| Leonard Cohen – Hallelujah Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| @[SwampHermit:17534] To a "T", spot on with your interpretation of the lyrics. Exacting and intuitive! The words & melody of the song make much more sense to someone who has felt that "slipping away" of a once passionate love. Yes, of course there are references to the biblical stories mentioned, BECAUSE Both David & Samson experienced this "tainted love" and both were burned by this "love" and so their stories have been included as examples only. Not for actual literalness. To make you, the listener, realize that what most people experience is not really "love" that is the pure emotion we dream of having with a like-minded person, but rather a twisted, emotional lust that we fool ourselves into believing is love...and so you when your heart has been damaged enough times by an "unrequited love" you begin to believe/realize/accept, that "love" doesn't truly exist & the made up emotions we fool ourselves with, will eventually fade away and die once the "shine wears off"- (apologies for rambling) Fantastic overview again @[swamphermit:17535], I couldn't have said it better myself! | |
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