

Jeff Buckley’s recording of Hallelujah was not the original, and he wasn’t singing the song as conceived by its author, yet it has come to be widely regarded as the definitive version. Essay by Dave Lory and Jim Irvin (guest post) Jeff Buckley. Oh mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head. I know its over still I cling, I dont know where else I can go, over and over. And as I climb into an empty bed - oh well, enough said. The best covers of Leonard Cohen's 'Hallelujah' HallelujahJeff Buckley (1994) Added to the National Registry: 2014. Oh mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head. For all its air of religious devotion, Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah is a very secular ballad of desire and rejection, failure and transcendence. Hallelujah is the song we will all be singing this Christmas, although not necessarily in praise of the Lord. Herein, why is Hallelujah considered a Christmas song? Well it goes like this: The fourth, the fifth, the minor fall and the major lift The baffled king composing Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Well your faith was strong but you needed proof You saw her bathing on the roof Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew ya She tied you to her kitchen chair And she broke your throne. I say: All the perfect and broken Hallelujahs have an equal value. ' The song explains that many kinds of Hallelujahs do exist. 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 doesn't matter which you heard. Moreover, who wrote the Christmas song Hallelujah?īeside above, who wrote the song Hallelujah and what does it mean? Leonard Cohen explained: " Hallelujah is a Hebrew word which means 'Glory to the Lord. Cohen says it doesn’t matter whose hallelujah it is. Cohen is particularly known around the holidays because he was the one who penned the song “Hallelujah.” It is an iconic song and one that has been covered by several musicians, with Jeff Buckley's version being the most popular.
