given to the laws of older Israel, the women who haves a affair when having a husband was condemned to be killed, so to avoid this, king David sent the husband (Soldier) to the front lines of a war they were having at the moment with another kingdom so that he was killed quickly and the king David in this way could continue hes romance with the women...very sad story
For me I believe its about all the temptations that come in our lives to destroy us, yes its talking about David but also talks about Samson when he fell in love with a evil woman that later betrayed him he told her what was the reason of his strength which was his hair and she ended it up cutting it off for money. Its all about the temptation that is suppose to destroy us, but in the end we become stronger and learn to put all our trust in God.
Fuck king David what an absolute dick head
jose Gidoni this is so sad. I literally have tears anymore
I literally have tears in my eyes.
The soldier's name was Uriah
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25% Shrek
25% Waluigi
25% "This song is not about God"
25% Depressing people
50% pure awesomeness from the culture of memes
50% blech get out wth that serious stuff
Actually if you read The Word (Bible) it is in reference to King David and his repentance. The Bible states, David was a man after God’s own heart...and then he does this... He committed a sin worthy of death in those days..(adultery) He slept with a married mans wife and then killed him because the shame and guilt was great. It’s a cry towards mercy. So it is about God. “Hallelujah” is the highest praise, therefore when one sins, as an act of reverence to God almighty who deserves our highest praise and repented heart we confess our downfalls and struggles and as an acceptance of frailty and a need for a savior.
You forgot about you man
Yes! Thank you! 👍
100% Good taste in music
Am I the only one that gets emotional when this song plays on Shrek because it’s genuinely a sad moment? Shrek is real love. No joke. He would do anything for her. Even let her go so she’d be happy. The movies are really good.. at least the first 2
Bro I get emotional to😅
I refuse to watch shreck because of a video I seen.... But this is a good song 😅
Shrek is love, shrek is life
Real love for real!
Preach that man shrek is my favorite movie not because of the memes
David and Bathsheba, Samson and Deliah. This man is broken hearted.
"Love is not a victory march" is my favorite line.
It is my favorite part to I really like the fact that even though it is technically 6 words it explains a lot of the song and means a lot in the song? Also if you want to know the full story
“It’s not a cry that you hear at night it’s not somebody who’s seen the light” that’s mine
“All I ever learned from love is how to shoot at someone who out drew you” is mine
Sameee
Yep
I've so long searched for this Version. You really can hear the emotion in his voice. I'ts so indescribably comforting.
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My strings teacher sadly passed away yesterday, my heart stopped and dropped the moment i found out. Since were in quarantine right now i couldn't go to school and see him one last time. I'll forever miss him dearly, may he rest in peace ❤
I'm sorry
Rip to your teacher
I pay my respects to your teacher
Hopefully this is not a fake comment because this very similar to another comment.
Sorry for your loss😔
I was convicted of 2nd degree murder at 14 and I can't hear this song without crying and praising our Lord God Jesus Christ because He saved my soul.
My football coach died and we had his funeral today and his son and daughter came up and said that their father loved it when they sung this song. So they sang it and it was the most beautiful thing that I have ever heard!
That is so sad!
Josh Owens sorry for your loss
@@Star-The-Werewolf no. It's beautiful. He will be remembered 🖤
hope you’re doing well! So sorry for your loss
I'll pray for him
Am I the only one who's here because I enjoy the song and not because of Shrek?
I'm here because I heard it preformed by the guys in my choir.
+Jazmine Sharp a moment of silence for my friend in the friend zone
Me
+pigs in blankets no
Im here because of waluigi
This is my favorite version of Hallelujah.
Just so you all know: This song was WRITTEN by Leonard Cohen, though I love the way Rufus Wainwright SINGS it.
Ya but....shrek
@@kocain6127 exactly
But I feel the way Rufus Wainwright sings it, he aced it.
@@K-aoss yas!!! This by far is the best version of the song. Though Leonard Cohen wrote such a gorgeous song.
@@Jaggededge112 very beautiful indeed. I hate most things related to “the Bible”. But I love this song
Me: Plays this song
My friend: tHiS sONg iS fRoM ShReK
Callie Walt Well your friend is right.
Veronika Johns I know. I was joking.
Veronika Johns Yeah, I know, some people don’t know stuff like that. So I appreciate trying to correct ignorance.
Legoshark Productions lol
Cool
I think this man is either singing about a broken hearted of his, or he is reveling in the bittersweetness that is true love itself... Full of tears and regrets, and you're gonna hurt like hell, but it's worth it every step of the way...
Zethany It reminds me of the biblical story of Samson, in the book of judges chapter 16, a little before chp 16 too
I think so too. And I think the part about the kitchen chair and cutting his hair etc. symbolizes the surrender and loss of control you can feel when you love. It's that moment when you give in to the love.
Refers to the Bible.
Talks about David and how he pleased the Lord with his stringed harp, and talks about the mighty Samson and how Samson got his hair cut by his evil wife, which was his strength given by God which he killed wild animals with that power.
Also to the point where, when David became king that he spied a woman named Bathsheba bathing from his castle roof and committed a great sin to make her his wife.
Zethany most importantly music it what means to YOU and how it resonates in your soul and songs can evolve and change meaning to you over time for instance the music that made so happy when I was younger always hits me with a pang of sadness j remembering how things were and how they've changed so much...but the meaning of this to me or what I get out of it is how us as human beings always ache and yearn inside like David who in the bible was a man after GOD's own heart but still questioned and still yearned from something...there is a sadness for people in this world always chasing after something never feeling complete
There is a reason why it’s purple colored text.
_quietly “wah”s in the distance_
Aidan Wilson lol... Barney right?
@@lettu6199 no.... waluigi
Waluigi.@@elcucuydesmadrugado
Stop, the meme isn't funny anymore
@@deltathedummy2303your right, it's not, but we still need justice for waluigi
Im not really sure what this song is actually about. But I had to come back to it tonight for some reason. I'm now thankfully almost a year into recovery from addiction and I played this song a lot during active addiction. I felt miserable just to feel normal and was in the midst of losing my wife to divorce because I couldn't stop. I wasn't a good father to my daughter either..I was literally broken and this song used to bring me to tears in hopes of a different life. Now after finally getting the help I needed and have been blessed enough to make it right with my wife and have since done everything I can to be a great father to my 4 year old I like to listen to this and it's amazing how different the song feels. It used to bring sad thoughts and feelings. Now it brings what I think this song was meant to bring. And for me that's in a word....victory.
Je suis actuellement en lutte contre la dépendance et cette magnifique chanson m'accompagne dans mon combat.. Merci à Léonard Cohen et à ses interprètes de savoir si bien toucher mon âme.
This song is so sweet and the meaning is so true.
This song just makes me want to learn piano and sing this song myself,and i usually don't sing,but there are some songs you just wanna do things that u usually don't,tears to this song 💧✌️🌹
Agree
How is a man being sentenced to death cause another man (the king) stolen his wife, a sweet song 🙄
Beautiful ? Yes, sweet ? Hell no
@@K-aoss you’re misinterpreting the meaning idiot
@@ThatOneDude248 I aint misinterpreting jack u moron
It goes like this: the forth the fifth. The minor fall and the major lift! My favorite part.
Entire song is from Books of the Bible.
King David's wife hated him playing music for the Lord, said he looked like a fool. He was baffled why she so hated him playing for God. This is the part where the bring the Arc of the Covenant into town and play music and dance as they do so.
King David stealing the soldier's wife (saw her on rooftop bathing), and sending him (the soldier) into the front lines so he would get killed and David could have his wife to himself).
Samson and Delilah, where Delilah had him tied to the chair, then gave up his secret that his hair was the the secret to his strength.
The part about living here before and the flag on the Marble arch may be referring to Elijah who was said to have come back multiple times as different people (some thought John the Baptist was Elijah reincarnated
- OR -
That part could be referring to the writer of Ecclesiastes, who calls himself the Teacher, was the man who had it all-rich, wise, powerful, and possessed of everything he needed to be happy. Except he wasn’t, and he took a whole book to write about all the things in life that couldn’t give him a sense of purpose.
I also think the part about moving inside her could be talking about the baby Jesus in Mary before he was born (sharing the Holy darkness).
- OR -
Is the rather descriptive (and for the time graphic) love story of Solomon and a pheasant girl from Shulam (The Song of Solomon)
Not the original lyrics. 🙄
@@jeannetripp9691 The rea lyrics actually make more sense to what I was saying, like instead of Holy Darkness it says a Dove.
Without taking the time to check it out myself, I'm going to assume that you wrote "peasant" and autocorrect changed it.
Are you stupid? Cohen a Jewish Atheist wrote this. Old Testiment metaphors but obviously secular.
Amen
Its so crazy, Ive heard this songs so many times over the years. I liked the sound of it but never knew the words until today. And honestly, i was confused because I always thought it was a worship and praise type song. But understanding its true meaning now,(thanks to another commentor-awesome), definitly gave me a whole different perspective for me.
On one hand, I was dissapointed that its not the worship and praise song I believed it to be, But on the other hand it made those people and thier situation so relatable to. I think this is the only song ever heard from the Bible days that wasnt directly about God. No disrespect to God, but its kinda interesting to hear about something different from that period of time.
I resisted the lyrics when I first heard it. Hallelujah screams religion to me and I was like how the Heck is this depressing (beautiful) song religious. I am also an atheist
There are actually 80 original to this song. So the meaning changes depending on which lyrics you sing.
So sometimes it is a praise song ... actually every time you say hallelujah, you are singing glory to god so no matter the lyrics, it is a praise song.
Lastly, that previous commenter only told of one story in the song. This version also tells the story of Sampson and delilah. Sampson was the one who was tied to the kitchen chair and she cut his hair, well I'm sure you know the rest.
The song is actually supposed to be a song about life. No matter if it is a good moment or a bad moment, they are all still singing glory to God aka hallelujah.
me too, I never paid attention to lyrics except the first couple of lines and thought it was to praise our Heavenly Father and the birth of Christ our Savior, Hallelujah being the best parts of the song so, yikes. I will go back to singing the Christmas Hallelujah song. (edited to add link to the Christmas Hallelujah czcams.com/video/X6hOVEsPDco/video.html )
omg i finally found it ive been looking for this version forever
Swiftie13 it was the first search result for "hallelujah" lmao
osnapitzharp was it??
Swiftie13 I have to
Swiftie13 Me too
Swiftie13
Rufus Wainwrights version is my favorite. For those who don't know, Leonard Cohen is the original.
actually, Jeff Buckley is the original artist of this song. I agree though that this is my favorite version
+bebhg8911 no. Leonard Cohen was the original writer
+x2eXu50x alright here's what google has to say... just to settle it:
Leonard Cohen
"Hallelujah" is a song written by Canadian recording artist Leonard Cohen, originally released on his album Various Positions (1984). Achieving little initial success, the song found greater popular acclaim through a cover by John Cale, which inspired a cover by Jeff Buckley.
he's my favorite version also
yeah Rufus Wainwright sings it the best!
Hands down my favorite version of this much performed song. Never get tired of hearing it.
Im a religious muslim and so i. love with this song!!God exists for all those who have soul
I'm an atheist but I love this song. It's just so well made that I don't care what the message says. It will always remain of my my favorites.
It's actually not religious at all it's about a guy who's lover broke up with him...
+Aleks Seb I am pretty sure Sampson is in there as well :-)
+Morgan Smith Yeah. most of the song, he could just be making biblical references and relating them to his life, but the last verse kinda ruins that. Don't forget what the word "Hallelujah" means, it means "praise the lord". The last verse goes like this:
I did my best, it wasn't much (I tried to do the right thing, but didn't really)
I couldn't feel so I tried to touch ("touching"; was what I did, the wrong thing from the previous verse)
I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool ya (I am reasserting to the listener that I did the wrong thing, and I am admitting it)
And even though it wall went wrong (Even though what happened wasn't what should have happened)
I'll stand before the lord of song with nothing on my tongue but hallelujah (I will make myself vulnerable to "the lord of song" and all I will be saying is "praise you")
The only things you have to decide on are, what does "touch" mean, and who is "the lord of song". He says he could not feel, that's why he touched. Most people see this as emotional vs physical. Or, spiritual vs flesh for the more religious approach. We'll leave that for now, but moving on to "the lord of song". This person has to be some powerful person, I suppose it could be a parent or maybe an idol or someone you look up to. Whoever this person is, they find "touching" to be wrong.
So do they find being physical over emotional to be wrong, or being worried about the flesh versus the spirit to be wrong? I think most people would agree that being concerned with physical only is bad, but this isn't something you would really have to apologize to anyone but yourself and your partner for. So, if your partner or yourself are "the lord of song", then that works. But, I don't think that makes sense to many people. Therefore it has to be flesh vs spirit, and therefore it has to be, at the very lest, some sort of god, most likely the christian one. This is reasserted by the line "Hallelujah". Who would you say that to? A god.
+Kakunapod ------------EDIT----------
sorry, I thought I was on the original artist's version! Haha, this version is certainly less religious. I think most people think it has to be, because the original is, but I don't think thats the case.
who cares if your an athiest
I'm not religious, but my god this song is so fantastic.
*facepalm* I'm surrounded by idiots...
Gandalf The White How so ? Did you not see all the religious references in the song or ?
You don't have to be religious to enjoy the song, it references religion but its not about religion :)
mothquake if you actually listen and read the lyrics you'll know its a comical song.
LarryMyster Hm you think? That's interesting I've never looked at it liked that. Thanks for the fresh perspective :)
No matter how many times I’ve seen this song done.
This is the one for me.
I come and listen.
Then I sing...until I can’t.
I always come back to this rendition...
To listen
Then sing
Until I can’t
It fills my sadness
And my loss
And my heart
Thank you Rufus ❤️
This was our song. On our second date we watched the sunset on the pier. It's been over a year I still can't listen through this song. Wherever you are, I'll never tell you I still listen.
Keep your head up high king. You’ll recover. Maybe never fully, as even mentally we get scars, but to the point of being able to love again maybe. And maybe you’ll never feel ready to love again, but you have your friends and family to support you.
Get a journal bruh
i miss her too
I can't help but think of the fallen families. My nephew passed away from cancer, when he was three. The "cut your hair" gets me every time. At the funeral he had fuzz on the hairline where hair was growing back.
I know
This is the saddest comment I've ever read. I'm so sorry about your nephew
This is so sad. Praying for you and your family! There is always hope with Jesus
Bryce Armstrong so sorry 😥:-(
Bryce Armstrong
I played along to this with my uke.. Best decision I've ever made.
Get shrek'd!
SHCathy SAME
SHCathy p
I used to love this song, it was my mom’s favorite. Ever since I lost her all it does it hurt my heart, but I know she’s still watching over me
May your mom rest in peace 🙏🕊️
my science teacher played this in class the last time i saw her before she retired and this is my last memory of her. she was a great person
I'm an atheist and I love this song. It gives me goose bumps. It's so pretty and meaningful, even if you're not religious.
+Riquisima This song isn't really.... Religious.... I mean of course, it's a biblical story, but it's not a song of praise. It's not a hymn by any means.
Adam Ferguson if it's a biblical story it's a religious song dude..
Riquisima there's a reason it moves u bud he's trying to talk to u
@@bonnob453 no, its because it's a good song.
@@adamferguson7768 The word Hallelujah literally means Praise God.
Is It wrong that the only reason I know this song is because of Shrek???
Most People only know this from Shrek.
Same
Rainbowpuppy 11 ѕαмє
Rainbowpuppy 11 same 😆
Rainbowpuppy 11 same 😆
The best version of this song by far 💯
David: *plays secret chord
Lord: : )
you: : /
it: going like this; the fourth then the fifth
Minor: fallen
Major: lifted
the King (baffled but composed): *HALLELUJAH*
your faith: strong
proof: needed
Her: bathing on the roof
Her beauty in the moonlight : Overthrew ya
you: tied to a kitchen chair
your throne: broken
your hair: cut
@@snowflake1223rocks from your lips: hallelujah was drawn
@@snowflake1223rocks people are so creative these days
@@snowflake1223rocks Hotel: Trivago
this song is beautiful and yet sad....hallelujah
I'm muslim but I adore this song ♥
who is the 10 ???
sasha pieterse Why does it matter if you are Muslim, Christian, Buddhist, Hindu or any other religion? We are all still people here. Just because you like the song doesn't mean your religion should interfere. I'm not trying to go against any religion but if you like a song, don't let your religion interfere with that.
I agree with u and I respect what are u saying thanx brother
I'd like to point out that this isn't even a christian song? Let alone about religion. It's about love. And if you can love it, who is anyone else to judge
the song is more agnostic than Christian, "Maybe there is a God above", also Hallelujah is Hebrew for "God be praised" and it or a similar word was probably used by Ishmael's offspring (future Muslims) too.
Wow, I’ve sang this song before and I’ve been praying more and before I had prayed I sang this twice and I felt like I wanted to cry but it wasn’t coming and so I prayed to god and I played this song and I just broke down crying… glory to god!!!
I love this song so much
I’m not the only one who listens to this song to cry, right?
I think it's about a man who just got dumped by his lover and he's heartbroken. "Love is not a victory march. It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah."
Keatsyn Smith The song has many meanings. It just depends on how you want to look at it
***** well it also references Samson. Both were guys that sinned against God and it resulted in bad relationships so it's essentially just about a bad relationship 😂
I've been there, and that sounds somewhat accurate. Some songs hit that mark closer than others.
The correct meaning of the song is about how life is great no matter what that's why he says "she tied you to the kitchen chair she broke your throne and cut you hair. She drew from your lips hallelujah. Him saying he enjoys life even if he is being hurt and mistreated
Actually, it's a story of life, love, and death
This is my all time favorite version of this song.
I really think Rufus did it better.
Me too😊
I loved singing this song in choir, I sang it as a solo when I moved from Colorado to Arizona and it was the first time I ever cried after singing.
I love this song so much it’s so good it gives me the chills. It’s breathtakingly beautiful.
In a very uncertain time for the world I listen to this song to find inner peace and pray for everyone, may The Lord know just how much He means to me, especially now in an unpredictable time, may faith help us all find peace within ourselves, Hallelujah!
i remember the old counselor i had at camp i went to back in 2012. he played this to us on his ukulele, even sung it, before we went to bed on our bunk beds and he had the sweetest voice ever. hope he's doing well
Dear Alice,
I can't let you go
I won't ever be able to let you go
But i'm moving on and even though i feel you tugging at my feet every once and awhile,
I can still walk fine. And I can still walk away from you, from everything before us, up to everything after us.
I'll listen to our song and i'll listen to it until it's not our song anymore, until it's just a song.
Hallelujah for you for me for us. Hallelujah for goodbye to you to me to us.
Hallelujah for I love you, for I hate you, for I nothing you. But we'll always something each other but from a forever distance. And maybe I'm not ready for a forever distance but I'm getting there with help from the person I can be forever close with, from myself, and from you. From you staying a forever distance away.
Hallelujah for I'm ok without you.
Props brother. That’s pain right there
Beautuful...just beautiful.
Bro...*sniffs* who hurt you
I actually didn’t come from Shrek, my dads friends wife died in December 2016 I’m pretty sure and their daughter who was 10 at the time sung this song at the moms funeral she died from leukemia if anyone was wondering. She sung this because it was her moms favorite song and I am obsessed with it too.
The first time I heard it, was in blood diamonds. The scene where Nicolas cages “brother” was killed in Africa
Shrek is love, Shrek is life. This makes me cry everytime
My god. Do not bring that up.
This is my swamp >:)
Wait wasn't this song in the original Shrek our at least a part of it?
Yeah, it was from the first one
XFirefox45X Yes it was in Shrek, but the one in the movie was by John Cale. This version is in the Shrek album though and sometimes it confuses people.
The fact that I came back to this song because of the L'manburg anthem
Same lmao
Same lol
Same haha
Everyone is telling emotional stories and I just came from Minecraft
I’ll probably sound dumb, but.. what’s l’manburg
There are many versions of Hallelujah but Rufus’ is the best
The whimsy behind this song coupled with brooding but sincere sentiments is what has always made me feel at home hearing this song. The world is bleak but forgiving.
The way he uses hallelujah to convey so many feelings. . .
Best song from Shrek.
*****
some-BODY once told me they saaaaw me every-damn-place.
im the most common tool in the shed~
It's not from Shrek, it appeared in Shrek. It was written by Leonard Cohen in 1984.
You know what I meant.
Shrek is love. Shrek is life.
This is what happens when old ladies learn how to use computers lmao
I cry everytime I hear this song. They sang this at my Grandma's funeral. She died in 2013. Both Grandmas and my Rabbit Buckeye died that year.
Oh l’manburg
Who sings it better tommy or this guy
No body wilbur tHe fOurth tHe fiTh
That’s all I can think about when I hear this song now
Amen
bye L'Ma~~ nburg...~ bye L'Manburg...~
Just to clarify about the lyrics: Cohen's lyrical poetry and his view that "many different hallelujahs exist" is reflected in wide-ranging covers with very different intents or tones, allowing the song to be "melancholic, fragile, uplifting [or] joyous" depending on the performer: The Welsh singer-songwriter John Cale, the first person to record a cover version of the song (in 1991), promoted a message of "soberness and sincerity" in contrast to Cohen's dispassionate tone; The cover by Jeff Buckley, an American singer-songwriter, is more sorrowful and was described by Buckley as "a hallelujah to the orgasm". Crowe interpreted the song as a "very sexual" composition that discussed relationships; Wainwright offered a "purifying and almost liturgical" interpretation;and Guy Garvey of the British band Elbow made the hallelujah a "stately creature" and incorporated his religious interpretation of the song into his band's recordings. Ref: Wikipedia.
thank you for this clarification
Afonso Abreu Just so many comments about lyrical interpretation. Pretty much every artist that has covered this song (There are quite a lot) has had different interpretations. So everyone is actually sort of correct and wrong at the same time if you think about it.
im muslim but this song my favourite i love that music really beautiful WOW ☪️✝️
Any other frickers like me who didn’t hear this on shrek?
Brooke Smith yes
shut up loser
stumpy funny
No we all heard this in Shrek
I didn't even know this was in Shrek
“...the secret chord that David played and it pleased the LORD” is Gsus (Jesus Christ)! Amen!
Am I the only one who can't spell the fucking title
'Hallelujah?' You can't spell Hallelujah? I like to break it up. Halle. Lu. Jah. It's not that hard.
profanity
no i cant
Double l for the first l and one l for the second l.
I can rarely spell it.autocorrect helps me.
EVERYTIME I LISTEN TO THIS SONG, I THINK OF SHREK AND DONKEYYYY
i remember the time i was at a camp for a week and my counselor played this song on the uke and he was a really good singer. good times in 2010
I love this song so much I shed tears.Hallelujah!
During these times I listen to this, reminding me god will protect me. I’m quite ***** but I know my relationship with God is strong
the best song and may it never change. Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujahhhhh. Never forget this song people........never forget it because I never will.
I dont know why but I just love this song
As i sit n listen to this song it camt help but remined me of my aunt i just found out she has stage 4 cancer and only has 3 weeks left to live things have been hard especially for my 2 cousins i love them both with everthing in me. To my aunt dana i lovebyou auntie thank you for beimg part of my life and watchimg me grow into the man amd father i am today it means so much that you were part of my life im so blessed thatvyou got to meet my kids thank you auntie for all the laughs and everthing you did for me 😞😢😢😭😭
God bless you as you read this I hope you have a wonderful day and just know that we will all get through this though time together ❤🙏😇
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This song is perfect for when you've gone through having a friendship go up in smoke & you find yourself wondering what went wrong. A perfect Hallelujah is a friendship that works for everyone involved & where everyone is happy with each other. A broken Hallelujah is when you start asking yourself why the people who broke off their friendship with you acted the way they did, why they feel no remorse for doing so & why they quit trusting you, even if you never gave them a reason not to trust you in the first place.
this song is beautiful never change it it's perfect 😊
This song always brings me back to when I was a little 5th grader at the summer camp campfire where we sang songs till night fell and ate s’mores. Love this song.
Brenda, if you ever see this. I just wanted to say thank you for bringing me closer to our Lord and savior Jesus Christ.
Its not somebody who has seen the light....its a cold and its a broken hallelujah....*sniffles*
This song belongs to Leonard Cohen, music and lyrics, performed by Rufus Winwright. Honor to whom honor is due.
Lupita Davila I can write a song and have someone else sing it doesnt mean u dont get my honor or that I'm being disrespected.
I still get money for writing the song just as much as the person who sang it.
No L'Manberg comments? Dang
I have no idea why I like this song, actually, I do.
It sums up the current state of the world, it hits different in these times.
I agree.
This is my favorite song :3
...the science guy ;3
Still love this song, my absolute favorite
Comments :
Sherk is 1900%
Nice comments 56%
Other version of this song 190%
Hallelujah 2809%
Random ones 1000%
Yep
elly _playz I don’t think you know how to make pie charts.
Not sure if you know how to do math, but okay. :/
im not sure you know how to properly use percentages yet
Plus this is stolen
I love these low quality 2008 lyric videos
When you’re happy, you like this song. When you’re sad, you understand the way love is. I understand now.
Just scrolling down the comments while watching the video 😊
lol me too
+MayaCrystalwing430 Nice Photo :)
+Deanna Martinez do you like sailor moon too?
samesies
Same!
my moms favorite song. i will always remember her, forever in my heart. R.I.P Mom.
my lmanburg...
Bruh
My looking in the most recent comment for pog comments and this was the first one lol
ive been looking for this version for seven years i am beyond excited right now
I got chills like 10 times listening to this song once
everyone is here from Shrek but im here from the girl singing in the well lol
Deborah The Shark me too. That girl was amazing😍
bailee x me too
Same
I'm just here because I think it's a beautiful song
Me too!!
This is my go to song when I’m sad.
“And all I ever learned from love was how to shoot at someone who outdrew you”, this is one of the most beautiful/truthful lyrics of all time
I sang this song at my grandmas funeral (cancer) ;( 😭
im so sorry for your loss. this is a beautiful song and im sure your grandma was smiling down at you the whole song :)
Don't feel alone, u are in a world filled with caring people, love your family, love yourself
Aww, I'm so sorry for your loss ;n;
10/10 editing **claps slowly**
It’s a lyric video from 2008, shitface
I cry every time I listen to this song. Such a Powerful and meaningful song
Amen 🙏🏻
Amen amen hallelujah praise the lord amen 🙏🏽
I Love this song, it always makes me Happy!
So I've been having trouble trouble breathing regularly but singing this song even if Its just to myself helps me
Good music with superb lyrics !
As I was listening to the song I it reminded me of a church member who passed away from COVID. This back some great memories that I have with in a short time I was at church with her before her passing