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Leonard Cohen – Hallelujah Lyrics 11 years ago
This related way to much to the bible. Cohen has been quoted as saying:

"It had references to the Bible in it, although these references became more and more remote as the song went from the beginning to the end. Finally I understood that it was not necessary to refer to the Bible anymore. And I rewrote this song; this is the 'secular' 'Hallelujah.' "

So, while I defintely don't mean to discount your relationship to the song, your interpretation just doesn't match what he has said and the other parts of the verse.

Read more:
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/exclusive-book-excerpt-leonard-cohen-writes-hallelujah-in-the-holy-or-the-broken-20121203?page=2

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