An insightful explication of Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah
From the esteemed SongMeanings.net, a bastion of critical insights into the meanings of songs and lyrics, comes user LadyMidnight’s magnificent discussion of the conflicted poetry of Cohen’s classic song, Hallelujah: This song, one of my favourites, is a straightforward but deeply moving Biblical narrative about King David. It refers also to Batsheva (“saw her bathing [...]